December 2011
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2011: My Top 50 Songs (10-1)
This is the final part where I count down from 10 to 1.
10. ’Toes’ - Lights
The best rhyming of “anticipating” and “waiting” since Madonna’s last four attempts.
9. ’Don’t Hold Your Breath’ - Nicole Scherzinger
A breezy, effortless, glorious song.
8. ’I Wanna Go’ - Britney Spears
I I I WANNA GO O O ALL THE WAY EH EH...
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2011: My Top 50 Songs (20-11)
This is part four of five, and the Britney songs were ON.
20. ’Till The World Ends’ - Britney Spears
Every Britney song from this era was amazing. There is no escaping this. Perhaps all four should have been The List and have done with it. But no, one had to place the lowest. It is most certainly one of Britney’s best ever ever singles though.
19. ’We Found...
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2011: My Top 50 Songs (30-21)
This is part three of five, and I am already regretting adding waffle to each entry as I am no music journalist.
We live and we learn.
30. ’Freedom’ - Sugababes
Gone are the days when we would all stan over the next amazing Sugababes single, and yet after the tacky Sweet 7 and despite no Keisha, this was something of a return to form for me. It’s not perfect and there’s...
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2011: My Top 50 Songs (40-31)
This is part two of five.
40. ’Yoü and I’ - Lady Gaga
The first of well, every Lady Gaga single released this year, I’m not going to lie: I love Lady Gaga. This Shania Twain-esque stompalong, wailalong was definitely a highlight, mostly because it’s her first non-wanky ballad. Hurrah!
39. ’I Follow Rivers’ - Lykke Li
It’s quite plonky and wonderful.
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2011: My Top 50 Songs (50-41)
I’ve barely used Tumblr since I posted my singles list last year, but it’s always great to keep a personal record of one’s favourite songs because you can guarantee there’ll be at least 50 more to obsess over next year.
As always with these things the ‘rules’ and such of singles in ambiguous at best, so I’ve picked what I consider to be songs promoted by...