1. Marin Kemp – Art Brut – I don't get the Spandau Ballet bassist reference here (it sure ain't a musical reference), but "5 a side football rules, that's all I learnt in school" hits me as a truism.
2. Wrecking Bar Ra Ra – The Vaccines – Very Beach Boy.. very!
3. Softer, Softest – Hole – Courtney Love would never come within a million miles of replicating this song.
4. Drown Soda – Hole – Not the version on the "Tank Girl" soundtrack, the one on the Plugged And Unplugged boot. Ultra powerful junkie song, "I sit in the corner and I drink drown soda water… and baby uhhh." A threnody for Kurt.
5. Secret – The Pierces – Gypsy music Amanda Palmer could get behind.
6. 1+1 – Beyonce – Song of the year -a tremendous surge of love and passion and a perfectly constructed r&b song.
7. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall – Coldplay
8. International Love (feat Chris Brown) – Pitbull – I prefer it to the current hit single
9. How To Love – Lil Wayne – I think this one is gonna stiff although after Beyonce it is the hip hop song of the year.
10. Kiss And Say Goodbye (1971) – Kate And Anna McGarrigle