21. Video Games – Lana Del Rey – Internet hype will only get you so far, a song as good as this will get you a lot further. Smart as a whip romance. She sounds down in love.
22.Goblin – Tyler The Creator – The wryly bemused and amused continuation of "Bastards". best line? The one in which he pretends to be Wood Harris to get the girls ("as you should" nods his psychologist.
23. Finito – NORE, Pharrel, Lil Wayne – Absolutely addictive gangsta rhyme fest.
24. Sly – Girl In A COma – Starts off Middle eastern, detours into Indian, and ends up at English Indie before tributing ther band's namesake.
25. The Afterlife – Paul Simon – Who knew the herelater would be so banal/
26. Keep Your Heart – TV On The Radio – Full blown ballad goesdown real easy. So easy you wonder why they can't do it more often.
27. Dead Throne – The Devil Wears Prada – In which Godhead's have more fun.
28. Ruby Soho – Jimmy Cliff – The entire EP is excellent, but this rancid cover is beyound good. An inspired version by the Reggae giant.
29. The Lady Is A Tramp – Tony Bennett And Lady Gaga – Much better on the Bennett album than on the Gaga Holiday EP. Why? Location, location, location.
30. I've Failed You – Kittie – Great post-hardcore hard rockers. Great, great sentiment.
31. We Owned the Night – Lady Antebellum – Their best song in years is a highly romanticised one night stand.
32. Jack Daniels – Eric Church – The bottle kicked his ass.
33. Thank God Its Friday – OK, so it was 2010, it hit this year.
34. Someone Like You – Adele – SNL got this right where everybody gets together for a good cry singing along to her best song.
35. Our Hearts Are Wrong – Jessica Lea Mayweather – The drums are so solid on this folk song, it roots it.
36. My God – Pusha T – "Yesssss…." All flow.
37. Like Smoke – Amy Winehouse, Nas – Nas has been claiming their relationship was platonic. This song isn't.
38. The A Team – Ed Sheeran – A sorta English Conor Oberst.
39. Sophia – Laura Marling – English folk.
40. I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl – Wavves – Couldn't be fuzzier, poppoer, rockier, catchier.