FUNNY ASS CLIP OF THE DAY:

FOX NEWS blooper as anchorman apparently tries to gives us an update on J.Lo

 The single will be on Carey’s upcoming Angel’s Advocate album, a remix album of last year’s (fantastic) Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.

Yes!

Just heard that Alexander McQueen died today, by committing suicide.  I immediately felt sad, hurt and sorrow for his pain.  I began to even tear up a bit as I texted a friend who became equally as devastated.  In a time where it seems everything has gone to shit, McQueen was all you’ve probably or will hear about in the coming days: visionary, artiste, different, extraodinary.  When I first became introduced to fashion as an art form and the beauty of photography at my own accord and curiosity, McQueen was one of the first people who grabbed me.  He was so fantastical and outlandish.  He quickly became one of my favorites and I dreamed of wearing his designs.  Too many good and amazingly talented people in art are leaving us too soon.  I can’t even begin to fathom how awful and low he felt that he considered taking his own life would be the only solution.  

Today I shed some tears for McQueen as his death is pretty much the equivalent of Michael Jackson’s passing in his field of work.  McQueen, you were a true original and was there for me when I felt alone in high school.  I turned to photography and the art of fashion and your designs, your creativity, the fun you had for fashion was inspirational.  So many of us, who couldn’t even afford your clothes, shoes and handbags, loved your work from a distance.  I’m so sorry about this and I hope you’re with your mother and your good friend Isabella Blow now.

Rest in Peace, McQueen.  You won’t be a forgotten.  Thanks for the designs.

In your honor: “Fashion” by David Bowie

Top 15 Fave Albums of ’09:

 1. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel by Mariah Carey

 2. The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga

 3. It’s Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

 4. Ultraviolet by Kid Sister

 5. Rated R by Rihanna

 6. Fantasties by Metric

 7. Two Suns by Bat for Lashes

 8. How to Be a Lady, Vol. 1 by Electrik Red

 9. It’s Not Me, It’s You by Lily Allen

 10. Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

 11. She Wolf by Shakira

 12. Lady Love by LeToya

 13. Echo by Leona Lewis

14. Anjulie by Anjulie

 15. Ready by Trey Songz

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.

The Noisettes, Wild Young Hearts

and the Jam of the Day! is Electrik Red’s “So Good”

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“Do You Think About Me” by 50 Cent

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Let’s show our love and support Haiti by donating food, clothes and money to credible organizations such as:

www.care.org

Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti

www.redcross.org

www.clintonbushhaitifund.com

and Doctors Without Borders and UNICEF

and…

Tell ‘em Keith Olbermann! (on his MSNBC show)

Rest in Peace to Soul singing legend, Teddy Pendergrass.

Support Conan O’Brien on The Tonight Show!!! on @ 11:35

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A remake of the Mint Condition classic, re-named “Pretty Brown” by Amerie featuring Trey Songz.  This song if straight fire, a great pop/R&B track duet and should have already been a single with a music video.  As usual, record labels never know the right songs to release.   It’s on Amerie’s new album In Love & War.

Here’s the music video for the song “Relator” by Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson, from their duet album Break Up.  Very late ’60s inspired and very good.

So, last week, VH1 aired their five-part list of the 100 Most Shocking Moments in Music.  It was pretty good, some decent new additions as the list that played during the last week of 2009 was actually a revamp of the their first list of Shocking Music which aired sometime in 2007.  The new list wasn’t bad but definitely seemed a little pop in comparison to the first one which was gritty and pretty hardcore in exposing some of the most bizarre and downright despicable behavior of someof the most well-known entertainers in music.  From watching the first one, you one-handedly got your music education that was provoking and interesting.  Out of curiousity, I looked online to find the first list and was able to retrieve it.  The second list also moved around events that were higher placed before, like the tragic death of Tejano star, singer Selena at number 27 to number 95, who died in 1995.   Selena at numbe 95 but Fergie pissing herself is in the thirties?  It’s bad enough homegirl bad so tragically, a high number should correlate to the what happened.

I said that the list was a little pop because for while some of the additions were legit (Rihanna & Chris Brown, Kanye West “vs”. Taylor Swift at the VMAs, Cam’ron and “no snitching”, Britney Spears shaving her head in the midst of her breakdown), some were kind of silly to be considered “shocking” and some omissions were obvious that should have been included.  Like Beyonce falling down stairs during her performance of “Ring the Alarm” in Florida was hardly shocking but unintentionally funny.  Maybe a little shocking because of her well premediated, overtly manicured image, but doesn’t compare to other catastrophes.  Another ridiculous inclusion was lead singer of Creed, Scott Stapp visibily drunk on SpikeTV.  I’m sure the two people who watched it thought it was hiliarous, but no one remembers that hot mess.  I’m suprised they even included it.   Adding Stapp and Beyonce were pretty much the equivalent of the first list including ’N Sync trying to get rid of Ron Perlman and off his record label, when Ron Perlman himself and his indecendent behavior should be a number.

And Courtney Love on the list three times!  For sure, a Courtney Love incident should be on the list, but not three times, her comedic debut at The Roast of Pamela Anderson on Comedy Central was actually quite good, even if she was under some kind of shit.

The top ten of the list as nearly exclusively about the sudden deaths of music stars, and at this point I thought where was Madonna and Eminem!  For a list concerning the most shocking moments in music, the fact that both artists made the first time but not here is not very good music research(ing) on VH1′s part.  And I think bettter commentators would have been good, a majority of them the second time around didn’t even seem to be aware of the serious-ness of some of the moments.

And how about “The Day the Music Died”?  That wasn’t featured at all, and the death of Dimebag Darrell (of the band Pantera) was spouted some outrage for being completely ignored as he was murdered on stage by a deranged fan.

The first Most Shocking List aired when VH1 and MTV still aried provocative music history and interview programs.  VH1 should have just made it the top 125 momentrs in music.  While keeping it at 100 makes more dense and intense, some music are so shocking, that if you’re gonna make a list, make it right and complete it for us music aficionados.

Below is the original top 100 list VH1 had aired:  I hope you got Wikipedia opened in a separate window.  Much of it is pretty amusing, but also sad.

100 MOST SHOCKING MOMENTS IN ROCK & ROLL

    1.   John Lennon murdered

    2.   Michael Jackson accused

    3.   Altamont

    4.   Kurt Cobain suicide

    5.   Marvin Gaye murdered

    6.   Fans trampled at The Who concert in Cincinnati

    7.   Milli Vanilli Exposed

    8.   Woodstock ’99

    9.   Sinead O’Connor rips Pope

    10.  Beatles more popular than Jesus

    11.  Madonna’s “Sex”

    12.  Alice Cooper’s chicken madness

    13.  Jerry Lee Lewis marries teen cousin

    14.  Elvis Presley shocks America

    15.  PMRC hearings

    16.  Sid Vicious charged with murder

    17.  Led Zeppelin shark attack

    18.  Ozzy Osbourne bites head off dove

    19.  Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial disaster

    20.  Tommy Lee / Pamela Anderson sex video

    21.  Death of Elvis Presley

    22.  Beach Boys befriend Charles Manson

    23.  Prince changes name

    24.  Judas Priest on trial

    25.  Rick James busted

    26.  Rolling Stones / Marianne Faithfull busted

    27.  Selena slain

    28.  George Michael’s bathroom bust

    29.  James Brown races cops

    30.  Tupac murdered

    31.  Jim Morrison busted

    32.  Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes burns down house

    33.  Al Green gets religion

    34.  John and Yoko’s “Two Virgins” cover

    35.  Ice T’s “Cop Killer”

    36.  Nikki Sixx cheats death

    37.  David Bowie’s fascist flirtation

    38.  Michael Jackson outbids Paul McCartney

    39.  Eminem lyric controversy

    40.  Van Halen’s 1979 tour

    41.  Professor Griff’s explosive interview

    42.  “Rock Around the Clock” riots

    43.  The Go-Go’s sex video

    44.  Death of Keith Moon’s chauffeur

    45.  Courtney Love’s press controversy

    46.  Gary Glitter’s child porn bust

    47.  Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley

    48.  Snoop Dogg’s murder rap

    49.  Brian Wilson suffers nervous breakdown

    50.  Bob Marley’s assassination attempt

    51.  Payola scandal

    52.  Iggy Pop cuts himself on stage

    53.  Chuck Berry’s shocking home videos

    54.  N’Sync break free

    55.  Curtis Mayfield’s tragic accident

    56.  Grace Slick’s drunken performance

    57.  Sly Stone’s rock and roll wedding

    58.  Pamela Des Barres bares all

    59.  Keith Richard Canadian drug bust

    60.  2 Live Crew Obscenity Trial

    61.  Gloria Estefan’s bus accident

    62.  Black Crowe’s cover banned

    63.  Studio 54 busted

    64.  Bill Wyman marries teen

    65.  Death of Michael Hutchence

    66.  Suge Knight renegotiates with Vanilla Ice

    67.  L7 Tampon assault

    68.  Bobby Darin’s family secret

    69.  Lynyrd Skynyrd graves vandalized

    70.  Red Hot Chili Peppers put a sock on it

    71.  Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS

    72.  Puffy’s gun trouble

    73.  John Fogerty sued for plagiarizing himself

    74.  Neil Young sued for not sounding enough like himself

    75.  Carnie Wilson’s surgery webcast

    76.  “Sgt. Pepper’s” the movie

    77.  Cynthia Plastercaster

    78.  Kiss on fire

    79.  Rick Wakeman’s “King Arthur” on ice

    80.  Axl Rose takes a stage dive

    81.  The Who explode on TV

    82.  Boy George on heroin

    83.  Marilyn Manson becomes priest in church of Satan

    84.  Campaign to deport John Lennon

    85.  Whitney Houston misses Oscars

    86.  Geto Boy shot in eye

    87.  Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” condemned by church

    88.  Cat Stevens condemns Rushdie

    89.  Def Leppard drummer loses arm

    90.  MC Hammer bankrupt

    91.  Stevie Wonder’s near fatal car accident

    92.  Homeless man impersonates Kiss drummer

    93.  Death of Karen Carpenter

    94.  Fan struck by lightning

    95.  Gram Parson’s corpse kidnapped

    96.  Bjork attacks reporter

    97.  Screamin’ Jay Hawkins fathers over 50 kids

    98.  David Crosby, sperm donor

    99.  Elvis meets Nixon

    100.  Wendy O. Williams arrested for obscenity

The 2009 Most Shocking Momentsin Music list (up until #20):

20. Rihanna and Chris Brown

21. Disco Demolition

22. Altamont

23. Akon throws fan

24. T.I. gun bust

25. Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash

26. Rick James busted

27. Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift at 2009 VMAs

28. Elvis Presley death

29. John Lennon says Beatles are bigger than Jesus

30. Michael Jackson trial

31. Nas album controversy

32. Fergie pees her pants

33. Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes death

34. Gary Glitter child porn bust

35. Bjork airport attack

36. James Brown on PCP

37. 50 Cent shot 9 times

38. The Who drummer Keith Moon replaced by fan

39. Travis Barker / DJ AM plane crash

40. Axl Rose beats up fan

41. Scott Stapp drunk on Spike TV

42. Chuck Berry’s toilet tapes

43. Van Halen’s 1979 tour

44. WASP onstage torture chamber

45. Cam’ron won’t snitch

46. Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes burns down house

47. Jim Morrison death

48. Johnny Cash attacked by ostrich

49. Diana Ross DUI

50. KISS Kasket

51. George Michael bust

52. Motley Crue release The Dirt

53. Eazy E dies of AIDS

54. DMX at JFK

55. Keith Richards snorts

56. Ted Nugent adopts girlfriend

57. Sid & Nancy

58. Grace Slick taunts Germans

59. Michael Jackson dangles baby

60. Courtney Love in NYC

61. Ozzy Osbourne / Nikki Sixx gross out contest

62. Rush’s Alex Lifeson fight with cops

63. Dave Matthews poop scandal

64. Oasis attacked by fan

65. Cop Killer

66. Mick Jagger / Keith Richards drug bust, orgy rumor

67. Jam Master Jay murder

68. George Jones tractor DUI

69. Gram Parsons’ corpse kidnapped

70. Metallica on stage accident

71. Boy George hooker scandal

72. Courtney Love at Pam Anderson Roast

73. Ant flips out

74. Danzig KO’d Adam

75. Aaliyah plane crash

76. Faith Hill chews out fan for grabbing hubby’s crotch

77. Sebastian Bach hit with bottle, attacks fan

78. Pete Doherty bloody interview

79. ODB cashes welfare check

80. Cyndi Lauper eats bird poop during concert

81. Whitney Houston and Serge Gainsbourg

82. Three 6 Mafia win Oscar

83. Sonny Bono skiing accident

84. Blues Traveler John Popper gun bust

85. Green Day wakes fan from coma

86. Mayhem sheep head injury

87. Randy Rhoads plane crash

88. Elvis meets Nixon

89. Billy Bob Thornton awkward interview

90. Steven Tyler casts underage daughter as stripper in video

91. Bobby Brown fight at Disneyland

92. Vince Neil TV facelift

93. Selena shot by fan

94. Leif Garrett car accident and BTM reunion

95. Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries teen

96. KISS drummer impersonated by homeless man

97. Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron’s penis explodes

98. Foxy Brown assaults manicurists

99. Poison feud at VMAs

100. Beyonce falls

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New single from Toni Braxton!  “Yesterday” featuring Trey Songz

NEW MUSIQ:

ARTIST: Ke$ha (Kesha), ALBUM: Animal–featuring the single “Tik-Tok”

100. “Innocence” by Bjork

99. “Milkshake” by Kelis

98. “Lean Back” by Terror Squad

97. “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield

96. “Bodysnatchers” by Radiohead

95. “Be Mine!” by Robyn

94. “Sugar, We’re Going Down” by Fall Out Boy

93. “Warwick Avenue” by Duffy

92. “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood

91. “La Tortura” by Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz

90. “Faster Kill Pussycat” by Paul Oakenfold featuring Brittany Murphy

89. “Love Song” by Sara Bareilles

88. “Hands Clean” by Alanis Morrisette

87. “Cellphone’s Dead” by Beck

86. “Wild Young Hearts” by Noisettes

85. “Satisfaction” by Benny Benassi

84. “Day N Night” by Kid Cudi

83. “Hella Good” by No Doubt

82. “Jumpers” by Sleater-Kinney

81. “The Scientist” by Coldplay

80. “In Da Club” by 50 Cent

79. “Be Without You” by Mary J. Blige

78. “Drop It Like It’s Hot” by Snoop Dogg

77. “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga

76. “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys

75. “Stronger” by Sugababes

74. “Blue Light” by Bloc Party

73. “Chasing Pavements” by Adele

72. “I Know” by Jay-Z

71. “Honey” by Erykah Badu

70. “Turning Me On” by Kevin Lyttle

69. “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” by Spoon

68. “Silver Lining” by Rilo Kiley

67. “When the Last Time” by the Clipse

66. “Here Without You” by 3 Doors Down

65. “Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis

64. “Heaven” by DJ Sammy featuring Yanou & Do

63. “House of Jealous Lovers” by The Rapture

62. “Get Free” by The Vines

61. “No Such Thing” by John Mayer

60. “Teardrops on My Guitar” by Taylor Swift

59. “D.A.N.C.E.” by Justice

58. “Gasolina” by Daddy Yankee

57. “Galvanize” by Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip

56.  “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack

55. “The Recluse” by Cursive

54. “The Rat” by The Walkmen

53. “Always on Time” by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti

52. “Hung Up” by Madonna

51. “Last Day of Magic” by The Kills

50. “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear

49. “Single Ladies” by Beyonce

48. “Toxic” by Britney Spears

47. “Try Again” by Aaliyah

46. “Get Ur Freak On” by Missy Elliot

45. “What You Know” by T.I.

44. “Chop Suey!” by System of a Down

43. “Testify” by Common

42. “1234″ by Feist

41. “Differences” by Ginuwine

40. “Get By” by Talib Kweli

39. “My Block” by Scarface

38. “A Long Walk” by Jill Scott

37. “Bring Me to Life” by Evanescence

36. “This Love” by Maroon 5

35. “Hate It or Love It” by The Game featuring 50 Cent

34. “Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand

33. “Best of You” by Foo Fighters

32. “In The End” by Linkin Park

31. “Just like a Pill” by Sean Paul

30. “Temperature” by Sean Paul

29. “Rebellion (Lies)” by Arcade Fire

28. “Electric Feel” by MGMT

27. “1 Thing” by Amerie

26. “American Boy” by Estelle featuring Kanye West

25. “It’s Been Awhile” by Staind

24. “Stan” by Eminem featuring Dido

23. “Hip-Hop” by Dead Prez

22. “One More Time” by Daft Punk

21. “All Falls Down” by Kanye West

20. “Umi Says” by Mos Def

19. “I’m Like a Bird” by Nelly Furtado

18. “Daniel” by Bat for Lashes

17. “Where’s Your Head At?” by Basement Jaxx

16. “     Galang” by M.I.A.

15. “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes

14. “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera

13. “L.E.S. Artistes” by Santigold

12. “Maps” byYeah Yeah Yeahs

11. “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton

10. “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey

9. “Hey Ya!” by OutKast

8. “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers

7. “Don’t Know Why” by Norah Jones

6. “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” by Kylie Minogue

5. “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson

4. “Umbrella” by Rihanna

3. “Seed 2.0″ by The Roots featuring Chester Chestnut

2. “Rehab” by Amy Winehouse

THE BEST MUSIC SINGLE/SONG OF THE DECADE OF THE 2000s…

1. “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley

 ”My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember is thinking,

I wanna be like them.

But maybe I’m crazy
Maybe you’re crazy
Maybe we’re crazy
Probably”.

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While, this was going to be posted this past December as an ode to the music we loved and pretended to hate from the past decade, it still in honor of the music that defined the year they were released and by artists, while some have come and gone in the public eye, will always have their signature songs.  The list is certainly diverse and hopefully some of your favorites are here.  There are some obvious choice, and not so obvious choices, and included are bands and artists from the U.K.  Many like to complain that no good music was made in the decade past, but that is a complete exaggeration, and part one right here is where it’s at.  Part two is the truth!

Read, complain, enjoy!  Here’s to the 2000s.  Thanks for the memories.

The Best 200 Music Singles of the 2000s (2000-2009), Part 1: 200-101

101. “Yeah!” by Usher

102. “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake

103. “Rock DJ” by Robbie Williams

104. “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” by Arctic Monkeys

105. “Everyone’s a V.I.P. to Someone” by The Go! Team

106. “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day

107. “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” by Panic! At the Disco

108. “Why” by Jadakiss

109. “Rapture” by iiO

110. “Ordinary People” by John Legend

111. “Hustler Muzik” by Lil Wayne

112. “Blinded by the Lights” by The Streets

113. “Everytime We Touch” by Cascada

114. “Sex on Fire” by Kings of Leon

115. “Made You Look” by Nas

116. “Lights and Music” by Cut Copy

117. “Southern Hospitality” by Ludacris

118. “Meet Me Halfway” by Black Eyed Peas

119. “Heartbeat” by Annie

120. “Treat Me Like Your Mother” by The Dead Weather

121. “Smile” by Lily Allen

122. “Are You the One” by The Presets

123. “The Promise” by Girls Aloud

124. “Foundations” by Kate Nash

125. “Now, Now” by St. Vincent

126. “Alice Practice” by Crystal Castles

127. “Yr Mangled Heart” by Gossip

128. “The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance” by Vampire Weekend

129. “Game of Love” by Santana featuring Michelle Branch

130. “Fill Me In” by Craig David

131. “Je veux te voir” by Yelle

132. “Bulletproof” by La Roux

133. “Sick Muse” by Metric

134. “Love Me Right” by Goapele

135. “Province” by TV On the Radio featuring David Bowie

136. “Warp 1.9” by The Bloody Beetroots featuring Steve Aoki

137. “Shut Up and Let Me Go” by The Ting Tings

138. “Say My Name” by Destiny’s Child

139. “Bump” by Spank Rock featuring Amanda Blank

140. “Boys Wanna Be Her” by Peaches

141. “Provider” by N.E.R.D.

142. “I Gotta Get Thru This” by Daniel Bedingfield

143. “To the Kingdom Come” by Passion Pit

144. “I Shoulda Let You Go” by Keyshia Cole

145. “Dirty Mind” by The Pipettes

146. “Visit to Vienna” by Sahara Hotnights

147. “How to Save a Life” by The Fray

148. “Take It Off” The Donnas

149. “Jager Yoga” by CSS

150. “Right Here (Departed) “ by Brandy

151. “I Miss You” by Blink-182

152. “Grace Kelly” by Mika

153. “We Are Rockstars” by Does It Offend You, Yeah?

154. “Listen to Your Heart” by DHT

155. “Gotta Tell You” by Samantha Mumba

156. “Golden Skans” by The Klaxons

157. “Need U Bad” by Jazmine Sullivan

158. “Eli, the Barrel Boy” by The Decemberists

159. “In the Waiting Line” by Zero 7

160. “Let Go” by Frou Frou

161. “It’s All Over But the Crying” by Garbage

162. “Oh Boy” by Cam’ron

163. “Lived in Bars” by Cat Power

164. “Selfish” by Slum Village featuring John Legend & Kanye West

165. “Fix Up, Look Sharp” by Dizzee Rascal

166. “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt

167. “I Believe in a Thing called Love” by The Darkness

168. “Untitled (How Does It Feel?)” by D’Angelo

169. “God is Going to Get Sick of Me” by Aberdeen City

170. “Ice King” by Res

171. “Fidelity” by Regina Spektor

172. “Lonely No More” by Rob Thomas

173. “By Your Side” by Sade

174. “Why Can’t I?” by Liz Phair

175. “First Cut is the Deepest” by Sheryl Crow

176. “Hey There Delilah” by Plain White T’s

177. “Morning After Dark” by Timbaland

178. “Mic Check, 1, 2” by Juelz Santana

179. “Atlas” by Battles

180. “Mistaken for Strangers” by The National

181. “Everywhere” by Michelle Branch

182. “O Sailor” by Fiona Apple

183. “Losing Sleep” by Charlotte Sometimes

184. “Last Nite” by The Strokes

185. “Party In The U.S.A.” by Miley Cyrus

186. “Cross the Dancefloor” by Treasure Fingers

187. “Complicated” by Avril Lavigne

188. “Find a New Way” by Young Love

189. “Kissing the Lipless” by The Shins

190. “Blurry” by Puddle of Mudd

191. “Bendable Poseable” by Hot Chip

192. “Promise” by Ciara

193. “Rockin’ That Shit” by The-Dream

194. “Girls Dem Sugar” by Beenie Man featuring Mya

195. “Orange Shirt” by Discovery

196. “Headstrong” by Trapt

197. “Ignorance” by Paramore

198. “Forever” by Drake, Lil’ Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem

199. “We Are Your Friends” by Justice vs. Simian

200. “Little Bit” by Lykke Li

On Sunday, January 3: The Best 200 Music Singles of the 2000s, Part 2: 100-1