Spendthrift Shoestring

List: My Top 25 Pop Songs of 2008

Quite late, this one, and I'm not entirely sure that I haven't excluded some really good tunes. Still, here it is: my favorite tracks of 2008.

1.   Dance Wiv Me -- Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris ft. Chrome
2.   Beat Control -- Tilly and the Wall
3.   Fascination -- Alphabeat
4.   Lights & Music -- Cut Copy
5.   Longing for Lullabies -- Kleerup ft. Titiyo
6.   I’m Good, I’m Gone -- Lykke Li
7.   Kids -- MGMT
8.   Don’t Call Me Baby -- Kreesha Turner
9.   Stay the Same -- autoKratz
10. Divine -- Sébastien Tellier
11. Der Kuschel Song -- Schnuffel
12. We Love the Disco Sound -- Streetlife DJs
13. Just Dance -- Lady GaGa
14. Blijf je vanavond -- Monique Smit
15. Downtown Boys -- Infernal
16. Hear It In The Cans -- We Have Band
17. Gymnastik -- Hej Matematik
18. Come On Girl -- Taio Cruz ft. Luciana
19. Thank You -- Amy Diamond
20. Better in Time -- Leona Lewis
21. Non ti scordar mai di me -- Giusy Ferreri
22. Quicksand -- La Roux
23. Naughty Girl -- Mr. G
24. Want U -- Lo-Fi-Fnk
25. Baas -- Ali B ft. Sjaak

Tilly & the Wall As Interpreted by Some Taiwanese Grade Four Students

Tilly & the Wall, an indie band from Omaha, make good songs. I don't know much about them outside of the simple fact that they've made at least one stunning, perfect pop song, "Beat Control." This week, "Beat Control" surges in the UK Singles Chart, from Number 166 to Number 77. If there's any justice in the pop world, it will keep climbing. Here it is interpreted by a bunch of fourth graders in Taiwan.