2008: Lange's Top 50 Tracks

From Baton Rouge, USA
Wed 21 Jan 2009

50. Chris Cagle – What Kinda Love
49. Beck – Gamma Ray
48. Keyshia Cole – Brand New
47. Seal – A Change Is Gonna Come
46. Q-Tip – Move
45. Flight Of The Conchords – Robots
44. Neon Neon – Raquel
43. Funeral For A Friend – You Can’t See The Forest For The Wolves (Album Version)
42. Britney Spears – Unusual You
41. The Vinny Club – Duke (Throw The Damn Towel)
40. Sander VanDoorn – Riff
39. The Very Best – Dinosaur On The Ark
38. The Axes Of Evil – By This Axe I Rule
37. M83 – Graveyard Girl
36. Chris Brown – With You
35. Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
34. Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008 (Feat. Akon)
33. Johnson & Jonson – WOW
32. Plies – Bust It Baby Pt. 2
31. Ghostface Killa – Charlie Brown (DJ Mehdi Remix)
30. Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em – Soulja Boy Tellem
29. Cary Brothers – Ride (Tiesto Remix)
28. Rick Ross – The Boss
27. Eagle Scout – Decatur
26. The Cure – The Only One
25. Estelle – American Boy (Feat. Kanye West)
24. Santogold – Lights Out
23. Ferry Corsten – Into The Dark (Ferry Fix)
22. Aether – Dajame Dormir
21. Tcheka – Telemovel
20. Sigur Ros – Gobbledigook
19. MGMT – Time To Pretend
18. Nina Simone – Gimme Some (Mike Mangini Remix)
17. The Cool Kids – One Two
16. 8Ball & MJG – Throw Your Hands Up
15. N.E.R.D. – Love Bomb
14. Akon – I’m So Paid (Feat. Lil Wayne & Young Jeezy)
13. The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
12. Coldplay – Life In Technicolor
11. T-Pain – Can’t Believe It (Feat. Lil Wayne)
10. T.I. – Ready For Whatever9. M.I.A. – Paper Planes (Blaqstarr Remix)
8. Felix Da Housecat – Radio (Shinichi Osawa Remix)
7. Lil Wayne – Lollipop

6. Kanye West – Love Lockdown
808s & Heartbreaks is a Top 5 album of the year for me, and this track introduced the world to what West was about to do to Hip Hop, and it’s a beautiful thing.

5. Fleet Foxes – He Doesn’t Know Why
It was good to hear a few guys who can sing really well without an autotune. Psychedelic.

4. Deadmau5 – Faxing Berlin
Podcasts, clubs from New Orleans to Shanghai, Beatport, played this song ragged. For good reason too: it’s a trance masterpiece, that warms you immediately. Completely enjoyable for dance fans.

3. Christian Scott – The Crawler
I don’t remember being more excited about a musician last year than when I heard Christian. I thought Jazz was dead, and it might be, but don’t tell Mr. Scott. The fact that he went to school with my Guest Music Picker, Captain, made it extra special to listen to.

2. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Everyone knows that these Brits can do wrong with their magic formula, at times (especially for musicians) it's maddening. Nevertheless, they did it, and not you. The lyrics sealed the deal on this one: A history lesson, a dramatic orchestral push, all over an extremely unique and interesting emphasis on downbeats. I can’t think of another song that sounds like this, yet it still follows their simple formula for creating pop masterpieces.

1. Lil Wayne – A Milli
The biggest track on the biggest album of the year, Tha Carter III. ‘Nuff said.