Top 10 songs of 2011

So to wrap up the songs segment of 2011 we have some of the years finest tracks. I will have the albums for the end of the week but here are my favourite songs of this year!!

9. Adele – Rolling In The Deep
If you heard one song this year on my list it would have been this one, I don’t think anyone could have imagined Adele following ‘19’ up with a record quite as monumental as ‘21’ was. This song was played everywhere; I must have heard it at the supermarket, airport, work, subway, underwater. The Jamie XX remix was superb but the initial song is just pure pop at its finest!


8. Lana Del Rey – Video Games
Youtube superstar Lana Del Rey released this song during the summer, the DIY video and track gained massive traction as it made the rounds. Millions of people saw it and fell in love with Lana, her album due in January will be one of the largest of 2012, it was however this single that made everyone realize there was a gem out there with an amazing voice and song like this!
Lana Del Rey - Video Games by Shore-Fire-Media

7. Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks (Skeet Skeet Remix)
Foster the People’s single ‘Pumped up Kicks’ was ace; I thought it was really good. I was somewhat disappointed with the overall album but loved that one song. It was however when I came across the Skeet Skeet remix that i had the epiphany that they are just a mediocre indie band who have a great song to remix into an electro gem! Ah Skeet Skeet you made this song miles better than it was!
Pumped Up Kicks (Skeet Skeet Remix) by DJ SEHRAWAT

6. Jay Z and Kanye West – Ni**as in Paris
The two biggest names in the game got together to record ‘Watch the throne’ there was a rumor that they were barely able to stand each other and that the tour was in jeopardy. However when the album dropped it was this song that hit everyone’s playlist, a Will Ferrell clip from Blades of Glory just makes it even greater!
Kanye & Jay Z - Niggas in paris by KrissParkins

5. SBTRKT – Hold On (feat. Sampha)
SBTRKT is the musical brain of Aaron Jerome, he works closely with Sampha who has one of the most amazing voices for the Soulful Dubstep music that SBTRKT is a vehicle for. ‘Hold On’ is just pure brilliance and when you hear it you will want to hear the whole album! Absolutely outstanding as far as a song, album and live performances! Drake loved this song so much he even performed with them in Toronto and made a remix of it.


4. Tyler the Creator – Yonkers
So we have all heard about the controversial comments that Tyler from Odd Future comes up with, they have had musicians, gay rights groups and pretty much anyone that takes offence shocked. However it was ‘Yonkers’ that put all those disses into music my favourite lyric being the brilliant “stab bruno mars in his god damn esophagus” . He tries and succeeds to offend, this track being the best on the album! In the video he eats a cockroach too.


3. Cassius – I Love U SO (Skream’s made Zdar feel like he was 20 again remix)
The song was sampled on Jay Z and Kanye’s ‘Watch the Throne’ however the original single had a remix by Skream that kicked ass. It sped up the track and gave it an amazing backlog of great beats that meant you would find it hard to listen to the original again!
Cassius - I Love U So (Skream's Made Zdar Feel Like He Was 20 Again Remix) by MisterOwen

2. The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
The Black Keys returned a year after their largest album to date was released, ‘Brothers’ was extraordinarily good! I felt that they may go in the same direction of the Kings of Leon and have an album that sounded more like B-Sides than original decent material! Fortunately The Black Keys returned with the infectious video of ‘Lonely Boy’ with Derrick Tuggle and his Tuggle Shuffle! Amazingly fun video and a super song to kick!


1. M83 – Midnight City
So for my favourite song of the year it’s the magnificent M83, I overheard this song whilst I was working at Sony and one of my colleagues was creating an animated presentation, he was using this as the song on it and it caught my attention straight away. The French band are topping many end of year lists with this anthem and rightly so! There’s nothing like a cheesy 80’s sax solo in the middle of a song!


So that's it for my favourite tracks of 2011, I will be back in 2012 with more goodness for you all!