Do you have any idea how hard it is to pick out any reasonable number of favorite songs for the past year? My music library widened exponentially this year. After sifting through and picking out 20 songs, I realized my list is rather representative of my entire collection. Here are the songs that were burned into my ear drums this year (in no certain order):

1. Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (XXXChange Remix) - This remix is better than the original
2. The Magnetic Fields - Drive on Driver
3. The Slips - Girls at the Back Up - This London duo can glitch with the best of them. This track is definitely a floor banger!
4. Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire - The Kings made a statement in 2008 with this lead single off their new album
5. Kid Cudi - Day ‘N Night (Crookers Remix) - This remix takes the darkness of the original and turns it into a DJs dream, just don’t watch ‘the video’ cause Cudi will go all Kanye on you.
6. Lil Wayne - Lollipop (Kanye West Remix) - ‘You can have a bag if you’re a snacker’
7. Boy Crisis - L’Homme - This may be the next great American band…even if Pitchfork thinks the exact opposite…This track is by far one of the year’s best
8. Thunderheist - Jerk It - I can’t wait for this Canadian duo to make their move on the U.S. in ‘09. Anyone who promises someone will go home pregnant at every one of their shows knows how to throw it down
9. The BPA - Toe Jam (Feat. David Byrne) - This track’s positive tones, created by a Fatboy Slim/David Byrne fusion is such a fun, easy listen; and the video is one of the year’s best!
10. Mates of State - The Re-Arranger - Always a sucker for lighthearted, hopeful love songs
11. MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Remix) - Thank you Soulwax, you took something great and made it better
12. Sunny Day Sets Fire - Teenagers Talking - This international supergroup was on our radar all year. Its hard to pick just one of their songs.
13. HEALTH - Triceratops (Acid Girls Remix B) - ‘Are you bleeding?’
14. Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head - Confections - Best song of the year about sweets
15. Ratatat - Mirando - This duo’s 2008 album ‘LP3′ took their intricate noise making to a new level.
16. Santogold - Lights Out (Diplo’s Panda Bear Edit) - The choral ‘Comfy in Nautica’ vocals add such a sexy tone to this song
17. David Byrne - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - Classic Byrne/Eno
18. T.I. - Whatever You Like (Remix Feat. Ludacris, Flo Rida) - Been all over this song since Fall.
19. M.I.A. - Boyz (Wale Remix) - WALE’s verses on this remix added the energy to give this track a secondlife
20. Solid Gold - Get Over It - Minneapolis’ best up and coming band…can’t wait to see what ‘09 brings