We’re getting to the top of the list now and it’s getting harder and hard to choose my absolute favorites of the year. Some of these songs are so fantastic. If you haven’t given some of these songs a chance yet it’s time to get with the program and give them a chance.
#19. Tone Damli Aaberge – Butterflies
The youngest contestent to ever make it onto Norwegian Idol where she ended up as the runner up and went on to release 3 hit albums. She continued her streak of ‘runner up’ status when she came in second place to Alexander Ryback at MGP 2009. Well Tone… you can smile knowing that at least you beat out Alexander on the You Don’t Know Pop top songs of 2009.
#18. September – Can’t Get Over
This song is perhaps the oldest song on my 2009 countdown as it was first officially relased back in 2007 in Sweden! But due to success in the Uk the track was re-mixed and released in March and a little tweak here and there was all that was needed to take this song from good to POPTASTIC!
#17. Girls Aloud – Untouchable
I remember when I first heard this track I didn’t ‘get’ it’s awesomeness right away. Even after it was released as a single I dismissed it and never really gave it a chance. Then, once the album had died out and people had moved on from the last album I went back and gave the song the chance it deserved and it immediately earned heavy rotation status on my iPod. The track is very classy and is the kind of song you can relax to when you’re feeling depressed or a song that you can get up and dance to if you’re planning a night out. The song is unique and different from a lot of songs that were released in 2009 and that may have worked against the girls as it was their worst chart performing single to date. Although Uk fans are trrying to change that this February with a campaign to get the track back into the top 10 based on downloads.
#16. Alcazar – One Two Three Four
In their first appearance on the chart this album track which only recently showed up on the special edition of ‘Disco Defenders’ has already become one of my favorite songs of the year. This track rounds out one of the best years for Alcazar with a lot to be proud of including an album where every single track was listenable and pure unapologetic pop.
#15. Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
The photo says it all…. me and Lady Gaga! She was amazing and this song is bloody brilliant. I’m sure the song will top a lot of charts this year and it could have easily fit in a higher position than 15 but the competition is so tough that she ends up at #15 for me.
#14. Frankmusic – Confusion Girl
Where did this guy come from?! I randomly happened upon this video while surfing online and was taken by complete surprise. I had heard his name and see some photos but never took the time to find out who he was and that was a huge mistake. It’s bouncy and fun electro-pop without taking itself too seriously, it’s easy to listen to and very mainstream although it’s not a great indication of the kind of music you’re going to get on his album.
#13. John Schmidt – Love Story Meets Viva La Vida
Two of the biggest songs of the decade… experience them as you’ve never experienced them before. AMAZING!
#12. Alcazar – Burning
I remember when it was announced that Alcazar were back as a threesome with a new member. To be honest I wasn’t really impressed or excited. I was what I would call a periferal fan… watching from the outside. I enjoyed some of their songs and even bought an album of theirs but I had never been completely sold on the band. So to hear that they were back I really wasn’t expecting much. Plus I had started to really enjoy Magnus and thought that for Alcazar to re-form minus 2 great members wasn’t going to work. Since I had already made up my mind about them I really didn’t give a lot of thought to ‘We Keep On Rockin’ even though I may have secretly liked it. When ‘Inhibitions’ was released I was impressed that they had actually managed to get a second single out but when I first heard it I thought ‘I knew they couldn’t pull it off. Then it happened… I heard ‘Burning’ for the first time and from that moment on I had officially jumped on the Alcazar train and I’ve never looked back. The song, the video, the dance routine, the pink glasses, the rollerskates in the dirty bathroom stall… it’s all too perfect.
#11. Janet Leon – Let Go
Classify this as another great surprise of 2009. If someone would have told me that I’d have chosen a solo single by a singer from ‘Play’ as one of my favorite songs of the year I never would have believed it. ‘Let Go’ has all the ingredients for one of my favorite tracks… it builds and builds as it goes along… it’s got a tick tick tick sound (All the best songs have tick tick ticking in them don’t you know… just ask Sarah Dawn Finer!) and it’s sung with a lot of heart. So congrats Janet on a very pleasant surprise in 2009.
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