Top Songs of 2008


Rank All Time Rank Artist Song Genres
1
325
Hercules and Love Affair feat. Antony Hegarty Blind Nu-Disco
2
489
Coldplay Viva La Vida Art Pop, Chamber Pop
3
589
Fleet Foxes White Winter Hymnal Chamber Folk, Indie Folk
4
634
Elbow One Day Like This Chamber Pop
5
677
Beyoncé Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Dance-Pop
6
717
Santogold L.E.S. Artistes Indie Pop, Indietronica
7
781
Lil Wayne A Milli Hardcore Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop
8
834
Kings of Leon Sex on Fire Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
9
873
Portishead Machine Gun Electro-Industrial
10
1076
Portishead The Rip Folktronica
11
1301
Amadou & Mariam Sabali Electropop
12
1328
Hot Chip Ready for the Floor Alternative Dance, Indietronica
13
1399
Fleet Foxes Mykonos Chamber Folk, Indie Folk, Indie Pop
14
1511
Estelle feat. Kanye West American Boy Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop, Funktronica
15
1536
Deerhunter Nothing Ever Happened Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
16
1710
Girls Lust for Life Indie Pop, Indie Rock
17
1732
Kid Cudi Day 'N' Nite Pop Rap
18
1783
Lily Allen The Fear Electropop
19
1830
Lady Gaga Poker Face Dance-Pop, Electropop
20
2056
Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man Alt-Country, Indie Folk
21
2103
M83 Kim & Jessie Dream Pop, Synthpop
22
2428
Florence + The Machine Dog Days Are Over Art Pop, Indie Pop
23
2530
Duffy Mercy Blue Eyed Soul, Pop Soul
24
2612
DJ Mujava Township Funk Kwaito
25
2828
Empire of the Sun Walking on a Dream Indietronica, Synthpop
26
3042
Gang Gang Dance House Jam Alternative Dance, Psychedelic Pop
27
3088
Kanye West Love Lockdown Electropop
28
3190
M83 Graveyard Girl Dream Pop, Synthpop
29
3274
Elbow Grounds for Divorce Art Rock, Indie Rock
30
3372
The Killers Human Pop Rock, Synthpop
31
3429
Sigur Rós Gobbledigook Art Pop
32
3450
Kings of Leon Use Somebody Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
33
3643
The Juan MacLean Happy House Nu-Disco
34
3751
Wiley Wearing My Rolex Hip House, Pop Rap, UK Hip Hop
35
3760
The Temper Trap Sweet Disposition Indie Pop, Indie Rock
36
3792
The Last Shadow Puppets The Age of the Understatement Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
37
3867
Passion Pit Sleepyhead Electropop, Indietronica
38
3983
Fever Ray If I Had a Heart Art Pop, Synthpop
39
4001
TV on the Radio Golden Age Art Rock, Indie Rock
40
4082
Adele Chasing Pavements Blue Eyed Soul
41
4096
Frida Hyvönen Dirty Dancing Pop, Singer/Songwriter
42
4195
Death Cab for Cutie I Will Possess Your Heart Indie Rock
43
4214
Katy Perry I Kissed a Girl Pop Rock
44
4255
The Walkmen In the New Year Indie Rock
45
4506
Deerhunter Agoraphobia Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
46
4550
Goldfrapp A&E Art Pop, Folktronica, Indie Pop
47
4699
Metronomy Heartbreaker Alternative Dance, Electropop, Indie Pop, Synthpop
48
4704
Franz Ferdinand Ulysses Post-Punk Revival
49
4804
The Ting Tings Great DJ Alternative Dance, Indie Pop
50
4866
Air France Collapsing at Your Doorstep Balearic Beat
51
5165
Erykah Badu The Healer Neo-Soul, Psychedelic Soul
52
5187
Lil Wayne feat. Static Major Lollipop Pop Rap, Southern Hip Hop
53
5219
Glasvegas Geraldine Indie Rock, Shoegaze
54
5346
Britney Spears Womanizer Dance-Pop, Electropop
55
5391
Aeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond Whispers Nu-Disco
56
5541
Max Tundra Which Song Glitch Pop
57
5579
Florence + The Machine You've Got the Love Art Pop, Pop Soul
58
5746
Lady Gaga Paparazzi Dance-Pop, Electropop
59
5886
Benga and Coki Night Dubstep
60
6195
Metric Help I'm Alive Indie Rock
61
6243
Empire of the Sun We Are the People Electropop, Indietronica
62
6295
TV on the Radio Dancing Choose Indie Rock, Indietronica
63
6305
Jay-Z & T.I. feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne Swagga Like Us Hip Hop
64
6394
Weezer Pork and Beans Alternative Rock, Power Pop
65
6432
Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West Put On Southern Hip Hop, Trap
66
6483
Girls Hellhole Ratrace Indie Pop, Indie Rock
67
6733
Spiritualized Soul on Fire Chamber Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
68
6784
T.I. feat. Rihanna Live Your Life Pop Rap, Southern Hip Hop
69
6805
Cut Copy Lights & Music Indietronica, Synthpop
70
6973
Mystery Jets Two Doors Down Indie Pop, New Wave
71
7003
Crystal Castles Untrust Us Bitpop, Electropop, Synthpop
72
7111
No Age Teen Creeps Indie Rock, Noise Rock
73
7117
Cut Copy Out There on the Ice Electropop, Synthpop
74
7150
Beyoncé Halo Adult Contemporary, Contemporary R&B
75
7198
The Hold Steady Constructive Summer Heartland Rock, Indie Rock
76
7233
Portishead We Carry On Electronic, Experimental Rock
77
7258
Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome Dance Wiv Me Dance-Pop, Hip House, Pop Rap, UK Hip Hop
78
7271
P!nk So What Pop Rock
79
7275
Chairlift Bruises Indie Pop, Synthpop
80
7344
Duffy Warwick Avenue Blue Eyed Soul, Pop Soul
81
7399
Animal Collective Water Curses Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
82
7402
Fake Blood Mars Fidget House
83
7426
Micachu Golden Phone Art Pop, Indie Pop, Noise Pop
84
7648
Vivian Girls Where Do You Run To Garage Punk, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
85
7730
Juan Son Nada Art Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
86
7866
Matias Aguayo Minimal Microhouse
87
7926
Little Boots Stuck on Repeat Dance-Pop, Electropop
88
7942
Gnarls Barkley Run Neo-Soul
89
7957
The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound Alternative Rock, Heartland Rock, Punk Rock
90
8077
Francis Cabrel La Robe et l'echelle Chanson, Folk Pop, French Pop
91
8092
Taylor Swift You Belong with Me Country Pop, Pop Rock, Teen Pop
92
8168
David Byrne & Brian Eno Strange Overtones Alternative Dance, Art Pop
93
8345
Ladyhawke My Delirium Dance-Punk, Electropop, Post-Punk Revival
94
8405
Sigur Rós Inní mér syngur vitleysingur Art Pop, Dream Pop, Indie Pop
95
8445
Peter Fox Alles neu Hip Hop, Pop
96
8494
No Age Eraser Indie Rock, Noise Pop
97
8496
Santogold Lights Out Indie Pop, Indie Rock, New Wave
98
8677
Usher feat. Young Jeezy Love in this Club Contemporary R&B, Pop
99
8838
Ida Maria I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked Indie Rock, Pop Rock
100
8909
Port O'Brien I Woke Up Today Indie Folk, Indie Rock
101
8926
Guns N' Roses Better Hard Rock
102
8971
Sébastien Tellier Divine Electropop, Synthpop
103
9024
Crystal Castles Courtship Dating Electropop, Synthpop
104
9049
Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Hard Rock, Industrial Rock
105
9071
Oasis The Shock of the Lightning Alternative Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
106
9089
TV on the Radio Halfway Home Art Rock, Indie Rock
107
9160
T.I. Whatever You Like Pop Rap, Southern Hip Hop
108
9215
British Sea Power Waving Flags Indie Rock
109
9333
The Felice Brothers Frankie's Gun! Americana, Folk Rock
110
9483
Friendly Fires Skeleton Boy Alternative Dance, Indietronica
111
9622
Grace Jones Williams' Blood Funk, Pop Soul, Trip Hop
112
9628
Oasis I'm Outta Time Britpop, Psychedelic Pop
113
9642
Cat Power I Believe in You Country Rock
114
9901
TV on the Radio DLZ Art Rock, Indie Rock
115
9964
Jack White & Alicia Keys Another Way to Die Alternative Rock, Film Soundtrack

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Grace Jones Corporate Cannibal Art Pop, Trip Hop
The Verve Love Is Noise Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Christina Rosenvinge La distancia adecuada Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Beach House Gila Dream Pop, Indie Pop
Frightened Rabbit The Modern Leper Folk Rock, Indie Rock
Hercules and Love Affair Hercules Theme Dance-Pop, Electro-Disco
Janet Jackson Feedback Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop, Electropop
Bruce Springsteen The Wrestler Americana, Contemporary Folk, Film Soundtrack, Singer/Songwriter
Markus Krunegĺrd Jag är en vampyr Indie Rock
The Dø On My Shoulders Art Pop, Indie Pop
Deichkind Arbeit nervt Electroclash, Hip Hop
Jazmine Sullivan Bust Your Windows Pop Soul
Bloc Party Mercury Indietronica
Beck Gamma Ray Alternative Rock
Kanye West Heartless Pop Rap
Polarkreis 18 Allein allein Synthpop
The Mae Shi Run to Your Grave Indie Pop, Indietronica
Telepathe I Can't Stand It Electropop, Indietronica
Florence + The Machine Kiss with a Fist Indie Rock
The Dodos Fools Folk Rock, Indie Folk
Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain Blame It Contemporary R&B
Women Black Rice Noise Rock, Post-Punk
The Streets Everything Is Borrowed Pop Rap, UK Hip Hop
Kings of Leon Notion Pop Rock, Southern Rock
Santogold Say Aha Alternative Dance, Indie Rock
Vampire Weekend Walcott Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Fujiya & Miyagi Knickerbocker Indietronica
Munk feat. Asia Argento Live Fast! Die Old! Electro-Disco
The Ting Tings Shut Up and Let Me Go Alternative Dance, Indie Pop, Pop Rock
Santogold You'll Find a Way Electropop, Indie Rock, Indietronica
Hot Chip One Pure Thought Alternative Dance, Indietronica
Ne-Yo Closer Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
The Hold Steady Sequestered in Memphis Indie Rock, Pub Rock
Beck Modern Guilt Alternative Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Jamey Johnson In Color Contemporary Country
Buraka Som Sistema Sound of Kuduro Kuduro
She & Him Why Do You Let Me Stay Here Alt-Country, Chamber Pop, Folk Pop
Metallica The Day That Never Comes Heavy Metal
Erykah Badu Honey Funk, Neo-Soul
R.E.M. Supernatural Superserious Alternative Rock, Power Pop
AC/DC Rock 'n' Roll Train Hard Rock
Metallica All Nightmare Long Thrash Metal
Rihanna Disturbia Dance-Pop, Electropop
Blitzen Trapper Furr Country Rock
The Airborne Toxic Event Sometime Around Midnight Post-Punk Revival
TV on the Radio Family Tree Art Rock, Indie Rock
Ladyhawke Dusk Till Dawn Electropop, Synthpop
CSS Left Behind Indietronica
Foals Cassius Dance-Punk, Indie Rock
N*E*R*D Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom) Pop Rap
Foals Two Steps, Twice Dance-Punk, Indie Rock, Math Rock
Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland 4 Minutes Dance-Pop
Al Green Lay It Down Southern Soul
Okkervil River Lost Coastlines Folk Rock, Indie Rock
Katy Perry Hot N' Cold Dance-Pop, Electropop
Kaiser Chiefs Never Miss a Beat Post-Punk Revival, Power Pop
Ricardo Villalobos Enfants Microhouse
Air France No Excuses Balearic Beat
Los Punsetes Dos policías Indie Pop, Post-Punk Revival
Ladyhawke Paris Is Burning Alternative Dance, Synthpop
Atlas Sound Recent Bedroom Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Jay Reatard Always Wanting More Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Power Pop
The Killers Spaceman Pop Rock, Post-Punk Revival
Neon Neon I Lust U Synthpop
Annie I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me Dance-Pop
Wild Beasts The Devil's Crayon Art Pop, Indie Pop
Coldplay Lost! Art Pop, Pop Rock
The Notwist Boneless Indie Rock, Indietronica, Psychedelic Pop
The Knux Cappuccino Hip Hop
The Presets This Boy's in Love Electro House, Electropop
Q-Tip Gettin' Up East Coast Hip Hop, Pop Rap
TV on the Radio Love Dog Art Rock, Indie Rock
Kelley Polar Entropy Reigns (In the Celestial City) Electro, Synthpop
Taylor Swift Love Story Pop Rock, Teen Pop
deadmau5 + Kaskade I Remember Progressive House
Santogold Creator Electropop, Glitch Pop, Grime
Invisible Conga People Cable Dazed Deep House
Lykke Li I'm Good, I'm Gone Indie Pop
Coldplay Life in Technicolor II Art Pop, Pop Rock
Russian Red Cigarettes Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
The Last Shadow Puppets Standing Next to Me Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
White Lies Death Post-Punk Revival
The Raconteurs Salute Your Solution Alternative Rock, Garage Rock Revival
Jamie Lidell Another Day Electronic, Pop Soul
Sr. Chinarro Los Ángeles Indie Pop
Robert Forster Let Your Light In, Babe Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds More News from Nowhere Alternative Rock
Big Boi feat. Andre 3000 & Raekwon Royal Flush Hardcore Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop
The Kills U.R.A Fever Garage Rock Revival
Friendly Fires Jump in the Pool Alternative Dance, Indietronica
T.I. No Matter What Southern Hip Hop
Snow Patrol Take Back the City Alternative Rock, Indie Pop, Pop Rock
The Futureheads The Beginning of the Twist Post-Punk Revival
Glasvegas It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry Indie Rock
The BPA feat. David Byrne & Dizzee Rascal Toe Jam Big Beat, Dance-Pop, Electropop
Keane Spiralling Pop Rock, Synthpop
The Wave Pictures I Love You Like a Madman Indie Pop, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Eagles of Death Metal Wannabe in L.A. Garage Rock Revival, Hard Rock
The Bug Poison Dart Dubstep, Ragga
Jamey Johnson High Cost of Living Outlaw Country
Solange Sandcastle Disco Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop, Pop Soul
Heartbreak We're Back Synthpop
The Last Shadow Puppets My Mistakes Were Made for You Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
The Roots Rising Down East Coast Hip Hop