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Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best Song of 2011?

Cast your vote in our weekly readers' poll

December 16, 2011 5:15 PM ET
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Our critics have had their say about their year-end favorites, including the 50 Best Singles of 2011, and now it's your turn. Our Weekend Rock question for you is: What is the best song of 2011?

You can vote here in the comments, on facebook.com/rollingstone, or on Twitter using the #weekendrock hashtag.

Last weekend, we asked you to choose the best albums of 2011, and we compiled the results in this video gallery.

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Song Stories

“The A Team”

Ed Sheeran | 2011

This debut track from the then-20-year-old British singer-songwriter has a dark story behind it. Sheeran says he culls songwriting inspiration from "viewing other people's situations," which, for the heroine in "The A Team," involves drug addiction and prostitution that began as a teen. Sheeran paints the woman's trials with haunting imagery such as "But lately her face seems/Slowly sinking, wasting/Crumbling like pastries." "I did a gig at a homeless shelter, [and the song] is about one of the women there. It's her story," he said.

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