The 100 Best Songs of 2006 : Rolling Stone

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61 "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" [Song]
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Five Brazilian girls (plus one dude with an excellent handlebar 'stache) rock their spaz-disco hit describing the perfect date.

62 "Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)" [Song]
The Rakes
A herky-jerky art-rock jam that's pointy and pretty in all the right places, courtesy of some seriously gangly U.K. boys.

63 "The Funeral" [Song]
Band of Horses
Two Seattle boys with a strong tune sense and lips that need kissing something fierce make a gloomy downer that sulks like Tonight's the Night-era Neil Young, then gets epic like the Arcade Fire.

64 "Put Your Records On" [Song]
Corinne Bailey Rae
A breezy, wickedly catchy summer jam that could light up both a house party and a wine-and-cheese soiree.

65 "Penny on the Train Track" [Song]
Ben Kweller
Inspiration for wistful young men. Imagine a Weezer tune written by Fats Domino: sloppy-drunk piano pounding with a locomotive engine rhythm and wide-eyed lyrics.

66 "Ballad of Bitter Honey"
Eef Barzelay
"That was my ass you saw bouncing/Next to Ludacris," sings nerdy indie guy Barzelay in the voice of a hip-hop video vixen. The best folk song ever about "hoochie skanks."

67 "Deja Vu" [Song]
Beyonce with Jay-Z
Not "Crazy in Love," but it'll do: a powerhouse that felt like a Marvin Gaye-Tammie Terrell duet for the hip-hop generation.

68 "Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts" [Song]
Arctic Monkeys
It probably got left off the album because it sounded too much like the Libertines, but this superbly jealous, wiggly pub-rock cut from the I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor EP is well worth seeking out.

69 "Trouble" [Song]
Jay-Z
Maybe if Jay leaked this one first instead of "Show Me What You Got," the heads would have given him a warmer welcome-back cheer. One of the nastiest Dr. Dre beats in years, and Jay doesn't let it go.

70 "I Gotcha" [Video] [Song]
Lupe Fiasco
Backed by a prime Neptunes shuffle tagged to a jazzy piano riff, Chicago newcomer Fiasco gives his tongue a workout while his brain works overtime. One of the year's most lovable hip-hop tracks.