The 100 Best Songs of 2006 : Rolling Stone

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71 "Let Me Know" [Song]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
This spare acoustic B side to "Gold Lion" could have been a children's play song: Its lazy martial rhythm and Karen O's vocals circle endlessly back upon themselves. Perfect for jumping rope or nodding out.

72 "Louisiana " [Video] [Song]
The Walkmen
A joyful, laid-back homage to summers spent driving down South at sunup, from a band that specializes in a peculiar mussed-up impression of Blonde on Blonde Dylan.

73 "Pushover" [Song]
The Long Winters
Guitar troubadour surrenders to his girlfriend with two and a half minutes of rootsy sweetness, and you can't help but surrender too.

74 "Just Drums" [Song]
Tapes 'N Tapes
Minneapolis rockers get you "reeling in fog, kneeling in fog" with brittle, brutal guitar work in the service of an off-kilter groove.

75 "Before He Cheats" [Song]
Carrie Underwood
Country-jukebox fave of the year -- the American Idol sweetheart is reborn as a psycho stalker, slashing her man's tires outside the honky-tonk.

76 "Fire Department" [Song]
Be Your Own Pet
Four wild-eyed skater-punk teens from Nashville stomp the bejesus out of a Buzzcocks guitar riff that's older than they are.

77 "Trapped in the Drive-Thru" [Song]
"Weird Al" Yankovic
We thought R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" was beyond parody until we heard this "Weird Al" joint, which chronicles a couple's struggle to get dinner.

78 "That's How I Got To Memphis" [Song]
Solomon Burke
Just a warm, weathered voice calling out for a departed lover: Burke's version of this Tom T. Hall tune is the best song from his excellent new covers disc.

79 "It's Going Down" [Song]
Yung Joc with Nitti
"Meet me in the club/It's going down": More proof of the power of a pure, synthy snap beat and a singsongy rhyme.

80 "I'm Free" [Song]
Pimp C
A tweaked sample of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin' " makes a perfect hook for this lovable, slow-rolling celebration of the Houston MC's release from prison.