The 100 Best Songs of the Year

81 "Temperature" [Video] [Song]
Sean Paul
A sweaty sugar-shot hit anchored by the reggae-pop star's zippiest beat yet.

82 "London Bridge" [Song]
Fergie
A true original! Well, not exactly -- just the Black Eyed Peas' token blonde ripping off "Hollaback Girl" with a boombastic rhythm track. But it does the trick.

83 "Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further"
Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint
Toussaint wrote this funky plea for charity and unity in 1970 for Lee Dorsey. The urgency is greater in this explosive rock 'n' soul version, cut in New Orleans four months after Katrina.

84 "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" [Song]
Panic! At the Disco
Sporting a title taken from a Chuck Palahniuk novel, "Difference" has what Panic! do best: churning riffs, an explosion of syllables from Brendon Urie that takes the place of a guitar solo, and hypercatchy non-hooks ("Trophy Boys! Trophy Wives!")

85 "Well Thought Out Twinkles" [Song]
Silversun Pickups
If loving Smashing Pumpkins is wrong, then Silversun Pickups don't wanna be right: bombastically dreamy alt-rock that surges from a whisper to a shriek.

86 "The Saints are Coming" [Song]
Green Day and U2
Billie Joe Armstrong and Bono rescue a tune from Scottish punk band the Skids and turn it into a redemption song for New Orleans. Also, check the live recording from the Superdome.

87 "U +Ur Hand" [Song]
Pink
The title reads like a snippet from a nasty text message, and the huge, sexy song follows suit: Pink walks into a bar and tells a horny jackass he'll have to get himself off tonight.

88"The Greatest" [Song]
Cat Power
The strings are breathtaking and the backing vocals are ethereal, but it's Chan Marshall's eerily aching voice that makes this soar.

89"Show Me" [Song]
John Legend
Legend proves he's more than a mellow piano dude with this fragile Jeff Buckley-ish tune, powered by a burbling, Hendrix-style guitar riff.

90"Britney's Silver Can" [Song]
James Kochalka Superstar
Kochalka, a very funny moonlighting comic-book artist, makes the definitive tune about Britney's rough past few years.

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