The 100 Best Songs of 2007

97 "Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars)"
Grinderman
Nick Cave kicks out of the crypt as if he's just had an extremely profane séance with the spirit of James Brown. He turns himself into a goth-blues king bee, buzzing around the hive of some lucky lady and howling for a little interplanetary love action.

98 "Wild Mountain Nation"
Blitzen Trapper
A shambling, hypermelodic jam from Portland, Oregon, indie boys down with Native American culture — and the best Grateful Dead knockoff in forever.

99 "Never Again"
Kelly Clarkson
America's Sweetheart churns out a spookily defiant revenge rocker, spitting bile at a former lover over captivatingly dour and crunchy guitars.

100 "Rockstar"
Nickelback
you know it's a weird year when one of the best, funniest songs on the radio is by Nickelback, a band previously noted for having no sense of humor at all. But this not-quite-sarcastic anthem is their bid for a star on the Walk of Fame (yes, "between James Dean and Cher"), and they earned it. If Nickelback can sound like rock stars, there's hope for us all.