The 100 Best Singles of 2008

Singles of the Year

1 | Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

2 | Santogold — "LES Artistes"

3 | MGMT — "Time to Pretend"

4 | Blitzen Trapper — "Furr"

5 | Lil Wayne — "Lollipop"

6 | Beck — "Gamma Ray"

7 | Estelle feat. Kanye West — "American Boy"

8 | My Morning Jacket — "I'm Amazed"

9 | Coldplay — "Viva la Vida"

10 | T.I. — "No Matter What"

11 | Rihanna — "Disturbia"

12 | TV on the Radio — "Golden Age"

13 | Ryan Adams and the Cardinals — "Magick"

14 | The BPA feat. David Byrne and Dizzee
      Rascal — "Toe Jam"

15 | Al Green — "Lay It Down"

16 | Young Jeezy — "My President"

17 | The Killers — "Spaceman"

18 | Kid Rock — "All Summer Long"

19 | Guns n' Roses — "Better"

20 | Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"

21 | Vampire Weekend — "One (Blake's Got
      a New Face)"

22 | Jay-Z and T.I. — "Swagga Like Us"

23 | The Black Keys — "I Got Mine"

24 | Lykke Li — "I'm Good, I"m Gone"

25 | Leona Lewis — "Bleeding Love"

26 | The Rapture — "No Sex for Ben"

27 | The Ting Tings — "Shut Up and Let Me Go"

28 | Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne — "Let It Rock"

29 | Pink — "So What"

30 | Weezer — "Pork and Beans"

31 | Conor Oberst — "Moab"

32 | N.E.R.D. — "Everyone Nose"

33 | The Raveonettes — "Aly, Walk With Me"

34 | Gnarls Barkley — "Run"

35 | Kaiser Chiefs — "Addicted to Drugs"

36 | Usher feat. Beyoncé and Lil Wayne —
      "Love in this Club, Pt. 2"

37 | Bob Dylan — "Someday Baby"

38 | Jamey Johnson — "High Cost of Living"

39 | The Academy Is... — "About a Girl"

40 | Kings of Leon — "Sex on Fire"

41 | Duffy — "Warwick Avenue"

42 | The Raconteurs — "Salute Your Solution"

43 | Erykah Badu — "The Healer"

44 | Panic at the Disco — "Nine in the Afternoon"

45 | Foals — "Cassius"

46 | Taylor Swift — "Fifteen"

47 | Janelle Monáe — "Many Moons"

48 | John Mellencamp — "Troubled Land"

49 | Jonas Brothers — "Video Girl"

50 | Jackson Browne — "Time the Conqueror"

51 | Ashlee Simpson — "Rule Breaker"

52 | Lee Ann Womack — "Last Call"

53 | AC/DC — "Big Boi"

54 | Cat Power — "I Believe In You"

55 | Sigur Rós — "Gobbledigook"

56 | The Hold Steady — "Constructive Summer"

57 | Charles Hamilton — "Brooklyn Girls"

58 | Jazmine Sullivan — "Bust Your Windows"

59 | Low vs Diamond — "Don't Forget Sister"

60 | Ne-Yo — "Closer"

61 | Robyn — "Cobrastyle"

62 | The Gaslight Anthem — "The '59 Sound"

63 | LCD Soundsystem — "Big Ideas"

64 | She and Him — "Why Do You Let
      Me Stay Here"

65 | The Virgins — "Rich Girls"

66 | Jenny Lewis — "Acid Tongue"

67 | M.I.A. — "Shells"

68 | Fall Out Boy — "I Don't Care

69 | Missy Elliott — "Ching-A-Ling"

70 | Busy Signal — "Tic Toc"

71 | Phantom Planet — "Do the Panic"

72 | Sam Sparro — "Black and Gold"

73 | Ciara feat. Ludacris — "High Price"

74 | Ra Ra Riot — "Dying is Fine"

75 | Flo Rida feat. T-Pain — "Low"

76 | The Roots — "Rising Down"

77 | Hercules and Love Affair — "Blind"

78 | Love as Laughter — "Holy"

79 | Kid Cudi — "Day 'N' Nite"

80 | Mudcrutch — "Crystal River"

81 | The Knux — "Cappuccino"

82 | Santogold and Diplo — "Icarus"

83 | Get 'Em Mamis — "Cold Summer"

84 | Lil Wayne — "A Milli"

85 | M83 — "Kim & Jessie"

86 | The Rumble Strips — "Cowboy"

87 | Friendly Fires — "Jump in the Pool"

88 | Bon Iver — "Skinny Love"

89 | Old Crow Medicine Show — "Alabama
      High-Test"

90 | Busta Rhymes — "Don't Touch Me
       (Throw da Water on 'Em)"

91 | O'Neal McKnight — "Check Your Coat"

92 | White Denim — "Shake Shake Shake"

93 | Madonna — "Candy Shop"

94 | Los Campesinos — "Miserabilia"

95 | Lucinda Williams — "Real Love"

96 | Little Joy — "Brand New Start"

97 | Sheryl Crow — "Now That You're Gone"

98 | Teyana Taylor — "Google Me"

99 | The Enemy — "You're Not Alone"

100 | Will.i.am — "Yes We Can"

Contributors: Kyle Anderson, Chuck Eddy, Nicole Frehsée, Caryn Ganz, Andy Greene, Will Hermes, Brian Hiatt, Kevin O'Donnell, Melissa Maerz, Jonathan Ringen, Jody Rosen, Douglas Wolk