The 100 Best Singles of 2008

Somebody forgot to tell AC/DC what year it is: With its ricocheting power chords and fists-clenched vocals, this could have been a lost track from Back in Black.

54

"I Believe in You"   BY CAT POWER

A Stones-y cover of Dylan's Slow Train Coming gospel ballad, with Chan Marshall pledging her faith — to a lover, or to God — like she's opening a vein.

55

"Gobbledigook"   BY SIGUR RÓS

The Icelandic art-rock mystics make magic with little more than hand claps, acoustic guitar and la-la-las that refract like flashlight beams on a glacier. Dazzling, and dizzying.

56

"Constructive Summer"   BY THE HOLD STEADY

Everybody's favorite bar band mixes shit-kicking guitars and witty lyrics for an awesomely fist-pumpable jam about getting hammered with your friends.

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