The 100 Best Singles of 2008

77

"Blind"   BY HERCULES AND LOVE   AFFAIR

With a rubber-band bass line and an ecstatic vocal from cross-dressing warbler Antony, this summer jam is as awesomely gay as a glitter-coated rainbow. Disco? Back.

78

"Holy"   BY LOVE AS LAUGHTER

The wildest boast from these scandalously underrated Brooklyn rockers — "We can be the best Babylon band" — doesn't seem so far-fetched. Especially considering those raggedy, Neil Young-like guitars.

79

"Day 'N' Nite"   BY KID CUDI

He's Kanye's new sidekick, and no wonder: This portrait of a "lonely stoner" is emotionally raw, thanks to its minimal, bleeping electro hook.

80

"Crystal River"   BY MUDCRUTCH

Lighters up! This jamadelic slow dance by Tom Petty's reunited pre-Heartbreakers outfit sounds like a lost soundcheck from the Grateful Dead's Europe '72.

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