Top 50 Songs of 2008

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Posted: 1/13/09

The following songs were selected by The Daily Orange staff based on the following criteria: success, popularity, musicianship, impact and intensity.

1. Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"

2. Kanye West - "Love Lockdown"

3. Beyonce - "If I were a boy"

4. Lil Wayne - "A Milli"

5. Pink - "So What"

6. Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl"

7. Rihanna Featuring TI - "Live your Life"

8. M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" (A 2007 release, but popularized by "Pineapple Express")

9. Britney Spears - "Womanizer"

10. TI, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, M.I.A - "Swagger like us"

11. Lil Wayne - "Lollipop"

12. Estelle Featuring Kanye West - "American Boy"

13. Beyonce - "Single Ladies (put a ring on it)"

14. Katy Perry - "Hot 'n' Cold"

15. Vampire Weekend - "A-punk"

16. Rihanna - "Disturbia"

17. Kid Rock - "All Summer Long"

18. Miley Cyrus - "See you again"

19. Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"

20. Lady Gaga - "Just Dance"

21. Metrostation - "Shake it"

22. Coldplay - "Violet Hill"

23. One Republic - "Stop and Stare"

24. Radiohead - "Reckoner"

25. Pussy Cat Dolls - "When I grow up"

26. Kanye West - "Heartless"

27. Jason Mraz - "I'm yours"

28. Jack White and Alicia Keys - "Another way to die"

29. Jordan Sparks featuring Chris Brown - "No Air"

30. Kevin Rudolf - "Let it Rock"

31. The Killers - "Human"

32. Pink - "Sober"

33. The All American Rejects - "Gives you hell"

34. Duffy - "Mercy"

35. Linkin' Park - "Shadow of the Day"

36. John Legend - "Green Light"

37. TI featuring Justin Timberlake - "Dead and Gone"

38. TI -"No matter what"

39. Bloc Party - "Mercury"

40. Snow Patrol - "Take back the city"

41. Britney Spears - "Piece of Me"

42. Chris Brown - "Forever"

43. Daughtery - "Feels like Tonight"

44. Girl Talk - "Play your part (part 1)"

45. Britney Spears - "Circus"

46. Ra Ra Riot - "Suspended in Gaffa"

47. Portishead - "Machine Gun"

48. Goldfrapp - "A&E"

49. Shinedown - "Second Chance"

50. Taylor Swift - "Love Story"