SLAG PATROL

Finally, here is my top 10 for 2006. After compiling the list I discovered that my top 10 is actually very close to Popjustice’s. This was not intentional–great minds just think alike.

1. Nelly Furtado – Maneater (acoustic version linked)

Whether radio version, album version, acoustic (so good!), or remixed, this is the song I loved most in 2006. The aggressive verses, the glorious chorus, the sheer dance-worthiness of it–i still can’t get enough of it.

2. All American Rejects – Move Along

I love this because it’s so catchy. And not to get maudlin or overly sentimental but my life did a lot of moving along in 2006, and I had this song in the background for a lot of it.

3. Pink – U and Ur Hand (Bimbo Jones Mix)

This song wasn’t bad before. But Bimbo Jones made it epic. The chorus is played up fantastically.

4. Take That – Patience

I’m generally not a sucker for ballads, and I didn’t even know who Take That were before 2006, but I love this.

5. Jamelia – Beware of the Dog

At first I thought it was sacrilege for Jamelia to sample Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus. But it’s excellently done.

6. Paris Hilton – Nothing in this World (Kaskade Radio Mix)

My favorite remixes tend to make saccharine songs sinister, and this is the best example of it in 2006.

7. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy

Sure it got overplayed, but it’s so good.

8. The Modern – Sometimes

Retro done right. Starts a little slow, but the chorus is amazing.

9. Beyonce – Ring the Alarm (Freemasons Radio Mix)

So angry. One of my favorite song to run to in 2006, along with Maneater and Beware of the Dog.

10. Muse – Supermassive Black Hole

Muse stopped trying to sound like Radiohead and turned on the pop machine in 2006. This song’s great.

three fantastic remixes–

Madonna – Jump (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
Sugababes – Push the Button (DJ Prom Mix)

Both of these are about 8 minutes long–normally I like shorter mixes and radio edits that get right to the point, I guess I get bored during repetitive longer mixes, but these two remixes are very good. Very lush, great builds and crashes, evocative. I wasn’t very impressed with Stuart Price’s recent remix of The Killers’ When You Were Young, but that song wasn’t that great to begin with. This rework of Jump is much better. And the Sugababes track is off their Overloaded remix album–it’s quite good.

Paris Hilton – Nothing in this World (Kaskade Radio Remix)

Like everyone else, I really should hate Paris Hilton. But Nothing in the World as it’s originally mixed is incredibly catchy. And this remix changes it entirely, makes it almost angry, much like perhaps my favorite song of 2004, the Above and Beyond remix of Britney Spears’ Everytime.