Wednesday, May 20, 2009

WYMS Top 100 of 2008

Here's the countdown for America's most diverse AAA statio. Lots of local music in this countdown

1. Sex on Fire -- Kings of Leon
2. Paper Planes (DFA Remix) -- M.I.A.
3. Right as Rain -- Adele
4. Electric Feel -- MGMT
5. Streets on Fire -- Lupe Fiasco
6. Ragged Wood -- Fleet Foxes
7. I Will Possess Your Heart -- Death Cab For Cutie
8. Strange Overtones -- David Byrne & Brian Eno
9. You -- Atmosphere
10. 28 Butts -- Little Jackie
11. Crying -- TV on the Radio
12. House of Cards -- Radiohead
13. American Boy -- Estelle
14. Mercy -- Duffy
15. A-Punk -- Vampire Weekend
16. I'm Amazed -- My Morning Jacket
17. We're Here to Save the Day -- The Constellations feat. Asher Roth
18. Jailer -- Asha
19. Love Lockdown -- Kanye West
20. Cath -- Death Cab For Cutie
21. Viva La Vida -- Coldplay
22. Shut Up and Let Me Go -- The Ting Tings
23. Who's Gonna Save My Soul? -- Gnarles Barkley
24. You Are the Best Thing -- Ray LaMontagne
25. Orange Blossoms -- JJ Grey & Mofro
26. Say Hey (I Love You) -- Michael Franti & Spearhead
27. I'm Not Going to Teach Youe Boyfriend How to Dance With You -- The Black Kids
28. I Feel it All -- Feist
29. Fix It -- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
30. Gamma Ray -- Beck
31. Black and Gold -- Sam Sparro
32. D.A.N.C.E. -- Justice
33. Kids -- MGMT
34. I Love You (More Than You Love Me) -- The Streets
35. Evil Urges -- My Morning Jacket
36. Good Time -- Brazilian Girls
37. L.E.S. Artistes -- Santogold
38. One Day -- Kings Go Forth
39. Lights Out -- Santogold
40. Puppets -- Atmosphere
41. Make You Crazy -- Brent Denned feat. Femi Kuti
42. North American Scum -- LCD Soundsystem
43. Nothing Ever Hurt Like You -- James Morrison
44. Bodysnatchers -- Radiohead
45. You're the One -- Kings Go Forth
46. Snow In California -- The Stills
47. Oceans & Streams -- The Black Keys
48. The Numbers Game -- Thievery Corporation feat. Chuck Brown
49. Peace Love & Happiness -- G.Love & Special Sauce
50. You Know What -- N.E.R.D.
51. Soldier -- Erykah Badu
52. Lemon King Mahoney -- Fever Marlene
53. Going On -- Gnarles Barkley
54. Slaute Your Solution -- The Raconteurs
55. 100 Yard Dash -- Raphael Saadiq
56. Sometime Around Midnight -- Airborne Toxic Event
57. Sequestered in Memphis -- The Hold Steady
58. The Foundation -- Rusty P's
59. American Gangster Time -- Elvis Costello & The Imposters
60. Little Bit -- Lykke Li
61. The Kids Don't Stand A Chance -- Vampire Weekend
62. Lost -- Coldplay feat. Jay Z
63. Two Silver Trees -- Calexico
64. Jigsaw Falling Into Place -- Radiohead
65. Rich Girls -- The Virgins
66. Unless It Kicks -- Okkervil River
67. Hope -- Jack Johnson
68. The Shock of the Lightining -- Oasis
69. Dance With Me -- The Lackloves
70. An Eluardian Instance -- Of Montreal
71. Boots of Chinese Plastic -- The Pretenders
72. As We Grow -- Valentina
73. If I -- Rashaad Ahmad
74. Lost -- Coldplay
75. Killing for Love -- Jose Gonzalez
76. Supernatural Superserious -- R.E.M.
77. Dance With Me -- Old 97's
78. Hallmark Stars (Take A Seat) -- The Lackloves
79. Violet Hill -- Coldplay
80. She Loves Everybody -- Chester French
81. Can't Say What I Mean -- Kaiser Chiefs
82. Fire -- Codebreaker feat. Cathy Diamond
83. Now I'm Gone -- Juliana Hatfield
84. Believe -- QTip feat. D'Angelo
85. Funplex -- The B52's
86. I Was Zapped by the Lucky Super Rainbow -- The Flaming Lips
87. This Lonely Love -- Juliana Hatfield
88. Boys With Girlfriends -- Meko
89. Thank You Too -- My Mornign Jacket
90. Orphans -- Beck
91. 27 Jennifers -- Mike Doughty
92. Radio Nowhere -- Bruce Springsteen
93. Sunshine Lies -- Matthew Sweet
94. The Fear -- Lily Allen
95. Say Aha -- Santogold
96. Have You Made Up Your Mind -- Paul Weller
97. Persistent -- 1956
98. Always A Friend -- Alexandro Escovedo
99. Creator -- Santogold
100. Sadie Hawkins -- Dessa

BTW -- the Milwaukee artists on the countdown are Kings Go Forth, Fever Malene, The Lackloves, Codebreaker, and 1956
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