Top 100 Songs Of 2008 (2027)

#99: "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay. He’d listened to this on the bus ride to his last final exam, feeling like a medieval king about to conquer his destiny. Now he was a peasant sweeping up the castle.

#41: "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry. He laughed out loud. He remembered his conservative aunt, Margaret, standing up in the middle of a family barbecue and declaring, "This is the devil's work," before unplugging the radio. His dad had just shrugged and said, "It's catchy, Marge." top 100 songs of 2008

He stared at the screen. For all his cynicism, he couldn't write the dismissive, ironic takedown Jen wanted. He couldn't call 2008 a mess. It was a mess. The housing market had cratered. He owed forty thousand dollars. The last Bush administration was limping to a finish. But on the dance floor, for three minutes and fifty seconds, nobody cared. #99: "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay

(The biggest ballad of the year and a global smash) #41: "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry