Poptime

Herein, I collect and count down my favorite pop, rock, r&b and hip hop singles released between the time I was born (1/74) and right this minute. Ordering is pretty loose and arbitrary until I reach the top 10 or so, when rankings will really mean something.

I'm limiting myself to things that have actually charted in the Billboard Hot 100 (or Billboard subcharts or foreign equivalents when applicable). Otherwise, trying to narrow a list down to 101 songs would be border on impossible.

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  1. Artist: The Flaming Lips
    Song: Do You Realize??
    Year: 2002
    Highest Chart Position: #32 (UK Singles Chart)

    Unlike, it seems, every other person in internet land, I could never wrap my head around The Soft Bulletin or any of its singles. That’s why I was so relieved in 2002 when they released the Yoshimi album. It was packed with songs way more to my liking, and especially the made-for-movie-credits single “Do You Realize??” (although, as far as I can tell, it has yet to be used in any movie title or credit sequence).

    It’s a sad song, but not really. It’s full of the inevitables, yet Wayne Coyne presents them in a way that makes sadness, longing and other emotions a universal likeness rather than something we have to suffer alone.

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