Top 50 Songs of 2011!
#1 | Pumped Up Kicks
~Foster The People
I’ve mentioned multiple times how Foster The People have a habit of juxtaposing dark lyrics alongside a happy tune, and it’s no different in Pumped up Kicks. A kid named Robert who lives a disadvantaged life takes out his anger in a mall shooting. The song is seen from the killer’s point of view, and he targets those with the ‘pumped up kicks’ – the people who think they’re better than everyone else, those who can afford trendy clothes and shoes. Ironically enough, it was those people who were among the plethora of people dancing to this song with an undeniably quirky charm. With half-spoken verses, delicately-sung choruses and infectiously catchy whistling, Pumped up Kicks is my #1 song of 2011.
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What do you think? Do you agree or disagree? Let me know by leaving a comment! I will also be adding some fun things like trivia about the list and some honourable mentions, so check the comments out and please leave me a comment.
NOTABLE MENTIONS
~F***ing Perfect – Pink
~Love on Top – Beyonce
~Inescapable – Jessica Mauboy
~Raining Diamonds – Ricki-Lee
~Spectrum – Florence + The Machine
~Hair – Lady Gaga
~Mean – Taylor Swift
~Princess of China – Coldplay
~Don’t You Remember – Adele
~What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) – Kelly Clarkson
SONGS WHICH I DEFINITELY DID NOT FORGET AND LEFT OFF FOR A REASON
~Someone That I Used To Know – Gotye ft. Kimbra (I have no idea how this was so popular)
~Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO
~Sexy And I Know It – LMFAO
~Any other song by LMFAO
~Any song by Bruno Mars
ARTISTS WHICH DOMINATED THE LIST
~Lady Gaga – 6 Songs
~Adele – 4 Songs (All in the top 20)
~Coldplay – 4 Songs
~Katy Perry – 3 Songs
SONGS WHICH HAVE APPEARED ON PREVIOUS LISTS
None
MISCELLANEOUS TRIVIA
~I started putting together the list on around the 24th, actually. It took a lot of refining and some drafts but I’m happy with the list I’ve put together, honestly. What took me the longest though was making it look great in terms of colours and headers and whatnot.
You put so much work into this post, I totally agree
Except Marry the Night would have been my #1, God, I’m in love with that song. Sad it’s not doing well on the charts 
WOW Josh, this is so amazingly and elegantly done! I am hands down impressed.
You’re choices are pretty brilliant too, although I do love me a little LMFAO as a guilty pleasure. They’re pretty generic, but it makes for some decent club dancing.
Coldplay are just the best thing to ever come out of music. I adore them! They are gold and Mylo Xyloto was my favourite album of 2011 as well
Taylor Swift shined this year as always and I absolutely agree with your choices, they were real show stoppers. And Hot Chelle Rae are touring with her? NO WAY! I am so, so SO excited to see both of them (I’m currently addicted to Lovesick Electric, so I am seriously pumped to see them!!). I’m going to her Sydney concert with friends on my birthday, March 10th. Are you going to the Melbourne concert?
I had no idea that’s what Pumped Up Kicks was about (I feel so ignorant!)
But it was a brilliant song and I think it totally deserved your #1. I don’t know what my top song of 2011 would have been, but Pumped Up Kicks would definitely be in there somewhere. 
Once again, this post is stunning, and you are awesome. You’ve introduced me to a heap of new songs too, which I am so keen to listen too. Except it’s 2:30am, so I’m going to do that in the morning… haha.
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@Chad; OMGOSH I love Marry The Night too <333333 Yeah I agree it's a shame it's not blitzing the charts, but oh well, the general public is missing out :c (And plus with SAIKI hitting #1 on the Billboard charts, you can see that doing well on the charts =/= a song is good.
@Sas; Thankyou :3 That's awesome; I'm heading off to her concert on the 13th!
Seriously, March is going to be awesome with Taylor AND The Hunger Games movie! Let me know what you think of the songs after you give them a listen (Y)