¡viva la graham!

it was a pretty good year for music. and although i didn’t anticipate making a short list of my favorite singles, i decided to go for it when a co-worker gave me a cd full of her top tracks.

so here, in no particular order, are my top 40 of 2006. check it out!

1. the pipettes “pull shapes”
2. christina aguilera “ain’t no other man”
3. scissor sisters “i don’t feel like dancing”
4. nelly furtado “maneater”
5. dangerous muse “the rejection”
6. the modern “industry”
7. lily allen “smile”
8. robbie williams “lovelight”
9. sugababes “red dress”
10. beyonce “irreplaceable”
11. justin timberlake “my love”
12. pink “u + ur hand”
13. the kooks “naive”
14. franz ferdinand “l wells”
15. the sounds “song with a mission”
16. the strokes “heart in a cage”
17. yeah yeah yeahs “cheated hearts”
18. the feeling “sewn”
19. muse “starlight”
20. peaches “boys wanna be her”

and the next 20…

1. bertine “500″
2. the rapture “get myself into it”
3. madonna “jump”
4. richard ashcroft “break the night with colour”
5. goldfrapp “fly me away”
6. embrace “nature’s law”
7. sugababes “easy”
8. the feeling “love it when you call”
9. all-american rejects “move along”
10. the raconteurs “steady as she goes”
11. hot chip “boy from school”
12. dixie chicks “not ready to make nice”
13. annie “the crush”
14. gnarls barkley “crazy”
15. basement jaxx “hush boy”
16. girls aloud “something kinda ooh”
17. mika “relax, take it easy”
18. nelly furtado “promiscuous”
19. cherish “do it to it”
20. beyonce “ring the alarm”