As usual, I’ve restricted inclusion to tracks which I enjoyed as stand-alone pieces, rather than getting bogged down in endless favourite album tracks. Consequently, the vast majority of entries on this list were released as singles (whatever “single” means in this day and age), and the list as a whole is more slanted towards the more “pop” end of my taste spectrum.
UPDATE: Click here to listen to all 70 tracks on Spotify.
1. Invisible Light – Scissor Sisters
2. We Want War – These New Puritans
3. Fire With Fire – Scissor Sisters
4. Slow – Rumer
5. Tightrope – Janelle Monae ft Big Boi
6. Round And Round – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
7. Wut – Girl Unit
8. Celestica – Crystal Castles
9. Perfect Stranger – Magnetic Man ft Katy B
10. Coma Cat – Tensnake
11. Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
12. Somebody To Love Me – Mark Ronson & the Business Intl ft Boy George
13. Soldier Of Love – Sade
14. She Said – Plan B
15. Night Air – Jamie Woon
16. Mirrorage – Glasser
17. Acapella – Kelis
18. The Gaudy Side Of Town – Gayngs
19. 4th Of July (Fireworks) – Kelis
20. Gettin’ Over You – David Guetta & Chris Willis ft Fergie & LMFAO
21. Them That Do Nothing – Field Music
22. Who Makes Your Money – Spoon
23. Lewis Takes Off His Shirt – Owen Pallett
24. Limit To Your Love – James Blake
25. California Gurls – Katy Perry ft Snoop Dogg
26. Mind Reader – Kingdom ft Shyvonne
27. Gawad Teriamou – The Sway Machinery & Khaira Arby
28. In The Sun – She & Him
29. Oh! The Divorces – Tracey Thorn
30. No Tears To Cry – Paul Weller
31. Rocket – Goldfrapp
32. One Life Stand – Hot Chip
33. Tremel (Astronomer Remix) – Glasser
34. CMYK – James Blake
35. Alejandro – Lady Gaga
36. Fuck You – Cee-Lo Green
37. Dancing On My Own – Robyn
38. Odessa – Caribou
39. Firework – Katy Perry
40. Window Seat – Erykah Badu
41. Aretha – Rumer
42. OMG – Usher
43. Alive – Goldfrapp
44. Stylo – Gorillaz ft Mos Def & Bobby Womack
45. Not In Love – Crystal Castles ft Robert Smith
46. Kupanda – Mice Parade
47. Drop The Other – Emika
48. Nothin’ On You – B.o.B ft Bruno Mars
49. Bloodbuzz Ohio – The National
50. I Need A Dollar – Aloe Blacc
51. Jeans – Quadron
52. Measure – Field Music
53. Club Can’t Handle Me – Flo Rida ft David Guetta
54. Promise This (Almighty Club Mix) – Cheryl Cole
55. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart – Alicia Keys
56. Shutterbugg – Big Boi ft Cutty
57. Dynamite – Taio Cruz
58. Alors On Danse – Stromae
59. Like A G6 – Far East Movement
60. Find Me Out – Rose Elinor Dougall
61. Baptism – Crystal Castles
62. Back To The Fuck Yeah – Pulled Apart By Horses
63. Undertow – Warpaint
64. Follow – Crystal Fighters
65. (It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love – Manic Street Preachers
66. Stereo Love – Edward Maya ft Vika Jigulina
67. I Am Europe – Gonzales
68. Tenderoni – Kele
69. Pass Out – Tinie Tempah
70. Happiness – Alexis Jordan
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