Top 50 Singles of 2010: 20-16

20. Robyn - Hang With Me



A gentle, late summer electro gem. I didn’t think much of the acoustic version, but this is about as perfect as pop gets. One of my favorite videos of the year, too.

19. Liam Lever - Welcome To Earth



This may just actually become a real hit single in the future, but a music video was filmed this year so it makes my 2010 list. One of the best choruses of the year.

18. The Bang Bang Club - Chemistry



Another track that never took off the way it deserved to, this was a fixture of my Spring. From the scratchy vocals to the incessant chorus, this was pop music as cotton candy.

17. Mini Viva - One Touch



At once their death knell and their best single release, this song will always be a little bittersweet. I almost wish Girls Aloud would have recorded it so that it would have had the chance to be a proper hit.

16. Bjørn Johan Muri - Yes Man



The slow-burning single of the Spring. As hummable as Donkeyboys’ Ambitions was last year, this may do it one better (it was written by the same people). A song that never gets old.

Liam Lever - Welcome To Earth

I don't post on weekends. Ever. So something's gotta be really important for me to do it. And this song is definitely important. I've been sitting on this one for quite a long time (about two months now), waiting for a full version (in any format) to be available. Previously, there's only been a two minute clip on his myspace. And I'm happy to be the first anywhere to blog about this song.
Those with good memories will remember Liam Lever as I Am Finn, who had a great electro-rock single a couple of years (that tragically didn't get the attention it deserved) called Hard. He also had a handful of other tracks that were equally amazing (and equally unrecognized for their amazingness).
Now he's back and even better. This song, in particular, blew me away the first time I heard it. It's one of those revelatory feelings, like the first time I heard the Mo or Melody Club. And now, out of nowhere, he's got a low-budget video to go along with it. Amazing. I want this guy to become the premier male popstar in the UK. Watch this now, and tell your friends how amazing it is. Music like this shouldn't go unnoticed.
Oh, and coincidentally, it's my birthday today. I'll consider this a nice, unexpected gift!