10. Death Cab For Cutie - "Doors Unlocked and Open"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zxeo_N3Z0c
There are songs that make you want to get in your car and drive until the road ends. This is one of them.
9. Portugal. The Man "Everything You See (Kids Count Hallelujahs)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ES2fIBPOLs&ob=av2e
8. Foo Fighters - "These Days"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q73Jb8ChjuM
The Foo's delivered their best album in years in 2011, and this song captures the emotion of the record well: anger, aggression, acceptance. Awesome.
7. Bon Iver - "Calgary"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-N6wo8Cwk
6. Needtobreathe - "Keep Your Eyes Open"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWmKYzqZ-54
5. Foster the People - "Houdini"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEVa3jAaweE
While "Pumped Up Kicks" was getting all the radio play this year, this song was running laps around it. I defy you not to catch yourself whistling this hook later today.
4. The Killers - "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNXsjs6ED5Y
Can you put a U2 cover song from 1991 in your top songs of 2011? When it's hands-down the best U2 cover you've ever heard, you sure can.
3. Fleet Foxes - "The Shrine/An Argument"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_XXismYUZs
Two understated, poetic and sometimes bizarre songs sandwich the most powerful 90 seconds of music in 2011. Epic.
2. The Boxer Rebellion - "Both Sides Are Even"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aaACjXX1t0
The Boxer Rebellion describe their music as "cinematic." This song would be a the movie's climax.
1. Reeve Carney featuring Bono and The Edge - "Rise Above 1"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PomErClAIFk
Am I biased? Yes, probably. But this song was, for my money, the best, most memorable and most underrated song of the year. Broadway road-trip in 2012, anyone?
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