also I'm sure the list would change if I wrote it tomorrow--or any other day...
20) "Young Folks" by Peter Bjorn and John from Writers Block
19) "Staring at the Sun" by TV on the Radio from Desperate Youth And Blood-thirsty Babes
18) "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" by Kanye West from Late Registration
17) "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl" by Broken Social Scene from You Forgot It In People
16) "99 Problems" by Jay-Z from The Black Album
15) "It's Gonna Take an Airplane" by Destroyer from Your Blues
14) "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen from Working On A Dream
13) "Two Weeks" by Grizzly Bear from Veckatimest
12) "My Girls" by Animal Collective from Merriweather Post Pavillion
11) "Carry Me Ohio" by Sun Kil Moon from Ghosts Of The Great Highway
10) "3rd Planet" by Modest Mouse from The Moon And Antarctica
9) "Mississippi" by Bob Dylan from Love And Theft
8) "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)" by Jay-Z from The Blueprint
7) "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens from Come On Feel The Illinoise!
6) "Slow Show" by The National from Boxer
5) "New Slang" by The Shins from Oh, Inverted World
4) "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen from The Rising
3) "Ideoteque" by Radiohead from Kid A
2) "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire from Funeral
1) "All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem Sounds of Silver