@ZackTeibloom Welcome to the 4th annual Best songs of 2011 Festival Crashers contest. I’m pretty happy with this list. Lady Gaga is the only one on here that really pains me. After two years of doing catchiest song, we moved to favorite song so we could avoid Gaga-esque crap, but here we are. Oh, well. Andy made a good point that he wanted more of a cross-section of music. If it was only me picking, it would be almost all indie-rock. Andy made sure we had more pop, hip hop and dance.

We’ve whittled down our list of favorites to 7 each and left some room for suggestions. We’re down to 22 songs. 14 are in and ranked. The other 8 we’ll vote in this week. For now, your job is to pick a song that will be “yours.” Here’s what we have so far. Details on how to pick your song at the bottom.Here’s the list of 14 that are definitely in the contest. Andy and I each claimed one song as our “favorite.” Almost everything else is up for grabs. You’ll notice if it’s open because it will say OPEN in caps.

By the way, you can listen to all the nominees on Spotify

1. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (Andy)
2. Young the Giant “My Body” (Zack)
3. Lady Gaga “You and I” (OPEN)
4. M83 “Midnight City” (Rob H.)
5. Jay-Z “N-word* in Paris” (Emily D.)
6. The Black Keys “Lonely Boy” (OPEN)
7. Justice “New Lands” (OPEN
8. The Drums “Money” (Caitlin)
9. Foo Fighters “Walk” (OPEN)
10. The Joy Formidable “Whirring” (OPEN)
11. Foster The People “Helena Beat” (David H.)
12. My Morning Jacket “Outta My System” (OPEN)
13. Coldplay “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” (OPEN)
14. Tune-Yards “Bizness” (Shina)

By the way, you can listen to all the nominees on Spotify

*We’re calling the Jay-Z/Kanye song “‘N-word’ in Paris” for the duration of the contest. We’re way too white not to.

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