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My favourite song hasn't really changed since the start of the year when it was released, it's Ready For The Floor by Hot Chip. I don't really know why I love it so much, it's just one of those songs I never tire of listening to which is rare for me.

My second and third favourites, in that order, are Time To Pretend by MGMT and The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets. Both great songs that are just that little bit different and unique, which is what I value most in a song. If I get bored over Xmas I may put a full top 5 or a top 10 together, as there have been quite a few memorable songs released this year, at least for me anyway.

So save the last dance

For me my love 'cause I

I see you as an angel freshly fallen from the sky...

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Ah, I can't really comment on that one unfortunately as I haven't heard it much in France. But hopefully my mum's buying me their album for Xmas so I can catch up then. I'm so behind on everything that's been released in the last 3 months :(

So save the last dance

For me my love 'cause I

I see you as an angel freshly fallen from the sky...

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You poor thing. It's on "you tube" just now, if you type in Killers and Human - there's even a version with all the lyrics.

That's the thing about the French charts - they move very slowly. When I lived in Paris (years ago), the same songs that were playing when I got there were still at the top when I left.

There's something kind of sweet about French songs, I always found. They would never make the Charts here, but there's just something kind of charming.

On my French forum this morning, we are discussing ski slopes, and people over there don't even seem to have heard of "dry ski slopes". I've had to describe it today. Zut alors!

Delta Machine, Depeche Mode - buy NOW !!

http://youtu.be/59dZzXLPRg0

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For me it has just got to be Leona Lewis - Run

My second i have got to agree with Viv for Killers - Human

I have never being to France but I am planning to next year and maybe stay for a month or so!

I've just never found it a place of interest until recently... I'll have to go and give it a whirl!

What is the best time of year to go?

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The best time to go is definitely Spring/Summer!! You know the song, "I love paris in the springtime" - well, it's very true and accurate :-)

Another song I really like is the one with these lyrics,

"enjoy yourself - take only what you need from it,

A family of trees falling" - can't remember the name, but I like it.

Delta Machine, Depeche Mode - buy NOW !!

http://youtu.be/59dZzXLPRg0

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1. I'm Outta Time - Oasis

2. Electric Feel - MGMT

3. Ready For The Floor - Hot Chip

4. Dance Wiv Me - Dizzee Rascal/Calvin Harris/Chrome

5. Love Is Noise - The Verve

I would say That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings, but I've been waiting like three years for that to become a single, so it isn't exactly 2008 to me.

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I can't pick one, no way. Make a list obviously. Mines weird.

September - Cry For You

Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor

Katy Perry - Hot N' Cold

Alphabeat - Fascination

The Ting Tings album really

Out of the top 5 ;) :

Guillemots - Get Over It

Bloc Party - Mercury / Flux

Estelle - American Boy

MGMT - Electric Feel

Sonny J - Can't Stop Moving

Woman-Womanizer

The Futureheads - Beginning of The Twist

hmm, that'll do.

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Wow that's a toughie. There are so many songs which I love this year! MGMT- Kids is an amazing track. I also love the Kevin Rudolph- Let It Rock track but there are loads that I really really like.

I think the new Lily Allen track has to be a close contender though! And Katy Perry, but not necessarily the one's which she has released. I like 'Waking Up in Vegas' and 'If You Can Afford Me'.

There are too many to choose from! :)

Oops I just COMPLETELY forgot about Bloc Party- Flux and Estelle and Alphabeat.

Bloody hell there are too many! I love my music :)

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God, so many.

Dizzee Rascal w/ Calvin Harris - "Dance Wiv Me"

Pendulum - "Granite"

Guns N' Roses - "Chinese Democracy"

Slipknot - "Psychosocial"

Miley Cyrus - "See You Again"

Wiley - "Wearing My Rolex"

There's loads more, but those were the first I could think of.

I certainly do not agree on The Killers track though. A roaring disappointment compared to their old stuff.

 

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