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Despite the fact that it is somewhat pretentious and plain nutty to say that any one song was the "best song of 2007", there are still dozens of music websites, news and entertainment organizations and blogs that are relentless in their self-righteous pursuit to announce to the world '2007's best song!'

Beyond that, to assemble a top songs list in order of No.1 to No. 20, for example, is literally impossible and disingenuous, especially when there are thousands of great songs that come out each year, most of which never get air play, except on blogs and sites like this one and an occassional radio station, usually college radio. (photo, top left: Spoon)

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2007 Playlist I - Arctic Monkeys, Stars, Apostle of Hustle, Broken Social Scene, Stereophonics, Tokyo Police Club, Ray Davies, The Octopus Project and many more including The Shins' magnetic "Sleeping Lessons" [mp3] remix.

2007 Playlist II - Arcade Fire, Andrew Bird, Panda Bear, Modest Mouse, Western States Motel, Starlet, All American Rejects and Rouge Wave's enchanting and memorable "Lake Michigan" [mp3].

2007 Playlist III - Of Montreal, Architecture in Helsinki, White Rabbits, Okkervil River, Beirut, Lucky Souls, The Raveonettes, St. Vincent, Oh No! Oh My!, The National, Interpol and Bright Eyes' 2007 indie classic "No One Would Riot For Less" [mp3].


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The focus of this series remains fixed on talented, original and under-rated independent music, especially that which rises to the level of the famous blogger buzz.

However, there are some entries in this series that feature mainstream artists. Nevertheless, they are often not artists that are not household names, and I'm always good with that. I guess the best artists fail when they 'sign over', like Taking Back Sunday and The Decemberists.

IRC's own 'Favorite Indie and Alternative Songs of 2007' series includes songs that are not found on many site's lists of lists for best music of 2007 (to be published later) low).

However, there is no ranking of songs. That's up to all of you, who are best critics. There are definitely songs from 2007 that I haven't heard that would otherwise be on published on IRC's 'best songs of 2007' playlists.

IRC's Favorite Songs of 2007 - Playlist Two

I'm Home - Starlet

It Ends Tonight - All American Rejects

7 Stars - Apples in Stereo

Milk - Magpie

Spitting Venom - Modest Mouse

DdiamondD - Panda Bear

Powerlines - Western States of Motel

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To kick-off the playlist series for 'best', or favorite, songs of 2007, I have posted the first list below.

While there are some mainstream artists included in this series, the focus is mainly on independent, or indie, and alternative songs by some of rock, pop and electronica music's most talent, and in some cases, vastly under-rated artists and music groups.

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Here's the first playlist of songs from 2007:

Brainstorm - Arctic Monkeys from Favourite Worst Nightmare

The Night Starts Here - Stars from In Our Bedroom After The War

Sleeping Lessons (RAC Mix) - The Shins from Wincing The Night Away

Your English is Good - Tokyo Police Club from Your English is Good

My Sword Hand's Anger - Apostle of Hustle from National Anthem of Nowhere

Hollywood Bass Player - Jose Rouse from Country Mouse City House

For Agent 13 - The Besnard Lakes from The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse

Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire from Neon Bible

Imaginary Man - Ray Davies from Working Man's Cafe

Fucked Up Kid -Broken Social Scene from Spirit If...

Bank Holiday Monday - Stereophonics from Pull The Pin

Heretics - Andrew Bird from Armchair Apocrypha

Lake Michigan - Rouge Wave from Asleep at Heaven's Gate

If I Could Cry - Jens Lekman from Night Falls Over Kortedala

If I Saw The Bright Shines - The Octopus Project from Hello Avalanche

Go to Part II

Various installment of this series will include "lists of lists" for the best music of 2007, including songs, albums, music videos, concerts, artists, festivals, album artwork, MySpace pages and more gathered from dozens of mainstream music websites and established music bloggers.

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