1.   The National – “Fake Empire”

2.   Okkervil River  –  “Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe”

3.   Radiohead –  “Bodysnatchers”

4.   Andrew Bird – “Imitosis”

5.   Spoon – “The Underdog”

6.   Kings of Leon – “Black Thumbnail”

7.   Arcade Fire – “The Well and the Lighthouse“

8.   Bright Eyes – “Four Winds”

9.   Modest Mouse – “Fire it Up”

10. Pale Young Gentlemen – “Fraulein”

11. Dr. Dog – “Heart it Races” (Architecture in Helsinki cover)

12. Feist – “1,2,3,4”

13. LCD Soundsystem – “Time to Get Away”

14. Throw Me the Statue – “Lolita”

15. Band of Horses – “Islands on the Coast”

16. Seabear – “Libraries”

17. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – “100 Days, 100 Nights”

18. The Deadly Syndrome – “Emily Paints”

19. Kevin Drew – “Safety Bricks”

20. The Shins – “Australia“

21. David Karsten Daniels – “American Pastime”

22. The Ponys – “Double Vision”

23. Menomena – “Rotten Hell”

24. The New Pornographers – “My Rights Versus Yours”

25. The Broken West – “Down in the Valley”

 

                   

One thing readers should note about our list of the best 25 songs from 2007 is that these songs were not necessarily released as singles and we do not necessarily consider these songs as the literal best from their respective albums. These songs were chosen for their catchiness. For example, we clearly realize that Arcade Fire’s “The Well and the Lighthouse” was not the “best” song from Neon Bible. That honor should probably go to “Intervention” or “No Cars Go.” We do, however, think “The Well and the Lighthouse” was perhaps the catchiest song on the album. So, these are the songs that would be playing on the radio if we lived in a just world where Clear Channel wasn’t in cahoots with the record companies dictating what we must listen to and just how many times a day we must hear the new Nickleback song.