20 – 11

We’re now into the final twenty of my top 50 tracks of all time, and here’s where the classics start to appear.

For an explanation of what’s going on within this series of posts, click here and then take a look at the second piece that includes tracks 40 – 31 – and the one yesterday that counted down 30 – 21.

20. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue

19. Stevie Nicks – Edge Of Seventeen

18. Jimmy Soul – If You Wanna Be Happy

17. Beatles – Hey Jude

16. Jay-Z – Big Pimpin

15. Goldfrapp – Strict Machine

14. The Black Keys – Set You Free

13. Florence & The Machine – Dog Days Are Over

12. Beastie Boys – Intergalactic

11. Portishead – Sour Times

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30 – 21

It’s day three of the countdown, and now things are getting serious.

If you’re wondering what’s going on, click here to read the explanation and then take a look at the second post that includes tracks 40 – 31.

30. Daft Punk – Aerodynamic

29. Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You

28. Tori Amos – Professional Widow

27. Layo & Bushwacka! – Love Story vs. Finally (Tim Deluxe remix)

26. Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love With Someone

25. The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up

24. Faithless – We Come One

23. Kings Of Leon – Crawl

22. Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah

21. Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight

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40-31

In case you missed the introduction to this series of posts yesterday, click here to read the explanation and view the songs that sit at numbers 50 – 41.

For now though, it’s on with the countdown.

40. Cocaine – Eric Clapton

39. Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin’ Beats

38. Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You

37. Pretenders – Brass In Pocket

36. Muse – Hysteria

35. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak remix)

34. Basement Jaxx – Bingo Bango

33. Mos Def – Ms Fat Booty

32. Sia – Breathe Me (Mylo remix)

31. Fink – Pretty Little Thing

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50-41

This is an extraordinarily straightforward introduction to what has been an extremely complex task.

While many of my peers have been creating ‘best of 2010’ posts that consist of the best singles and albums from the past twelve months, I’ve been thinking bigger. I’ve wanted to compile my favourite tracks of all time for years now, but have shied away from the sheer volume of what that would entail.

When I’m out and dancing, sure, a heavy bass line is what I’m craving. But I was raised on Hendrix, The Eagles and such, so you’ll see how that’s heavily influenced the tracks on this list. That’s not to say that dance and electro haven’t also crept their way inside my head however…

But I digress. With my neck on the line, I present to you the first ten songs.

50. Bonobo – Flutter

49. Incubus – Drive

48. The Sundays – Wild Horses

47. Vampire Weekend – A-Punk

46. Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyn

45. The xx – Crystalised

44. Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition

43. Primal Scream – Loaded

42. FC Kahuna – Hayling

41. Shy FX & T-Power – Shake Ur Body

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