What are your 5 favorite songs of the last 5 years? They don't have to be your favorite at this moment, but just songs that you have really loved over the last 5 years. It may seem a cop out to have Hey Ya and Crazy (since they were so popular), but I really believe these are 2 of the best 5 songs of the last 5 years.

My list (in chronological order)
1. Hey Ya-Outkast
2. Hope there's someone-Antony and the Johnsons
3. Wordless Chorus-My Morning Jacket
4. Crazy-Gnarls Barkley
5. Roscoe-Midlake

Just to make it easier for me, I'll do one song per year:

2006: Knife - "Silent Shout"
2005: Elephant Micah - "Hawaii and the Derby Day"
2004: Jason Molina - "Long Desert Train"
2003: Sun Kil Moon - "Duk Koo Kim"
2002: Notwist - "Pick Up the Phone"

It's sort of impossible to do this though really.

Tough to do, but teaches me new music. Haven't heard Elephant Micah song so I'll check it out right now. What's great about these best song lists is that I always learn (and usually like) new songs.

2002-"Ashes of American Flags" Wilco
2003-“Seven Nation Army” The White Stripes
2004-“Jesus Walks” Kanye West or “This Fire” Franz Ferdinand
2005-“Daft Punk Is Playing At My House" LCD Soundsystem
2006-“Knights of Cydonia” Muse

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Narrowing down to five songs is tough. I'll do it by year too, just to make things a bit more structured:

2002: "How Near, How Far" - ...And You Will Know Us by The Trail of Dead (Source Tags & Codes)
2003: "One Big Holiday" - My Morning Jacket (It Still Moves)
2004: "Diabolic Scheme" - The Hives (Tyrannosaurus Hives)
2005: "We Built Another World" - Wolf Parade (Apologies to the Queen Mary)
2006: "Wolf Like Me" - TV on the Radio (Return to Cookie Mountain)

Anthems of a Seventeen Year Old Girl - Broken Social Scene
I'll Believe in Anything - Wolf Parade
Purple Bottle - Animal Collective
Neighborhood #1 - Arcade Fire
Happy - The Wrens

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Originally posted by Hophead:
Happy - The Wrens

Very nearly put that one on my own list.

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Neighborhood #1 - Arcade Fire

I nearly put this on instead of "Diabolic Scheme". Great, great song.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away
Thermals - An Ear for Baby
New Pornos - Letter From an Occupant
Deerhoof - After Me the Deluge
Decemberists - SunshinE

Tuneskis!

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Thermals - An Ear for Baby

This album is so good I couldn't complain about any song from that album. Personal favorite is St. Rosa and the Swallows, but all good.

2001: The Microphones: "The Glow, pt. 2"
2003: The Wrens - "Happy"
2004: M83 - "Run into Flowers
2005: Wolf Parade - "I'll Believe in Anything"
2006: Grizzly Bear - "Colorado" or "Wolf Like Me" by TV on the Radio

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Originally posted by Besttasteinmusicever:

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Thermals - An Ear for Baby

This album is so good I couldn't complain about any song from that album. Personal favorite is St. Rosa and the Swallows, but all good.

I know, fantastic album all around. It was either Ear for Baby or Returning to the Fold (which I'm going to listen to right now...) My favorite part is that opener "I regret leaving my SOOOOUUUUULLL!!" Goddamn, I'm listening to it right now, so good.

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The Wrens - "Happy"

Another great CD, my favorite would be "This Boy is Exhausted".

1. Johnny Boy - You Are the Generation Who Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve
2. Futureheads - Hounds of Love
3. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything
4. T.I. - What You Know
5. T.I. - Rubberband Man

Sean Paul- Gimme the light 2002
The White Stripes- 2003
Eminem -2004
The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute 2005
Gnarls Barkley-2006

The White Stripes - "Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine"
Death From Above 1979 - "Romantic Rights"
Ellen Allien - "Alles Sehen"
The Shins - "Girl Inform Me"
Sufjan Stevens - "Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois"

That was hard. Too many songs I wanted to include...

2000- Godspeed You! Black Emperor Storm
2002- Wilco Jesus Etc.
2002- Sleater Kinney One Beat
2004- Arcade Fire Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
2006- Hot Chip Boy From School or The Warning

Honorable Mention:
2005- Wolf Parade I'll Believe in Anything/Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts

2007: We Were Born The Mutants Again With Leafling - Of Montreal

2006: This Lamb Sells Condos - Final Fantasy/ Postcards From Italy - Beirut

2005: Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros/ Vogt Dig for Kloppervok - The Books

2004: Leafhouse - Animal Collective

2003: Crayon - Manitoba (Caribou)

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This Lamb Sells Condos - Final Fantasy

Just learned about this song. I like it a lot. Besides He Poos Clouds what are some other good songs by Final Fantasy?

hmmm.... here are a few:

the knife- heartbeats (2003)
antony & the johnsons- fistful of love (2005)
viktor vaughn f/ apani b.- let me watch (2003)
ted leo & the pharmacists- timorous me (2001)
feist- inside and out (2004)