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20. Spoon — "The Beast and Dragon, Adored"
19. Radiohead — "How to Disappear Completely"
18. Rilo Kiley – "Does He Love You?"
(Live.)
17. Beyoncé (feat. Jay-Z) — "Crazy in Love"
Credit is also due to the Chi-Lites; the brass-section hook is sampled from their 1971 song "Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)."
16. Björk – "Hidden Place"
A great introversion song. The build-up from the final verse ("Can I hide there too?") to the final chorus is quietly overwhelming. She gets so much feeling out of singing the words slightly off from the beat.
15. Regina Spektor – "Us"
14. Goldfrapp – "A&E"
When I said one of the criteria I used in deciding whether to include a song on the list was ...
Does the music have some sort of dramatic arc or development? (A bridge or other deviation from "verse/chorus/verse/chorus" is especially helpful.)... this is one of the songs I had in mind. Wow!
13. The Flaming Lips — "Do You Realize??"
A song that gets great emotion out of stating simple facts, like: We're floating in space…
12. Frou Frou – "Let Go"
(Unplugged version by Imogen Heap, the singer of Frou Frou.)
11. Death Cab for Cutie – "I Will Follow You into the Dark"
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