Just realized that Mike's (Frau Blucher) Top Mixes thread evolved into essentially the same thing but these are the songs that knocked me out this past year (and yes, you will be rolling your eyes at the top spot![:D]):
1) "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele
2) <a href="http://youtu.be/eCMykkcoyu8">"Junk of the Heart (Happy)"</a> - The Kooks
3) <a href="http://youtu.be/CPkvWXvZ5IA">"Able"</a> - Gavin Friday
4) <a href="http://youtu.be/R-0Qx8HwlW4">"My Name Is Trouble"</a> - Keren Ann
5) <a href="http://youtu.be/sJQk0jDZx8o">"Still Life"</a> - The Horrors
6) <a href="http://youtu.be/HGH-4jQZRcc">"No Light, No Light"</a> - Florence + The Machine
7) <a href="http://youtu.be/S4iIsE1PBhE">"A Long Time"</a> - Mayer Hawthorne
<a href="http://youtu.be/cYyZNBm1FsI">"Strangers"</a> - White Lies
9) <a href="http://youtu.be/HYlMfqewuA8">"Lost in the Sun"</a> - Ivy
10) <a href="http://youtu.be/MieKaPdwFto">"Oxygene"</a> - Blackfield
11) <a href="http://youtu.be/PXI8iB_TTuM">"Snowflake"</a> - Kate Bush
12) <a href="http://youtu.be/xa2XnouRXKo">"One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)"</a> - Wilco
13) <a href="http://youtu.be/KNS0hrIe1UY">"Harlequins"</a> - Customs