My Favorite Songs from 2007

It was a year of transition for yours truly. In the summer of that year I had decided to quit my job and run DobberHockey full time. That meant no more commuting. No more radio. I played music all day long on my PC while I worked – but that music was from my already-vast collection. There were limited occasions where I played new stuff.

That summer I received a performance review at the office, and my boss chose to delay my raise by six months and re-evaluate then. He was right – my work had fallen off. I had been putting in the minimum because I was trying to give DobberHockey daily content. By myself. And I was obsessed with it. So I was worn out. As much as my boss was correct in his assessment, I nonetheless do not accept a non-raise. A 0% raise I look at as a paycut because of inflation. And you should, too. Treat a 0% raise as a cut in your pay and proceed accordingly. Your life will be better for it. I quit my job and made DobberHockey a full-time gig.

But my knowledge of new music slipped. Over the years since then, I have of course heard and enjoyed many of the songs from that year. But some I discovered this year while going through all the songs that were released.

In 2007, Chris Cornell left Audioslave (“musical differences”), REM and Van Halen are among the inductees to the Music Hall of Fame (officially called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but who are we kidding), and Led Zeppelin reunited in London for their first show in 25 years (December 10). The three top selling albums in the world in 2007 were each by women – Avril Lavign, Carrie Underwood and Amy Winehouse.

Unlike most rankings, I haven’t been tossing these up in a numerical order. We can agree that on some days, certain songs kick more ass than other songs – yet other days they do not. It depends on mood and situation. A song ranked 14th today could rank 1st tomorrow if it comes on the radio at the right moment. Instead, I group them rather than present a hard-and-fast order:

Awesome (of which there are none for this year)
Great
Solid
Not Bad
…with some inter-group splitting.

First, videos of the best from that year…

14 Solid Songs from 2007

This Is The Life  – Amy Macdonald

I Don’t Care  – Apocalyptica

Fallen Leaves – Billy Talent

Alcohaulin’ Ass  – Hellyeah

Carry You Home  – James Blunt

Same Mistake  – James Blunt

Umbrella  – Rihanna

You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told)  – The White Stripes

If I Had Eyes  – Jack Johnson

Can’t Tell Me Nothing  – Kanye West

Arizona  – Kings of Leon

Beautiful Girls  – Sean Kingston

Me Love  – Sean Kingston

Fake It  – Seether

20 Great Songs from 2007

Working Class Hero – Green Day

1234  – Feist

All Summer Long  – Kid Rock

Paper Planes  – M.I.A.

Wake Up Call  – Maroon 5

New Soul  – Yael Naïm

Weighty Ghost – Wintersleep

Folding Stars  – Biffy Clyro

Bubbly  – Colbie Caillat

Falling Slowly  – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

Stronger  – Kanye West

Alfie  – Lily Allen

Psycho  – Puddle of Mudd

Please Read the Letter  – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

The Last Fight  – Velvet Revolver

Hard Sun – Eddie Vedder

Sun Goes Down – David Jordan

Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya – Dropkick Murphys

Paralyzer – Finger Eleven

Grace Kelly  – Mika

A Truly Awesome Song from 2007

Yes, just one of them from this year. I may change my mind in later years and then circle back and add to it. But for now – just the one…

The Pretender  – Foo Fighters

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The above songs are put together on a YouTube playlist for your listening enjoyment, here.

Here is the complete list of the best songs from 2007…

Awesome – 1	The Pretender	–	Foo Fighters
Great – 2	Hard Sun	–	Eddie Vedder
Great – 2	Sun Goes Down	–	David Jordan
Great – 2	Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya	–	Dropkick Murphys
Great – 2	Paralyzer	–	Finger Eleven
Great – 2	Grace Kelly	–	Mika
Great – 7	Working Class Hero	–	Green Day
Great – 7	1234	–	Feist
Great – 7	All Summer Long	–	Kid Rock
Great – 7	Paper Planes	–	M.I.A.
Great – 7	Wake Up Call	–	Maroon 5
Great – 7	New Soul	–	Yael Naïm
Great – 7	Weighty Ghost	–	Wintersleep
Great – 7	Folding Stars	–	Biffy Clyro
Great – 7	Bubbly	–	Colbie Caillat
Great – 7	Falling Slowly	–	Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Great – 7	Stronger	–	Kanye West
Great – 7	Alfie	–	Lily Allen
Great – 7	Psycho	–	Puddle of Mudd
Great – 7	Please Read the Letter	–	Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Great – 7	The Last Fight	–	Velvet Revolver
Solid – 22	This Is The Life	–	Amy Macdonald
Solid – 22	I Don’t Care	–	Apocalyptica
Solid – 22	Fallen Leaves	–	Billy Talent
Solid – 22	Alcohaulin’ Ass	–	Hellyeah
Solid – 22	Carry You Home	–	James Blunt
Solid – 22	Same Mistake	–	James Blunt
Solid – 22	Umbrella	–	Rihanna
Solid – 22	You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told)	–	The White Stripes
Solid – 22	If I Had Eyes	–	Jack Johnson
Solid – 22	Can’t Tell Me Nothing	–	Kanye West
Solid – 22	Arizona	–	Kings of Leon
Solid – 22	Beautiful Girls	–	Sean Kingston
Solid – 22	Me Love	–	Sean Kingston
Solid – 22	Fake It	–	Seether
Solid – 36	Mr Rock & Roll	–	Amy Macdonald
Solid – 36	Beautiful Liar	–	Beyoncé
Solid – 36	Everything I Am	–	Kanye West
Solid – 36	Homecoming	–	Kanye West
Solid – 36	Gone, gone, gone	–	Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Solid – 36	Does This Mean You’re Moving On	–	The Airborne Toxic Event
Solid – 36	300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues	–	The White Stripes
Not Bad – 43	Ayo Technology	–	50 Cent (ft. Justin Timberlake)
Not Bad – 43	Rise Today	–	Alter Bridge
Not Bad – 43	Machines	–	Biffy Clyro
Not Bad – 43	Surrender	–	Billy Talent
Not Bad – 43	Thnks Fr Th Mmrs	–	Fall Out Boy
Not Bad – 43	Good Life	–	Kanye West
Not Bad – 43	The Assumption Song	–	The Arrogant Worms
Not Bad – 43	Lazy Eye	–	Silversun Pickups
Not Bad – 43	Poison Prince	–	Amy Macdonald
Not Bad – 43	Girlfriend	–	Avril Lavigne
Not Bad – 43	Walls Fall Down	–	Bedouin Soundclash
Not Bad – 43	Pop, Lock & Drop	–	Huey
Not Bad – 43	Hold On	–	KT Tunstall
Not Bad – 43	Lollipop	–	Mika
Not Bad – 43	Dance Tonight	–	Paul McCartney
Not Bad – 43	Rehab	–	Rihanna
Not Bad – 43	Shut Up And Drive	–	Rihanna
Not Bad – 43	Icky Thump	–	The White Stripes
Not Bad – 43	I Got It From My Mama	–	will.i.am
Not Bad – 62	Hometown Glory	–	Adele
Not Bad – 62	Fluorescent Adolescent	–	Arctic Monkeys
Not Bad – 62	When You’re Gone	–	Avril Lavigne
Not Bad – 62	The Rat Cage	–	Beastie Boys
Not Bad – 62	Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies	–	Biffy Clyro
Not Bad – 62	Ready, Set, Don’t Go	–	Billy Ray Cyrus
Not Bad – 62	Piece Of Me	–	Britney Spears
Not Bad – 62	Just A Dream	–	Carrie Underwood
Not Bad – 62	Hip Hop Police	–	Chamillionaire
Not Bad – 62	(F)lannigan’s Ball (feat. Ronnie Drew and Spider Stacy)	–	Dropkick Murphys
Not Bad – 62	Guaranteed	–	Eddie Vedder
Not Bad – 62	Give It To You	–	Eve
Not Bad – 62	Home	–	Foo Fighters
Not Bad – 62	Long Road to Ruin	–	Foo Fighters
Not Bad – 62	Dance Floor Anthem (I Don’t Wanna Be in Love)	–	Good Charlotte
Not Bad – 62	The Sweet Escape	–	Gwen Stefani
Not Bad – 62	1973	–	James Blunt
Not Bad – 62	Glory Days	–	Just Jack
Not Bad – 62	Like This	–	Kelly Rowland
Not Bad – 62	On Call	–	Kings of Leon
Not Bad – 62	Broken	–	Lifehouse
Not Bad – 62	Whatever It Takes	–	Lifehouse
Not Bad – 62	Leave Out All The Rest	–	Linkin Park
Not Bad – 62	What I’ve Done	–	Linkin Park
Not Bad – 62	Give It To Me	–	Nelly Furtado
Not Bad – 62	Capital G	–	Nine Inch Nails
Not Bad – 62	3’s and 7’s	–	Queens of the Stone Age
Not Bad – 62	Don’t Stop the Music	–	Rihanna
Not Bad – 62	Rich Woman	–	Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Not Bad – 62	Love Song	–	Sara Bareilles
Not Bad – 62	Take You There	–	Sean Kingston
Not Bad – 62	Breakdown	–	Seether
Not Bad – 62	Lie Lie Lie	–	Serj Tankian
Not Bad – 62	Tarantula	–	Smashing Pumpkins
Not Bad – 62	Underclass Hero	–	Sum 41
Not Bad – 62	Before It’s Too Late (Sam and Mikaela’s Theme)	–	The Goo Goo Dolls
Not Bad – 62	Sad Man’s Tongue	–	Volbeat
Not Bad – 62	What Have You Done	–	Within Temptation
Not Bad – 62	The Heart Gently Weeps	–	Wu-Tang Clan
Not Bad – 62	She Builds Quick Machines	–	Velvet Revolver

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