Lily Allen's 'LDN' comes in second place for Time Out's single of the year
Time Out's top tunes of 2006
Lily Allen's 'LDN' comes in second place for Time Out's single of the year
Do you agree? Tell us your top ten singles for 2006 here
1 Gnarls Barkley
Crazy
Cee-Lo Green and Danger Mouse construct what is possibly the greatest Number One single of its generation.
2 Lily Allen
LDN
Lily’s bittersweet calypso-laced paean to the capital’s seedier side.
3 Amy Winehouse
Rehab
Mouthy, stick-thin, tatt’ed-up north London diva shares her alcoholism with the world.
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4 Christina Aguilera
Ain’t No Other Man
DJ Premiere enlists a Dave Cortez sample to power this big band funk masterpiece.
5 Muse
Supermassive Black Hole
Matt Bellamy proves he can do Prince…
6 Justin Timberlake
SexyBack
…and so does Trousersnake.
7 Lily Allen
Smile
Second appearance on the list from the all-conquering Ms Allen sees her plundering the Trojan back-catalogue.
8 Scritti Politti
The Boom Boom Bap
Green Gartside’s achingly beautiful love song to ’80s hip hop.
9 Peter Bjorn and John
Young Folks
Because there should be much more whistling in pop songs.
10 Beyoncé feat Jay-Z
Déjà Vu
Not quite as good as ‘Crazy In Love’, but pretty damn close.
Do you agree? Tell us your top ten singles for 2006 here
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