Top 150 Songs of 2010

It’s that time again folks. Nick’s top songs of the year. There is a bit of a change this year. Instead of it being top 100 it’s now 150. Basically it’s me including tons of songs that weren’t released in the US. Another change is I’ve included a few songs that initially charted a few yrs ago but considering the amount of times I played them & couldn’t get them out of my head I had to include them. Case in point Alphabeat. Somehow Ke$ha ended up with the most singles on this list which I don’t know how that happened. She may be a complete hot mess but I guess I can’t get her songs out of my head. For the third year in a row Gaga has the top song. There are a few songs that were on the list for ‘09 & found their way on this one as well because they continued to chart this year & dominate radio or downloads…. or at least stuck in my head. Check it out & if there are any songs you don’t know look em up, you just may like them.

1. Bad Romance/Lady Gaga #1 UK, Canada, US Dance #2 US Pop, Australia

2. Tik Tok/Ke$ha #1 (9 weeks) US, Australia, Canada #4 UK

3. California Gurls/Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg #1 (6 weeks) US, Australia, Canada, UK

4. Once/Diana Vickers #1 UK #3 Ireland

5. Only Girl (In The World)/Rihanna #1 US, UK, Australia, Canada

6. Boyfriend/Alphabeat #15 UK

7. Telephone/Lady Gaga & Beyonce #1 UK, #3 US, Australia, Canada

8. All The Lovers/Kylie Minogue #1 US Dance #3 UK #13 Australia

9. Pick Up The Phone/Dragonette #28 Canada

10. Rude Boy/Rihanna #1 (5 weeks) US, Australia #2 UK, US R&B #7 Canada

11. Whataya Want From Me/Adam Lambert #3 Canada #4 Australia #10 US

12. Raise Your Glass/Pink #1 US, Australia #2 Canada #13 UK

13. Teenage Dream/Katy Perry #1 (2 weeks) US #2 Australia, Canada, UK

14. Need You Now/Lady Antebellum #1 (5 weeks) US Country #2 US Pop, Canada #21 UK #27 Australia

15. Your Love Is My Drug/Ke$ha #3 Australia #4 US #6 Canada #13 UK

16. Break Your Heart/Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris #1 (3 weeks) US, Canada, UK #2 Australia

17. OMG/Usher feat. Will.I.Am #1 (4 weeks) US, Australia, UK #2 Canada

18. Dancing On My Own/Robyn #1 Sweden #3 US Dance #8 UK

19. Alejandro/Lady Gaga #1 US Dance #2 Australia #4 Canada #5 US Pop #7 UK

20. Get Outta My Way/Kylie Minogue #1 US Dance #12 UK #69 Australia

21. Take It Off/Ke$ha #5 Australia #8 US, Canada #15 UK

22. Love The Way You Lie/Eminem feat. Rihanna #1 (7 weeks) US, Australia, Canada #2 UK

23. Dynamite/Taio Cruz #1 Australia, Canada, UK #2 US

24. Like A G6/Far East Movement feat. Dev & The Cataracs #1 (3 weeks) US #2 Australia #3 Canada #5 UK

25. Fuck You/Cee-Lo Green #1 UK #5 Australia #9 US #11 Canada

26. Acapella/Kelis #1 US Dance #5 UK

27. DJ/Alphabeat #6 Denmark

28. Put It In A Love Song/Alicia Keys feat. Beyonce #18 Australia #60 US R&B

29. My Secret Lover/Private #1 Denmark

30. Promise This/Cheryl Cole #1 UK, Ireland

31. Make You Feel My Love/Adele #4 UK #5 Ireland

32. Firework/Katy Perry #1 (3 weeks) US, Canada #3 Australia, UK

33. Hey, Soul Sister/Train #1 US Adult Contemporary, Australia #3 Canada, US Pop

34. Indestructible/Robyn #4 Sweden

35. Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready)/Alicia Keys #1 (12 weeks) US R&B #21 US Pop

36. Just The Way You Are/Bruno Mars #1 US, UK, Australia, Canada

37. Imma Be/Black Eyed Peas #1 US #7 Australia

38. Not Myself Tonight/Christina Aguilera #1 US Dance #11 Canada #12 UK #22 Australia #23 US Pop

39. I Like It/Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull #1 Canada, US Dance #2 Australia #4 US Pop, UK

40. Dance In The Dark/Lady Gaga #24 Australia

41. Latest Heartbreak/22-20’s

42. Hang With Me/Robyn #2 Sweden #10 US Dance

43. Woo Hoo/Christina Aguilera feat. Nicki Minaj #46 Canada #79 US

44. Glitter In The Air/Pink #13 Canada #18 US

45. Candy/Aggro Santos feat. Kimberly Wyatt #5 UK

46. Broken Heels/Alexandra Burke #5 Ireland #8 UK

47. Revolver/Madonna #4 US Dance #47 Canada

48. What’s My Name/Rihanna feat. Drake #1 US #2 UK #5 Canada #18 Australia

49. My Chick Bad/Ludacris feat. Nicki Minaj #2 US Rap & R&B #11 US Pop

50. Dirty Picture/Taio Cruz feat. Ke$ha #6 UK #16 Australia #49 Canada #96 US

51. The Boy Who Murdered Love/Diana Vickers #36 UK

52. Oh Santa!/Mariah Carey #1 US Adult Contemporary #100 US Pop

53. Why Don’t You Love Me/Beyonce #1 US Dance #14 UK R&B

54. Rocket/Goldfrapp #1 US Dance #47 UK

55. Good Times/Roll Deep feat. Jodie Connor #1 UK

56. Haven’t Met You Yet/Michael Buble #1 US Adult Contemporary #4 Canada #5 UK #9 Australia #24 US Pop

57. Momma’s Place/Roisin Murphy #27 UK Indie Singles

58. Not Giving Up On Love/Armin Van Buuren feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor #1 Poland #3 Russia #27 UK Dance

59. Hole In My Heart/Alphabeat #29 UK

60. My First Kiss/3Oh3! feat. Ke$ha #7 Canada & UK #9 US #13 Australia

61. Stuck Like Glue/Sugarland #2 US Country #17 US Pop

62. Bittersweet/Sophie Ellis-Bextor #14 UK Dance #25 UK Pop

63. DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love/Usher feat. Pitbull #2 Canada #3 Australia #4 US #7 UK

64. Gypsy/Shakira #1 US Latin Pop #65 US Pop

65. Jar Of Hearts/Christina Perri #34 US #36 Canada

66. Beautiful Monster/Ne-Yo #1 UK, US Dance #40 Canada #53 US Pop

67. We R Who We R/Ke$ha #1 US, Australia #2 Canada

68. In My Head/Jason Derulo #1 UK, Australia #2 Canada #5 US

69. Stereo Love/Edward Maya feat. Vika Jigulina #1 France #4 UK #10 Canada #16 US

70. Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)/Shakira #1 Sweden, Poland, Italy #2 US Latin Pop #11 Canada #21 UK #38 US Pop

71. Rock That Body/Black Eyed Peas #8 Australia #9 US #11 UK

72. Can’t Fight This Feeling/Junior Caldera feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor #1 Russia, Poland

73. 3 Words/Cheryl Cole feat. Will.I.Am #4 UK #5 Australia #7 Ireland

74. Secrets/One Republic #1 Poland #21 US #32 Canada

75. Dog Days Are Over/Florence & The Machine #6 Ireland #9 US Rock #19 Canada #21 US Pop #23 UK

76. Check It Out/Nicki Minaj & Will.I.Am #11 UK #14 Canada US Rap #21 Australia #24 US Pop

77. Whip My Hair/Willow #2 UK #5 US R&B #11 US Pop #18 Australia, Canada

78. Club Can’t Handle Me/Flo-Rida feat. David Guetta #1 UK #3 Australia #4 Canada #9 US

79. Gettin’ Over You/David Guetta &Chris Willis feat. Fergie & LMFAO #1 US Dance, UK #5 Australia #12 Canada #31 US Pop

80. Misery/Maroon 5 #5 US Dance #13 Canada #14 US Pop #30 UK

81. Mine/Taylor Swift #2 US Country #3 US Pop #7 Canada #9 Australia

82. Nothin’ On You/B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars #1 US, UK #3 Australia #10 Canada

83. I Like/Keri Hilson #1 Germany #15 UK R&B #34 UK Pop

84. Cooler Than Me/Mike Posner #4 Australia #5 Canada, UK #6 US

85. If I Had You/Adam Lambert #4 Australia #8 Canada #30 US

86. Parachute/Cheryl Cole #4 Ireland #5 UK

87. Commander/Kelly Rowland #1 US Dance #2 UK Dance #9 UK Pop

88. Hands/The Ting-Tings #29 UK

89. Your Love/Nicki Minaj #1 US Rap #4 US R&B #14 US Pop #32 Australia

90. It Kills Me/Melanie Fiona #1 US R&B #43 US Pop

91. You Used To Hold Me/Calvin Harris #4 UK Dance #27 UK Pop

92. Loca/Shakira feat. Dizzee Rascal #1 US Latin Pop/Dance, Poland, Spain #32 US Pop #36 Canada

93. Baby/Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris #3 Australia, Canada, UK #5 US

94. Just A Dream/Nelly #3 Australia, US #5 Canada #8 UK

95. Monster/Lady Gaga #6 Hungary #22 US Latin Pop #29 US Dance

96. Empire State Of Mind pt. 2 (Broken Down)/Alicia Keys #4 UK #8 Ireland #55 US

97. Back To December/Taylor Swift #6 US Pop #7 Canada #13 US Country

98. Impossible/Shontelle #9 UK #13 US

99. King Of Anything/Sara Bareilles #11 US Adult Contemporary #32 US Pop

100. Better Than Today/Kylie Minogue #32 UK

101. Can’t Be Tamed/Miley Cyrus #6 Canada #8 US #13 UK #14 Australia

102. Alive/Goldfrapp #1 US Dance

103. Carry Out/Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake #6 UK #7 Canada #11 US

104. I Am/Mary J. Blige #3 US Dance #4 US R&B #34 UK #55 US Pop

105. The Time (Dirty Bit)/Black Eyed Peas #1 Australia, Canada, UK #4 US

106. The Only Exception/Paramore #1 UK Rock #17 Australia#24 US #25 Canada

107. Happiness/Alexis Jordan #1 US Dance #3 UK #25 Australia

108. Release Me/Zoe Badwi #1 Australia Dance

109. Bottoms Up/Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj #2 US R&B #6 US Pop

110. Teenage Dream/Glee Cast #8 US Pop #10 Canada

111. Blah Blah Blah/Ke$ha feat. 3Oh!3 #3 Australia, Canada #7 US #11 UK

112. Peacock/Katy Perry #1 US Dance

113. Give A Little More/Maroon 5 #86 US

114. The Sound Of Missing You/Ameerah #3 US Dance

115. Make Me Wanna Die/The Pretty Wreckless #1 UK Rock #16 UK Pop

116. Live Like We’re Dying/Kris Allen #8 US AC #18 US Pop #41 Canada

117. Louboutins/Jennifer Lopez #1 US Dance

118. 4th of July/Kelis #4 US Dance #32 UK

119. Today Was A Fairytale/Taylor Swift #1 Canada #2 US Pop #3 Australia

120. Clap Your Hands/Sia

121. Fire In Your New Shoes/Kaskade feat. Dragonette #69 Canada

122. Night Is Young/Nelly Furtado #20 Canada

123. For The First Time/The Script #4 UK #12 Australia

124. Heartbox/Christophe Willem

125. Video Phone/Beyonce & Lady Gaga #9 US Dance #37 US R&B #58 UK

126. Forever & A Day/Kelly Rowland #49 UK

127. Pack Up/Eliza Doolittle #5 UK #6 Ireland

128. All Night Long/Alexandra Burke feat. Pitbull #1 Ireland #4 UK

129. Ridin’ Solo/Jason Derulo #2 UK #4 Australia #9 US

130. Shark In The Water/V.V. Brown #20 US AC #34 UK #67 US Pop

131. Any Which Way/Scissor Sister’s #81 UK

132. Just Be Good To Green/Professor Green feat. Lily Allen #5 UK #17 Ireland

133. Poison/Nicole Scherzinger #3 UK

134. Loving You Is Easy/Sarah McLachlan #14 US AC #59 Canada

135. Believer/Goldfrapp #31 US Dance

136. Te Amo/Rihanna #3 Poland #5 UK R&B #14 UK Pop #22 Australia

137. Miami 2 Ibiza/Swedish House Mafia Vs. Tinie Tempah #1 UK Dance/US Dance #4 UK Pop

138. Memories/David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi #3 Australia #7 US Dance #15 UK #46 US Pop

139. You Lost Me/Christina Aguilera #1 US Dance #28 US AC

140. Booty Bounce/Dev

141. You Haven’t Seen The Last Of Me/Cher #8 US Dance

142. Please Don’t Let Me Go/Olly Murs #1 UK #5 Ireland

143. Starry Eyed/Ellie Goulding 34 UK

144. Who Wants To Be Alone/Tiesto feat. Nelly Furtado #10 UK Dance

145. Fire With Fire/Scissor Sister’s #1 US Dance #11 UK

146. Crossfire/Brandon Flowers #7 US Dance #8 UK #11 US Rock

147. Mama’s Song/Carrie Underwood #4 US Country #56 US Pop

148. Missing You/The Saturday’s #3 UK

149. Miss Nothing/The Pretty Wreckless #39 UK

150. Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)/Pitbull feat. T-Pain #10 Australia #27 US

The Attack

It started out like any other night. It was the Saturday night before Thanksgiving. My friends Greg & Sean came over for some drinks before we were to go out dancing. It’s kind of the ritual for us to pre drink at someone’s apt & normally it’s mine. After a couple of hrs we headed over to Bartini to meet the rest of the crew. Like usual there was drunken dancing & working the dancefloor with my girl Nicole. By the end of the night I was tired & as usual talks of going to the diner came about. Nicole, Scott & Danny (the dj at Bartini) were going to go to a nearby diner & I said, “I don’t wanna be a fat ass at 4 in the morning by eating. I just want to go home.” There has been plenty of nights where the booze has gotten the best of me & I wasn’t sure how I got home. This wasn’t one of those nights. Just a little buzzed & I just wanted to go to bed. So I left them & started to make my way home. I’ve made the walk a million times before considering this has been my ‘hood’ for most of the years I’ve been in NYC. I’d only walked a few blocks from Bartini & had turned on 48th & started to walk east when I heard my phone ring. So I pulled it out of my coat & saw that it was Nicole calling. I figured that it was them just trying to convince me to turn back around & meet them. I hit ignore & went to put my phone back in pocket when I felt someone grab me from behind.

For a moment I thought it was Scott or one of them being overly aggressive. I know how we can get after drinking. But the moment quickly fleeted when I felt a fist punch my right jaw. Another hit to the side happened & I managed to get away from the attackers grasp. In the quick moment that I saw him I could see he was a white guy with brownish short hair & looked in his 20’s. He went to swing again & I ducked & then I began to fight back. I got in some punches but very quickly & from behind someone sucker punched me in the head. A few more punches & then I kneeled over. At some point I must have dropped my phone & I’m assuming the 2nd guy grabbed it. They ran off & I was left in a kind of s shock. The whole attack lasted probably less than a minute & maybe even 30 seconds. For a moment I remember thinking ‘Did this really just happen?’ & then as I was looking down on the ground for my phone I saw blood dropping all over my shoes & jeans. I reached up to my nose & looked at my hands covered in blood. I reached back at the back of my head & felt wet as well & all I could think of was this was where I had a tumor.

In my semi state of shock I walked back to 10th Avenue to get a cab. One immediately stopped & he drove me to the hospital. They immediately took care of me. I’m assuming I looked a little rough with blood covered jeans & face & I’m pretty sure I was freaking out. X-Rays were done & the police were called. By the time they came I had made a couple calls to the only numbers that I could recall in that moment. In tears I left a message to Larry & Jordan telling them what had happened. I remember wondering just how did this happen & I was also worried that something would be broken. I also thought about how this was going to screw up my Thanksgiving & I was already in a slight depression because the next day would be the anniversary of Jason passing away. Needless to say it sucked. I found out that neither my jaw or my nose was broken & it wasn’t fractured. The police haven’t really been any help either. All I have is a case number. As a few days passed the bruises started to appear. The largest of them is the one on my bicep which is still there but fading. My jaw was swollen & I looked like a chipmunk & there was a black & blue mark under my eye. The worst thing physically has been my mouth. It’s now been 3 weeks & it still hasn’t healed. I’ve not been able to eat many things except soup & mashed potatoes & a few other things that don’t involve much chewing. With each day I hope I’ll wake up & it will feel better. So far no. The dentist says my mouth is in ‘trauma’ & I’m like no shit! I’m fucking hungry.

For days I avoided talking about it to even some of my closest of friends & only now seem to find the time & energy to write this blog. Talking about it isn’t the easiest because the main thing it’s left me with emotionally is anger. For a couple days I was afraid to leave the house which then lead to anger because I thought how dare any one make me feel this way. I’ve been here 10 yrs & I’ll be damned if any one has that power over me. So what I’m left with is anger. I want these 2 assholes to get what’s coming to them. I wouldn’t feel bad if they were dead actually. It’s hard to know that I have these kind of feelings about people I don’t even know, one in which I didn’t even see. I just want them to feel the pain that I’ve now been feeling for 3 weeks. As I sat at the hospital having to give my account to the officers one told me, “We don’t normally say this to victims but it’s probably a good thing you fought back.” I was a little confused & in my state at that moment all I could think of was they left me much worse off then I left the one asshole. Later I found out that that night there were a string of incidents that occurred & one guy was strangled.

Going through this was not easy but I do realize it could have been so much worse. As always I try to think positively. During the whole incident nothing was ever said by the 2 people. We’re assuming it was all over an I-phone. Tis the season for bad things to happen & in this economy I guess people are desperate enough to do anything. I’m just waiting to feel better than ok & I’m looking forward to being able to eat anything I want. I’m so sick of soup honestly. But I’m glad I was able to walk away. My friend EJ said, “I’m calling you the Unsinkable Mr. Padron.” Because I may be knocked down for a little bit but you can best believe I’m just come back harder.