Top 500 Songs Of 2009 - #125-#101

#125 Choir Of Young Believers - "Action - Reaction" from "This Is For The White In Your Eyes"

#124 Alice In Chains - "Take Her Out" from "Black Gives Way To Blue"

#123 The Avett Brothers - "Kick Drum Heart" from "I And Love And You" - An uncharacteristic Avett Brothers song as this one is much more up-tempo than the rest of their brilliant album.

#122 Mika - "We Are Golden" from "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" - You're never going to find a better Queen-style song that wasn't actually written by Queen.

#121 The Very Best - "Kamphopo" from "Warm Heart Of Africa" - Another repeat appearance on my countdown, I actually preferred the version of this song that appeared on last year's mixtape, but this version is also excellent.

#120 Sleigh Bells - "Ring Ring" from Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist - Sleigh Bells actually released a solid album with this song on it in 2010, so there's a good chance this song will appear on next year's list.

#119 Rusted Root - "Garbage Man" from "Stereo Rodeo"

#118 Muse - "Resistance" from "The Resistance"

#117 Phantogram - "When I'm Small" from Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist

#116 St. Vincent - "The Strangers" from "Actor"

#115 Andrew Bird - "Oh No" from "Noble Beast"

#114 Dinosaur Jr. - "Over It" from "Farm"

#113 Heartless Bastards - "Out At Sea" from "The Mountain"

#112 Jay-Z - "On To The Next One" from "The Blueprint 3"

#111 Mos Def - "Life In Marvelous Times" from "The Ecstatic" - Mos Def is a lyrical genius and his latest album produced two of the best hip hop songs I've heard all year.

#110 Wolfmother - "Phoenix" from "Cosmic Egg"

#109 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - "The Sound" from "Summer Of Fear"

#108 The Generationals - "Bobby Beale" from "Con Law"

#107 White Lies - "To Lose My Life" from "To Lose My Life"

#106 Elvis Costello - "Complicated Shadows" from "Secret, Profane And Sugarcane"

#105 The Flaming Lips - "The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine" from "Embryonic"

#104 Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros - "40 Day Dream" from "Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros" - This song seems like it was written during the 50's or 60's, but it's an original recording.

#103 Brother Ali - "Breakin' Dawn" from "Us"

#102 Atlas Sound - "Walkabout" from "Logos"

#101 Girls - "Hellhole Ratrace" from "Album" - Another repeat offender from 2009, the gloomy "Hellhole Ratrace" got much more appreciation this year than last.