The Top 500 Songs Of 2011 - Part 48 of 50, #30-#21

#30 The Foo Fighters - "Rope" from "Wasting Light" - The highest-charting song from "Wasting Light", the best Foo Fighters album since "The Colour And The Shape". - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbpqZT_56Ns

#29 Lupe Fiasco - "Words I Never Said" from "Lasers" - Featuring Skylar Grey. - Lupe made a lot of the right kind of enemies with this controversial and brilliant song. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22l1sf5JZD0

#28 The Beastie Boys - "Lee Majors Come Again" from "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two" - Hardly a hit and seemingly so obscure that no official video was ever made, this is by far my favorite song off of Hot Sauce Committee Part 2. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfVqHwjvOsI

#27 Jay-Z And Kanye West - "Niggas In Paris" from "Watch The Throne" - On top of the excellent beat and great lyrics, the "provocative" interlude in the middle of the song his hilarious. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfM_wS7qYfY

#26 Cults - "Oh My God" from "Cults" - 2011 was a great year for this type of dream pop / indie pop style. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KebXzv1wP4A

#25 Blitzen Trapper - "Love The Way You Walk Away" from "American Goldwing" - The best song off of "American Goldwing", the latest album from Blitzen Trapper, a great band with huge breakthrough potential. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Go8yeUSV4g

#24 Adele - "Someone Like You" from "21" - Adele was the biggest recording artist of 2011 (this isn't her top-charting song of the year...) and this epic ballad is one of the main reasons for her success with the critics and on the charts. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQl3WQQoQ0

#23 Florence And The Machine - "Leave My Body" from "Ceremonials" - I would say that Florence And The Machine was the second biggest recording artist of 2011, though I actually like "Ceremonials" better than "21".  "Leave My Body" is yet another great barnburner off the album of the year. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdSzeDXH4c4

#22 Lupe Fiasco - "The Show Goes On" from "Lasers" - Prominently features a sample of "Float On" by Modest Mouse. - Combining Modest Mouse and Lupe Fiasco is one of the strangest ways to make a massive pop hit, but whatever works. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmp6zIr5y4U

#21 Los Campesinos! - "By Your Hand" from "Hello Sadness" - I bet you never thought you'd hear a twee indie pop anthem.  Well, now you have. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ku_ZMPJ5M0