Countdown!

I'm not too proud to admit, I loves me a radio top-whatever countdown. New Year's Eve, Memorial Day, Labor Day: those are the big ones. The radio station I'm listening to now has an interesting spin this year: listerners choice--write-in ballots with personal top-5 choices, tabulated into a 500 countdown. I've been randomly tuning in today and I share with you, Internet, in random order, some rockin' awesomeness you never knew you loved:


The King of Wishful Thinking--Go West
Smooth Criminal--Alien Ant Farm
Shakedown--Bob Seger
Uninvited--Alanis Morissette
Always Where I Need To Be--The Kooks
Maniac--Michael Sembello
Jam--Michael Jackson
Save A Prayer--Duran Duran
September--Earth, Wind, & Fire
Shake It--Metro Station
Born To Be My Baby--Bon Jovi
I Miss You Much--Janet Jackson

Here are mine, at least for today:
Tainted Love--Soft Cell (that's not just for today, that's for infinity)

Yeah--Usher, et al.

All These Things That I've Done--The Killers

Falling Slowly--Glen Hansard/Marketa Irglova

My City of Ruins--Bruce Springsteen, the version from the 9/11 telethon. Sing it, Bruce.


What would you pick if you had to narrow it down to five songs?