Mel's Top 100 Hits of 2009

Before we catch up with 2010, one last look at 2009. Yes, it's Mel's Weekly Top 20's Top 100 Hits of 2009. The chart of course is determined by how my favorite songs fared on the weekly chart throughout the past year. Peak positions, weeks at the peak and overall chart run are factored into the ranking of each song. The songs are compiled and sorted on a spreadsheet using this criteria.

Not surprisingly, the song that spent the longest time at #1 and the longest number of weeks on the top 20 became my top song of the year. That honor went to Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Know" taken from their album titled, The End. It is an album that yielded at least 3 top 10 hits, the other 2 being "Boom Boom Pow" and "Meet Me Halfway."

This yearly chart reflects my musical tastes which range from adult contemporary hot hits, to some top 40, light rap with R&B, a heavy dose of adult alternative, rock and even country tracks.

Several independent artists and their tracks were big on my chart this past year.

They included Shannon Hurley who hit #1 with "California" and Meiko who hit #1 again with her 2008 hit, "Boys With Girlfriends". Other top indie hits included "The Other Side" by AM, "Bourgeois Shangri-La" & " I Heard of a Girl" both by Miss Li, "Natalie" by The NuRu and "Please Believe Me" by Darrin Kohavi.

The mainstream was well represented by stalwart hits "Fallin' For You" from Colbie Caillat, "Bad Romance," "Poker Face" and "Just Dance" by Lady GaGa, "Working on a Drream" by Bruce Springsteen, "Second Chance" by Shinedown and "No You Girls" by Franz Ferdinand.

Alternative rock and pop was on the chart with The Noisettes' "Never Forget You," Green Day's "Know Your Enemy" and "21 Guns" and Carolina Liar's "I'm Not Over." These and many more made the top 10, some going to #1, and all listed on the Top 100.

THE TOP 100 HITS OF 2009

Rank - Song Title - Artist

1. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
2. Fallin' For You - Colbie Caillat
3. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa
4. Second Chance - Shinedown
5. Never Forget You - Noisettes
6. I'm Not Over - Carolina Liar
7. No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand
8. California - Shannon Hurley
9. Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects
10. Know Your Enemy - Green Day
11. Just Dance - Lady GaGa
12. Working On A Dream - Bruce Springsteen
13. Major Tom - Shiny Toy Guns
14. Bulletproof - La Roux
15. French Navy - Camera Obscura
16. The Golden Age - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
17. Get On Your Boots - U2
18. You Found Me - The Fray
19. Poker Face - Lady GaGa
20. Boys With Girlfriends - Meiko
21. If I Were A Boy - Beyonce
22. Fireflies - Owl City
23. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas
24. 1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T's
25. 99 Times - Kate Voegele
26. Lovers In Japan - Coldplay
27. The Other Side - AM
28. My Lucky Day - Bruce Springsteen
29. Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
30. My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson
31. People Got a Lotta Nerve - Neko Case
32. Celebration (Album Version) - Madonna
33. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
34. Trouble Is A Friend - Lenka
35. People Are Crazy - Billy Currington
36. Magnificent - U2
37. Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) - Noisettes
38. 21 Guns - Green Day
39. City On Our Knees - Tobymac
40. All The Right Moves - OneRepublic
41. Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti & Spearhead
42. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
43. Two Hands - Jars of Clay
44. The Fear - Lily Allen
45. Be OK - Ingrid Michaelson
46. Time Lapse Lifeline - Maria Taylor
47. Free To Be Me - Francesca Battistelli
48. Halo - Beyoncé
49. Is Anybody Out There? - The Downtown Fiction
50. Goodbye - Kristinia DeBarge
51. I'd Come For You - Nickelback
52. Bourgeois Shangri-La - Miss Li
53. Take Back The City - Snow Patrol
54. Russian Roulette - Rihanna
55. I'm Just Here for the Music - Paula Abdul
56. The Sun Ain't Shining No More - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
57. Hero - Jars of Clay
58. I Heard of a Girl - Miss Li
59. Natalie - The NuRu
60. Angel - Kate Voegele
61. Show Me What I'm Looking for - Carolina Liar
62. When Love Takes Over - David Guetta - Kelly Rowland
63. Still Have My Heart - Caitlin Crosby
64. What's So Bad (About Feeling Good)? - Ben Lee
65. Please Believe Me - Darrin Kohavi
66. I Keep Falling - Lovers and Poets
67. Addicted - Saving Abel
68. Just A Dream - Carrie Underwood
69. Heaven Can Wait - We the Kings
70. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes
71. Spaceman - The Killers
72. Nobody - Kate Earl
73. I Just Want You Around - Anuhea
74. Dont Trust Me - 3OH!3
75. She's Got a Boyfriend Now - Boys Like Girls
76. Come On Get Higher - Matt Nathanson
77. Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones
78. This Is It - Michael Jackson
79. Focus - Cyndi Harvell
80. Led To The Sea - Jenny Owen Youngs
81. We Are Golden - Mika
82. Miles Away - Madonna
83. Again - Flyleaf
84. Funny The Way It Is - Dave Matthews Band
85. Sweet Silver Lining - Kate Voegele
86. Welcome To The Future - Brad Paisley
87. Strawberry Weed - The Caesars
88. Obama Song - Michael Franti & Spearhead
89. Sleepy Tigers - Her Space Holiday
90. Fireflies - Chris Garneau
91. Failure - Operation Aloha
92. Lost+ (with Jay-Z) / Viva la Vida (Live At the 51st Grammy Awards) - Coldplay
93. Lucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
94. The Rake's Song - The Decemberists
95. East Jesus Nowhere - Green Day
96. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - U2
97. Honey In The Sun - Camera Obscura
98. Hell - Tegan And Sara
99. (Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar - The Guild featuring Felicia Day
100. Everything I Ask For - The Maine