前些天我们在报导The Strokes可能在明年录制新专辑的新闻（点此查看）中也提到了NME近期评选出的本年代最佳100张唱片（点此查看全部榜单），The Strokes的《Is This It》荣登榜首。事实上，同时推出的还有一个本年代最佳100首单曲，两份榜单均刊登在这一期的NME年代末特刊上。Beyonce的《Crazy In Love》成为单曲榜上第一名。
本年代最佳单曲Top20为：
1. Beyonce – ‘Crazy In Love’
2. MGMT – ‘Time To Pretend’
3. The Strokes – ‘Hard To Explain’
4. MIA – ‘Paper Planes’
5. OutKast – ‘Hey Ya!’
6. The Rapture – ‘House Of Jealous Lovers’
7. Klaxons – ‘Golden Skans’
8. Blur – ‘Out Of Time’
9. Arcade Fire – ‘Rebellion (Lies)’
10. Arctic Monkeys – ‘A Certain Romance’
11. The Libertines – ‘Can’t Stand Me Now’
12. The Streets – ‘Dry Your Eyes’
13. The Walkmen – ‘The Rat’
14. The White Stripes – ‘Seven Nation Army’
15. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Bang’
16. Rihanna – ‘Umbrella’
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Maps’
18. OutKast – ‘Ms Jackson’
19. Radiohead – ‘Reckoner’
20. Hot Chip – ‘Over And Over
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