lternate titles for this year's compilation included I am the danger and Yo, bitches!. In the end, Mike Ehrmantraut's story takes the cake. We have been obsessed with the conclusion of Breaking Bad.

Some random notes: we acknowledge that Iconapop's 'I love it' already appeared on comrade Stephen's year-end best-of CD last year. Superstar DJ David Guetta makes no less than four appearances here, a record for these surveys. In fact, Guetta tops the record he set himself on last year's survey. Runner-up Ke$ha makes three appearances here. Incidentally, Daft Punk's 'Get lucky' has been omitted because it will probably be included on everybody else's year-end mix. Robin Thicke's 'Blurred lines' has been omitted because it's boring. Finally, we also present to you the longest track ever on these surveys: Arcade Fire's 'Reflektor'.

While we've been avidly following popular music since the late 1970s, we don't think the quality of the mainstream benchmark has ever been this high. The late 1990s was a great pop period, but it doesn't even come close to what we've got now. Perhaps like the case with current American cable television, we are now entering the glittering, golden age of pop classics, or at least in terms of club and dubstep bangerz. Hopefully, you may find that some of this sheen can be reflected in the following survey.

For your convenience this year, a m3u playlist file as been included in the zip package to ensure easy proper sequencing for the mp3 tracks:

Don't forget to also download the images above for your digital music player. (Click on each image for its corresponding full-sized version.) Finally, the track listing of the compilation is as follows:

1. Daughn GIBSON - Phantom rider (04.23)
2. CHVRCHES – The Mother we share (03.10)
3. SKRILLEX (with Wolfgang Gartner) – The Devil's den (04.53)
4. Britney SPEARS – Work bitch (04.08)
5. M.I.A. – Y.A.L.A. (04.24)
6. David GUETTA (featuring Jessie J) – Repeat (03.27)
7. Kendrick LAMAR – The Art of peer pressure (03.39)
8. DIFFERENT SLEEP – Get ahead (03.25)
9. UNDERWORLD – Diamond jigsaw (05.37)
10. HAIM – The Wire (04.06)
11. AVICII (featuring Aloe Blacc) – Wake me up! (04.16)
12. fun. – Sight of the sun (03.32)
13. TRAVIS – Where you stand (03.40)
14. TEXAS – Dry your eyes (02.40)
15. Bruno MARS – Treasure (02.57)
16. Olly MURS (featuring Flo Rida) – Troublemaker (03.05)
17. PITBULL (featuring Havana Brown and Afrojack) – Last night (03.40)
18. Lily ALLEN – Hard out there (03.32)
19. KE$HA – Gold Trans Am (03.21)
20. BADFINGER – Baby blue (03.38)
21. EMINEM (featuring Rihanna) – The Monster (04.10)
22. RIHANNA (featuring David Guetta) – Right now (03.13)
23. David GUETTA (with Nicky Romero) – Metropolis (edit) (03.11)
24. John GRANT (featuring Sinéad O'Connor) – GMF (05.14)
25. SAINT ETIENNE – Are we gonna be alright (03.09)
26. BASTILLE – Pompeii (03.38)
27. David GUETTA (featuring Jennifer Hudson) – Night of your life (03.43)
28. AFROJACK (featuring Chris Brown) – As your friend (04.00)
29. Lana DEL REY – Summertime sadness (Cedric Gervais remix) (03.43)
30. ZAPRUDER POINT – After work (04.30)
31. Alasdair ROBERTS – Slowly growing old (02.08)
32. Alexi MURDOCH – Some day soon (04.46)
33. ICONA POP (featuring Charli XCX) – I love it (02.42)
34. KE$HA – All that matters (the beautiful life) (03.38)
35. Calvin HARRIS and ALESSO (featuring Hurts) – Under control (03.04)
36. YLVIS – The Fox (what does the fox say?) (03.34)
37. Taylor SWIFT – Red (03.43)
38. AVICII (featuring Dan Tyminski) – Hey brother (04.14)
39. PITBULL (featuring Ke$ha) – Timber (03.30)
40. ARCADE FIRE – Reflektor (07.34)

appy Christmas everyone, and remember to always take full measures.

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