* = dance music; about 120 bpm & upwards.
** = funk/soul/hiphop/jazz/reggae/world/ska/or combinations, ‘blue eyed soul’ also
*** = downtempo/electronic/ambient/idm
no stars = something else

My top 21 of favorite songs of the year 2008 (out of 47 listed here):

Note: Alphabeat – Fascination, Duffy – Rockferry, Ida Engberg – Disco volante (Sebastien Leger Mix) and David Guetta – Delirious all became big hits in 2008. But because of being originally released in 2007, click thát list to find those tracks. Otherwise: Haus am see, mentioned very high in the list below, became a hit in 2009.

1. Estelle ft. Kanye West – American boy **
2. Kraak & Smaak – Squeeze me **
3. Peter Fox – Haus am see **
4. Adele – Chasing pavements **
5. The Blessing – Bleach cake **
6. Chicha Libre – Tres pasajeros **
7. Dert – Transitional period **
8. Moby – Disco lies *
9. Pad Brapad – Ben hora **
10. Take – Fall in love again **
11. Adele – Cold shoulder **
12. Duffy – Rain on your parade **
13. Deadmau5 ft. Kaskade – I remember *
14. Deltron ft. Sean Lennon – Memory loss **
15. Duffy – Warwick avenue **
16. Manu Dibango & Chantal Ayissi – Abe Abe Remix **
17. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Many things **
18. Bar Kokhba – Sother **
19. Grooveman Spot – Neuralgia **
20. James Pants – I choose you *
21. Tribeqa – Tchefari **

My other favorites, the ‘subtop’ part (above is the potential ‘all time top 500′ stuff):

• Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble – Fela Dey **
• Bar Kokhba – Gediel **
• Der Dritte Raum – Swing bop *
• Diely Moussa Kouate – Siguiri **
• Disen Gage – Lehaim to N.E.P **
• DJ Spinna – Same old Pakistan **
• Dwilt Sharpp – U and endeavour ***
• Elephant Man – No tikkle *
• Fnaire – Sah e’raoui **
• 40 Winks – Keep on ***
• Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet about me **
• Grandpamini – Rural *
• Jamie Lidell – Another day **
• Joya Landis – When the lights are low **
• JSBL – Der Mann mit den Schwankungen (Urbs Remix) **
• Julien Doré – Les limites
• Katalyst Ft. Steve Spacek – How Bout Us **
• Kid Cudi – Day ‘n nite (Crookers Remix) *
• Madcon – Beggin’ **
• Mr. Scruff ft. Alice Russell – Music takes me up **
• N*e*r*d – Everyone nose (All the girls standing in line for the bathroom) **
• Novalima – Bolero **
• The Oscillation – Somatone ***
• The Souljazz Orchestra – Insurrection **
• Sugababes – Girls
• Tremor – Viajante **