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Musical tweets 2011

1. “ROLLING IN THE DEEP,” Adele The bluesy-pop star sounds like the long-lost love child of Big Mama Thornton and Cee Lo Green, and this tune is The Post’s song of the year.

2. “HOW COME YOU NEVER GO THERE,” Feist Super chill with a splash of moody danger.

3. “MIRACLE WORKER,” SuperHeavy Jagger! Joss! Damian! Supergroup is an understatement.

4. “SHAKE IT OUT,” Florence + the Machine Welch sticks to what she does best: powerful drums and choral color.

5. “A THOUSAND YEARS,” Christina Perri The only good thing to come out of “Twilight,” this ballad invokes a whole lot more than vampire love.

6. “I REMEMBER ME,” Jennifer Hudson After public personal tragedy, Hudson finds her voice.

7. “YOU ARE A TOURIST,” Death Cab for Cutie Make your hometown a better place: leave.

8. “OTIS,” Kanye West and Jay-Z A pair of hip-hop gods bow to the mighty Mr. Redding.

9. “YOU AND TEQUILA,” Kenny Chesney & Grace Potter For those feeling single and seeing double.

10. “GROWN OCEAN,” Fleet Foxes Alt-rock hymn that reminds you to live life.

11. “SAD SONG,” the Cars After years parked in the garage, the Cars turn over a tune that taps into the “My Best Friend’s Girl” vibe.

12. “I JUST WANNA F - - K,” David Guetta, featuring Afrojack, Timbaland & Dev A, B, C, D, E, F me. Clever? Not really. Hypnotic? Absolutely.

13. “HOW I ROLL,” Britney Spears Apparently she rolls to a weird, addictive beat.

14. “6 FOOT 7 FOOT,” Lil Wayne Winning line: “Never met the bitch, but I f - - ked her like I missed her.”

15. “BUCKNER’S BOLERO,” the Baseball Project The indie supergroup looks at the what ifs behind one of baseball’s most monumental misses, 25 years later.

16. “STEREO HEARTS,” Gym Class Heroes A pop-rap love song with an unbeatable earwig of a chorus.

17. “THIS CITY,” Patrick Stump, featuring Lupe Fiasco It’s about Chicago, but the ’80s-fied pop sentiment is very NYC.

18. “YOU MAKE ME FEEL,” Cobra Starship, featuring Sabi Slick vocals and a body-moving beat make for a stellar party track.

19. “I JUST HAD SEX,” the Lonely Island, featuring Akon Exuberant, over the top and ridiculous: perfection.

20. “ MINE IS YOURS,” Cold War Kids Cali’s CW Kids make a U2-like anthem that’s sure to have audiences wailing in unison.

21. “LOTUS FLOWER,” Radiohead A spacey, atmospheric dance track.

22. “WE OWNED THE NIGHT,” Lady Antebellum It’s to remembering romantic nights as “I Gotta Feeling” is to remembering drunk nights.

23. “I GOTTA ROKK,” DJ Shadow Sick beats broken down, chopped up and served fresh.

24. “TILL THE WORLD ENDS (REMIX),” Britney Spears, featuring Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha” Collaboration of manufactured talent turns doomsday into a party.

25. “A REAL HERO,” College, featuring Electric Youth As if we need another reason to swoon over Ryan Gosling, this moody track to his sleeper “Drive” revs up the synth and accelerates slowly.

26. “I WON’T LET YOU GO,” James Morrison Yearn. Swoon. Repeat.

27. “IF I HAD A GUN” Noel Gallagher Who needs Oasis? Beatles-inspired fantasy.

28. “CALLED OUT IN THE DARK” Snow Patrol Indie anthem of love.

29. “MARY” Sparkadia Epic. Awesome. You’ll wish your name was Mary.

30. “RAINBOW CONNECTION,” Weezer, featuring Hayley Williams, Rivers Cuomo A masterful Kermie interpreter.

31. “FRIDAY,” Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon & the Roots Hilarious and inspiring. Never thought we’d say it, but thank you, Rebecca Black.

32. “SECRET THINKING,” Kleenex Girl Wonder Can’t-get-it-out-of-your-head lyrical pop confection.

33. “ELLE ME DIT,” Mika The French chants inspire doing pirouettes on a rainbow.

34. “BLESSED,” Lucinda Williams The usually introspective singer-songwriter looks at the state of the world right in time for the Occupy movement.

35. “THE LAZY SONG,” Bruno Mars Bruno’s Occupy Bed Street protest — the most subversive song of the year.

36. “GUCCI GUCCI,” Kreayshawn A YouTube “look at me” rap that’s as brash as it is brilliant.

37. “EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL,” Coldplay Talking about a revolution — no bullets — just dancing and music.

38. “THE EDGE OF GLORY,” Lady Gaga Lady G hitches a ride on Thunder Road with the late Clarence Clemons’ final sax solo.

39. “BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN,” Colbie Caillat Love at its bubbly best.

40. “THE ADVENTURES OF RAIN DANCE MAGGIE,” Red Hot Chili Peppers LA funk rock — dangerous ’n’ sexy — despite the cowbell solo.

41. “VIDEO GAMES,” Lana Del Rey Slow, moody and addictive — with shades of Cat Power.

42. “COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME),” Luke Bryan Single country boy with a banjo looking for the flash dancer in every woman.

43. “NOTHING,” the Script On the edge and heartbroken in this Dumpster-love rocker with a nod to the epic U2 sound.

44. “SUPER BASS,” Nicki Minaj The beat of thug love goes boom, badoom, boom, boom for Nicki’s super (b)ass.

45. “LIGHTERS,” Bad Meets Evil Eminem (Evil) and Royce da 5’9” (Bad) chronicle the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, motherf - - ker.

46. “BOW CHICKA WOW WOW,” Mike Posner, featuring Lil Wayne A love song.

47. “TONIGHT TONIGHT,” Hot Chelle Rae It’s the end of the world and Hot Chelle Rae feels fine.

48 “TWO AGAINST ONE,” Jack White Steeped in paranoia, White’s voice is wary as he pays tribute to spaghetti Western music.

49. “TAKE CARE,” Drake, featuring Rihanna Breathy pop vocals taken in careful doses between sick-spit verses.

50. “SICK,” Evanescence A metal powerhouse where Goth queen Amy Lee lets us know she’s “sick of it all.”

51. “FUNKY DONKEY,” the Beastie Boys Bass-driven rap which pays homage Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues.”

52. “LIGHTS,” Ellie Goulding Brit pop has never sounded so urgent.

54. “UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS,” the Strokes Gone five years, these hometown rockers return to debut form.

55. “CALAMITY SONG,” the Decemberists Dance-ready smarty-pants folk-rock.

56. “ME AND LAZARUS,” Iron and Wine Surging funk for a dead man come back to life.

57. “THE WORDS THAT MAKETH MURDER,” PJ Harvey Polly Jean gets all creepy on this clap-happy remembrance of dark times.

58. “JEJUNE STARS,” Bright Eyes Pop-powered navel gazing.

59. “PRICE TAG,” Jessie J The British Katy Perry took the States by storm with this commercialization anthem.

60. “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.,” Noah and the Whale A variation of the “Take a Walk on the Wild Side” theme, where Noah puts a s-p-e-l-l on you.

61. “LOOK AT ME NOW,” Chris Brown, featuring Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne Dig this song or Chris will personally slap you upside your head.

62. “SUPERMAN,” Snoop Dogg, featuring Willie Nelson A wonderful boogie track from the this dynamic duo, able to smoke tall joints in a single toke.

63. “STONE ROLLIN’,” Raphael Saadiq Old-fashioned R&B for modern bump and grind.

64. “THE AFTERLIFE,” Paul Simon Heaven isn’t halos and wings, but rather a bureaucratic tangle of forms and lines.

65. “MY LOVE FOLLOWS WHERE YOU GO,” Allison Krauss & Union Station A sunning love ballad by one of bluegrass’ most beautiful voices.

66. “REPETITION,” TV on the Radio Percolating electronic beats repeat as this Brooklyn band asks, “What’s the matter with my next-door neighbor?”

67. “BABY, PLEASE MAKE A CHANGE,” Hugh Laurie, featuring Sir Tom Jones & Irma Thomas He’s not Dr. John, but this piano-playing actor’s hot when Jones and Thomas are at the mike.

68. “I’VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS,” Bowling for Soup One of the three great lies, set to three-chord punk.

69. “SECRET LOVE ,” Stevie Nicks, featuring Dave Stewart She may not be with the one she loves, but with Fleetwood-feel Stevie is loving the one’s she’s with.

70. “DREAM A LITTLE DREAM,” Eddie Vedder Backing himself on ukulele, Eddie makes one of music’s most covered songs sound fresh.

71. “COME ON AND GET IT,” Lenny Kravitz Channeling James Brown for this syncopated funk invitation to love.

72. “FIGHT ’EM ’TIL YOU CAN’T” Anthrax Punishing thrash rock song about zombies, death and happiness.

73. “JUNK OF THE HEART (HAPPY),” the Kooks Bouncy pop dovetails with sticky-sweet lyrics.

74. “PUNJABI SONG,” Das Racist, featuring Bikram Singh Exotic Eastern arrangement culture clash with West Brooklyn rapping.

7 5. “I’LL BITE OFF YOUR FACE,” Alice Cooper Tapping into a Rolling Stones “Sticky Fingers” vibe on this tune about a man-eating woman.

76. “ALL NIGHT LONG” Demi Lovato, featuring Missy Elliott & Timberland Hate Demi for her role on “Barney and Friends,” but not for this hip-pop record.

7 7. “LOVE IS DANGEROUS,” Blink-182 It is, if it’s done right. Listen for Travis Barker’s intense drum work.

78. “BORN ALONE,” Wilco Jeff Tweedy chirps happily, “I was born to die alone.”

7 9. “CHEAP SUNGLASSES,” Wolfmother The blues-rock trio updates the ZZ’s classic about hard nights and too much morning sun.

80. “EXPLODE,” Patrick Stump Frantic electro-pop where a bomb squad defuser wonders if he should cut the red or the green wire. Boom.

81. “MR. KNOW IT ALL,” Kelly Clarkson Another girls-on-top empowerment song.

82. “BRANDENBURG GATE” Lou Reed & Metallica A heavy metal/spoken poetry mongrel that’ll alienate eggheads and headbangers equally.

83. “MIDNIGHT SKY,” M83 Between the sax and the murmuring vocals, it’s easy to get lost in.

84. “BARTON HOLLOW,” the Civil Wars A vintage-country duo make haunting harmonies in this sparse folk song.

85. “ROPE,” Foo Fighters As Nirvana celebrates the 20th anniversary of “Nevermind,” Dave Grohl conjures ghosts on a “Rope.”

86. “SUN OF A GUN,” Oh Land Former Danish ballet star is the thinking-man’s Britney.

87. “PARTY ROCK ANTHEM,” LMFAO Like it for the wiz of electronics, love it for the video’s shuffle dance moves.

88. “LONG HOT SUMMER,” Keith Urban Like a booster shot of sunshine to keep those winter blues at bay.

89. “OOPS,” Theophilus London Striptease set to engines of aggression industrial-styled electronics. Mechanically sexy.

90. “LAST FRIDAY NIGHT (T.G.I.F.),” Katy Perry Braces and bad girl-pop.

91. “MAYHEM,” Imelda May Retro rockabilly in a leopard-print pin-up-girl dress.

92. “A BETTER PLACE,” Glen Campbell The rhinestone cowboy sings about how life is good as he prepares for ride to boot hill.

93. “WORKING IN TENNESSEE,” Merle Haggard Add one more Nashville Cat to the 1,352 guitar pickers in Nashville.

94. “HOLOCENE,” Bon Iver We know him because of Kanye, but we love him because of this calming sway song.

95. “PUMPED UP KICKS,” Foster the People The year’s sleeper hit somehow makes a massacre sound cheery.

96. “WE FOUND LOVE,” Rihanna Ri puts the sex on hold for a dance song with an actual message.

97. “HITS ME LIKE A ROCK,” CSS This is pretty much what happiness sounds like.

98. “CALIFORNIA,” Datarock Yay-rock dance-jam good times.

99. “CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND,” Robyn A song of total sexual triumph and schadenfreude.

100. “BODY AND SOUL” Amy Winehouse & Tony Bennett Amy Winehouse posthumously proves to be a stunning jazz singer.

Contributors: Dan Aquilante, Christina Amoroso, Mackenzie Dawson, Mary Huhn, Billy Heller, Gregory E. Miller, Sara Lieberman, Maxine Shen and Mandy Stadtmiller.