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It wasn't the same without Kevin Richardson.  :(

Colbie Caillat made her debut that year with her Coco album, with hits such as "Bubbly" and "Realize".

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Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud4HuAzHEUc

Aussie band Eskimo Joe (worth a listen)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_GOv7I_wI

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Rihanna - Umbrella

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_weSk0BonM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5rLz5AZBIA

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King Diamond...Give Me Your Soul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tl-N9FJMpY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJGpsL_XYQI

Epica....Never Enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfLtA8SkmVw

Within Temptation.....The Howling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYeXu7JfYHU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUuKvHHt8Sk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXA0pMsXllY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXRAM1htzv0

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf_gPZSDIxI

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJk6gZuPKRE
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Christina Aguilera - Candyman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ScjucUV8v0

Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQGU-vdXoVE

One from the early part of the year...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGIXZzOZ31Y
"Over It" by Katharine McPhee.

Even though this song is lyrically depressing (discussing a breakup), it sounds really beautiful and has a nice melody to it.

"Flying the Flag (For You)" is a song performed by British pop/bubblegum dance group Scooch. The song represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. The song came 22nd with a total of 19 points, the same score as France.

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"Back to Black" is a song by English recording artist Amy Winehouse. It was released by Island Records on 30 April 2007 as the third single from her second studio album of the same name (2006). The song was written by Winehouse and Mark Ronson and produced by Ronson. Winehouse's "Back to Black" was inspired by her relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil who had left Winehouse for an ex-girlfriend. The single peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom and is Winehouse's third best-selling single in that country.

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Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
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Three Days Grace - Riot
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"Rule the World" is a song by English boy band Take That. It was recorded for the soundtrack of the film Stardust (2007), and then included on the deluxe edition of their fourth studio album Beautiful World (2006). It was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2007 via digital download and as a CD single the following day. The single peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and went on to become the group's second best selling single, shifting over 1,2 million units and being certified as 2x Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

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"Back to Black" is a song by English recording artist Amy Winehouse. It was released by Island Records on 30 April 2007 as the third single from her second studio album of the same name (2006). The song was written by Winehouse and Mark Ronson and produced by Ronson. Winehouse's "Back to Black" was inspired by her relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil who had left Winehouse for an ex-girlfriend. The single peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom and is Winehouse's third best-selling single in that country.



Also during the year, she had a big hit with "Rehab" in the States. (That one would go on to win Record Of The Year at the 50th Grammy Awards.)

I really liked the song Relax (Take It Easy) by the Lebanese-British singer Mika.  It interpolates the 80s hit (I Just) Died In Your Arms by Cutting Crew which is what immediately drew me to the song.  It peaked at #15 in Canada and #18 in the UK

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Here is a one hit wonder from 2007 I also enjoyed.  It's titled Young Folks by a Swedish group called Peter, Bjorn and John.  It peaked at #13 in the UK and #33 in Canada, and while it never made the US Hot 100, it peaked at #19 on the US Dance chart

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Here is I Want Your Soul by NYC DJ Armand Van Helden.  It samples an 80s hit titled Do You Want It Right Now by Siedah Garrett and it's absolutely fantastic!

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Here is Uninvited by a British house duo called Freemasons featuring British singer Bailey Tzuke.  It is a cover of the 90s Alanis Morrissette song.  I never cared for the original, but this cover just blew me away.  They took a song I hated and turned it into a song I absolutely loved so much that it might have been my favourite song of 2007.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL2ZwXj1tXM


This is a classic.  :)

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I think 2005 and 2006 were better years for music than 2007. T-Pain (Buy U A Drank, Bartender, Low), Rihanna (Umbrella, Shut Up And Drive, Please Don't Stop The Music), Kanye (Graduation album), and Chris Brown (Kiss Kiss, Wall to Wall) come to mind when I think of 2007.

You still had some bangers being put out by Timbaland/Justin/Nelly Furtado, but music wasn't sounding as diverse anymore as it did a few years back. In particular, rock started its slow descent.

I think 2005 and 2006 were better years for music than 2007. T-Pain (Buy U A Drank, Bartender, Low), Rihanna (Umbrella, Shut Up And Drive, Please Don't Stop The Music), Kanye (Graduation album), and Chris Brown (Kiss Kiss, Wall to Wall) come to mind when I think of 2007.

You still had some bangers being put out by Timbaland/Justin/Nelly Furtado, but music wasn't sounding as diverse anymore as it did a few years back. In particular, rock started its slow descent.


I thought 2007 was better than 2006 for music, though not as good as 2005 as that year was tough to beat. I do like all those songs/albums you mentioned, plus Soulja Boy, and Sean Kingston was big that year and also Fergie. One of my favorite songs of that year was The Way I Are by Timbaland. There were some good rock songs as well like Cupid's Chokehold by Gym Class Heroes. Another style that comes to mind when I think of that year was indie pop like 1234 by Feist or New Soul by Yael Naim.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSM3w1v-A_Y

This song was everywhere that year. OneRepublic is one of the few pop/rock groups that got big in the mid-late 2000s (Maroon 5 aside) that's still somewhat relevant to this day.

... Rihanna (Umbrella; Shut Up And Drive; Don't Stop The Music)...

Those were decent IMO. Of course "Umbrella" has some rap vocals by Jay-Z at the start (which is why he's credited as a featured performer on it), but there is a mix without it, which I prefer.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSM3w1v-A_Y

This song was everywhere that year. OneRepublic is one of the few pop/rock groups that got big in the mid-late 2000s (Maroon 5 aside) that's still somewhat relevant to this day.


I forgot about that song. Need to add it to the playlist. Do you remember around what part of the year the song was popular? I think it was the later part.

Yeah I think it was late 2007/early 2008 I wanna say.

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One of the song's that 2007 was best known for was Umbrella, but here's another one of Rihanna's hits from that year/album:

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One of the song's that 2007 was best known for was Umbrella, but here's another one of Rihanna's hits from that year/album:

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Yup... said album was titled Good Girl Gone Bad. I did like "Umbrella" cuz I found it kinda catchy. :)

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I actually liked this song more than Crank Dat.

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This artist wrote the Umbrella song for Rihanna. You can tell when you hear the "eh".

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf_gPZSDIxI


That's a good one. It had a catchy beat. Here's another one by her from that album:

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Another Timbaland produced track and collabed with JT. This is actually the first time seeing the video, but I remember the first time hearing it on the radio with co-workers in a van. One mentioned it sounded like an old Nintendo game, like Castlevania. Unfortunately for 50 Cent his album was considered a flop, and past his peak compared with his "Candy Shop" or "In Da Club" days.

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Ahh I remember the days when we used to call 2007 “dark and digital.”

I remember Sean Kingston being big that year.

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I remember hearing this song featured in an Old Navy commercial.

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And this one was the theme for Apple ads:

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That's a good one. It had a catchy beat.

I thought so too, regarding “Clumsy.” That one also has a sampling of Little Richard’s 1956 hit “The Girl Can’t Help It”, particularly the occurrences of the title.

Yup... said album was titled Good Girl Gone Bad. I did like "Umbrella" cuz I found it kinda catchy. :)


Another good one from that album:

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"Grace Kelly" is a song by British singer-songwriter Mika. It was released as the lead single from Mika's debut studio album Life in Cartoon Motion (2007) in 2007. It was written by Mika alongside Jodi Marr, John Merchant and Dan Warner. The song was produced and mixed by Greg Wells.

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I remember when this dance craze became popular, to the likes of the Cha-Cha Slide, Electric Slide, and the Wobble:

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Bedouin Sound Clash: When The Night Hears My Song

When the night hears my song
I'll be home, I'll be home.

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Bedouin Sound Clash: When The Night Hears My Song

When the night hears my song
I'll be home, I'll be home.



That's a good song.  That band formed in my hometown

"Ruby" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released in the United Kingdom on 5 February 2007 as the lead single from their second studio album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007). It became the band's first British number-one single in 2007 and ended 2007 as the year's 10th-biggest-selling single in the UK, with total sales of 313,765. As of September 2016, it has sold over 600,000 copies in the UK as stated by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). "Ruby" was voted number 13 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007, Australia's largest annual music poll.

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"Valerie" is a song by English indie rock band The Zutons from their second studio album, Tired of Hanging Around (2006). The song was later covered by Mark Ronson, with lead vocals provided by Amy Winehouse, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in 2007.

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The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani

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This one was a hit during the first half of the year and it was one song of hers that I found catchy.

One of my favorite albums, Lies For The Liars by The Used, was released on 5/22/2007. Here's the song Pretty Handsome Awkward from that awesome album:

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I also love how this song is in Guitar Hero 3/Arcade. :)

One of my favorite albums, Lies For The Liars by The Used, was released on 5/22/2007. Here's the song Pretty Handsome Awkward from that awesome album:

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I also love how this song is in Guitar Hero 3/Arcade. :)


We also had "Still Dreaming" (my favorite song both from that year and from the artist), "Vanity and Greed", and "True Romance" all by Silverstein come out in that year. They would be my 3 favorite songs from the album they're in.

2007 was the year that Sara Bareilles released her first commercially successful album, Little Voice. The track Love Song was her first hit (and it would do fairly well on the charts in the latter part of the year).

"5 Years Time", also known as "5 Years Time (Sun Sun Sun)", is the debut single by English folk rock band Noah and the Whale. It was originally released in 2007, but was later re-released on 4 August 2008 and became their first top-ten hit. The song did not chart upon its first release in 2007. After poor initial sales, the group chose to re-release the single, and the record made it onto the charts in a number of countries. In the UK, it debuted at number 24, and went on to become Noah and the Whale's first top-ten single, peaking at number 7. In Ireland, "5 Years Time" debuted at number 47 and peaked at number 10.

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