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Best Songs of 2005 [listed categorically]
Best Song: "I Wonder" by The Willowz from Talk In Circles
Hit Song: " Hey Now Now" by The Cloud Room from The Cloud Room vs. "Off the Record" by My Morning Jacket from Z
Most 'Politically Correct' Song: " Sixteen Military Wives" by The Decemberists from Picaresque
Best Emo/Austrailian/Rock Song: " Skeleton Jar" by Youth Group from Shadowland
Best Song Featured on a Movie Soundtrack: "Trouble With Dreams" by Eels from Ice Harvest: Music From and Inspired By the Movie [also in their album Blinking Lights and Other Revelations]
Most Eccentric/Eclectic: "Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood " by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Best Indie Song: "First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes from I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Best Electro-Pop Song: "Wraith Pinned to the Mist And Other Games" by Of Montreal from The Sunlandic Twins
Best Single: "Juicebox" by The Strokes from First Impressions Of Earth
Best Song From a Solo Artist [both male and female]: "Clinically Dead " by Chad Van Gaalen from Infiniheart and "Heartstopper" by Emiliana Torrini from The Fisherman's Woman
Best Folk Song: "He Lays In the Reins" by Iron & Wine and Calexico from In The Reins
Best Brit-Rock Song: "I Predict a Riot" by Kaiser Chiefs from Employment
Best Song of Violence: "Hands In The Sky (Big Shot)" by Straylight Run from Prepare To Be Wrong
Best Song of Love: "Always Love" by Nada Surf from This Weight Is a Gift
Best Sexual Song: "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" by We Are Scientists from With Love and Squalor vs. "The Clap" by Awesome New Republic from So Far
'Everyone's Favourite': "Banquet" by Bloc Party from Silent Alarm vs. "7/4 (Shoreline)" by Broken Social Scene from Windsurfing Nation
Best Alternative Song: "Bang Theory" by World Leader Pretend from Punches
Best Punk Song: "It Only Took a Whisper" by Secret Lives of the Freemasons from This Was Built to Make You Dance vs. "Don't Lose Touch" by Against Me! from Searching For a Former Clarity Most 'Precious' Song: "My Doorbell" by The White Stripes from Get Behind Me Satan
Best Song from a Debut Album: "Brown Boxes" by The Spinto Band from Nice and Nicely Done
GOODBYE 2005!