To celebrate Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday as it is known to The Very Posh, here are the top 20 songs of the year so far, as chosen, as always, by me.
1. Head Automatica – Beating Heart Baby
2. Baxendale – I Built This City
3. Girls Aloud – Wake Me Up
4. Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My God
5. Portobella – Vive La Difference
6. Annie – Heartbeat
7. Charlotte Hatherley – Bastardo
8. Hanson – Penny & Me
9. The Killers – Somebody Told Me
10. Mario – Let Me Love You
11. Idlewild – Love Steals Us From Loneliness
12. The Bravery – Honest Mistake
13. Basement Jaxx – Oh My Gosh
14. Phixx – Strange Love
15. Le Tigre – TKO
16. Jentina – Mysterious
17. The Faders – No Sleep Tonight
18. Tyler James – Foolish
19. Adam Green – Emily
20. Futureheads – Hounds Of Love
In fact, this has inspired me to make a CD of those exact songs – how exciting!