Last night I tweeted about thinking that Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” was curious to me, in that it’s actually quite unremarkable. I certainly don’t think it’s bad, but I’m not sure what appeal that song has that any number of other 2011 songs don’t (well, besides a bit of major label push - not that there’s anything wrong with that).

Anyway, here’s a quick Spotify playlist of catchy 2011 tracks - “catchy” is sort of the guiding theme, thanks to Josiah. This is a bit of a preview of my year-end favorite tracks list, I guess, but it’s only twenty tracks.

The tracklist, complete with links to the songs not on Spotify:

1. Weekend :: Smith Westerns
2. Hold On :: Adam Taylor Young
3. Park Slope (I’m Sorry) :: ABADABAD
4. Under Cover of Darkness :: The Strokes
5. July :: Youth Lagoon
6. Home is a Fire :: Death Cab for Cutie
7. Omamori :: Elite Gymnastics
8.  Cut Me Out :: MNDR
9. Ungirthed :: Purity Ring
10. Swim Good :: Frank Ocean
11. You :: Creep ft. Nina Sky
12. Countdown :: Beyonce
13. Sure Thing :: Miguel
14. Wildfire :: SBTRKT (ft. Little Dragon)
15. Here, in Heaven 2 :: Elite Gymnastics
16. Chandeliers :: Summer Fiction
17. Abducted :: Cults
18. Get Away :: Yuck
19. How Deep is Your Love? :: The Rapture
20. You Can Count on Me :: Panda Bear