Frank Kogan

Here's a list I just posted on facebook this afternoon. Realized an hour later that I'd accidentally left out "The Pop Kids" by Pet Shop Boys, which would bring the 150 also-rans to 151. [Apparently I added "The Pop Kids" to the list before I cut and pasted it into this email.] Also pointed out on facebook that some of these may well date to late 2015. In fact, some of them might even be ten years old, for all I know. (My usual technique for deciding something is a new single these days is "when it shows up on Rhapsody." And my most common technique for deciding something is a single, period, is that it's streamable separate from the album — in maybe most cases prior to, as a teaser. Not sure whether that's cheating or not.)

20 + 151 Singles I've Liked, First Half of 2016

TOP 20 (So Far)
1. Fred Locks and Sizzla – Black Star Liner Rebirth
2. Azis – Habibi
3. Charles Kelley – Lonely Girl
4. Your Old Droog – 42 (Forty Deuce)
5. Borgore feat. Barrington Levy – Blast Ya
6. El Komander – Tragos de Alcohol (Con Mariachi)
7. Cabbage – Kevin
8. Espinoza Paz – A Veces (En Vivo)
9. Tengger Cavalry – War Horse (2016 Rework)
10. Romeo Santos – Loca
11. Frankie J – Breakin'
12. Mayer Hawthorne – Lingerie & Candlewax
13. Los Rodriguez de Sinaloa – Te Tengo Que Cortar
14. Baauer feat. M.I.A. – Temple
15. DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels – Nobody Speak
16. Scooter – Oi (Extended Mix)
17. Colmillio Norteño feat. Uniko Mondo – El Rápido
18. Maren Morris – Rich
19. Adriel Favela – Tomen Nota (Version Norteña)
20. Essaie Pas – Lights Out

RUNNERS UP
Alex Anwandter – Siempre Es Viernes En Mi Corazón
All Saints – One Strike
Ami – 3 Lucruri
Anderson .Paak – Am I Wrong
AronChupa – Fired Cuz I Was Late
A$AP Ferg – Hungry Ham
A$AP Ferg – Let It Bang
A$AP Ferg – Strive
A Tribe Called Red – All Day (Original Mix)
Avail Hollywood – Until the Morning
Alice Bag – No Means No
Frankie Ballard – L.A. Woman
Kelsea Ballerini – Peter Pan
Azealia Banks – The Big Big Beat
Belanova – Cásate Conmigo
William Bell – The Three of Me
B.J. the Chicago Kid feat. Kendrick Lamar – The New Cupid
Kero Kero Bonito – Lipslap
Bibi Bourelly – Sally
Boys Noize – Overthrow
Brothers Osborne – 21 Summer
Carlinhos Brown – Dois Grudados
Luke Bryan feat. Karen Fairchild – Home Alone Tonight
Candlemass – Death Thy Lover
Regulo Caro – Cicatrillces
Case/Lang/Veirs – Atomic Number
Cd9 – I Feel Alive
Cerrone feat. Manu Dibango – Funk Makossa (Todd Edwards Mix)
Cerrone feat. Tony Allen – 2nd Chance
The Chainsmokers – New York City (Dash Berlin Remix)
Charli XCX – Vroom Vroom
Kenny Chesney – Noise
Eric Church – Mr. Misunderstood
Eric Church – Record Year
Brandy Clark – Big Day in a Small Town
Brandy Clark – Girl Next Door
Elizabeth Cook – Methadone Blues
Crematory – Misunderstood
Decoded Feedback – Waiting for the Storm
Devin Di Dakta – Homba Bike
Dion – Visionary Heart
DJ Fresh and High Contrast – How Love Begins
Doctor Krapula – Más Que Bien
The Duchess Jureesa McBride – It Be's That Way Sometimes
Clare Dunn – Tuxedo
Brooke Eden – Daddy's Money
Missy Elliott – Pep Rally
Ensemble Mik Nawooj – California Soul
Essaie Pais – Le port du masque est de riguer
The Faint – Young & Realistic
The Fall – Wise Ol' Man
Far East Movement – Entertain Us
Lesley Flanigan – Can Barely Feel My Feet
Flotsam & Jetsam – Iron Maiden
Fnaïre – Chayeb
Fozzy – Lights Go Out
Frankie J. feat. George Lamond – Let the Music Take Control
Fruit Bats – From a Soon-To-Be Ghost Town
Fuerza De Tijuana – E Popeye
Gappy Ranks – Don’t Trouble Anymore
Gappy Ranks – Maad Sick
Bunji Garlin – Bicycle Ride (Soca Remix)
Bunji Garlin – Television
Kenny Garrett – Backyard Groove
Kenny Garrett – Calypso Chant
Kevin Gates – Kno One
Kevin Gates – 2 Phones
Haley Georgia – Prom Night
Gilberto Gil – As Camélias do Quilombo do Leblon (Ao Vivo)
Grand Magus – Forged in Iron-Crowned in Steel
Vivian Green – Grown Folks Music (Work)
Grupo Exterminador – Que Anda Haciendo el Viejon
Anthony Hamilton – Amen
Anthony Hamilton – Save Me
Hammers of Misfortune – Dead Revolution
Mayer Hawthorne – Cosmic Love
Hexvessel – When I’m Dead
Hooverphonic – Badaboum
HyunA feat. Il Hoon Jung – Roll Deep
Icona Pop – Someone Who Can Dance