The calendar's ten best songs is a FlynnFiles tradition. See how the fifth annual installment ranks with past lists. See how it holds up next to your list.

10. Saints of Los Angeles, Motley Crue
9. Cobwebs, Ryan Adams
8. In the New Year, The Walkmen
7. This Is Your Life, The Killers
6. Time to Pretend, MGMT
5. Strange Overtones, David Byrne/Brian Eno
4. Supernatural Superserious, REM
3. Missing Cleveland, Scott Weiland
2. Viva la Vida, Coldplay
1. Sex on Fire, Kings of Leon

What's missing? Share your "best songs of 2008" with the readership in the comments section.

I don't know what happened to The Killers. I absolutely loved Hot Fuss, but I feel like the songwriting completely falls apart afterwards.

Viva la Vida gets my vote.

I don't follow pop music as much as you do, but Viva La Vida kicks a$$. It's a great tune, and the lyrics are nearly perfect. They are poignant and paint the same kind of picture great literature does...without being pretentious in the least.

8 years prior, he knew it was a bad idea, but did it anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I

Metallica.

"Cold Day for August" by Alana Grace.