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added 29 November 2009 at 16.45

Here's the next handful of great songs, as voted for by you...

40
Green Day - 'American Idiot'
The title track of the punk pop trio's career-reviving 2004 album, this thinly-veiled attack on US politics gave the band their first UK top 5 hit.
Download American Idiot from iTunes

39
Oasis - 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out'
Another ballad from Burnage's favourite sons, this was taken from their "Heathen Chemistry" album in 2002. The song re-entered the download charts in October 2009 after Leona Lewis covered it.
Download Stop Crying Your Heart Out from iTunes

38
Foo Fighters - 'All My Life'
Taken from the band's fourth album "One By One", this Grammy-winning single apparently started out as an instrumental.
Download All My Life from iTunes

37
MGMT - 'Time To Pretend'
The title track of MGMT's debut EP, this was later re-recorded for their debut album "Oracular Spectacular" at the tail end of 2007.
Download Time to Pretend from iTunes

36
Kasabian - 'Empire'
The title track of Kasbian's second album, released in July 2006 and the band's third top 10 single. The opening of the song features an unknown person accidentally leaving a message on the band's voicemail. Download Empire from iTunes

35
Kaiser Chiefs - 'I Predict A Riot'
Originally the band's second single, the track was later re-released in 2005 and made number 9 in the charts. This song is about a bad night out in Leeds.
Download Supermassive Black Hole from iTunes

34
Muse - 'Starlight'
The second single from Muse's 2006 album "Black Holes And Revelations", making no. 13 in the UK charts in September of that year. Bassist Chris Wolstenholme says it's a song about missing someone.
Download Starlight from iTunes

33
The Libertines - 'Time For Heroes'
Taken from the Libertines' debut album "Up The Bracket", written by Pete Doherty about the May Day riots of 2001. Doherty's band Babyshambles still play it occasionally.
Download Time for Heroes from iTunes

32
Arctic Monkeys - 'When The Sun Goes Down'
Written about the sleazier side of life in Sheffield, it's the band's second single, released in November 2005. It was also the band's second UK number one.
Download When The Sun Goes Down from iTunes

31
The Killers - 'When You Were Young'
The lead single from The Killers' second album "Sam's Town", from 2006. Highest charting UK single, making No. 2.
Download When You Were Young from iTunes