my top 40 songs of 2006
(in no particular order with some released way before 2006)

1. leave before the lights come on- arctic monkeys
2. baby i'm yours- arctic monkeys
3. the view from the afternoon- arctic monkeys
4. a certain romance- arctic monkeys
5. i bet you look good on the dancefloor- arctic monkeys
6. juicebox- the strokes
7. reptilia- the strokes
8. you only live once- the strokes
9. last nite- the strokes
10. soma- the strokes
11. nobody move, nobody get hurt- we are scientists
12. the great escape- we are scientists
13. inaction- we are scientists
14. goodnight goodnight- hot hot heat
15. shame on you- hot hot heat
16. time is running out- muse
17. hysteria- muse
18. starlight- muse
19. supermassive black hole- muse
20. you don't love me- the kooks
21. deadwood- dirty pretty things
22. beautiful love- the afters
23. sewn- the feeling
24. the kill- 30 seconds to mars
25. this will be our year- ok go
26. here it goes again- ok go
27. lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off- panic! at the disco
28. i'm shakin- rooney
29. woman- wolfmother
30. anna molly- incubus
31. call me when you're sober- evanescence
32. miss murder- afi
33. if looks could kill- camera obscura
34. dance dance- fall out boy
35. chasing cars- snow patrol
36. when you were young- the killers
37. fergalicious- fergie
38. my love- justin timberlake
39. faster kill pussycat- oakenfold feat. brittany murphy
40. pump it- black eyed peas
41. tell me baby- red hot chilli peppers
42. i don't feel like dancing- scissor sisters
43. oh yeah- the subways
44. you give me something- james morrison

i can't squeeze 40 songs so 44 will do. ok i was bored.