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Aside from the romantic conceit of its title, she could have sung it half a century ago, but its recording is entirely of this moment: ClarkвЂ™s voice is digitally pixelated around its edges, and a quietly strobing synth line suggests the echo of an electronic dance club somewhere down the block. Yes, that Petula Clark - of вЂњDowntownвЂќ fame, who was 80 years old when she released this gorgeous little song.

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What sheвЂ™s actually singing about is an exhausted, tooth-grinding, 3 AM kind of not stopping (hence the plausible-deniability drug references), anchored in hip-hop tropes from eight years before she was born: вЂњcanвЂ™t stop/wonвЂ™t stop,вЂќ hands in the air, the hook from вЂњLa-Di-Da-Di.вЂќ Maybe the slyest detail in a song full of вЂ™em: the totally country inflection Cyrus adopts for вЂњcan I get a вЂhell noвЂ™?вЂќ If you didnвЂ™t listen to the words of MileyвЂ™s surprisingly downbeat party-whipper-upper, youвЂ™d assume that it was a heartsick Rihanna-style lament. вЂњLove Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy),вЂќ David BowieДЄt first, BowieвЂ™s age-crinkled voice seems like just another sound element in former LCD Soundsystem leader MurphyвЂ™s crisp, ricocheting ten-minute remix, less important than the rhythmic motifs it borrows from Steve ReichвЂ™s 1972 avant-garde landmark вЂњClapping Music.вЂќ Then Murphy drops in another riff - from BowieвЂ™s own вЂњAshes to AshesвЂќ - and вЂњLove is LostвЂќ snaps, chillingly, into focus: itвЂ™s an aging hero of style looking back at a lifetime of looking back, as his lifeвЂ™s work becomes a hall of mirrors and the audienceвЂ™s applause becomes the song. Even apart from the plastic-cup-percussion trick that spawned a zillion response videos, KendrickвЂ™s version has a terrific arrangement, and it gets bonus points for being a hit single thatвЂ™s just over two minutes long.ДЁ.

The fact that a lesser Carter Family song from 1931 became a hit single in 2013 - by way of a scene from last yearвЂ™s musical comedy Pitch Perfect, inspired by one viral video that was itself inspired by another - is remarkable in itself. ItвЂ™s a pointed rejection of the aspirations that have been foisted on the victims of capitalism (just like KanyeвЂ™s вЂњNew SlavesвЂќ!), itвЂ™s got a fantastic minimal groove, and it lets LordeвЂ™s ordinary-girl voice tremble in the spotlight until luxurious harmonies buoy her up on its choruses. But holy heck did (then-16-year-old) Ella Yelich-OвЂ™ConnorвЂ™s debut single ever connect with people. Its politics are iffy - the вЂњCristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepieceвЂќ that Lorde decries arenвЂ™t just hip-hop symbols, theyвЂ™re way out of date. See the rest of TIMEвЂ™ s Top 10 of Everything 2013 lists here 10.

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