The 2011 Song of the Year - "Rolling in the Deep"

Is there any other choice? Of course not. “Rolling in the Deep” dominated 2011 the way that the 1998 New York Yankees dominated baseball and the 1989 49ers dominated the NFL – destroying everything in its path, and leaving no prisoners.

This is the kind of song that will last generations – people who haven’t even been born yet will hear it for the first time, and feel an excitement that comes with only the best and most classic rock songs – songs like “Like A Rolling Stone,” “Gimme Shelter,” “Born to Run,” "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)," and “Every Breath You Take.”

This is one angry song, as evidenced by the lyrics from the first minute or so of the song, which appear below. “Rolling in the Deep” has a lot more in common with something like PJ Harvey’s “Rid of Me” than it does with your typical breakup song.



And with that, I bid you adieu for 2011, and thank everyone who has landed on the blog, whether by accident or on purpose. Here’s to good times in 2012.

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
See how I'll leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)