The year's best singles

Singer Beyonce Knowles attends the Beyonce Pulse fragrance launch at... — Singer Beyonce Knowles attends the Beyonce Pulse fragrance launch at Macy's Herald Square in Manhattan. (Sept. 22, 2011) Credit: Getty Images

By GLENN GAMBOAglenn.gamboa@newsday.comDecember 23, 2011

A great pop song either helps you remember or makes you forget everything around you for three minutes or so. In this year of economic and cultural uncertainty, there sure was plenty we wanted to forget. Here are some of the songs we are definitely going to remember:

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