Welcome to day one of Richard Varall’s TOP TEN SONGS OF 2010!

First, some ground rules and clarifications:

For the next ten days I will be counting down my top ten songs of 2010, one song a day. Each post will have an accompanying stream of the track along with a link to some bonus footage related to the artist. Think music videos, interviews, remixes and other ephemera. Only one song will be allowed on the list per artist and the song must have been first officially released in 2010, meaning songs that appeared on 2010 albums but were released as singles in 2009 are not eligible. As such, let me quickly acknowledge Big Boi’s “Shine Blockas” and Four Tet’s Love Cry” - two songs that are discounted due to the above stipulation despite my love for them. Anyway, enough with the nonsense and on to the countdown!