All of the Lights

Look, we all hate Kanye. That's a given. He's regularly moronic, unwaveringly arrogant, and his tweets are so mindlessly egotistical that Josh Groban has been inspired to put them to music (and God knows we all hate Groban…) Bottom line is, only someone with an ego the size of Polaris could recruit 11 superstar vocalists for one tune, and give them no more than a line each to croon (Alicia Keys' 'whoa-oh-whoah' is unmistakable, Elton John's 'I tried to tell you but all I could say is ohhhh' is almost unrecognisable). 'All Of The Lights' sees West change up his flow a little, give Rihanna the hook of a lifetime and take his musical exuberance to Liberace-like heights. All douchebags considered, 'All Of The Lights' is an instantly potent hit - a pop song so triumphant, I have no qualms about naming it song of the year in mid-January (how's that for ego, eh?).