On my iPod, I have close to 20,000 songs or so.  Most of that is music I am very proud to own, and I certainly would not mind listening to it in public with the windows down.  That being said, I do have some tunes that I want to keep to myself.  Of those, here are my top 5 (and some attempt at justification at each).  Keep in mind, I don’t listen to these a lot, but if I can’t decide what to listen to, one (or all) of these will do the trick:

5.  Britney Spears – Stronger

I think the video for this song originally got me hooked, or maybe it’s the refrain of the last chorus, but whatever it is, this song has a pretty solid groove!

4.  N’Sync – Dirty Pop

On a production level, this song is so complex, I can listen to it over and over again, and each time hear a new sound effect or loop.  And yeah, I guess the “we don’t take crap from anyone because we’re N’-stinkin’-Sync” theme of the song is ok.  But listen to it, and you’ll find yourself singing DDDDDDDDDDDDirty pop, y-y-y-y-y-you can’t stop”.

3.  Backstreet Boys – Everybody

“Dun, dun dun dun dun dun, dun, dun dun dun, O my God, we’re back again, dun, dun nuh nuh.”  This song has a great beat, tune, plus I ripped it off several years ago when I needed a beat for a remix I made.  I’m THAT guy that when the line comes on, “am I sex-u-al”, I always say “Noooo,ooooo”.

2.  Various – Lady Marmalade

Christina Aguelara (sp?) has a great set of pipes (read: vocal chords), and she uses every bit of them in this song.  Also, Pink sounds pretty good in this song.  Plus, how often do you get to sing in French?

1.  Hanson – Mmmm Bop

If you have a list similar to this, most likely this song is somewhere on it.  I will freely admit that this song is one of the catchiest dang songs I have ever heard.  Plus, when the video came out, I thought “Hey, that girl lead singer is kind of cute”.  Then I found out she was a he.  Now that I think about that, I kind of wish I had not revealed that here.  All that aside, this is a fun song about who-knows-what, but it tops my list of guilty pleasure songs.

So, what are yours??

UPDATE:  Celie Dion’s “The Power of Love” falls somewhere in this list.  Just sayin…