The 333 Best Pop Songs of the 2000s: #209

#209: "God Put a Smile on Your Face" (2007) - Mark Ronson

Let's officially welcome in the new year with the adage, "Out with the old, and in with the new," 'cause that's certainly what producer extrodinaire Mark Ronson (remember him, from way back in the countdown, co-producing Nikka Costa's record?) does with the Coldplay cut. He excised the vocals and punched up the track with drumming straight from the Ventures and horns straight from Detroit, plus a few little Space Invaders synth effects, effectively taking a mundane rock track and creating something new, something hot, something that moves, something that matters, something we should all resolve to do this year.