You're fading out of my heart into history
Don't wanna work it out, we're through you and me
"Playing Me" is a song I've lived with, at least in part, for so long now (since spring of 2007) that its location on this countdown is probably hurt as a result. Still, all this time on I still can't believe that we were treated to a boy band-type melody as great as this one. I have a huge tolerance for catchy uplifting boy pop music, and "Playing Me," being the sort of thing that has me written all over it, fills my need for that type of music easily. As with the rest of Jonathan's songs, it bases its production more on the sound of "real instruments" than most boy band or one man boy band songs do, but, even more so than on "Dance In The Shadows," that's for no other reason than the fact that it's a tactic that fits the song perfectly, giving extra strength to its already great melody with its strings, guitar, and percussion. Well done Fredrik Samsson and Miquael Persson--this really is almost everything I want from boy pop. The angry end of a relationship rarely sounds this melodic or this pretty.Find it on: Flying
