Serious Contenders: Metric, "Gimme Sympathy"

I can't think of a single reason why a living breathing heterosexual male wouldn't get a shiver up his spine when Emily Haines sings "I can feel it in my bones!" There's something so sensual, so evocative about the lyrics to this song. When she asks "Come on, play me something like 'Here Comes The Sun,'" you know exactly what she's after. What a great piece of songwriting, possibly the best distillation of Metric's sound. Most bands have to decide whether to favour the guitars or the synths, but they texture the shit out of them and give them both something really interesting to do so that neither has to be left out. Intense, cool and sexy.