As is his annual tradition, DJ Earworm has scanned the charts for 2011’s biggest pop songs and mashed them all together for an exuberant essay of the year that was.

“2011 gave us songs of regret and anger, pride and perseverance, and lots of fire,” DJ Earworm writes. “When someone’s taken everything from you, what do you do? WORLD GO BOOM.”

The tunes below were, for better (Adele) or worse (LMFAO), all over the radio and otherwise in the public consciousness in 2011, offering escape (nearly everything but Adele), emotional catharsis (Adele times two), and in the case of “Pumped Up Kicks,” a good, long think, if you paid attention to the lyrics.

Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
Adele – “Someone Like You”
Black Eyed Peas – “Just Can’t Get Enough”
Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
Bruno Mars – “The Lazy Song”
Britney Spears – “Till The World Ends”
Cee Lo Green – “F**k You”
Enrique Iglesias – “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)”
Foster The People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
Jennifer Lopez – “On The Floor”
Jeremih feat. 50 Cent – “Down On Me”
Katy Perry – “Firework”
Katy Perry – “E.T.”
Katy Perry – “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”
LMFAO – “Party Rock Anthem”
LMFAO – “Sexy and I Know It”
Lupe Fiasco – “The Show Goes On”
Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
OneRepublic – “Good Life”
P!nk – “Raise Your Glass”
Pitbull – “Give Me Everything”
Rihanna – “S&M”
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – “We Found Love”

Check out DJ Earworm’s complementary music video for “United State Of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)” and then grab a free download of his mashup for your New Year’s Eve party playlist:

Free download of DJ Earworm – “United State Of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)” via his website.