Top 20 — 2009 Vh1

Then she hit play on “Poker Face,” turned up the volume, and danced in her basement like nobody was watching.

As the credits rolled, Mia grabbed a blank CD-R and opened iTunes. She made a playlist: VH1 Top 20 of 2009 – My Life So Far. 2009 vh1 top 20

Jim Shearer held up a sparkly disco ball. “Your #1 video of 2009!” Then she hit play on “Poker Face,” turned

Because on that last Saturday of 2009, someone was. VH1 was. And that was enough. Jim Shearer held up a sparkly disco ball

“This is it!” he announced. “The final countdown of 2009… and the final countdown of the decade !”

“Tonight’s gonna be a good night…” Jim sang along on screen. Mia laughed. This song was everywhere —school dances, baseball games, her mom’s Zumba class. It was the anthem of a year that felt, in retrospect, like one last innocent exhale before everything got complicated.