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As we roll up the beach blankets and unroll the stadium blankets, it's safe to assume that summer has given way to fall. While we might be mourning the loss of those sunny days and moonlit nights, we can always relive their glory through this year's feel good song of the summer. As you all know the rules of this award, I can safely dive directly into its presentation.

"The 2007 Feel Good Song of the Summer" goes to the one and only "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne. Try listening to it without feeling compelled to rush to the nearest dance floor Airplane-style. You simply can't. Even the hearing-impaired fall helplessly under its musical spell.

I also feel the need to present a retro award to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'." Whether listening to a Top 40 radio station, rocking out to the jukebox at Charlie's Kitchen or watching the final episode of The Sopranos, you couldn't escape this '80s masterpiece.

So go ahead and load up these songs, crank the volume up to eleven and give the summer of 2007 the farewell it so rightfully deserves.