Credit crunch, Boris Johnson, Dark Knight, Usain Bolt, Barack Obama...

Tracklisting:

– Taken

– Nickelback – Rockstar

– Lehman Brothers bankrupt

– Credit crunch

– Sam Sparro – Black & Gold

– Fidel Castro steps down

– Slumdog Millionnaire

– Israel strikes on Gaza Strip

– The Script – The Man Who Can’t Be Moved

– David Cameron declares end of New Labour

– Boris Johnson elected Mayor of London

– The Killers – Human

– Shoes thrown at George W Bush

– Beijing Olympics opening ceremony

– Basshunter – Now You’re Gone

– Michael Phelps breaks Olympic record

– Usain Bolt wins two golds, breaks two world records

– Rebecca Adlington & Christine Ohuruogu win gold

– Chris Hoy wins Sport Personality of the Year

– Guru Josh Project – Infinity 2008

– Portsmouth win FA Cup

– Manchester United beat Chelsea in Champions League final

– That Mitchell & Webb Look: Football!

– Pink – So What

– Nadal beats Federer in ‘greatest’ Wimbledon final

– Lewis Hamilton wins F1

– Iron Man

– Medvedev is Russian President

– Zimbabwe election

– Girls Aloud – The Promise

– Islamabad hotel bombing

– Kanye West – Love Lockdown

– Sichuan earthquake

– Grand Theft Auto IV

– Breaking Bad

– US Presidential Election: John McCain chooses Sarah Palin for VP, Barack Obama wins Democratic nomination

– Estelle & Kanye West – American Boy

– Mark Speight dies

– Beyonce – If I Were a Boy

– Phoenix Rover lands on Mars

– Large Hadron Collider

– Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire

– Heath Ledger dies

– The Dark Knight

– Mumbai attacks

– Leona Lewis – Run

– Bill Gates retires

– The Inbetweeners

– Duffy – Mercy

– Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross’ Sachsgate row

– Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe

– Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl

– Twilight

– Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – No Air

– Twitter rise

– Kid Rock – All Summer Long

– John Sergeant leaves Strictly Come Dancing

– Coldplay – Viva La Vida

– OJ Simpson jailed

– Flo Rida & T-Pain – Low

– QE2 retired

– Take That – Greatest Day

– Barack Obama elected US President

– Elbow – One Day Like This