It’s mid-December, which means it’s time for me to share my favorite songs of the year. There are 75 here. That seemed like a manageable number. For variety’s sake, I only included artists once (unless they were featured on another artist’s song I liked, in which case I allowed them to be included again, because I like to make things complicated). I did include one cover – ‘Don’t Make Me Over’ – because I listened to it so much that I couldn’t resist. Also, there’s at least one song that was released in 2013 here. You can blame PC Music, which I became deeply obsessed with this spring, for that.

All songs are linked below. I’ve also created a Spotify playlist and a Soundcloud playlist (for songs not available on Spotify).

1. A.G. Cook ft. Hannah Diamond: ‘Keri Baby’
2. Beverly: ‘Honey Do’
3. Alvvays: ‘Archie, Marry Me’
4. Taylor Swift: ‘Blank Space’
5. Angel Olsen: ‘White Fire’
6. Tinashe ft. ScHoolboy Q: ‘2 On’
7. Ryn Weaver: ‘OctaHate’
8. Sun Kil Moon: ‘Ben’s My Friend’
9. Fear of Men: ‘Descent’
10. Yumi Zouma: ‘The Brae’
11. Dreamtrak: ‘Odyssey, Pt. 2 (A.G. Cook Remix)’
12. Cymbals Eat Guitars: ‘Warning’
13. Lana Del Rey: ‘Brooklyn Baby’
14. Jessie Ware: ‘Champagne Kisses’
15. SOPHIE: ‘Lemonade’
16. Caribou: ‘Can’t Do Without You’
17. A Sunny Day in Glasgow: ‘In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing)’
18. Kero Kero Bonito: ‘Sick Beat’
19. Jessica Pratt: ‘Back, Baby’
20. Swick & Lewis Cancut ft. Tkay Maidza: ‘Wishes’
21. Doss: ‘Softpretty’
22. Leon Bridges: ‘Coming Home’
23. EMA: ‘So Blonde’
24. Hannah Diamond: ‘Every Night’
25. How To Dress Well: ‘Words I Don’t Remember’
26. QT: ‘Hey QT’
27. Rustie ft. Danny Brown: ‘Attak’
28. Allie X: ‘Catch’
29. Young Thug ft. A$AP Ferg & Freddie Gibbs: ‘Old English’
30. Julia Holter: ‘Don’t Make Me Over’
31. Grimes ft. Blood Diamonds: ‘Go’
32. TOPS: ‘Outside’
33. Katie Rush ft. Samantha Urbani: ‘Dangerous Luv’
34. Perfect Pussy: ‘Interference Fits’
35. Thee Oh Sees: ‘Encrypted Bounce’
36. Panda Bear: ‘Mr. Noah’
37. tUnE-yArDs: ‘Wait For A Minute’
38. Ariana Grande ft. Zedd: ‘Break Free’
39. Future ft. Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino: ‘Move That Dope’
40. Saint Pepsi: ‘Baby’
41. GFOTY: ‘Bobby’
42. Frankie Cosmos: ‘Birthday Song’
43. Shura: ‘Just Once’
44. Becky G: ‘Shower’
45. Drake: ‘0 to 100 / The Catch Up’
46. Charli XCX: ‘Boom Clap’
47. Sales: ‘Getting It On’
48. Tink ft. Jeremih: ‘Don’t Tell Nobody’
49. Shamir: ‘On the Regular’
50. Lapsley: ‘Station’
51. FKA twigs: ‘Two Weeks’
52. Ex Hex: ‘Don’t Wanna Lose’
53. Wye Oak: ‘Glory’
54. You’ll Never Get to Heaven: ‘Caught in Time, So Far Away’
55. Marissa Nadler: ‘Drive’
56. Shabazz Palaces: ‘Forerunner Foray’
57. Redinho: ‘Playing With Fire’
58. Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks: ‘Little Fang’
59. Dum Dum Girls: ‘Too True To Be Good’
60. Grouper: ‘Clearing’
61. Sinead Harnett: ‘No Other Way (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)’
62. Tomas Barfod ft. Nina K.: ‘Pulsing’
63. Spoon: ‘Do You’
64. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne: ‘Rather Be’
65. Billie Black: ‘I Don’t Need Another Lover’
66. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: ‘Simple and Sure’
67. Snakehips ft. Sinead Harnett: ‘Days With You’
68. ScHoolboy Q: ‘Break the Bank’
69. Real Estate: ‘Talking Backwards’
70. ILoveMakonnen: ‘Club Goin’ Up On A Tuesday’
71. Zola Jesus: ‘Dangerous Days’
72. Cloud Nothings: ‘Psychic Trauma’
73. Cam’ron / A-Trak ft. Juelz Santana & Dame Dash: ‘Dipshits’
74. Sharon Van Etten: ‘Our Love’
75. White Lung: ‘Face Down’

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