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