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Earlier this week we finally shared our favorite albums of 2023 and today we finally share 100 of our favorite songs of the year. I always enjoy the format of best songs even more as I feel it really gives you a broader look at the year as a whole and you get to include a lot of the new / unknown artists who may not have even had enough songs to release in a year. Nothing better than seeing a new band stacked right up against a Foo Fighters or Lana Del Rey. But that’s the beauty of these lists.
With that said, find out 100 favorite songs posted below, and you can find the whole list in Spotify playlist format here.
100. Voxtrot – “New World Romance”
99. The Murder Capital – “Return My Head”
98. Lost Under Heaven – “Dark Days”
97. Maple Glider – “Don’t Kiss Me”
96. Shame – “Alibis”
95. Mannequin Pussy – “I Got Heaven”
94. Yo La Tengo – “Aselestine”
93. Caroline rose – “Miami”
92. The Beatles – “Now and Then”
91. Lil Yachity – WE SAW THE SUN!”
90. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – “FaceTime”
89. Geese – “Cowboy Nudes”
88. King Krule – “Empty Stomach Space Cadet”
87. Ratboys – “Morning Zoo”
86. En Attendant Ana – “Wonder”
85. Water From Your Eyes – “Buy My Product”
84. Earl Sweatshirt + The Alchemist – “The Caliphate” (feat. Vince Staples)
83. Mod Mofma – “The Poster”
82. GEL – “Honed Blade”
81. Lord Apex – “Phoenix” (feat. Freddie Gibbs)
80. Adi Oasis – “Le Départ”
79. Font – “It”
78. Death Of Heater – “Gaze At The Ceiling”
77. Virgo Rising – “Nail Biter”
76. gloomhush – “Honest”
75. Jet City Sports Club – “Drug Store (Waste My Time)
74. The Long Faces – “Eisenhower”
73. Bridge Dog – “Counterweight”
72. Being Dead – “Muriel’s Big Day Off”
71. Romy – “Did I”
70. Silvertwin – “Times Of Our Lives”
69. FEWS – “Get Out”
68. Lana Del Rey – “A&W”
67. The Hives – “Bogus Operandi”
66. Sprints – “Adore Adore Adore”
65. Saloon Dion – “Happiness”
64. The Dawdler – “Way Back Home”
63. Be Your Own Pet – “Big Trouble”
62. Faye Webster – “Lifetime”
61. Mhaol – “Asking For It”
60. Queens Of The Stone Age – “Negative Space”
59. M83 – “Us and the Rest”
58. Youth Lagoon – “Idaho Alien”
57. Spoon – “Sugar Babies”
56. Chalk – “Static”
55. Lexie Carroll – “Violet”
54. The Beths – “Watching The Credits”
53. Jacko Hooper – “Getting No Place Fast”
52. Nation of Language – “A New Goodbye”
51. Raye – “Ice Cream Man.”
50. Young Fathers – “I Saw”
49. Gilla Band – “Post Ryan”
48. Slow Pulp – “Slugs”
47. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – “Gila Monster”
46. Animal Collective – “Defeat”
45. Strange Ranger – “Wide Awake”
44. Mali Velasquez – “Shove”
43. Andy Shauf – “Halloween Store”
42. Everything Everything – “Cold Reactor”
41. Grian Chatten – “Season For Pain”
40. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – “Cast Iron Skillet”
39. Baleen – “Smokestack”
38. Roller Derby – “Always on My Mind”
37. Gurrirers – “Approachable”
36. Lankum – “Go Dig My Grave”
35. Squid – Undergrowth”
34. Nisa – “Sea Glass”
33. Foo Fighters – “The Teacher”
32. boygenius – “Not Strong Enough”
31. Future Islands – “The Tower”
30. Mandy, Indiana – “Drag [Crashed]”
29. Temples – “Gamma Rays”
28. Wednesday – “Chosen To Deserve”
27. bar italia – “punkt”
26. The National – “Eucalyptus”
25. Mitski – “My Love Mine All Mine”
24. Wilco – “Evicted”
23. Yard Act – “Dream Job”
22. Blur – “St. Charles Square”
21. Sufjan Stevens – “So You Are Tired”
20. Beach House – “Holiday House”
19. Sea Lemon – “Cellar’
18. Flyte – “Speech Bubble”
17. The Last Dinner Party – “Nothing Matters”
16. Fontaines D.C. – “‘Cello Song”
15. The Tubs – “Wretched Lie”
14. IDLES – “Dancer” (feat. LCD Soundsystem)
13. Protomartyr – “Rain Garden”
12. The National – “Space Invader”
11. Helena Deland – “Bright Green Vibrant Gray”
10. MGMT – “Mother Nature”
9. Italia 90 – “Leisure Activities”
8. Big Thief – “Vampire Empire”
7. Model/Actriz – “Crossing Guard”
6. The Smile – “Bending Hectic”
5. Sufjan Stevens – “Shit Talk”
4. slowdive- “skin in the game”
3. The National – “Smoke Detector”
2. Julie Byrne – “Conversation Is A Flowstate”
- Blur – “Barbaric”
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