Top 75 Songs of the Year (51-75)
Continuing the best of the year coverage, I am ranking the best 75 songs of the year. This is the bottom of that, #’s 51-75 listed in order.
I’d like to think my musical tastes and favorites broadened this year and that this list would reflect this. This snippet of favorite songs features hip-hop doing their own endearing-in-their-own-way sort of love songs (“Power Trip”, “Bound 2”), humorous looks at urban life (“Wonderbread”), rap for the 1% (“Picasso Baby”) and that that uses comic book references (“Dark Knights”).
There are ladies belting out songs (“Let it Go”, “If You Wait”, “Nearly Midnight, Honolulu”, “You Are the Apple”), sad dudes singing sad songs (“Sea of Love”, “The Woodpile”, “Colombia”), and guitar-driven rock (“Do I Wanna Know?”, “Best of Friends”).
I hope to give more of my thoughts of the year in music later as the countdown continues, but for now here is the list.
At the end, I’ll post a Spotify playlist with all of the songs on it.
75. “Complacent” by Rapsody feat. Problem
74. “Sea of Love” by The National
73. “Power Trip” by J Cole feat. Miguel
72. “Do I Wanna Know?” by Arctic Monkeys
71. “Picasso Baby” by Jay-Z
70. “Even if We Try” by Night Beds
69. “Wounded Hearts” by iceage
68. “The Woodpile” by Frightened Rabbit
67. “Ocean’s Deep” by Born Ruffians
66. “Best of Friends” by Palma Violets
65. “Lies” by CHVRCHES
64. “Bound 2” by Kanye West
63. “Stay Awake” by London Grammar
62. “Lifeforms” by Daughter
61. “Colombia” by Local Natives
60. “Nearly Midnight, Honolulu” by Neko Case
59. “You Are the Apple” by Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
58. “No Bed for Beatle Wand/Days This Long” by Wooden Wand
57. “If You Wait” by London Grammar
56. “Three Months” by Local Natives
55. “Strawberry Bumblegum” by Justin Timberlake
54. “Wonderbread” by Danny Brown
53. “No Ideas” by Parquet Courts
52. “Let it Go” by Idina Menzel
51. “Dark Knights” by Rapsody
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