WXPN’s Top 200 Songs of the Year
It’s a wrap: Here are the Top 200 Songs of the Year as voted on by the XPN community. Hozier placed six songs in the countdown; The War On Drugs and Spoon each placed five songs. Petty, Strand Of Oaks, Ryan Adams, Sam Smith, Courtney Barnett, and St. Vincent each had four songs in the countdown. These were the albums that you were clearly captivated by. Some of you have noted that a few of these songs came out in 2013; we debated long and hard about whether to include them in this year’s countdown and we decided to leave them in for the fact while Hozier and Courtney were introduced to our listeners at the end of 2013, they had their most reach and impact in 2014. Sometimes you gotta let the people decide. Thanks for voting, and listening and your support. Here’s to a rockin’ 2015.
1 – Hozier – Take Me To Church
2 – The War On Drugs – Under The Pressure
3 – Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener
4 – Sam Smith – Stay With Me
5 – Old 97’s – Longer Than You’ve Been Alive
6 – Lake Street Dive – Bad Self Portraits
7 – Spoon – Do you
8 – Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One
9 – Ryan Adams – Gimme Something Good
10 – Hozier – From Eden
11 – Field Report – Home
12 – Strand Of Oaks – Goshen 97
13 – Phish – Waiting All Night
14 – Lake Street Dive – You Gotta Go Down Smooth
15 – The Black Keys – Gotta Get Away
16 – ALT-J – Left Hand Free
17 – The Black Keys – Weight Of Love
18 – First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining
19 – The War On Drugs – Red Eyes
20 – Pharrel Williams – Happy
21 – St. Vincent – Digital Witness
22 – Shakey Graves – Dearly Departed
23 – Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting In You)
24 – tUnE yArDs – Water Fountain
25 – Sylvan Esso – Coffee
26 – Milky Chance – Stolen Dance
27 – Trigger Hippy – Rise Up Singing
28 – Jenny Lewis – Just One Of The Guys
29 – Jack White – Lazaretto
30 – Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys
31 – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Forgotten Man
32 – The Temples – Shelter Song
33 – Nicole Atkins – Girl You Look Amazing
34 – TV On The Radio – Happy Idiot
35 – The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers
36 – Chuck Prophet – Tell Me Anything
37 – Robert Plant – Rainbow
38 – Phantogram – Fall in Love
39 – The Black Keys – Fever
40 – Hozier – Jackie And Wilson
41 – Ingrid Michaelson – Afterlife
42 – Lucinda Williams – Burning Bridges
43 – Sam Smith – Money On My Mind
44 – Tom Petty And The Heart Breakers – U Get Me High
45 – U2 – The Miracle Of Joey Ramone
46 – Spoon – Inside Out
47 – Damien Rice – I Don’t Want To Change You
48 – Son Little – River
49 – Nickel Creek – Destination
50 – Lana Del Rey – West Coast
51 – Beck – Blue Moon
52 – Asgeir – King And Cross
53 – Foxygen – How Can You Really
54 – The New Basement Tapes – Kansas City
55 – Strand Of Oaks – Shut In
56 – Hiss Golden Messenger – Saturday Song
57 – St. Paul And The Broken Bones – Call Me
58 – John Mellencamp – Troubled Man
59 – Hurray For The Riff Raff – I Know It’s Wrong
60 – Coldplay – Magic
61 – Old Crow Medicine Show – Sweet Amarillo
62 – The Decemberists – Make You Better
63 – Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know
64 – Parquet Courts – Black And White
65 – Shovels & Rope – The Devil Is All Around
66 – Jenny Lewis – She’s Not Me
67 – Raury – God’s Whisper
68 – Barr Brothers – Half Crazy
69 – Ray Lamontagne – Supernova
70 – Vance Joy – Riptide
71 – Elle King – Ex’s And Oh’s
72 – Courtney Barnett – History Eraser
73 – Beck – Morning
74 – The War On Drugs – An Ocean In Between The Waves
75 – David Gray – Back In The World
76 – Robert Plant – House Of Love
77 – Chet Faker – Talk Is Chea
78 – Robyn Hitchcock – The Ghost In You
79 – Johnny Marr – Easy Money
80 – Ingrid Michaelson – Time Machine
81 – Ryan Adams – Stay With Me
82 – The Lone Bellow – Then Came The Morning
83 – Spoon – Rent I Pay
84 – Coldplay – Sky Full Of Stars
85 – Tweedy – Low Key
86 – King Tuff – Eyes Of The Muse
87 – Counting Crows – Scarecrow
88 – Mike Doughty – Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating In The Future
89 – Tom Petty And The Heart Breakers – All You Can Carry
90 – Violent Shiver – Benjamin Boooker
91 – Eyes To The Wind – The War On Drugs
92 – Southern Sun – Boy & Bear
93 – In Your Show – Sarah McLachlan
94 – Algiers – The Afghan Whigs
95 – Tangible Intangible – Fly Golden Eagle
96 – Refuse To Lose – Jarekus Singleton
97 – Rocking Chair – The Districts
98 – Talking Backwards – Real Estate
99 – Birth In Reverse – St. Vincent
100 – Turtles All The Way Down – Sturgill Simpson
101 – Taking Chances – Sharon Van Etten
102 – Summer Noon – Tweedy
103 – Ghost – Jeremy Messersmith
104 – Rain Plans – Israel Nash
105 – Louder Than Words – Pink Floyd
106 – Matamoros – The Afghan Whigs
107 – Milwaukee – The Both
108 – American Dream Plan B – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
109 – Hunger of the Pine – Alt-J
110 – Divisionary (Do The Right Thing) – Ages and Ages
111 – Coming of Age – Foster The People
112 – Every Breaking Wave – U2
113 – Turn It Around – Lucius
114 – Angel of Small Death – Hozier
115 – From Now On – Delta Spirit
116 – Stop Your Crying – Lake Street Dive
117 – The Great Unknown – Jukebox The Ghost
118 – Don’t Call No Ambulance – Selwyn Birchwood
119 – Busy Earnin’ – Jungle
120 – Kindness – World Restart
121 – Sharon Van Etten – Your Love Is Killing Me
122 – Ray Lamontagne – Julia
123 – Liam Bailey – Stun Me
124 – The Temples – Mesmerize
125 – John Legend – All Of Me
126 – Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Body Electric
127 – Courtney Barnett – David
128 – Foo Fighters – Something From Nothing
129 – Jenny Lewis – Head Underwater
130 – Parquet Courts – These Boots
131 – Hold Steady – Spinners
132 – Strand Of Oaks – JM
133 – Phox – Slow Motion
134 – Spoon – Knock Knock Knock
135 – The Stray Birds – Best Medicine
136 – They Want My Soul – Spoon
137 – Hey Miami – Sylvan Esso
138 – Stay Gold – First Aid Kit
139 – Almost Like the Blues – Leonard Cohen
140 – Lucinda Williams – Protection
141 – Stranger To My Happiness – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
142 – Dark Sunglasses – Chrissie Hynde
143 – The Birds of St. Marks – Jackson Browne
144 – Let Me Down Easy – Paolo Nutini
145 – Thunder Clatter – WIld Cub
146 – Am I Safe – Ryan Adams
147 – Rattlesnake – St. Vincent
148 – New York Morning – Elbow
149 – Let It Go – James Bay
150 – Careful You – TV On the Radio
151 – Mr. Tembo – Damon Albarn
152 – Long Way Around – Jackson Browne
153 – Who’s Gonna Stand Up? Neil Young
154 – Fuego – Phish
155 – Anonymous Club – Courtney Barnett
156 – Every Other Freckle – Alt-J
157 – High Hopes – Bruce Sprinsgteem
158 – I’m Not Part Of Me – Cloud Nohtings
159 – Congregation – Foo Fighters
160 – Cherry Wine – Hozier
161 – Turpentine – Trigger Hippie
162 – Great Goodbye – Kwesi K
163 – Prince Johnny – St. Vincent
164 – I Put A Spell on You – Annie Lennox
165 – Marry Me, Archie – Alvvays
166 – Hundreds of Ways – Conor Oberst
167 – Heal – Strand of Oaks
168 – The Chamber – Lenny Kravitz
169 – Lavender – Ray Lamontagne
170 – I Wanna Get Better – Bleachers
171 – Stepping Stone – Fly Golden Eagle
172 – Had To Hear – Real Estate
173 – Every Time The Sun Comes Up – Sharon Van Etten
174 – Invisible – U2
175 – Most Messed Up – Old 97’s
176 – In Reverse – The War On Drugs
177 – Be Lucky – The Who
178 – Blue Ridge Mountain – Hurray for the Riff Raff
179 – The Writing’s On The Wall – OK Go
180 – My Wrecking Ball – Ryan Adams
181 – Just Like Fire Would – Bruce Springsteen
182 – California – U2
183 – Dangerous – Big Data
184 – Lay Me Down – Sam Smith
185 – Dancehall Domine – The New Pornographers
186 – Little Maggie – Robert Plant
187 – The Greatest Bastard – Damien Rice
188 – Messed Up Kids – Jake Bugg
189 – Funeral Beds – The Districts
190 – A Heartbreak – Julius & Angus Stone
191 – Give It Time – Old 97’s
192 – Someone New – Hozier
193 – Marigolden – Field Report
194 – Budapest – George Ezra
195 – The Soundmaker – Rodrigo Y Gabriela
196 – Country Down – Beck
197 – The Promise – Sturgill Simpson
198 – High Ball Stepper -Jack White
199 – Modern Blue – Rosanne Cash
200 – Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson w/ Bruno Mars