Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats | Photo by John Vettese
Ladies & Gents, here’s your Top 100 songs of the year as voted on by the WXPN listeners.
WXPN wrapped up its Best of 2015 programming with it annual best songs countdown. The XPN listeners were asked to vote for the best songs of the year, and they crowned “S.O.B.” by Nathaniel Ratefliff & The Night Sweats as the number one song of the year.
Following it was “Ship To Wreck” by Florence & The Machine at number two, “Pedestrian At Best” by Courtney Barnett at number three, Josh Ritter’s spunky “Getting Ready To Get Down” at number four, and “Pretty Pimpin'” by Philly’s Kurt Vile at number five.
Listen to the Spotify playlist of the Top 100 songs of 2015, and check out the video of Nathaniel Ratefliff & the Night Sweats performing “S.O.B.” for World Cafe, via VuHaus.
The Top 100 Songs of 2015
1 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – SOB
2 Florence And The Machine – Ship To Wreck
3 Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian At Best
4 Josh Ritter -Getting Ready To Get Down
5 Kurt Vile – Pretty Pimpin’
6 Adele – Hello
7 Houndmouth – Sedona
8 Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight
9 Beck – Dreams
10 Tame Impala – Let It Happen
11 Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
12 Dawes – Things Happen
13 Alabama Shakes – Gimme All Your Love
14 Borns – Electric Love
15 Jason Isbell -24 Frames
16 David Wax Museum – Guesthouse
17 Dawes – All Your Favorite Bands
18 Father John Misty – Chateau Lobby #4 (in C For Two Virgins)
19 Elle King – Ex’s And Oh’s
20 My Morning Jacket – Compound Fracture
21 Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear – Silent Movies
22 Gary Clark Jr. – Grinder
23 Lianne La Havas – What You Don’t Do
24 Lord Huron – Fool For Love
25 Leon Bridges – Coming Home
26 Borns – 10,000 Emerald Pools
27 Jamie Xx – Loud Places
28 Leon Bridges – Smooth Sailin’
29 Dwight Yoakam – Second Hand Heart
30 Courtney Barnett – Dead Fox
31 Rayland Baxter – Yellow Eyes
32 El Vy – Return To The Moon
33 George Ezra – Budapest
34 Tedeschi Trucks Band – Anyhow
35 Courtney Barnett – Elevator Operator
36 Courtney Barnett – Depreston
37 Brandi Carlile – The Eye
38 Foals – Mountain At My Gates
39 Ryan Adams – Bad Blood
40 Lana Del Rey – High By The Beach
41 My Morning Jacket – Big Decisions
42 Josh Ritter – Homecoming
43 Modest Mouse – Lampshades On Fire
44 Mumford & Sons – Believe
45 Beach House – Space Song
46 Tame Impala – The Moment
47 Sufjan Stevens – Should Have Known Better
48 Greg Holden – Boys In The Street
49 Wilco – Random Name Generator
50 Grace Potter – Empty Heart
51 Eagles Of Death Metal – Complexity
52 The Arcs – Outta My Mind
53 Brandi Carlile – Wherever Is Your Heart
54 G Love & Special Sauce – Muse
55 Lake Street Dive – Call Off Your Dogs
56 Calexico – Falling From The Sky
57 Low – What Part Of Me
58 The Districts – 4th And Roebling
59 Alessia Cara – Here
60 Dawes – Somewhere Along The Way
61 Josh Ritter – Where The Night Goes
62 Natalie Prass – Bird Of Prey
63 The Lone Bellow – Then Came The Morning
64 Death Cab For Cutie – Black Sun
65 Leon Bridges – Better Man
66 Adele – When We Were Young
67 Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
68 Keith Richards – Nothing On Me
69 The Districts – Young Blood
70 Glen Hansard – Winning Streak
71 Cheerleader – The Sunshine Of Your Youth
72 Beirut – No No No
73 Blur – Go Out
74 The Revivalists – Keep Going
75 Courtney Barnett – Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go To The Party
76 Gary Clark Jr. – The Healing
77 Israel Nash – LA Lately
78 Ryley Walker – Primrose Green
79 JD McPherson – Head Over Heels
80 Lana Del Rey – Terrance Loves You
81 Harry Connick Jr – (I Do) Like We Do
82 Mumford & Sons – The Wolf
83 Raury – Friends
84 The Decemberists – Make You Better
85 Lucero – Can’t You Hear Them Howl
86 Darlingside – White Horses
87 Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better
88 Meg Mac – Roll Up Your Sleeves
89 Paper Pilots – The Weather
90 X Ambassadors – Renegades
91 Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta
92 The Wood Brothers – Singin’ To Strangers
93 Joss Stone – Mollytown
94 Liz Vice – Empty Me Out
95 Patty Griffin – There Isn’t One Way
96 Florence And The Machine – What Kind Of Man
97 Frank Turner – The Next Storm
98 Los Lobos – Made To Break Your Heart
99 Hop Along – Waitress
100 Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime