WXPN
Search
Donate
Menu

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory | photo by Paige Walter for WXPN

Best of 2025

Your New Year’s Day Soundtrack: XPN’s Top 100 of 2025

By WXPN
January 01, 2026
04:01 PM
Share

Happy New Year! We’ve spent the last few weeks counting down albums, collecting staff picks, and debating the songs that made 2025 special. Before we move on to all the new releases we’re excited about in 2026, we have one last year-end list for you. here are the songs that made our year… the hits, the deep cuts, and a few sleepers you might’ve missed.

New Year’s Day Countdown

XPN’s Top 100 Songs of 2025

  1. #100

    The World's Gone Wrong

    Lucinda WilliamsWorld's Gone Wrong

  2. #99

    Heathcliff

    HeathcliffHeathcliff

  3. #98

    Incomprehensible

    Big ThiefDouble Infinity

  4. #97

    Dracula

    Tame ImpalaDeadbeat

  5. #96

    Backseat Banton

    Bartees StrangeHorror

  6. #95

    Sally, When the Wine Runs Out

    Role ModelKansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye)

  7. #94

    Enough Hope

    Dave Hause…And the Mermaid

  8. #93

    Disco Life

    Say She SheCut & Rewind

  9. #92

    Tanana

    Portugal. the ManSHISH

  10. #91

    Hey You

    The Belair Lip BombsAgain

  11. #90

    Catch The Lightning

    Ben ArnoldXI

  12. #89

    Church & State

    Brandi CarlileReturning To Myself

  13. #88

    Guess I'm Fallin' in Love

    Spoon(single)

  14. #87

    Voodoo Charm

    Christone "Kingfish" IngramHard Road

  15. #86

    Pendulum

    The Hooters(single)

  16. #85

    What is the Reason for It? (feat. Hayley Williams)

    David ByrneWho Is The Sky?

  17. #84

    ROCKMAN

    Mk.geesingle

  18. #83

    Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose

    Father John MistyMahashmashana

  19. #82

    Hey Baby

    FlorrySounds Like … Florry!

  20. #81

    Laredo

    Leon BridgesLeon

  21. #80

    Upside

    Southern AvenueFamily

  22. #79

    Rain in the River

    Bruce SpringsteenTracks II: The Lost Albums (Perfect World)

  23. #78

    When A Good Man Cries

    CMATEuro-Country

  24. #77

    The Rest of Me

    Michael KiwanukaSmall Changes

  25. #76

    Picture Window

    Japanese BreakfastFor Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

  26. #75

    Mistakes

    CaampCopper Changes Color

  27. #74

    Ordinary Creature

    Of Monsters and MenAll is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade

  28. #73

    West End Girl

    Lily AllenWest End Girl

  29. #72

    Magnetic

    Tunde AdebimpeThee Black Boltz

  30. #71

    All I Ever Am

    The CureSongs of A Lost World

  31. #70

    Tired of Talk (feat. Patrick Stump)

    CatbiteDoom Garden

  32. #69

    Round

    Personal TrainerStill Willing

  33. #68

    Bliss

    Polaroid FadeChaos Into Poetry

  34. #67

    Cobra

    GeeseGetting Killed

  35. #66

    Enough

    Jeff TweedyTwilight Override

  36. #65

    Sugar in the Tank

    Julien Baker & TorresSend a Prayer My Way

  37. #64

    You're All I Got

    The LumineersAutomatic

  38. #63

    Elegantly Wasted (feat. Leon Bridges)

    Hermanos Gutiérrez(single)

  39. #62

    Knockin' Heart

    Hamilton LeithauserThis Side of the Island

  40. #61

    Bloom Baby Bloom

    Wolf AliceThe Clearing

  41. #60

    Loser

    Tame ImpalaDeadbeat

  42. #59

    Silver Lining

    LaufeyA Matter of Time

  43. #58

    Arrow

    The Head and the HeartAperture

  44. #57

    Your Direction

    GooseEverything Must Go

  45. #56

    Stay in Your Lane

    Courtney Barnettsingle

  46. #55

    That's Gonna Leave a Mark

    Molly TuttleSo Long Little Miss Sunshine

  47. #54

    Chateau Blues

    Spoon(single)

  48. #53

    Switch Over

    HorsegirlPhonetics On and On

  49. #52

    Forever

    The TisburysA Still Life Revisited

  50. #51

    First Came The Thunder

    Chuck ProphetWake The Dead

  51. #50

    She Cleans Up

    Father John MistyMahashmashana

  52. #49

    Everybody Laughs

    David ByrneWho Is The Sky?

  53. #48

    Afterlife

    Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment TheorySharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory

  54. #47

    Rubber Band Man (feat. Hozier)

    Mumford & SonsPrizefighter

  55. #46

    mangetout

    Wet Legmoisturizer

  56. #45

    The Night Before

    The Black KeysNo Rain, No Flowers

  57. #44

    Lucy

    Mt. JoyHope We Have Fun

  58. #43

    Wheel

    Jesse WellesMiddle

  59. #42

    Wreck

    Neko CaseNeon Grey Midnight Green

  60. #41

    People Watching

    Sam FenderPeople Watching

  61. #40

    Same Old Song

    The LumineersAutomatic

  62. #39

    Ride to Robert's

    Jason IsbellFoxes in the Snow

  63. #38

    Metal

    The BethsStraight Line Was a Lie

  64. #37

    SEEIN' STARS

    TurnstileNever Enough

  65. #36

    Glum

    Hayley WilliamsEgo Death at a Bachelorette Party

  66. #35

    Moody

    Royel Otishickey

  67. #34

    Afterlife

    Alex GHeadlights

  68. #33

    Little Chaos

    Orla GartlandEverybody Needs A Hero

  69. #32

    Spike Island

    PulpMore

  70. #31

    I Want You (Fever)

    MommaWelcome to My Blue Sky

  71. #30

    Nothing I Need

    Lord HuronThe Cosmic Selector Vol. 1

  72. #29

    Taxes

    GeeseGetting Killed

  73. #28

    Orlando in Love

    Japanese BreakfastFor Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

  74. #27

    Everything is Peaceful Love

    Bon IverSABLE, fABLE

  75. #26

    Spaceman in Tulsa

    Counting CrowsButter Miracle: The Complete Sweets!

  76. #25

    Lover

    Richard AshcroftLovin' You

  77. #24

    Ferry Lady

    Panda BearSinister Grift

  78. #23

    Returning to Myself

    Brandi CarlileReturning To Myself

  79. #22

    Arizona

    PalmyraRestless

  80. #21

    Everybody Scream

    Florence + the MachineEverybody Scream

  81. #20

    Madalena

    GooseChain Yer Dragon

  82. #19

    Elderberry Wine

    WednesdayBleeds

  83. #18

    Sushi and Coca-Cola

    St. Paul & the Broken BonesSt. Paul & the Broken Bones

  84. #17

    Joy, Joy!

    Valerie JuneOwls, Omens, and Oracles

  85. #16

    Rushmere

    Mumford & SonsRushmere

  86. #15

    Save Your Soul

    Kathleen EdwardsBillionaire

  87. #14

    Luke and Leanna

    Craig FinnAlways Been

  88. #13

    Gold Rush

    LuciusLucius

  89. #12

    After The Setting Sun

    The Head and the HeartAperture

  90. #11

    This is the Killer Speaking

    The Last Dinner PartyFrom the Pyre

  91. #10

    Time Waited

    My Morning Jacketis

  92. #9

    catch these fists

    Wet Legmoisturizer

  93. #8

    Bury Me

    Jason IsbellFoxes in the Snow

  94. #7

    God Knows

    Tunde AdebimpeThee Black Boltz

  95. #6

    Ankles

    Lucy DacusForever is a Feeling

  96. #5

    Coyote

    Mt. JoyHope We Have Fun

  97. #4

    Relationships

    HaimI Quit

  98. #3

    Horses

    Jesse WellesMiddle

  99. #2

    Messy

    Lola YoungThis Wasn't Meant For You Anyway

  100. #1

    Idiot Box

    Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment TheorySharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory