Ha! You thought we were done with lists, didn’t you? Wrong, because we’re closing out this mad year with a countdown fresh in your memories: the 2020 Song of the Year. Here we go…
1 TAME IMPALA – BREATHE DEEPER
2 DUA LIPA – LEVITATING
3 SPORTS TEAM – HERE’S THE THING
4 FONTAINES D.C. – A LUCID DREAM
5 THE WEEKND – BLINDING LIGHTS
6 KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD – INTRASPORT
7 KHRUANGBIN – TIME (YOU & I)
8 NOTHING BUT THIEVES – CAN YOU AFFORD TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL?
9 ENTER SHIKARI – MARIONETTES (II. THE ASCENT)
10 THE STROKES – THE ADULTS ARE TALKING
11 EEFJE DE VISSER – BITTERZOET
12 DEFTONES – OHMS
13 SAULT – FREE
14 IDLES – MODEL VILLAGE
15 EVERYTHING EVERYTHING – VIOLENT SUN
16 DONNY BENET – SECOND DINNER
17 GORILLAZ & FATOUMATA DIAWARA – DÉSOLÉ
18 BILLIE EILISH – THEREFORE I AM
19 SEVDALIZA – JOANNA
20 CHICANO BATMAN – COLOR MY LIFE
21 TAYLOR SWIFT – CARDIGAN
22 GLASS ANIMALS – HEAT WAVES
23 S10 – OCHTEND/AVOND
24 BAD NERVES – PALACE
25 THE AVALANCHES – RUNNING RED LIGHTS
26 BRING ME THE HORIZON FT. BABYMETAL – KINGSLAYER
27 RINA SAWAYAMA – XS
28 THUMPER – TOPHER GRACE
29 BIFFY CLYRO – END OF
30 ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER – CARS IN SPACE
31 THE VICES – IN AND OUT
32 GEORGIA – STARTED OUT
33 SOAP – WISH YOU COULD
34 HMLTD – WHERE’S JOANNA?
35 WORKING MEN’S CLUB – WHITE ROOMS & PEOPLE
36 J LLOYD – THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT YOU
37 THE VOIDZ – ALIEN CRIME LORD
38 THE WRECKS – FREAKING OUT
39 BOY PABLO – WACHITO RICO
40 L’IMPERATRICE – FOU
41 FROUKJE – GROTER DAN IK
42 CRACK CLOUD – OUSTER STEW
43 SINEAD O’BRIEN – FALL WITH ME
44 DISCLOSURE & EKO ROOSEVELT – TONDO
45 BENEE – SNAIL
46 WILL BUTLER – NOT GONNA DIE
47 THE 1975 – PEOPLE
48 THE HUNNA – I WANNA KNOW
49 HUNDREDTH – BOTTLE IT UP
50 QUEEN’S PLEASURE – SITTER