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Top 100 Songs of 2015 (100-81)

I’m not going to write a lengthy preamble this year. It was as tough as ever to curate this list. Hundreds and hundreds of good songs were released in 2015, so culling them down to a hundred wasn’t easy. But I did it, and I like/love every single song on this list. There’s a tonne of quality tune-age here. If you’re reading this, hopefully you find something to get into. #BeeheeheeatsLiveHere

100. Big Grams – Lights On

 

99. Naughty Boy f. Beyonce & Arrow – Running

 

98. Shamir – Demon

 

97. Baio – Sister of Pearl

 

Bonus: Andy Grammer – Honey I’m Good

 

96. Ratatat – Cream On Chrome

 

95. Rae Sremmurd – Come Get Her

 

94. Ashley Monroe – The Blade

 

93. Small Black – Boys Life

 

92. Life In Film – Get Closer

 

Bonus: Springtime Carnivore – Name on a Matchbook

 

91. Bully – Trying

 

90. Missy Elliott f. Pharrell – WTF (Where They From)

 

89. Book of Fears – The Water Lets You In

 

88. Destra Garcia – Lucy

 

87. Shawn Mendes – Stitches

 

86. My Morning Jacket – Big Decisions

 

Bonus: First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining/Stay Gold

 

85. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Can’t Keep Checking My Phone

 

84. Angels and Airwaves – Anomaly/Tunnels/The Wolfpack

 

83. Drake – Energy

 

82. The Neighbourhood – RIP To My Youth

 

81. Brandi Carlile – Wherever Is Your Heart

Top 20 Songs of October 2015

Here are my favourite songs of the month:

20. Suede – Outsiders

 

19. New Order f. Brandon Flowers – Superheated

 

18. Alex G – Salt

 

17. Duke Dumont – Ocean Drive

 

16. Adele – Hello

 

15. Zhu & Alunageorge – Automatic

 

14. Calvin Harris & Disciples – How Deep Is Your Love

 

13. Nelly f. Jeremih – The Fix

 

12. Silversun Pickups – Friendly Fires

 

11. Nicole Dollanganger – You’re So Cool

 

10. Day Wave – Come Home Now

 

Bonus: Eric Hutchinson – Watching You Watch Him

 

9. Fetty Wap – 679

 

8. Big Grams – Lights On

 

7. Naughty Boy f. Beyonce, Arrow – Running

 

6. Ryan Adams – Out Of The Woods/Black Space/Shake It Off

 

Bonus: Ingrid Michaelson – Parachute

 

5. Jr. Jr. – Gone

Brilliant song and video. This is happiness incarnate.

 

4. Shawn Mendes – Stitches

One of the best pop songs of the year.

 

3. Metric – For Kicks/Celebrate

They’re some of the most gifted songwriters/melodicists walking on the face of this earth.

 

Bonus: Wolf Alice – Blush

 

2. Justin Bieber – Sorry

As I mentioned when I roasted him, all he needed was a hit. And cot damn, he finally has one. A genuine, lethal pop smash, this is.

 

1. The Helio Sequence – Battle Lines

The stunning album-opener from the always reliable, always brilliant, always soul-shaking Helio Sequence. I love this band so, so much.