The Song List: 2018

We’ve got The Album List: 2018 following later today, but here lies the 100 greatest songs of 2018. Chosen by me and soon to be loved by you (possibly already loved by you!); 2018 can be described in many ways, but here’s three:

• America had her wig snatched, revealing the life threatening reality for black Americans.
• An indie group encouraged us all to leave the house and created one of the biggest debut tracks of the last decade.
• The French revolution took place. Sexuality and personal freedom in identity and embracing flaws became a more acceptable notion and opened up a new conversation.

But really that’s just our top three songs:

1. Christine and the Queens – La Marcheuse
2. Far Caspian – Let’s Go Outside
3. Childish Gambino – This Is America
4. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – American Guilt
5. Childhood – Deep Ocean°C
6. Moaning – Don’t Go
7. Friendly Fires – Love Like Waves
8. LOWES – Walking On Fire
9. Melissa Laveaux – Lè ma monte chwal mwen
10. Barbarossa – Broken Beauty
11. Rendez Vous – Superior State
12. Azealia Banks – Anna Wintour
13. BLVTH – Seven
14. Fickle Friends – Glue
15. Fil Bo Riva – Head Sonata (Love Control)
16. Thyla – Blame
17. Pizzagirl – Body Part
18. IDLES – Never Fight A Man With A Perm
19. Fanclub – Leaves
20. Palace – Heaven Up There
21. Cloud Nothings – In Shame
22. HONNE – Me & You
23. FEWS – Business Man
24. The Joy Formidable – The Wrong Side
25. Patawawa – Fight Me
26. Boniface – Fumbling
27. Nothing But Thieves – Gods
28. Llovers – Just Lust
29. Wild Nothing – Partners In Motion
30. James Blake – Don’t Miss It
31. St. Tropez – Down
32. Sauna Youth – Percentages
33. Henry Jamison – Gloria
34. SALES – Off & On
35. Avalanche Party – Million Dollar Man
36. NVDES – Mind Body Soul Music
37. Sea Girls – Adored
38. Lows – Disarray
39. El Mañana – Gota En El Mar
40. Sundara Karma – One Last Night On This Earth
41. Ateph Elidja – Burn October
42. Armors – I Don’t Wanna Know
43. Honey Lung – Sophomore
44. Rina Mushonga – 4qrtrs
45. Refs – Normal Too
46. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Energy Fantasy
47. FHAT – Pleasure
48. Generationals – It May Get Bad When You’re Lonely And Cold
49. half•alive – Still Feel
50. HAVVK – Keeps Me Out
51. Leyya – Heat
52. Jo Passed – MDM
53. Oddnesse – It Runs Wild
54. No Wave – Tonight
55. Lea Porcelain – Gotta Run
56. Meg Myers – Numb
57. Arizona – Freaking Out
58. Let’s Eat Grandma – Hot Pink
59. Holy ’57 – Alison
60. Colouring – Time
61. Anna Calvi – Don’t Beat The Girl out of My Boy
62. Wilderado – You Don’t Love Me
63. Phoria – Rrotor
64. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake
65. CHVRCHES – Get Out
66. Riton, Kah-Lo – Ginger
67. Jungle – Heavy, California
68. Beach House – Dive
69. Protomartyr, Kelley Deal – Wheel of Fortune
70. Real Lies – The Checks
71. PLAZA – In The Know
72. A Place To Bury Strangers – There’s Only One of Us
73. Death Engine – Decline
74. Django Django, Self Esteem – Surface to Air
75. Ellevator – Voices
76. ISLAND – Ride
77. Look Vibrant – Cauliflower
78. Her – We Choose
79. Preoccupations – Decompose
80. The Howl & The Hum – I Wish I Was A Shark
81. Kraus – Bum
82. Gengahr – Carrion
83. Young Fathers – In My View
84. Peluché – Keep Making Me Happy
85. Cloud Castle Lake – Malingerer
86. Superorganism – Everybody Wants To Be Famous
87. The Men – Killed Someone
88. Suuns – X-ALT
89. Harris Mac – Shallow
90. Night Flowers – Cruel Wind
91. Alex Rand – My Mettle Changes
92. Porches – Leave The House
93. A Grave With No Name – By the Water’s Edge
94. Club Kuru – The Memory Junkie
95. Peace – Power
96. Rina Sawayama – Valentine (What’s It Gonna Be)
97. Tom Tripp – Loving You More
98. Ottawa – Wrong
99. Dead Naked Hippies – Rare
100. Ash – Naked