Top Songs of 2023

Artist “Song Name” (** = number of appearances by artist on an ATHoM list)

1.      100 Gecs “Dumbest Girl Alive” (rookie) ¹

2.      Big Thief “Born for Loving You” (*******) ²
3.      Burna Boy “Big 7” (****) 
4.      Run the Jewels “Don't Let the Devil” (****)  

5.      The New Pornographers “Firework in the Falling Snow” (*******)

¹ "Text, text, text, text / like you trying to start a fight / and I'll fuckin' text you back / I'm the dumbest girl alive"

² "From the last breath / of my first death / to this lifetime / and lifetimes left" 

6.      King Princess “The Bends” (**)

7.      boygenius “Afraid of Heights” (rookie, but Dacus has ****) ⁷

8.      Jon Batiste “Raindance” (rookie) ⁸
9.      Charlotte Cardin “Confetti” (rookie) 

10.   Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red” (**)

⁷ "I never rode a motorcycle / I never smoked a cigarette / I wanna live a vibrant life / but I wanna die a boring death" 

⁸ "I look up ..."

11.   The Gaslight Anthem “Autumn” (**) ¹¹

12.   Romy “One Last Try” (**) 

13.   CHIKA “PRODIGY” (**) ¹³
14.   Sufjan Stevens “Will Anybody Ever Love Me” (*********)

15.   Mimi Webb “Amelia” (**)

⁸ "... and do my raindance"

¹¹ "Cause I know someday / it's gonna be all over / no more spring / into summer time / so, can I hold you / underneath October?"  

¹³ "I'm over Balenciagas / I'm changing into my cleats"

16.   Teenage Joans “Yoke” (rookie)
17.   Christine and the Queens “To Be Honest” (******)
18.   070 Shake “Black Dress” (***1/2)
19.   Bethany Cosentino “Natural Disaster” (***) ¹⁹
20.   The Tallest Man on Earth “New Religion” (*********) ²⁰

¹⁹ "This is the hottest summer / I can ever remember / 'cause the world is on fire" 

²⁰ "Could I ever just lose myself / digging for my letting go?" 

21.   Samia “Honey” (rookie)

22.   Danger Mouse & Jemini “Brooklyn Bazquiat” (rookie)
23.   RAYE “Ice Cream Man” (rookie) ²³
24.   Dominic Fike “Dancing at the Courthouse” (**)
25.   Macklemore “1984” (****)

²³  "Cause I'm a woman / I'm a very fucking brave strong woman / and I'll be damned if I let a man ruin / how I walk, how I talk, how I do it"

26.   The Mountain Goats “Fresh Tattoo” (***********) ²⁶ 

27.   Logic “Highlife” (****)

28.   Keli Holiday, Kwame & Chanel Loren “DOWNER” (rookie)

29.   Jordan Davis “Next Thing You Know” (rookie)

30.   Youth Lagoon “Helicopter Toy” (***)

²⁶ "Well, you may forget the whys and wheres / of an old tattoo on your forearm there / but usually you recall the day you got one / and usually it fades in the sun / but not this one"

31.   mazie “u and i will always be ok” (***^) 31
32.   Islands “Headlines” (********) ³²
33.   Nation of Language “I Will Never Learn” (rookie)
34.   Lil Durk “All My Life (Burna Boy Remix)” (rookie) 

35.   Teezo Touchdown “Impossible” (rookie) ³⁵

³¹ "You're so bad at making left turns / when the traffic's on its way / but you're pretty good at putting back the bumper in its place"

³² "Sigh"

³⁵ "Maybe it was a combination of all three / that knocked out the fighters lights"

36.   Beirut“The Tern” (*******) 

37.   A$AP Rocky & Metro Boomin “Am I Dreaming” (**) 

38.   Margo Cilker “All Tied Together” (rookie)
39.   The Rolling Stones “Whole Wide World” (***)
40.   Baby Queen “We Can Be Anything” (**) 40

⁴⁰  "It's been proven space is exponential / so this is all inconsequential"  

41.   Kevin Morby “This is a Photograph II” (****)

42.   Ratboys “Black Earth, WI” (rookie)
43.   Diplo / Jessie Murph / Polo G “Heartbroken” (rookie)
44.   Screaming Females “Mourning Dove” (***)
45.   Taylor Swift “You're Losing Me” (*****) 

46.   Ava Max “Choose Your Fighter” (rookie)
47.   The National “New Order T-Shirt” (**) 47

48.   ratbag “rats in my walls” (rookie)
49.   Generationals “Dirt Diamond” (*****)
50.   ALEXSUCKS “Not Enough” (rookie)

⁴⁷  "I keep what I can of you"  

51.   Cat Stevens “Take the World Apart” (rookie)

52.   Elle King “Worth a Shot” (****)  
53.   Yen Strange “If Snakes Can Afford Fast Cars I Wanna Be A Snake Too” (**)
54.   LP “One Like You” (***)
55.   Josh Ritter “For Your Soul” (********)

56.   Hannah Diamond “Flashback” (***)

57.   John Mark Nelson “Do it Again” (rookie)  
58.   Karol G “MIENTRAS ME CURO DEL CORA” (rookie)
59.   Noname “namesake” (rookie)
60.   Eluvium “Endless Flower” (*****)

61.   Tove Lo “Elevator Eyes” (rookie) 
62.   Young Fathers “Holy Moly” (****)  
63.   Blur “The Swan” (rookie)
64.   Chappell Roan “Feminemomenon” (rookie) 

65.   U.S. Girls “Futures Bet” (rookie) 

66.   Jon Muq “Runaway” (rookie)  

67.   The Go! Team “Whammy-O” (*****)

68.   YUNGBLUD “Lowlife” (rookie) 
69.   Hot Chip “Fire of Mercy” (**)
70.   Remi Wolf “Prescription” (**)

71.   Belle and Sebastian “I Don't Know what You See in Me” (****)

72.   Melenas “Bang” (rookie)  
73.   San Fermin “Arms” (****)
74.   The Last Dinner Party “Nothing Matters” (rookie)
75.   Tanlines “Arm's Length Away” (**)

76.   Petey “The Freedom to Fuck Off” (rookie) ⁷⁶  

77.   Portugal. The Man “Dummy” (****)  
78.   Feist “Borrow Trouble” (****)
79.   Genesis Owusu “Leaving the Light” (**)
80.   Pure Bathing Culture “In Gardens Under Evergreen” (*****)  

⁷⁶ "So what do I want? / I want the freedom to sit still / to appreciate my state / in the spinnin' blades of a windmill" 

81.   Young Thug “Sake of My Kids” (*****)

82.   Brett Dennen “The Ballad of Lily and Tres” (**) ⁸²

83.   Hozier “Who We Are” (***)

84.   Alex Lahey “The Answer is Always Yes” (****)

85.   chloe moriondo “Killbot!” (***)

⁸² "He started acting all moonstruck / you know the movie with young Nick Cage" 

86.   Finch “Haven't Lost” (rookie)

87.   Asnikko “Worms” (rookie)  
88.   Fred Again & Obongjayer “adore u” (***)
89.   John Craigie & TK and the Holy Know-Nothings “Bones” (rookie)
90.   GAYLE “Leave Me For Dead” (rookie)

91.   Bongeziwe Mabandala “hlala” (rookie)  
92.   Dermot Kennedy “Two Hearts” (rookie)  
93.   Deb Never “Paper Houses” (rookie)
94.   Milky Chance “Living in a Haze” (rookie)
95.   Myke Towers “LALA” (rookie)

96.   Indigo de Souza “Younger & Dumber” (**)  
97.   Ashley McBride “The Devil I Know” (rookie)  
98.   ROSALIA “LLYLM” (****)
99.   CMAT “Have Fun!” (rookie)
100.Cat Power “Like a Rolling Stone (live)” (****)