Top Songs of 2018: 41 - 60

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60. “Sober to Death” 

Car Seat Headrest 

Twin Fantasy

The band responsible for 2016's #1 song returns with a major reworking of an earlier album.  

59. “I'm Still Here” 

Sia 

58. “Playinwitme” 

KYLE feat. Kehlani 
Light of Mine

57. “Moon Boat” 

Kendra Smith & The Magician's Orchestra
Leave No Trace OST 

A perfect track to close out one of the year's best movies. Like the movie's protagonist, Kendra Smith lives completely off the grid.

56. “Imposter Syndrome” 

Sidney Gish
No Dogs Allowed

"not K through 8 / not K dash 9"

  

55. “Butterflies” 

Kacey Musgraves

Golden Hour

54. “Who R U” 

Anderson.Paak

Oxnard

53. “For You Too” 

Yo La Tengo 

There's a Riot Going ON

That fuzzed out guitar takes us back (YLT has been around for more than 30 years now) without feeling dated. 

52. “Your Choice” 

Lily Allen feat. Burna Boy 
No Shame 

51. “Emily” 

Clean Cut Kid 

Major Fleetwood Mac vibes here

50. “Lucky You” 

Eminem feat. Joyner Lucas 

Kamikaze

In recent years, it seems like technical brilliance is sometimes a demerit for an artist in rap criticism (read any Logic review by Pitchfork). Eminem returned in 2018 with a couple examples of how impressive wordplay and flow can. Love the mirror image initial verses between Lucas and Em here.

  

49. “Empiricist” 

Typhoon
Offering

A lovely song that hangs around for a long time but never overstays its welcome.

48. “Break-Thru” 

Dirty Projectors

Lamp Lit Prose

47. “Shame" 

Elle King 

Shake the Spirit

Fact we learned this week: Elle King is the daughter of actor Rob Schneider.

46. “I Get By” 

DJDS feat. Amber Mark and Vory

Big Wave More Fire

45. “Pynk” 

Janelle Monae feat. Grimes
Dirty Computer

 

44. “In Your Beat” 

Django Django

Marble Skies

43. “Love It If We Made It” 

The 1975 

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

While this has gotten a lot of critical love, the first two minutes play like an average Killer's song. Then it gets kind of batshit in the second half (musically and lyrically), making everything more interesting. "thank you Kanye / very cool" 

42. “In Another Life (edit)” 

Sandro Perri 

41. “Cruise” 

Francis and the Light

Just For Us

"and they may say it's not for you / (it's for you) / in a short while we'll be driving in cars that drive themselves / and we'll all just cruise"