2017 was terrible. Here are 100 songs that helped by speaking to our political frustration and personal issues or simply being great enough to make us forget EVERYTHING.
100. Harry Styles – “Sign of the Times”
99. John Maus – “Touchdown”
98. Father John Misty – “Pure Comedy”
97. Spoon – “Hot Thoughts”
96. Downtown Boys – “Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)”
95. Vagabon – “Cold Apartment”
94. Destroyer – “Tinseltown Swimming in Blood”
93. Four Tet – “Two Thousand and Seventeen”
92. Björk – “Blissing Me”
91. Yves Tumor – “Limerence”
90. Porches – “Country”
89. Syd ft. 6LACK – “Over”
88. Gorillaz ft. Vince Staples – “Ascension”
87. Brian Eno / Kevin Shields – “Only Once Away My Son”
86. Fleet Foxes – “Third of May / Odaigahara”
85. Ibeyi ft. Kamasi Washington – “Deathless”
84. Priests – “Pink White House”
83. Dirty Projectors – “Little Bubble”
82. White Reaper – “The World’s Best American Band”
81. Broken Social Scene – “Halfway Home”
80. Japanese Breakfast – “Road Head”
79. Girlpool – “It Gets More Blue”
78. The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk – “I Feel It Coming”
77. Phoenix – “J-Boy”
76. (Sandy) Alex G – “Proud”
75. Mac DeMarco – “One More Love Song”
74. Moses Sumney – “Don’t Bother Calling”
73. Julien Baker – “Appointments”
72. Vince Staples – “745”
71. Future Islands – “Ran”
70. Chuck Johnson – “Riga Black”
69. Taylor Swift – “Gorgeous”
68. 21 Savage – “Bank Account”
67. Lana Del Rey – “Love”
66. Arca – “Desafío”
65. 2 Chainz ft. Travis Scott – “4 AM”
64. Charlotte Gainsbourg – “Rest”
63. Father John Misty – “Ballad of the Dying Man”
62. Juana Molina – “Estalacticas”
61. Jay-Z – “The Story of O.J.”
60. Kehlani – “Undercover”
59. Julie Byrne – “Follow My Voice”
58. Kelly Lee Owens ft. Jenny Hval – “Anxi”
57. Kendrick Lamar ft. U2 – “XXX.”
56. Fever Ray – “IDK About You”
55. J Balvin & Willy William feat. Beyoncé – “Mi Gente”
54. The xx – “I Dare You”
53. The National – “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness”
52. Tyler, the Creator feat. Frank Ocean & Steve Lacy – “911 / Mr. Lonely”
51. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Cut to the Feeling”
50. Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert – “Bad and Boujee”
49. Sampha – “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano”
48. LCD Soundsystem – “Call the Police”
47. Lorde – “Writer in the Dark”
46. Lil B feat. ILoveMakonnen – “Global”
45. Charlotte Gainsbourg – “Deadly Valentine”
44. Hurray for the Riff Raff – “Pa’lante”
43. St. Vincent – “New York”
42. Jessie Ware – “Midnight”
41. Rae Sremmurd – “Perplexing Pegasus”
40. Big Thief – “Mythological Beauty”
39. SZA – “The Weekend”
38. The War on Drugs – “Thinking of a Place”
37. Mount Kimbie feat. King Krule – “Blue Train Lines”
36. Slowdive – “Sugar for the Pill”
35. Kelela – “LMK”
34. Vince Staples – “Big Fish”
33. Jay Som – “Baybee”
32. Selena Gomez – “Bad Liar”
31. Fever Ray – “This Country”
30. Run the Jewels – “Legend Has It”
29. HAIM – “Want You Back”
28. Frank Ocean – “Biking (Solo)”
27. King Krule – “Biscuit Town”
26. Kendrick Lamar – “ELEMENT.”
25. Lil Uzi Vert – “XO TOUR Llif3”
24. Future – “Mask Off”
23. Jlin – “Nyakinyua Rise”
22. LCD Soundsystem – “American Dream”
21. Charli XCX – “Boys”
20. Lorde – “Perfect Places”
19. Playboi Carti – “Magnolia”
18. Frank Ocean – “Chanel”
17. Fever Ray – “Mustn’t Hurry”
16. Slowdive – “Star Roving”
15. Migos – “T-Shirt”
14. Kamasi Washington – “Truth”
13. Drake – “Passionfruit”
12. Thundercat feat. Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald – “Show You the Way”
11. SZA feat. Travis Scott – “Love Galore”
10. The War on Drugs – “Holding On”
9. Perfume Genius – “Slip Away”
8. Lorde – “Green Light”
7. Fever Ray – “To the Moon and Back”
6. Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
5. Mount Eerie – “Real Death”
4. LCD Soundsystem – “Tonite”
3. King Krule – “Dum Surfer”
2. Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos – “Slide”
1. Kendrick Lamar – “DNA.”
Bitter Melodies 