Over the last decade, no other pop artist has been as chaotically yet consistently great as Charli XCX. She’s gone from a relatively unknown critical darling to the most prominent backer of PC Music in pop; her biggest hit came from The Fault in Our Stars soundtrack; her best album is a mixtape that was quietly released in the dead of December; she sang the chorus on that atrocious song with Iggy Azalea. It’s a blast to go through her whole discography and determine which pop persona suited her best. The short answer — as this list will show — is that they all did.
Here are her 25 best songs!
25. “New Shapes” (ft. Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek)
Crash single, 2021
24. “I Got It” (ft. Brooke Candy, CupcakKe & Pabllo Vittar)
Pop 2, 2017
23. “Take My Hand”
True Romance, 2013
22. “Focus”
“Focus” / “No Angel” single, 2018
21. “Dreamer” (ft. Starrah & RAYE)
Number 1 Angel, 2017
20. “You – Ha Ha Ha”
True Romance, 2013
19. “1999” (ft. Troye Sivan)
Charli single, 2018
18. “Nuclear Seasons”
True Romance single, 2011
17. “enemy”
how i’m feeling now, 2020
16. “Famous”
SUCKER, 2014
15. “No Angel”
“Focus” / “No Angel” single, 2018
14. “Unlock It (Lock It)” (ft. Kim Petras & Jay Park)
Pop 2, 2017
13. “Good Ones”
Crash single, 2021
12. “Vroom Vroom”
Vroom Vroom EP, 2016
11. “Set Me Free (Feel My Pain)”
True Romance, 2013
10. “Cross You Out” (ft. Sky Ferreira)
Charli, 2019
9. “forever”
how i’m feeling now, 2020
8. “Backseat” (ft. Carly Rae Jepsen)
Pop 2, 2017
7. “Doing It” (ft. Rita Ora)
SUCKER, 2014
6. “Out of My Head” (ft. Tove Lo & ALMA)
Pop 2, 2017
5. “Stay Away”
True Romance single, 2011
4. “Boom Clap”
SUCKER single, 2014
3. “Boys”
non-album single, 2017
2. “Gone” (ft. Christine and the Queens)
Charli, 2019
1. “Track 10”
Pop 2, 2017
Bitter Melodies 