The 100 Best Songs of 2015

Generally speaking, when putting this particular list together, I look for well crafted songs, and I try to sequence them in a manner that ranks them based on how much I like them, as well as how well them flow into each other. Usually the average song length is about three minutes. Except in years like this of course, where David Bowie decides to release a ten minute masterpiece, which now requires a home somewhere in the list.

The other thing I have always done over many years of making this list, is only allowing one song per artist, with a mind to capturing more cool songs by more cool artists. This year though, I decided to allow multiple songs per artist. The result is probably a more solid and accurate list of 100 songs. Usually I second guess these things before even hitting post, but this really feels like 100 songs I thought were most of the best ones I heard this year. Colour me momentarily happy about all my hard work.

With the pending demise of Rdio, I have made the reluctant switch to Spotify, but I have compiled and and made these fabulous songs available in both streaming services.

Spotify playlist

Rdio playlist

As an aside, this was my 50 Best Albums of 2015 blog post from last week.

	Song	Artist
100	Bassem Sabry	Of Montreal
99	Johnny Delusional	FFS
98	Oh Donna	Library Voices
97	The Shade	Metric
96	Leave A Trace	Chvrches
95	Killer	New Division
94	Eternal (On & On)	Grave Babies
93	Running Wild	Drenge
92	Museum of Broken Relationships	Veruca Salt
91	Burning For No One	The Cribs
90	The Light	EZTV
89	I Can't Explain	Surfer Blood
88	We Lost Everything	The Dears
87	Trouble	Citizens!
86	Disappointing	John Grant
85	In A Future World	Telekinesis
84	Giudeca	Ghost Culture
83	Are You Ready?	Mercury Rev
82	To Die In L.A.	Lower Dens
81	Reality In Motion	Tame Impala
80	Heart Of Oak	Richard Hawley
79	Compound Fracture	My Morning Jacket
78	So Oh	The Charlatans
77	Minimal Affection	The Vaccines
76	A New Wave	Sleater-Kinney
75	Where You At?	The Bohicas
74	Pontiac 87	Protomartyr
73	English Subtitles	Swervedriver
72	Lost On Me	Peace
71	Boys Latin	Panda Bear
70	Decided Knowledge	Dutch Uncles
69	First Light	Django Django
68	Lonesome Street	Blur
67	Detroit	Gaz Coombes
66	Turn Around	Mikal Cronin
65	At 45 rpm	Brideshead
64	Ready To Shine	Young Galaxy
63	Fade Away	Susanne Sundfor
62	Classic Man	Jidenna
61	The Right Time	Tuxedo
60	Tell Me	Humans
59	Too Much Space Man	Diane Coffee
58	Emoticons	The Wombats
57	Superheated	New Order
56	repetiton	Purity Ring
55	Slow Rotor	Errors
54	Dark Night	Hot Chip
53	Delirious	Susanne Sundfor
52	Bleeder	Ceremony
51	Spit You Out	Metz
50	Foolin Around	Crocodiles
49	Wildflower	Beach House
48	Life Like This	Kurt Vile
47	What Part Of me	Low
46	Pieces	Tanlines
45	Flesh Without Blood	Grimes
44	Need You Now	Hot Chip
43	Bros	Wolf Alice
42	Pretty Torn Up	EZTV
41	Different Angle	The Cribs
40	Reapers	Muse
39	Bunker Buster	Viet Cong
38	Living Zoo	Built To Spill
37	Mansplainer	Local H
36	I'm A Girl	Peace
35	Made My Mind Up	Mikal Cronin
34	Young Girls	PINS
33	The Pattern	Ceremony
32	Quo Vadis	Lower Dens
31	Get To Heaven	Everything Everything
30	When The Lights Turn Out	Twin Shadow
29	Real Girl	Little Boots
28	Saturday Night	Yukon Blonde
27	The Noisy Days Are Over	Field Music
26	Go Out	Blur
25	Restless	New Order
24	Over It	Junior Boys
23	Let It Happen	Tame Impala
22	No Reptiles	Everything Everything
21	Black Star	David Bowie
20	Courtesy Phone	Telekinesis
19	A Hunger Artist	Girls Names
18	Silhouettes	Viet Cong
17	For A Day Like Tomorrow	Swervedriver
16	Eyes On You	Veruca Salt
15	Crybaby Demon	Crocodiles
14	Pretty Pimpin	Kurt Vile
13	Heart Of The Matter	The Libertines
12	In n Out	Dutch Uncles
11	Birch Tree	Foals
10	Mr. Noah	Panda Bear
9	Freazy	Wolf Alice
8	Huarache Lights	Hot Chip
7	Kathleen Sat On The Arm of Her Favourite Chair	Hooton Tennis Club
6	Dust In The Sky	EZTV
5	Feel Like	Mikal Cronin
4	Ondine	Lower Dens
3	The Less I Know The Better	Tame Impala
2	The Separation	Ceremony
1	Distant Past	Everything Everything