It’s the first week of December, and year-end list season is in full swing. Today brings Pitchfork‘s list of the 100 best songs of 2023, and like every year, it’s loaded with great songs across multiple styles of music, from veterans to newcomers, underground gems to huge hits.
You can see the top 25 below. The bottom 75 includes songs by MSPAINT, Peso Pluma, RXK Nephew, Lankum, Corinne Bailey Rae, Everything but the Girl, Ragana, Asake, City Girls, That Mexican OT, Overmono, TisaKorean, Slowdive, Niontay, Greg Mendez, Lonnie Holley, Jane Remover, Chappell Roan, Sampha, Armand Hammer, MIKE/WIKI/The Alchemist, Blonde Redhead, Kylie Minogue, Mandy Indiana, Kara Jackson, Joanna Sternberg, and more.
See the full list with commentary at Pitchfork.
Pitchfork‘s Top 25 Songs of 2023
25. Cole Pulice: “If I Don’t See You in the Future, I’ll See You in the Pasture”
24. Avalon Emerson: “Dreamliner”
23. Sexyy Red: “SkeeYee”
22. MJ Lenderman: “Knockin”
21. Mannequin Pussy: “I Got Heaven”
20. Kelela: “Contact”
19. Caroline Polachek: “I Believe”
18. L’Rain: “Pet Rock”
17. billy woods / Kenny Segal: “Year Zero” [ft. Danny Brown]
16. Amaarae: “Co-Star”
15. Big Thief: “Vampire Empire”
14. Baby Keem / Kendrick Lamar: “The Hillbillies”
13. Fever Ray: “Shiver”
12. ANOHNI and the Johnsons: “It Must Change”
11. Nourished by Time: “Daddy”
10. Earl Sweatshirt: “Making the Band (Danity Kane)”
9. Troye Sivan: “Rush”
8. Wednesday: “Chosen to Deserve”
7. NewJeans: “Super Shy”
6. SZA: “Kill Bill”
5. Olivia Rodrigo: “get him back!”
4. Noname: “Namesake”
3. Sufjan Stevens: “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?”
2. PinkPantheress / Ice Spice: “Boy’s a liar Pt. 2”
1. Lana Del Rey: “A&W”
