Countdown season 2023

The 2023 year-end countdowns

Every December, rock stations count down their listeners’ favorite songs of the year. This page follows the 2023 season as the countdowns come in: 23 countdowns so far, with 4 stations that counted down 2022 still to come. Combining them, the song of 2023 right now is “Rescued” by Foo Fighters.

23 of 27 expected countdowns are in. Heard one that is missing? Send it in.

The combined 2023 ranking so far

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Points from every 2023 alternative countdown, added up. It changes as each station’s list arrives.

  1. 1RescuedFoo Fighters6 lists
  2. 2Not Strong EnoughBoygenius5 lists
  3. 3One More Timeblink-1825 lists
  4. 4Dial DrunkNoah Kahan5 lists
  5. 5KidThe Revivalists5 lists
  6. 6The American Dream Is Killing MeGreen Day5 lists
  7. 7LostLinkin Park4 lists
  8. 8Under YouFoo Fighters4 lists
  9. 9Rescue MeDirty Heads4 lists
  10. 10New GoldGorillaz6 lists
  11. 11Stick SeasonNoah Kahan4 lists
  12. 12My Love Mine All MineMitski4 lists
  13. 13Ghosts AgainDepeche Mode4 lists
  14. 14Love From The Other SideFall Out Boy3 lists
  15. 15Just PretendBad Omens3 lists
  16. 16Stuck30 Seconds to Mars3 lists
  17. 17Eat Your YoungHozier5 lists
  18. 18SleepwalkingAll Time Low3 lists
  19. 19DummyPortugal. The Man3 lists
  20. 20Hollywood Baby100 Gecs4 lists
  21. 21Run Away with MeCold War Kids3 lists
  22. 22Vampire EmpireBig Thief2 lists
  23. 23Edgingblink-1822 lists
  24. 24Sail AwayLovelyTheBand3 lists
  25. 25Blame BrettThe Beaches2 lists

Countdowns in

StationCountdownNumber oneSongs
102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) Top 102.7 of 2023 Stick Season Noah Kahan 103
107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY Top 107 Songs of 2023 Modern Girl Bleachers 107
88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH Top 88 Songs of 2023 Nice Work If You Can Get It Sloan 88
90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO Top 90 Songs of 2023 Not Strong Enough Boygenius 90
93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, PA Top 25 Songs of 2023 Why Won't You Call Me Back The Hooters 25
93X Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN Top 23 Songs of 2023 Lost Linkin Park 23
CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON The Top 23 of 2023 Blame Brett The Beaches 22
Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Top 106 of 2023 For Your Soul Josh Ritter 106
Impact 89FM Lansing, MI Top 89 Songs of 2023 A&W Lana Del Rey 89
Indie 102.3 Denver, CO Top 102.3 Songs of 2023 Welcome to my Island Caroline Polachek 98
KALX 90.7 San Francisco Bay Area 200 Most Played New Songs in 2023 Running Snõõper 200
KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX Top 91 Songs of 2023 Good Old Days The Revivalists 91
Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Top 200 Songs of 2023 Pages White Reaper 200
The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC Top 99 Songs of 2023 Lost Linkin Park 99
The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Top 89 Songs of 2023 Stop The Bleeding Baby Rose 89
Triple J Australia (national) Hottest 100 of 2023 Paint the Town Red Doja Cat 100
WBER Rochester, NY Listener Countdown 2023 My Love Florence And The Machine 91
WERS 88.9 Boston, MA Top 88 Songs of 2023 Not Strong Enough Boygenius 88
WFUV New York, NY Top 90 Songs of 2023 Cool About It Boygenius 90
WTMD Baltimore, MD Top 89 Songs of 2023 Richard Pryor Satellite & the Hapoonist 89
WXPN Philadelphia, PA Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2023 Sideways Skull Hold Steady 100
WYEP Pittsburgh, PA Top 91 Songs of 2023 Not Strong Enough Boygenius 91
X96 Salt Lake City, UT Music Quorum 2023 Top 50 Songs Lost Linkin Park 50

Still to come

These stations published a 2022 year-end countdown, but their 2023 list is not in the archive yet.