90.9 The Bridge · Year-end countdown series
90.9 The Bridge Top Songs of the Year
RockLists has 11 editions of the 90.9 The Bridge Top Songs of the Year, from 2016 to 2025. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Chaise Longue” by Wet Leg, which appears in 3 editions.
11editions
2016–2025years
11different #1s
Every edition and its number one
| Year | Countdown | Number one | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Top 100 Songs of 2016 partial | OpheliaLumineers | 90 |
| 2017 | Top 100 Songs of 2017 partial | If We Were VampiresJason Isbell & The 400 Unit | 90 |
| 2018 | Top 90 Songs of 2018 | For TomorrowBob & Una Walkenhorst | 90 |
| 2019 | Top 90 Songs of 2019 | Harmony HallVampire Weekend | 90 |
| 2020 | Top 90 Songs of 2020 | HabitJake Wells | 90 |
| 2021 | Top 90 Songs of 2021 | Average JoeShawn Stewart | 90 |
| 2021 | Top 90 Most Played Songs of 2021 | Bed HeadManchester Orchestra | 90 |
| 2022 | Top 90 Songs of 2022 | PlaygroundFlare Tha Rebel | 90 |
| 2023 | Top 90 Songs of 2023 | Not Strong EnoughBoygenius | 90 |
| 2024 | Top 90 Songs of 2024 | HOT TO GO!Chappell Roan | 90 |
| 2025 | Top 90 Songs of 2025 | catch these fistsWet Leg | 90 |
How the top songs moved between editions
Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.
| # | Song | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '20 | '21 | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaise LongueWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 20 | 4 | – | – | – |
| 2 | justifiedKacey Musgraves | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | HypotheticalsLake Street Dive | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 19 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | This is a PhotographKevin Morby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 27 | – | – |
| 5 | FREEDOMJon Batiste | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Black MyselfAmythyst Kiah | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | BrandoLucy Dacus | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Call me a FoolValerie June | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 15 | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | SurvivorNathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 40 | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Be SweetJapanese Breakfast | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 37 | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Not Dead YetLord Huron | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | 11 | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | MotorbikeLeon Bridges | – | – | – | – | – | 41 | 25 | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Right On TimeBrandi Carlile | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 58 | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | It's Not OverFrogpond | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 64 | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Pay Your Way in PainSt. Vincent | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 36 | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | VertigoAlice Merton | – | – | – | – | – | 72 | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | I Don't Live Here AnymoreThe War On Drugs | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 71 | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Space GirlFrances Forever | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 39 | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Not Strong EnoughBoygenius | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 20 | PlaygroundFlare Tha Rebel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 21 | OpheliaLumineers | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Bed HeadManchester Orchestra | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Average JoeShawn Stewart | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | catch these fistsWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 25 | HabitJake Wells | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | HOT TO GO!Chappell Roan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 27 | Harmony HallVampire Weekend | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | For TomorrowBob & Una Walkenhorst | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | If We Were VampiresJason Isbell & The 400 Unit | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | RainbowKacey Musgraves | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Play The GameOlivia Fox | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | Day I DieThe National | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | FloatJanelle Monae | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 34 | Decepticon ArtistThe Creepy Jingles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 35 | CleopatraLumineers | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | FreedomIlliterate Light | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | Don't Wanna LoseKat King | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | mangetoutWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 39 | Neon CrossJaime Wyatt | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 40 | Too SweetHozier | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 41 | Hate MyselfDodie | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | Happy Clouds (Bob Ross Flow)Flare Tha Rebel | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | The SubwayChappell Roan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 44 | Far From HomeJake Wells | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | See Me Shakin'Touchdowns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 46 | This LifeVampire Weekend | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 47 | You Worry MeNathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | Feel It StillPortugal. The Man | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | Way Down We GoKaleo | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | Baby TalkKat King | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 51 | New SunKat King | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 52 | Club SauceDragon Inn 3 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | Everything NowThe Arcade Fire | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | LazarusDavid Bowie | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | When We Were CloseJason Isbell & The 400 Unit | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| 56 | LowChet Faker | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | Child's PlayFlare Tha Rebel | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 58 | I Might Like ItKat King | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 59 | CamerasShawn Stewart | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | Right Back to ItWaxahatchee | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |