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WERS 88.9 · Year-end countdown series

WERS Top 88 of the Year

RockLists has 10 editions of the WERS Top 88 of the Year, from 2015 to 2025. Across all of them, the most successful song is “You Dont Get Me High Anymore” by Phantogram, which appears in 2 editions.

10editions
2015–2025years
10different #1s
1missing years

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2015 Top 88 Songs of 2015 Ex's & Oh'sElle King 88
2016 Top 88 Songs of 2016 AblazeSchool of Seven Bells 88
2017 Top 88 Songs of 2017 Feel It StillPortugal. The Man 88
2019 Top 88 Songs of 2019 OverexcitedGuster 88
2020 Top 88 Songs of 2020 The StepsHaim 88
2021 Top 88 Songs of 2021 HypotheticalsLake Street Dive 88
2022 Top 88 Songs of 2022 BurningYeah Yeah Yeahs 88
2023 Top 88 Songs of 2023 Not Strong EnoughBoygenius 88
2024 Top 88 Songs of 2024 Too SweetHozier 88
2025 Top 88 Songs of 2025 Everybody ScreamFlorence And The Machine 88

Missing from the archive: 2018. Have one of these?

How the top songs moved between editions

Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.

#Song'15'16'17'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
1 You Dont Get Me High AnymorePhantogram – 32 9 – – – – – – –
2 RadioSylvan Esso – 23 34 – – – – – – –
3 Rhythm & BluesThe Head and the Heart – 49 11 – – – – – – –
4 The Hardest CutSpoon – – – – – 49 13 – – –
5 UnsteadyX Ambassadors 81 2 – – – – – – – –
6 Feel It StillPortugal. The Man – – 1 – – – – – – –
7 Everybody ScreamFlorence And The Machine – – – – – – – – – 1
8 Too SweetHozier – – – – – – – – 1 –
9 Not Strong EnoughBoygenius – – – – – – – 1 – –
10 Ghenghis KhanMiike Snow – 1 – – – – – – – –
11 OverexcitedGuster – – – 1 – – – – – –
12 Ex's & Oh'sElle King 1 – – – – – – – – –
13 Dial DrunkNoah Kahan – – – – – – – 1 – –
14 BurningYeah Yeah Yeahs – – – – – – 1 – – –
15 HypotheticalsLake Street Dive – – – – – 1 – – – –
16 The StepsHaim – – – – 1 – – – – –
17 Cooler Than YouEric Hutchinson – – – – 2 – – – – –
18 Doin' TimeLana Del Rey – – – 2 – – – – – –
19 Lampshades On FireModest Mouse 2 – – – – – – – – –
20 Stick SeasonNoah Kahan – – – – – – 2 – – –
21 I Don't Live Here AnymoreThe War On Drugs – – – – – 2 – – – –
22 Up All NightBeck – – 2 – – – – – – –
23 mangetoutWet Leg – – – – – – – – – 2
24 Sexy To SomeoneClairo – – – – – – – – 2 –
25 It's YouAir Traffic Controller – – 3 – – – – – – –
26 LucyMt. Joy – – – – – – – – – 3
27 Nobody's SoldierHozier – – – – – – – – 3 –
28 More Than a Love SongBlack Pumas – – – – – – – 3 – –
29 Dancing On GlassSt. Lucia – 3 – – – – – – – –
30 Letter To YouBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – – – – 3 – – – – –
31 Saying GoodbyeJ.S. Ondara – – – 3 – – – – – –
32 CaliforniaU2 3 – – – – – – – – –
33 You and Me On The RockBrandi Carlile – – – – – – 3 – – –
34 Right On TimeBrandi Carlile – – – – – 3 – – – –
35 Be SweetJapanese Breakfast – – – – – 4 – – – –
36 Everything Has ChangedBest Coast – – – – 4 – – – – –
37 Harmony HallVampire Weekend – – – 4 – – – – – –
38 Long Way DownRobert Delong 4 – – – – – – – – –
39 Cracker IslandGorillaz – – – – – – 4 – – –
40 Everything NowThe Arcade Fire – – 4 – – – – – – –
41 catch these fistsWet Leg – – – – – – – – – 4
42 Don't Forget MeMaggie Rogers – – – – – – – – 4 –
43 When We Were CloseJason Isbell & The 400 Unit – – – – – – – 4 – –
44 AnyhowTedeschi Trucks Band – 4 – – – – – – – –
45 Real Love BabyFather John Misty – 67 27 – – – – – – –
46 This Is The Killer SpeakingLast Dinner Party – – – – – – – – – 5
47 Good TogetherLake Street Dive – – – – – – – – 5 –
48 FrancescaHozier – – – – – – – 5 – –
49 Chaise LongueWet Leg – – – – – 5 – – – –
50 Making DoLake Street Dive – – – – 5 – – – – –
51 BurningMaggie Rogers – – – 5 – – – – – –
52 Adventure of a LifetimeColdplay – 5 – – – – – – – –
53 Lifted Up (1985)Passion Pit 5 – – – – – – – – –
54 Weird GoodbyesThe National – – – – – – 5 – – –
55 Cold Little HeartMichael Kiwanuka – – 5 – – – – – – –
56 Best Kept SecretNeko Case, k.d. lang & Laura Veirs – 6 – – – – – – – –
57 AngelaLumineers – – 6 – – – – – – –
58 Everybody LaughsDavid Byrne – – – – – – – – – 6
59 Good Luck Babe!Chappell Roan – – – – – – – – 6 –
60 My Love Mine All MineMitski – – – – – – – 6 – –