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Exit 97.7 · Year-end countdown series

WEXT Top Songs of the Year

RockLists has 11 editions of the WEXT Top Songs of the Year, from 2010 to 2025. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele, which appears in 1 edition.

11editions
2010–2025years
11different #1s
5missing years

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2010 Top 97 of 2010 Tighten UpThe Black Keys 97
2011 Top 97 of 2011 Rolling in the DeepAdele 97
2014 Top 97 of 2014 Take Me To ChurchHozier 97
2018 Top 97 of 2018 Hold Out Your HandBrandi Carlile 97
2019 Top 97 of 2019 Hard CaseTedeschi Trucks Band 97
2020 Top 97 of 2020 And It's Still AlrightNathaniel Rateliff 97
2021 Top 97 of 2021 NightflyerAllison Russell 97
2022 Top 97 of 2022 Where We AreLumineers 97
2023 Top 106 of 2023 For Your SoulJosh Ritter 106
2024 Top 106 of 2024 Don't Forget MeMaggie Rogers 106
2025 Top 106 of 2025 You Won't Dig My GraveJosh Ritter 106

Missing from the archive: 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017. 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'10'11'14'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
1 Rolling in the DeepAdele – 1 – – – – – – – – –
2 You Won't Dig My GraveJosh Ritter – – – – – – – – – – 1
3 Hold Out Your HandBrandi Carlile – – – 1 – – – – – – –
4 For Your SoulJosh Ritter – – – – – – – – 1 – –
5 NightflyerAllison Russell – – – – – – 1 – – – –
6 Take Me To ChurchHozier – – 1 – – – – – – – –
7 Tighten UpThe Black Keys 1 – – – – – – – – – –
8 And It's Still AlrightNathaniel Rateliff – – – – – 1 – – – – –
9 Don't Forget MeMaggie Rogers – – – – – – – – – 1 –
10 Hard CaseTedeschi Trucks Band – – – – 1 – – – – – –
11 Where We AreLumineers – – – – – – – 1 – – –
12 What NowBrittany Howard – – – – – – – – – 2 –
13 Same Old SongLumineers – – – – – – – – – – 2
14 All I Really Wanna DoDevon Gilfillian – – – – – – – – 2 – –
15 Shine A Little LightThe Black Keys – – – – – 2 – – – – –
16 Father MountainCalexico and Iron & Wine – – – – 2 – – – – – –
17 Made Up MindBonnie Raitt – – – – – – – 2 – – –
18 You Were Never ThereDiego Garcia – 2 – – – – – – – – –
19 FireworksFirst Aid Kit – – – 2 – – – – – – –
20 Black MyselfAmythyst Kiah – – – – – – 2 – – – –
21 DestinationNickel Creek – – 2 – – – – – – – –
22 The High RoadBroken Bells 2 – – – – – – – – – –
23 Eliza I SeeDarlingside – – – – – – – – 3 – –
24 Fox HuntSierra Ferrell – – – – – – – – – 3 –
25 WreckNeko Case – – – – – – – – – – 3
26 Good WomanThe Staves – – – – – – 3 – – – –
27 SupernovaRay LaMontagne – – 3 – – – – – – – –
28 I Learned The Hard WaySharon Jones and the Dap Kings 3 – – – – – – – – – –
29 I Don't Wanna Lie (bonus track)Yola – – – – – 3 – – – – –
30 Bad CaseLukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – – – – 3 – – – – – –
31 You Got to MoveMavis Staples – – – – – – – 3 – – –
32 Pumped up KicksFoster The People – 3 – – – – – – – – –
33 Life to FixThe Record Company – – – 3 – – – – – – –
34 CardinalKacey Musgraves – – – – – – – – – 4 –
35 Give It TimeGoose – – – – – – – – – – 4
36 WeightlessArlo Parks – – – – – – – – 4 – –
37 The WireShovels and Rope – – – – 4 – – – – – –
38 First HighNikki Lane – – – – – – – 4 – – –
39 Give Me SomethingScars on 45 – 4 – – – – – – – – –
40 World Gone MadThe Weight Band – – – 4 – – – – – – –
41 BreathingAmy Helm – – – – – – 4 – – – –
42 Right TimeNikki Lane – – 4 – – – – – – – –
43 Wonderful WorldJim Keller 4 – – – – – – – – – –
44 Back To MeGrace Potter – – – – – 4 – – – – –
45 Just Like ThatBonnie Raitt – – – – – – – – – 5 –
46 MadalenaGoose – – – – – – – – – – 5
47 Not Strong EnoughBoygenius – – – – – – – – 5 – –
48 In the SunShe & Him 5 – – – – – – – – – –
49 Blacktop RunSonny Landreth – – – – – 5 – – – – –
50 That's What You GetDamhnait Doyle – – – – 5 – – – – – –
51 Wouldn't Know YouSarah Borges – – – – – – – 5 – – –
52 Second ChancePeter Bjorn & John – 5 – – – – – – – – –
53 Radiator 110Boz Scaggs – – – 5 – – – – – – –
54 SanctuaryHiss Golden Messenger – – – – – – 5 – – – –
55 U Get Me HighTom Petty & The Heartbreakers – – 5 – – – – – – – –
56 Poison In My WellMaggie Rose & Grace Potter – – – – – – – – – – 6
57 More Than FriendsLukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – – – – – – – – 6 – –
58 Too SweetHozier – – – – – – – – – 6 –
59 Becoming All AloneRegina Spektor – – – – – – – 6 – – –
60 FasterMatt Nathanson – 6 – – – – – – – – –