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WFUV Top 90 of the Year
RockLists has 14 editions of the WFUV Top 90 of the Year, from 2011 to 2025. Across all of them, the most successful song is “The Joke” by Brandi Carlile, which appears in 2 editions.
14editions
2011–2025years
14different #1s
1missing years
Every edition and its number one
| Year | Countdown | Number one | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Top 90 Songs of 2011 | Rolling in the DeepAdele | 90 |
| 2013 | Top 90 Songs of 2013 | Song for ZulaPhosphorescent | 90 |
| 2014 | Top 90 Songs of 2014 | Take Me To ChurchHozier | 90 |
| 2015 | Top 90 Songs of 2015 | S.O.B.Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats | 90 |
| 2016 | Top 90 Songs of 2016 | WowBeck | 90 |
| 2017 | Top 90 Songs of 2017 | Feel It StillPortugal. The Man | 90 |
| 2018 | Top 90 Songs of 2018 | Nina Cried PowerHozier | 90 |
| 2019 | Top 90 Songs of 2019 | JuiceLizzo | 90 |
| 2020 | Top 90 Songs of 2020 | KyotoPhoebe Bridgers | 90 |
| 2021 | Top 90 Songs of 2021 | Chaise LongueWet Leg | 90 |
| 2022 | Top 90 Songs of 2022 | Jackie Down The LineFontaines D.C. | 90 |
| 2023 | Top 90 Songs of 2023 | Cool About ItBoygenius | 90 |
| 2024 | Top 90 Songs of 2024 | She's Leaving YouM J Lenderman | 90 |
| 2025 | Top 90 Songs of 2025 | mangetoutWet Leg | 90 |
Missing from the archive: 2012. 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 | '11 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '20 | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The JokeBrandi Carlile | – | – | – | – | – | 43 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | CertaintyBig Thief | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 43 | – | – | – |
| 3 | The Hardest CutSpoon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 63 | 12 | – | – | – |
| 4 | Ex's & Oh'sElle King | – | – | 51 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Moaning Lisa SmileWolf Alice | – | – | – | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | She's Leaving YouM J Lenderman | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 7 | Song for ZulaPhosphorescent | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | WowBeck | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | JuiceLizzo | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Cool About ItBoygenius | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 11 | Jackie Down The LineFontaines D.C. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 12 | Rolling in the DeepAdele | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | S.O.B.Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Nina Cried PowerHozier | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Chaise LongueWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | mangetoutWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Take Me To ChurchHozier | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Feel It StillPortugal. The Man | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | KyotoPhoebe Bridgers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Pretty Pimpin'Kurt Vile | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | I Don't Live Here AnymoreThe War On Drugs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | The SubwayChappell Roan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 23 | You Go Down SmoothLake Street Dive | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | New YorkSt. Vincent | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Letter To YouBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Right Back to ItWaxahatchee | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 27 | RoyalsLorde | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | LazarusDavid Bowie | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | ColorsBlack Pumas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Not Strong EnoughBoygenius | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 31 | BurningYeah Yeah Yeahs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 32 | A Little Bit of EverythingDawes | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | Now And ThenThe Beatles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 34 | Wet DreamWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 35 | This is AmericaChildish Gambino | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | Time Spent in Los AngelesDawes | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | All Your Favorite BandsDawes | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | Black MyselfAmythyst Kiah | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | White HorsesWolf Alice | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 40 | Under the PressureThe War On Drugs | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | If We Were VampiresJason Isbell & The 400 Unit | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | Options OpenKathleen Edwards | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | FavoriteFontaines D.C. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 44 | You Never Need NobodyLone Bellow | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | Love and HateMichael Kiwanuka | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46 | This LandGary Clark Jr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 47 | Be SweetJapanese Breakfast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | catch these fistsWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 49 | Seasons (Waiting On You)Future Islands | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | The System Only Dreams in Total DarknessThe National | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | The StepsHaim | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | StarbursterFontaines D.C. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| 53 | The Stars Are OursMayer Hawthorne | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | Ain't No ManAvett Brothers | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | Stay HighBrittany Howard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | Vampire EmpireBig Thief | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| 57 | New Body RhumbaLCD Soundsystem | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| 58 | Mr. TillmanFather John Misty | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 59 | Pumped up KicksFoster The People | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | SedonaHoundmouth | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |