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WTMD Top 89 Songs of the Year
RockLists has 17 editions of the WTMD Top 89 Songs of the Year, from 2009 to 2025. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele, which appears in 2 editions.
17editions
2009–2025years
17different #1s
Every edition and its number one
How the top songs moved between editions
Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.
| # | Song | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '20 | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 |
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| 1 | Rolling in the DeepAdele | – | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | CrutchBand of Horses | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 15 | – | – | – |
| 3 | Somebody That I Used To KnowGotye | – | – | 5 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Bright LightsGary Clark Jr. | – | – | 9 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | HeartbeatKopecky Family Band | – | – | – | 41 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Change The SheetsKathleen Edwards | – | – | 19 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Waiting For my FixJosey Wails | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 40 | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Right On TimeBrandi Carlile | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 76 | – | – | – |
| 9 | Down By The WaterThe Decemberists | – | 68 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | LazarusDavid Bowie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | The Avant GardenerCourtney Barnett | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | ValentineSnail Mail | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | ColorsBlack Pumas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Right Back to ItWaxahatchee | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 15 | Seein' StarsTurnstile | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 16 | Over EverythingKurt Vile & Courtney Barnett | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | I and Love and YouAvett Brothers | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Gimme All Your LoveAlabama Shakes | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Run Away To MarsTalk | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 20 | Five More MinutesThe War and Treaty | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Tighten UpThe Black Keys | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Heavy BellsJ. Roddy Walston and the Business | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Ho HeyLumineers | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Keep Falling OverOutcalls | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Not Strong EnoughBoygenius | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 26 | Elderberry WineWednesday | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 27 | That's Where I AmMaggie Rogers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 28 | Leaving The LightGenesis Owusu | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 29 | S.O.B.Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Texas SunKhruangbin & Leon Bridges | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Fuck YouCee-Lo Green | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | Pumped up KicksFoster The People | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | Southern SkyJohn Murry | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | Loading ZonesKurt Vile | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | Got SoulBrooks Long & The Mad Dog No Good | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | Seasons (Waiting On You)Future Islands | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | I Will WaitMumford & Sons | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | FREEDOMJon Batiste | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | Holy RollerEmily Wolfe | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 40 | Los AgelessSt. Vincent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | StarbursterFontaines D.C. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 42 | KandiOne Eskimo | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | Nothing MattersLast Dinner Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 44 | catch these fistsWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 45 | Jackie Down The LineFontaines D.C. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 46 | Little TalksOf Monsters And Men | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 47 | Chaise LongueWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | You Ain't The ProblemMichael Kiwanuka | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | ShadowAndy Bopp | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | My GirlsAnimal Collective | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | CrashGreat American Canyon Band | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | She's Leaving YouM J Lenderman | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 53 | Little Lion ManMumford & Sons | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | Shake It OutFlorence And The Machine | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | For SureFuture Islands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | RoyalsLorde | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | Uh-huhJade Bird | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 58 | AlaskaMaggie Rogers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 59 | Take Me To ChurchHozier | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | BurningYeah Yeah Yeahs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |