WXPN · Year-end countdown series
WXPN Year in Review
RockLists has 17 editions of the WXPN Year in Review, from 2007 to 2025. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Avant Gardener” by Courtney Barnett, which appears in 2 editions.
17editions
2007–2025years
17different #1s
2missing years
Every edition and its number one
Missing from the archive: 2015, 2016. 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 | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '20 | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avant GardenerCourtney Barnett | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Take Me To ChurchHozier | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Little TalksOf Monsters And Men | – | – | – | – | 28 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Video GamesLana Del Rey | – | – | – | – | 33 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | HeartbeatKopecky Family Band | – | – | – | – | – | 82 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Do I Wanna KnowArctic Monkeys | – | – | – | – | – | – | 49 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Hold OnAlabama Shakes | – | – | – | – | 65 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | King and CrossAsgeir | – | – | – | – | – | – | 92 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Change The SheetsKathleen Edwards | – | – | – | – | 60 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Silver LiningRilo Kiley | 27 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Paddle To The StarsThe Dip | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 12 | Johnny & JonnieTwin Shadow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Pumped up KicksFoster The People | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Ho HeyLumineers | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Get LuckyDaft Punk | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | I Will Possess Your HeartDeath Cab for Cutie | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | ChangeMavis Staples | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Little Lion ManMumford & Sons | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | If We Were VampiresJason Isbell & The 400 Unit | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Cheap RegretsThe Districts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Impossible GermanyWilco | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | HomeEdward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Don't Forget MeMaggie Rogers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 24 | Idiot BoxSharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 25 | JoinerBlondshell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 26 | The JokeBrandi Carlile | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | Under the PressureThe War On Drugs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | Song for ZulaPhosphorescent | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | Shelter SongTemples | – | – | – | – | – | – | 172 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | KyotoPhoebe Bridgers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | I and Love and YouAvett Brothers | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | BoredWaxahatchee | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 33 | Someone like YouAdele | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | MessyLola Young | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 35 | Ghosts AgainDepeche Mode | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 36 | Lemon TreeMt. Joy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 37 | 662Christone Kingfish Ingram | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | MercyDuffy | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | Beg, Steal Or BorrowRay LaMontagne | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 40 | 1234Feist | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | Missed ConnectionThe Head and the Heart | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | ReflektorThe Arcade Fire | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | I Will WaitMumford & Sons | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 44 | Most PeopleDawes | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | Stay with MeSam Smith | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46 | Live and DieAvett Brothers | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 47 | High HorseKacey Musgraves | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | Feel It StillPortugal. The Man | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | HorsesJesse Welles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 50 | For Your SoulJosh Ritter | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 51 | Viva La VidaColdplay | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | Not Dead YetLord Huron | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | Unnecessary DramaBelle & Sebastian | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 54 | Shadow PeopleDr. Dog | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | RehabAmy Winehouse | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | Saying GoodbyeJ.S. Ondara | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | 1901Phoenix | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 58 | Color My LifeChicano Batman | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 59 | Rolling in the DeepAdele | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | Wanting and WaitingBlack Crowes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |