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WYEP Top 91 Songs of the Year

RockLists has 3 editions of the WYEP Top 91 Songs of the Year, from 2021 to 2025. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Horses” by Jesse Welles, which appears in 1 edition.

3editions
2021–2025years
3different #1s
2missing years

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2021 Top 91 Songs of 2021 The BalconyFruit Bats 91
2023 Top 91 Songs of 2023 Not Strong EnoughBoygenius 91
2025 Top 91 Songs of 2025 HorsesJesse Welles 91

Missing from the archive: 2022, 2024. 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'21'23'25
1 HorsesJesse Welles – – 1
2 I Need YouJon Batiste 1 – –
3 Not Strong EnoughBoygenius – 1 –
4 Eat Your YoungHozier – 2 –
5 Everything Is Peaceful LoveBon Iver – – 2
6 Right On TimeBrandi Carlile 2 – –
7 Another LifeAlabama Shakes – – 3
8 I Don't Live Here AnymoreThe War On Drugs 3 – –
9 More Than a Love SongBlack Pumas – 3 –
10 Can't Let GoRobert Plant & Alison Krauss 4 – –
11 DraculaTame Impala – – 4
12 Love You AnywayDevon Gilfillian – 4 –
13 Say Yes to HeavenLana Del Rey – 5 –
14 Sally, When The Wine Runs OutRole Model – – 5
15 Easy On MeAdele 5 – –
16 mangetoutWet Leg – – 6
17 Pay Your Way in PainSt. Vincent 6 – –
18 The WayManchester Orchestra – 6 –
19 PsychosJenny Lewis – 7 –
20 MotorbikeLeon Bridges 7 – –
21 Save Your SoulKathleen Edwards – – 7
22 Elderberry WineWednesday – – 8
23 CaliforniaOh He Dead – 8 –
24 Black MyselfAmythyst Kiah 8 – –
25 HurtArlo Parks 9 – –
26 moodyRoyel Otis – – 9
27 Go Down RiverThe Heavy Heavy – 9 –
28 Tropic Morning NewsThe National – 10 –
29 Family FarmHold Steady 10 – –
30 EnoughJeff Tweedy – – 10
31 Everybody ScreamFlorence And The Machine – – 11
32 Not Dead YetLord Huron 11 – –
33 What NowBrittany Howard – 11 –
34 Open Up The HeavensJade Bird 12 – –
35 See It ThroughDurand Jones – 12 –
36 Everybody LaughsDavid Byrne – – 12
37 Time WaitedMy Morning Jacket – – 13
38 EvictedWilco – 13 –
39 Love Love LoveMy Morning Jacket 13 – –
40 QuestionsMiddle Kids 14 – –
41 CarolineMumford & Sons – – 14
42 KidThe Revivalists – 14 –
43 Road To JoyPeter Gabriel – 15 –
44 Diamond Studded ShoesYola 15 – –
45 WreckNeko Case – – 15
46 Nothing I NeedLord Huron – – 16
47 SurvivorNathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 16 – –
48 The NarcissistBlur – 16 –
49 Hot and HeavyLucy Dacus 17 – –
50 Tears Run DryAbraham Alexander – 17 –
51 HumanBrandi Carlile – – 17
52 LucyMt. Joy – – 18
53 Character DevelopmentAllison Ponthier – 18 –
54 WitchooDurand Jones & The Indications 18 – –
55 Be SweetJapanese Breakfast 19 – –
56 White HorsesWolf Alice – – 19
57 Council SkiesNoel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – 19 –
58 Days Move SlowBully – 20 –
59 Fire LineBilly Strings 20 – –
60 Wildfire SeasonJobi Riccio – – 20