Special countdown · BBC Radio 6 Music · February 2, 2013

BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years

The countdown (February 2, 2013) from BBC Radio 6 Music in United Kingdom (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Clocks” by Coldplay at number one. The list features 100 different artists.

100songs
BBC Radio 6 Musicstation
United Kingdom (national)market

Compiled to celebrate 10 years of BBC 6 Music; a shortlist was selected by 6 Music presenters and production staff from tracks played on the station since its 2002 launch, then voted on by listeners. Broadcast in full on 2 February 2013. Rank 67 is a tie between two tracks.

# Song ListsBest
1 Clocks Coldplay 101 #1
2 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor Arctic Monkeys 48 #2
3 One Day Like This Elbow 6 #3
4 Bloodbuzz Ohio The National 47 #2
5 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
6 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 112 #1
7 Do You Realize? The Flaming Lips 47 #3
8 Hurt Johnny Cash 77 #1
9 Remember Me British Sea Power 1 #9
10 There There Radiohead 48 #4
11 Supermassive Black Hole Muse 35 #3
12 Wake Up The Arcade Fire 31 #6
13 All My Friends LCD Soundsystem 21 #10
14 Midnight City M83 55 #4
15 Roscoe Midlake 11 #15
16 No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age 110 #1
17 Hoppipola Sigur Ros 1 #17
18 Irish Blood, English Heart Morrissey 32 #18
19 Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs 64 #1
20 Skinny Love Bon Iver 27 #7
21 Tonight The Streets Are Ours Richard Hawley 2 #21
22 Time For Heroes The Libertines 3 #22
23 The Rat The Walkmen 26 #23
24 Video Games Lana Del Rey 24 #2
25 Rehab Amy Winehouse 40 #3
26 Kiss with a Fist Florence And The Machine 9 #22
27 There Goes the Fear Doves 11 #3
28 Hometown Glory Adele 1 #28
29 All My Life Foo Fighters 80 #2
30 Out of Time Blur 6 #30
31 Banquet Bloc Party 34 #14
32 Love You Better The Maccabees 1 #32
33 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 82 #1
34 Hey Ya! Outkast 68 #1
35 In For The Kill La Roux 2 #27
36 Hold On Alabama Shakes 38 #1
37 The Importance of Being Idle Oasis 4 #37
38 The Cave Mumford & Sons 72 #1
39 Time To Pretend MGMT 51 #1
40 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
41 There She Goes My Beautiful World Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 4 #41
42 Spanish Sahara Foals 6 #41
43 Chicago Sufjan Stevens 27 #15
44 Fire Kasabian 4 #17
45 Tessellate Alt J 16 #12
46 Mykonos Fleet Foxes 23 #9
47 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1
48 Obstacle 1 Interpol 21 #18
49 Crazy Gnarls Barkley 45 #1
50 Men's Needs The Cribs 1 #50
51 Islands The xx 6 #23
52 Hounds Of Love The Futureheads 2 #52
53 Dare Gorillaz 40 #1
54 Oh My God Kaiser Chiefs 10 #47
55 Juicebox The Strokes 32 #12
56 Paper Planes M.I.A. 43 #2
57 First Day of My Life Bright Eyes 17 #57
58 The Words That Maketh Murder PJ Harvey 3 #15
59 Over And Over Hot Chip 5 #59
60 Such Great Heights The Postal Service 58 #2
61 My Girls Animal Collective 18 #2
62 The Seed (2.0) The Roots 30 #4
63 Weak Become Heroes The Streets 1 #63
64 Your Love Alone Is Not Enough Manic Street Preachers 1 #64
65 Sophia Laura Marling 8 #6
66 That Man Will Not Hang Mclusky 2 #26
67 (tie) Laura Bat For Lashes 2 #30
67 (tie) Two Weeks Grizzly Bear 26 #5
69 A-Punk Vampire Weekend 44 #6
70 Molly's Chambers Kings of Leon 22 #27
71 Golden Retriever Super Furry Animals 1 #71
72 Ch-Check It Out Beastie Boys 35 #6
73 Walking On A Dream Empire of the Sun 19 #4
74 Phantom Limb The Shins 39 #3
75 House of Jealous Lovers The Rapture 19 #35
76 Standing In The Way Of Control The Gossip 3 #76
77 Two Months Off Underworld 2 #28
78 Lightning Bolt Jake Bugg 21 #2
79 Strict Machine Goldfrapp 2 #79
80 The Greatest Cat Power 13 #80
81 Welcome to Jamrock Damian Marley 10 #39
82 Galvanize The Chemical Brothers 22 #8
83 We Are Your Friends Justice Vs Simian 2 #62
84 Golden Skans The Klaxons 5 #54
85 1901 Phoenix 86 #1
86 Country Girl Primal Scream 11 #79
87 Tightrope Janelle Monae 13 #10
88 Jesus Walks Kanye West 4 #71
89 Robot Rock Daft Punk 3 #26
90 From The Floorboards Up Paul Weller 1 #90
91 Heartbreaker Metronomy 1 #91
92 Fix Up Look Sharp Dizzee Rascal 2 #92
93 Young Folks Peter Bjorn & John 37 #4
94 Five Years Time Noah & The Whale 1 #94
95 Paris Friendly Fires 1 #95
96 1234 Feist 22 #2
97 Milkshake Kelis 4 #73
98 The Ride Joan As Policewoman 1 #98
99 Brains Lower Dens 1 #99
100 Calling & Not Calling My Ex Okkervil River 2 #82

About this countdown

BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years was broadcast by BBC Radio 6 Music (United Kingdom (national)) in February 2, 2013. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. Because it is a themed or special countdown, it is archived here but not counted in the combined rankings.

Source: Rocklist.net, "6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years".

Spot an error? Suggest a correction.