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Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015

The year-end countdown (2015) from Lightning 100 in Nashville, TN ranks 100 songs, with “Budapest” by George Ezra at number one. The list features 79 different artists; Alabama Shakes has the most entries with three songs.

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Two posts (100-50 and 49-1); source_url is the 49-1 post. Printed as "Title" – Artist; archive-link notes in brackets dropped. Corrected: Jose Gonzales (90), "The New Basement" (68). Artist credits normalized to the site's format (e.g. "X (ft. Y)" written "X feat. Y").

# Song ListsBest
100 Budapest George Ezra 29 #3
99 Even the Darkness Has Arms Barr Brothers 1 #99
98 Lover Come Back City And Colour 5 #24
97 Stay With Me Ryan Adams 4 #58
96 Mountain At My Gates Foals 24 #4
95 Walk the Wire Boy & Bear 7 #63
94 Shoegaze Alabama Shakes 1 #94
93 Cigarette Daydreams Cage The Elephant 28 #4
92 Three Headed Woman Boy & Bear 5 #17
91 The Ground Walks With Time In A Box Modest Mouse 9 #6
90 Leaf Off/The Cave Jose Gonzalez 2 #25
89 Then Came the Morning Lone Bellow 14 #15
88 Nothing But The Radio Maia Sharp 3 #14
87 Tell Me What You Want From Me Good Old War 4 #56
86 10,000 Emerald Pools Borns 11 #16
85 All Your Favorite Bands Dawes 16 #3
84 Downtown The Sheepdogs 1 #84
83 Strangers Langhorne Slim 2 #82
82 Magnet Punch Brothers 1 #82
81 She's Not Me Jenny Lewis 6 #17
80 Spring To Come John Butler Trio 1 #80
79 Getting Ready to Get Down Josh Ritter 20 #5
78 From Eden Hozier 14 #9
77 Yellow Eyes Rayland Baxter 7 #41
76 Let It Happen Tame Impala 30 #5
75 Someone New Hozier 9 #13
74 Gimme All Your Love Alabama Shakes 11 #1
73 Bed On Fire Butch Walker 1 #73
72 Return To The Moon El Vy 16 #17
71 Kansas City The New Basement Tapes 12 #14
70 All This Could Be Yours Cold War Kids 5 #15
69 The Healing Gary Clark Jr. 5 #63
68 When I Get My Hands On You The New Basement Tapes 1 #68
67 I Don't Want To Change You Damien Rice 8 #21
66 Alive Tonight Grace Potter 1 #66
65 Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart Chris Cornell 10 #8
64 Spots Of Time Warren Haynes 2 #14
63 Roll Up Your Sleeves Meg Mac 3 #24
62 Punks And Poets Elliot Root 1 #62
61 Rollercoaster Bleachers 10 #15
60 What Kind Of Man Florence And The Machine 14 #4
59 No No No Beirut 5 #50
58 Winning Streak Glen Hansard 2 #58
57 Stop Your Crying Lake Street Dive 2 #57
56 Great Divide Humming House 1 #56
55 Dead Inside Muse 13 #5
54 Upside Allen Stone 1 #54
53 Make You Better The Decemberists 21 #4
52 Believe Mumford & Sons 14 #1
51 Empty Heart Grace Potter 2 #51
50 Hello My Old Heart The Oh Hellos 2 #50
49 Phone In The Pool Ben Folds 1 #49
48 Cecilia and the Satellite Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness 19 #4
47 The Way I Want You Turbo Fruits 1 #47
46 Dead Fox Courtney Barnett 5 #36
45 Take My Love Lone Bellow 4 #45
44 Quarterback Kopecky 3 #44
43 Things Happen Dawes 14 #6
42 The Money Charlie Mars 2 #42
41 Say It Houndmouth 3 #41
40 Black Sun Death Cab for Cutie 19 #4
39 Year Zero Moon Taxi 1 #39
38 Dont Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes 26 #1
37 Love 3x ZZ Ward 1 #37
36 Falling From The Sky Calexico 7 #25
35 The Eye Brandi Carlile 14 #6
34 All The Time Bahamas 7 #34
33 Next Storm Frank Turner 12 #10
32 Ship To Wreck Florence And The Machine 26 #3
31 The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive Death Cab for Cutie 13 #23
30 Shine Like Lightning Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors 1 #30
29 All The Pretty Girls Kaleo 9 #19
28 I Blew It Off Punch Brothers 4 #28
27 Crystals Of Monsters And Men 13 #9
26 The Party Line Belle & Sebastian 9 #25
25 The Wrong Year The Decemberists 5 #25
24 Under the Pressure The War On Drugs 24 #2
23 Compound Fracture My Morning Jacket 7 #15
22 Head Over Heels JD McPherson 6 #22
21 Blame It On Me George Ezra 11 #2
20 Let the Good Times Roll JD McPherson 3 #20
19 My Type Saint Motel 16 #1
18 24 Frames Jason Isbell 24 #11
17 Wherever Is Your Heart Brandi Carlile 13 #11
16 Hold Back the River James Bay 7 #16
15 Every Minute JJ Grey & Mofro 2 #15
14 First Cold War Kids 31 #2
13 Mess Is Mine Vance Joy 18 #6
12 Big Decisions My Morning Jacket 9 #12
11 Lampshades On Fire Modest Mouse 30 #2
10 Outta My Mind The Arcs 12 #10
9 Dreams Beck 31 #1
8 Satisfy Me Anderson East 3 #8
7 Hold On Tight Greg Holden 3 #7
6 The Wolf Mumford & Sons 17 #6
5 Ex's & Oh's Elle King 31 #1
4 Coming Home Leon Bridges 23 #4
3 Fool For Love Lord Huron 13 #3
2 Electric Love Borns 22 #2
1 Sedona Houndmouth 30 #1

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About this countdown

Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015 was broadcast by Lightning 100 (Nashville, TN) in 2015. 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. It counts toward the Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: Lightning 100, "2015 Top 100 Countdown" (100-50 and 49-1).

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