Year-end countdown · The Current · December 31, 2013

The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013

The year-end countdown (December 31, 2013) from The Current in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN ranks 89 songs, with “Sirens” by Pearl Jam at number one. The list features 66 different artists; Vampire Weekend has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
89 Sirens Pearl Jam 5 #14
88 Lovers' Revolution Iron and Wine 2 #51
87 Ain't That The Way Divine Fits 1 #87
86 Recovery Frank Turner 9 #25
85 I Won't Be Long Beck 1 #85
84 Purple, Yellow, Red, and Blue Portugal. The Man 4 #70
83 It Ain't The Prettiest Atmosphere 1 #83
82 Trying to be Cool Phoenix 6 #19
81 Is This How You Feel? The Preatures 3 #9
80 Hurricane Ms Mr 7 #8
79 Walk Us Uptown Elvis Costello and The Roots 2 #79
78 Stockholm Jason Isbell 4 #78
77 Another is Waiting Avett Brothers 2 #25
76 Humiliation The National 1 #76
75 Lonely Street Mason Jennings 1 #75
74 Team Lorde 4 #15
73 I'm Not Sayin' The Replacements 1 #73
72 Tiff Polica 1 #72
71 Husbands Savages 1 #71
70 Afterlife The Arcade Fire 5 #20
69 Prisoner Har Mar Superstar 1 #69
68 Boomtown Crankshaft and the Gear Grinders 1 #68
67 Codeine Trampled by Turtles 1 #67
66 Step Vampire Weekend 5 #26
65 State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.) Jim James 1 #65
64 Ride On / Right On Phosphorescent 2 #41
63 Acetate Volcano Choir 1 #63
62 Come to My Party Black Joe Lewis 1 #62
61 The Woodpile Frightened Rabbit 3 #61
60 From a Window Seat Dawes 5 #5
59 If So Atlas Genius 5 #4
58 Tennis Court Lorde 2 #12
57 Shuggie Foxygen 1 #57
56 Holding On For Life Broken Bells 6 #46
55 Plastic Cup Low 1 #55
54 Miracle Mile Cold War Kids 4 #3
53 Black Skinhead Kanye West 3 #20
52 We the Common (For Valerie Bolden) Thao and the Get Down Stay Down 2 #52
51 Heavy Bells J. Roddy Walston and the Business 5 #28
50 Long Time Gone Billie Joe and Norah 1 #50
49 Come A Little Closer Cage The Elephant 8 #9
48 Q.U.E.E.N. Janelle Monae 2 #48
47 Right Action Franz Ferdinand 5 #17
46 Good Friend Cloud Cult 1 #46
45 Broken Heart Dr. Dog 1 #45
44 Two Fingers Jake Bugg 3 #31
43 Black Out Days Phantogram 3 #43
42 Turn the Radio On The Suburbs 2 #42
41 Shameless Lissie 1 #41
40 Pumpin Blood NONONO 2 #40
39 Shake The Head and the Heart 3 #15
38 Hopeless Wanderer Mumford & Sons 2 #38
37 Call Off Your Ghost Dessa 1 #37
36 Chain My Name Polica 1 #36
35 Man Neko Case 2 #35
34 Warsaw Dessa 1 #34
33 Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? Arctic Monkeys 7 #6
32 Doin' It Right Daft Punk 3 #32
31 Ya Hey Vampire Weekend 4 #17
30 Sacrilege Yeah Yeah Yeahs 5 #30
29 Unbelievers Vampire Weekend 12 #18
28 Better Days Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 3 #28
27 Retrograde James Blake 3 #13
26 Out of my League Fitz and the Tantrums 7 #1
25 1x1x1 Cloud Cult 2 #25
24 Most People Dawes 4 #13
23 Byegone Volcano Choir 2 #23
22 Givin' 'Em What They Love Janelle Monae 2 #22
21 Graceless The National 4 #21
20 Don't Swallow The Cap The National 8 #20
19 Lightning Bolt Jake Bugg 8 #19
18 Song for Zula Phosphorescent 9 #1
17 Tourniquet Jeremy Messersmith 2 #17
16 Lose Yourself To Dance Daft Punk 5 #16
15 Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 1 #15
14 Skeleton Key Dessa 2 #14
13 Nancy From Now On Father John Misty 5 #13
12 Recover CHVRCHES 3 #12
11 Clouds Zach Sobiech 1 #11
10 Magazine Caroline Smith 2 #10
9 Diane Young Vampire Weekend 8 #9
8 Do I Wanna Know Arctic Monkeys 21 #2
7 Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 8 #1
6 The Wire Haim 5 #6
5 The Mother we Share CHVRCHES 10 #5
4 Reflektor The Arcade Fire 10 #4
3 Lady, You Shot Me Har Mar Superstar 1 #3
2 Royals Lorde 13 #1
1 Get Lucky Daft Punk 15 #1

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About this countdown

The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013 was voted by The Current’s listeners (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN) in December 31, 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. It counts toward the Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: The Current, "Top 89 songs of 2013".

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