Year-end countdown · The Current · December 31, 2014

The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014

The year-end countdown (December 31, 2014) from The Current in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN ranks 89 songs, with “Salad Days” by Mac DeMarco at number one. The list features 67 different artists; Beck has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
89 Salad Days Mac DeMarco 2 #57
88 Busy Earnin' Jungle 6 #67
87 Beggin For Thread Banks 14 #7
86 On the Rocks The Rural Alberta Advantage 2 #86
85 Kansas City The New Basement Tapes 12 #14
84 Alone in My Home Jack White 4 #84
83 Heart Is a Drum Beck 7 #33
82 The Party Line Belle & Sebastian 9 #25
81 Back To The Shack Weezer 11 #4
80 Let's Be Still The Head and the Heart 9 #36
79 Almost Like the Blues Leonard Cohen 3 #79
78 Here Comes the Night Time The Arcade Fire 4 #38
77 1998 Chet Faker 2 #8
76 Shelter Song Temples 12 #32
75 Bitter Atmosphere 1 #75
74 Rent I Pay Spoon 4 #48
73 Turn it Around Lucius 11 #34
72 Slow Motion PHOX 4 #72
71 No Rest for the Wicked Lykke Li 1 #71
70 Me and You Jake Bugg 5 #40
69 Normal Person The Arcade Fire 2 #69
68 The Writing's On The Wall OK Go 6 #22
67 Snap Out of It Arctic Monkeys 2 #2
66 Brill Bruisers The New Pornographers 7 #31
65 i Kendrick Lamar 6 #36
64 Waking Light Beck 2 #64
63 Riptide Vance Joy 40 #1
62 Howling at the Moon Phantogram 1 #62
61 All The Rage Back Home Interpol 8 #13
60 Pickles from the Jar Courtney Barnett 4 #51
59 Blue Moon Beck 19 #6
58 Colorado Chastity Brown 2 #58
57 Yellow Flicker Beat Lorde 12 #9
56 Little Grace Hippo Campus 2 #56
55 Dancehall Domine The New Pornographers 3 #55
54 Morning Song Avett Brothers 1 #54
53 Jackie and Wilson Hozier 17 #30
52 Are You Behind the Shining Star? Trampled by Turtles 4 #52
51 Violen Shiver Benjamin Booker 16 #15
50 Half About Being a Woman Caroline Smith 1 #50
49 Red Eyes The War On Drugs 33 #11
48 What Doesn't Kill You Jake Bugg 4 #26
47 Stay with Me Sam Smith 12 #3
46 Rainbow Robert Plant 10 #31
45 Joan of Arc The Arcade Fire 1 #45
44 Cigarette Daydreams Cage The Elephant 28 #4
43 Two Weeks FKA twigs 4 #43
42 Stolen Dance Milky Chance 32 #4
41 Gotta Get Away The Black Keys 17 #15
40 King and Cross Asgeir 9 #9
39 Birth in Reverse St. Vincent 6 #36
38 Kanye West Atmosphere 1 #38
37 Take It As It Comes J. Roddy Walston and the Business 7 #5
36 Batches and Cookies Lizzo 1 #36
35 Dangerous Big Data 24 #1
34 Bored in the USA Father John Misty 3 #13
33 Happy Idiot TV on the Radio 21 #13
32 Make You Better The Decemberists 21 #4
31 She's Not Me Jenny Lewis 6 #17
30 .38 Airweight Doomtree 1 #30
29 Heavenly Father Bon Iver 1 #29
28 Do You Spoon 20 #4
27 Fever The Black Keys 28 #3
26 Inside Out Spoon 15 #26
25 Waitress Song First Aid Kit 2 #25
24 After The Disco Broken Bells 7 #24
23 Under the Pressure The War On Drugs 24 #2
22 Gimme Something Good Ryan Adams 11 #7
21 West Coast Lana Del Rey 19 #7
20 Last War Haley Bonar 1 #20
19 Hunger Of The Pine Alt J 9 #19
18 Forever Haim 6 #18
17 Every Other Freckle Alt J 11 #7
16 Ghost Jeremy Messersmith 7 #16
15 Just One of the Guys Jenny Lewis 13 #9
14 Coffee Sylvan Esso 16 #5
13 Gooey Glass Animals 19 #2
12 Fall In Love Phantogram 17 #8
11 Seasons (Waiting On You) Future Islands 28 #2
10 Water Fountain TuneYards 9 #10
9 Digital Witness St. Vincent 20 #5
8 Lazaretto Jack White 21 #1
7 It's Only Dancing Jeremy Messersmith 2 #7
6 Stay Gold First Aid Kit 11 #6
5 My Silver Lining First Aid Kit 20 #5
4 Avant Gardener Courtney Barnett 23 #3
3 Left Hand Free Alt J 30 #2
2 Let 'Em Say Lizzo and Caroline Smith 1 #2
1 Take Me To Church Hozier 47 #1

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About this countdown

The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014 was voted by The Current’s listeners (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN) in December 31, 2014. 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 2014".

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