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