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Year-end countdown · The Current · December 31, 2018

The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018

The year-end countdown (December 31, 2018) from The Current in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN ranks 89 songs, with “Hymnostic” by Big Red Machine at number one. The list features 62 different artists; Janelle Monae has the most entries with four songs.

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Two songs (Death Cab for Cutie, "Gold Rush" and Greta Van Fleet, "Highway Tune") are both listed at #23 in the source; position #22 does not exist.

# Song ListsBest
89 Hymnostic Big Red Machine 2 #87
88 Corporation Jack White 1 #88
87 Pay Gap Margo Price 2 #87
86 Plimsoll Punks Alvvays 2 #86
85 A Little Honey Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 2 #80
84 When The Curtain Falls Greta Van Fleet 2 #39
83 Africa Weezer 4 #30
82 Suspirium Thom Yorke 1 #82
81 Rebel Heart First Aid Kit 1 #81
80 Everybody Knows The Jayhawks 3 #57
79 Feels Like Summer Childish Gambino 1 #79
78 Mystery of Love Sufjan Stevens 1 #78
77 Maria Tambien Khruangbin 3 #77
76 Mary Don't You Weep Prince 1 #76
75 Sky Full of Song Florence + The Machine 1 #75
74 Soul No. 5 Caroline Rose 2 #45
73 Before We Were Together Margaret Glaspy 1 #73
72 You Wouldn't Like Me The Beths 2 #72
71 Fast Slow Disco St. Vincent 2 #71
70 Sucker's Prayer The Decemberists 2 #49
69 Everybody's Coming To My House David Byrne 2 #28
68 City Looks Pretty Courtney Barnett 1 #68
67 Disarray Low 1 #67
66 Last Lion of Albion Neko Case 2 #66
65 Big God Florence + The Machine 1 #65
64 The Spot Your Smith 3 #64
63 Slow Disco (piano version) St. Vincent 1 #63
62 Lash Out Alice Merton 2 #57
61 Write It On Your Heart Bad Bad Hats 1 #61
60 I Like That Janelle Monae 1 #60
59 Loving Is Easy Rex Orange County 3 #59
58 Purple Hearts Jeremy Messersmith 1 #58
57 Heat Wave Snail Mail 3 #47
56 The Heart Is A Muscle Gang of Youths 1 #56
55 Colors Beck 2 #21
54 Every 1's A Winner Ty Segall 1 #54
53 Fire Drills Dessa 1 #53
52 Safari Song Greta Van Fleet 2 #52
51 How Did This Happen !? Bodega 1 #51
50 Light On Maggie Rogers 5 #43
49 Beverly Low Cut Connie 4 #24
48 Hey Mama Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 2 #48
47 PARAD(w/m)E Sylvan Esso 2 #47
46 Wait By The River Lord Huron 6 #34
45 Miracle CHVRCHES 3 #40
44 Uh-huh Jade Bird 4 #32
43 Loading Zones Kurt Vile 3 #11
42 New Birth in New England Phosphorescent 2 #6
41 Bad Luck Neko Case 2 #21
40 Velodrome Dessa 1 #40
39 Virgo Atmosphere 1 #39
38 Fallingwater Maggie Rogers 2 #38
37 Best Days Lissie 2 #37
36 5 Out Of 6 Dessa 1 #36
35 All The Stars Kendrick Lamar & SZA 3 #28
34 Work Out Chance The Rapper 2 #34
33 The Middle Trampled by Turtles 2 #33
32 60 & Punk Death Cab for Cutie 1 #32
31 Nina Cried Power Hozier 6 #1
30 Lottery Jade Bird 3 #14
29 Connected By Love Jack White 3 #29
28 Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience Parquet Courts 2 #28
27 Nameless, Faceless Courtney Barnett 2 #20
26 You Worry Me Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 3 #23
25 Kelly's Bar Trampled by Turtles 2 #25
24 Hunger Florence + The Machine 2 #24
23 (tie) Gold Rush Death Cab for Cutie 4 #16
23 (tie) Highway Tune Greta Van Fleet 3 #16
21 Django Jane Janelle Monae 1 #21
20 Nothing Gets Me High Bad Bad Hats 1 #20
19 Bite The Hand Boygenius 3 #19
18 Nobody Mitski 3 #10
17 Pynk Janelle Monae 1 #17
16 Everybody Wants To Be Famous Superorganism 2 #16
15 Severed The Decemberists 2 #15
14 Get Out CHVRCHES 3 #14
13 You Should See Me In A Crown Billie Eilish 5 #13
12 Boys Lizzo 1 #12
11 Hold Out Your Hand Brandi Carlile 2 #11
10 Bambi Hippo Campus 3 #10
9 Fireworks First Aid Kit 2 #9
8 Bad Bad News Leon Bridges 5 #8
7 Good Kisser Lake Street Dive 4 #7
6 Mr. Tillman Father John Misty 3 #4
5 Beyond Leon Bridges 6 #5
4 The Mother Brandi Carlile 4 #4
3 The Joke Brandi Carlile 9 #2
2 Make Me Feel Janelle Monae 9 #2
1 This is America Childish Gambino 9 #1

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About this countdown

The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 was voted by The Current’s listeners (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN) in December 31, 2018. 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 2018".

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