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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 4 #86
85 A Little Honey Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 8 #8
84 When The Curtain Falls Greta Van Fleet 11 #4
83 Africa Weezer 14 #4
82 Suspirium Thom Yorke 2 #82
81 Rebel Heart First Aid Kit 3 #81
80 Everybody Knows The Jayhawks 6 #57
79 Feels Like Summer Childish Gambino 1 #79
78 Mystery of Love Sufjan Stevens 2 #78
77 Maria Tambien Khruangbin 7 #43
76 Mary Don't You Weep Prince 1 #76
75 Sky Full of Song Florence And The Machine 6 #38
74 Soul No. 5 Caroline Rose 6 #19
73 Before We Were Together Margaret Glaspy 3 #73
72 You Wouldn't Like Me The Beths 2 #72
71 Fast Slow Disco St. Vincent 4 #71
70 Sucker's Prayer The Decemberists 11 #4
69 Everybody's Coming To My House David Byrne 13 #8
68 City Looks Pretty Courtney Barnett 1 #68
67 Disarray Low 1 #67
66 Last Lion of Albion Neko Case 7 #42
65 Big God Florence And The Machine 1 #65
64 The Spot Your Smith 4 #42
63 Slow Disco (piano version) St. Vincent 1 #63
62 Lash Out Alice Merton 11 #10
61 Write It On Your Heart Bad Bad Hats 1 #61
60 I Like That Janelle Monae 4 #60
59 Loving Is Easy Rex Orange County 6 #20
58 Purple Hearts Jeremy Messersmith 1 #58
57 Heat Wave Snail Mail 6 #13
56 The Heart Is A Muscle Gang of Youths 5 #37
55 Colors Beck 14 #5
54 Every 1's A Winner Ty Segall 3 #54
53 Fire Drills Dessa 1 #53
52 Safari Song Greta Van Fleet 7 #7
51 How Did This Happen !? Bodega 1 #51
50 Light On Maggie Rogers 21 #9
49 Beverly Low Cut Connie 11 #4
48 Hey Mama Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 13 #4
47 PARAD(w/m)E Sylvan Esso 3 #36
46 Wait By The River Lord Huron 16 #24
45 Miracle CHVRCHES 6 #29
44 Uh-huh Jade Bird 18 #1
43 Loading Zones Kurt Vile 17 #2
42 New Birth in New England Phosphorescent 10 #6
41 Bad Luck Neko Case 12 #21
40 Velodrome Dessa 1 #40
39 Virgo Atmosphere 1 #39
38 Fallingwater Maggie Rogers 8 #24
37 Best Days Lissie 9 #28
36 5 Out Of 6 Dessa 1 #36
35 All The Stars Kendrick Lamar 4 #28
34 Work Out Chance The Rapper 6 #34
33 The Middle Trampled by Turtles 6 #33
32 60 & Punk Death Cab for Cutie 1 #32
31 Nina Cried Power Hozier 16 #1
30 Lottery Jade Bird 14 #12
29 Connected By Love Jack White 10 #29
28 Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience Parquet Courts 3 #7
27 Nameless, Faceless Courtney Barnett 10 #20
26 You Worry Me Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 21 #1
25 Kelly's Bar Trampled by Turtles 2 #25
24 Hunger Florence And The Machine 13 #3
23 (tie) Gold Rush Death Cab for Cutie 18 #2
23 (tie) Highway Tune Greta Van Fleet 21 #3
21 Django Jane Janelle Monae 2 #21
20 Nothing Gets Me High Bad Bad Hats 1 #20
19 Bite The Hand Boygenius 6 #19
18 Nobody Mitski 9 #10
17 Pynk Janelle Monae 2 #17
16 Everybody Wants To Be Famous Superorganism 5 #16
15 Severed The Decemberists 13 #4
14 Get Out CHVRCHES 6 #9
13 You Should See Me In A Crown Billie Eilish 10 #1
12 Boys Lizzo 1 #12
11 Hold Out Your Hand Brandi Carlile 7 #1
10 Bambi Hippo Campus 11 #10
9 Fireworks First Aid Kit 10 #2
8 Bad Bad News Leon Bridges 20 #1
7 Good Kisser Lake Street Dive 20 #7
6 Mr. Tillman Father John Misty 16 #4
5 Beyond Leon Bridges 18 #2
4 The Mother Brandi Carlile 5 #4
3 The Joke Brandi Carlile 24 #1
2 Make Me Feel Janelle Monae 22 #2
1 This is America Childish Gambino 21 #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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