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Year-end countdown · The Current · December 31, 2021

The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021

The year-end countdown (December 31, 2021) from The Current in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN ranks 89 songs, with “Strong Feelings” by Dry Cleaning at number one. The list features 72 different artists; CHVRCHES has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
89 Strong Feelings Dry Cleaning 1 #89
88 Pick Up Your Feelings Jazmine Sullivan 1 #88
87 Steam Leon Bridges 2 #72
86 WusYaName Tyler, the Creator 2 #77
85 Monday The Regrettes 3 #76
84 Shame Shame Foo Fighters 3 #7
83 Record Player Daisy the Great 1 #83
82 Last Day On Earth Beabadoobee 1 #82
81 Keep Moving Jungle 3 #71
80 Rome Dessa 1 #80
79 Motel Room Kiss the Tiger 2 #79
78 Magnificent Hurt Elvis Costello and The Imposters 2 #78
77 Amoeba Clairo 2 #9
76 Vertigo Alice Merton 1 #76
75 Space Girl Frances Forever 1 #75
74 Back To Oz Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine 1 #74
73 All My Favorite Songs Weezer 4 #10
72 Certainty Big Thief 3 #18
71 Hush The Marias 3 #34
70 Brando Lucy Dacus 2 #10
69 I See You Phoebe Bridgers 1 #69
68 Worry With You Sleater-Kinney 2 #25
67 It's a good day (to fight the system) Shungudzo 1 #67
66 Charyse Low Cut Connie 2 #66
65 Diamond Studded Shoes Yola 2 #31
64 Walkman Bad Bad Hats 2 #64
63 Good Days SZA 2 #22
62 Strangers Black Pumas 1 #62
61 Racist, Sexist Boy - Live at LA Public Library) The Linda Lindas 2 #61
60 Mood Ring Lorde 3 #60
59 Silk Chiffon Muna 3 #10
58 Write a List Of Things to Look Forward To Courtney Barnett 2 #22
57 Black Dog Arlo Parks 1 #57
56 NDA Billie Eilish 1 #56
55 Smile Wolf Alice 3 #21
54 Stop Making This Hurt Bleachers 3 #14
53 Hot and Heavy Lucy Dacus 2 #35
52 Renegade Big Red Machine 1 #52
51 Magnolia Blues Adia Victoria 2 #37
50 Pay Your Way in Pain St. Vincent 3 #50
49 Serotonin Girl In Red 4 #40
48 Valentine Snail Mail 2 #48
47 Broken Horses Brandi Carlile 5 #45
46 The Last Man on Earth Wolf Alice 4 #46
45 Witchoo Durand Jones & The Indications 3 #13
44 Therefore I Am Billie Eilish 5 #10
43 Leave The Door Open Silk Sonic 4 #43
42 Bunny Is A Rider Caroline Polachek 2 #42
41 Mine Forever Lord Huron 4 #15
40 He Said She Said CHVRCHES 2 #40
39 Hello Hello Hello Remi Wolf 2 #39
38 Stand For Myself Yola 3 #16
37 Hold On To Love Kiss the Tiger 2 #37
36 Survivor Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 5 #8
35 Like I Used To Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen 3 #35
34 Black Myself Amythyst Kiah 4 #3
33 Motorbike Leon Bridges 2 #33
32 The Beachland Ballroom Idles 1 #32
31 Phoenix Big Red Machine 3 #29
30 Call me a Fool Valerie June 4 #30
29 Good Girls CHVRCHES 1 #29
28 I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) Glass Animals 3 #23
27 Walking at a Downtown Pace Parquet Courts 2 #27
26 Not Dead Yet Lord Huron 4 #26
25 Russian Doll Gully Boys 2 #25
24 justified Kacey Musgraves 2 #19
23 I Need You Jon Batiste 5 #23
22 Taking Me Back Jack White 4 #3
21 Wet Dream Wet Leg 5 #2
20 The Hardest Cut Spoon 8 #12
19 Detroit Basketball Bad Bad Hats 2 #19
18 Easy On Me Adele 3 #18
17 Hurt Arlo Parks 4 #7
16 Quiet Town The Killers 3 #5
15 How Not To Drown CHVRCHES 2 #15
14 Can't Let Go Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 4 #14
13 Paprika Japanese Breakfast 6 #13
12 Bitter Taste Billy Idol 1 #12
11 Hypotheticals Lake Street Dive 5 #11
10 Solar Power Lorde 5 #10
9 Rumors Lizzo 2 #9
8 Be Sweet Japanese Breakfast 6 #4
7 817 Oakland Avenue Charlie Parr 2 #7
6 I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs 6 #2
5 FREEDOM Jon Batiste 4 #5
4 Days Like These Low 2 #4
3 brutal Olivia Rodrigo 3 #3
2 Right On Time Brandi Carlile 4 #2
1 Chaise Longue Wet Leg 8 #1

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About this countdown

The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021 was voted by The Current’s listeners (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN) in December 31, 2021. 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, "The Current's Top 89 Songs of 2021".

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