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Year-end countdown · WERS 88.9 · 2017

WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017

The year-end countdown (2017) from WERS 88.9 in Boston, MA ranks 88 songs, with “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man at number one. The list features 71 different artists; Portugal. The Man has the most entries with three songs.

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Listener-voted ("With the help from your votes, we've compiled the list"). Corrected: Dropkick Murphy's (39). Artist credits normalized to the site's format (e.g. "X (ft. Y)" written "X feat. Y").

# Song ListsBest
1 Feel It Still Portugal. The Man 46 #1
2 Up All Night Beck 26 #2
3 It's You Air Traffic Controller 1 #3
4 Everything Now The Arcade Fire 21 #4
5 Cold Little Heart Michael Kiwanuka 21 #2
6 Angela Lumineers 17 #2
7 Here Come The Girls Trombone Shorty 2 #7
8 Only The Wild Ones Dispatch 5 #8
9 You Dont Get Me High Anymore Phantogram 17 #4
10 I'm Still Here Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings 4 #1
11 Rhythm & Blues The Head and the Heart 9 #8
12 Human Rag'N'Bone Man 21 #5
13 On Hold The xx 19 #8
14 The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness The National 20 #4
15 Lay it On Me Vance Joy 14 #9
16 Whiteout Conditions The New Pornographers 9 #16
17 The Gold Manchester Orchestra 25 #1
18 Don't Delete The Kisses Wolf Alice 14 #9
19 Whole Wide World Cage The Elephant 9 #4
20 Pain De La Soul 1 #20
21 The Way You Used To Do Queens of the Stone Age 17 #1
22 Love Lana Del Rey 8 #21
23 The Man The Killers 19 #4
24 Love and Hate Michael Kiwanuka 15 #3
25 Hard Times Paramore 1 #25
26 Green Light Lorde 13 #6
27 Real Love Baby Father John Misty 18 #7
28 My Mind is For Sale Jack Johnson 6 #19
29 High Ticket Attractions The New Pornographers 11 #17
30 King Of A One Horse Town Dan Auerbach 1 #30
31 Hope the High Road Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 9 #12
32 It's a Shame First Aid Kit 12 #16
33 Dear Life Beck 11 #14
34 Radio Sylvan Esso 12 #12
35 Sit Next To Me Foster The People 18 #2
36 Let Your Hair Down Adam Ezra Group 1 #36
37 Jumpstarting Deer Tick 3 #18
38 Hot Thoughts Spoon 20 #3
39 Until The Next Time Dropkick Murphys 1 #39
40 You're the Best Thing About Me U2 11 #17
41 Shine On Me Dan Auerbach 12 #14
42 Mourning Sound Grizzly Bear 9 #14
43 Holding On The War On Drugs 18 #3
44 Anywhere Passenger 1 #44
45 Classic Masher The Pixies 8 #45
46 Perfect Places Lorde 6 #21
47 Sunday Rain Foo Fighters 1 #47
48 Little Dark Age MGMT 1 #48
49 Lost On You LP 11 #11
50 High Sir Sly 6 #6
51 Do You Still Love Me? Ryan Adams 8 #4
52 Get Out Of Your Own Way U2 3 #52
53 First Cold War Kids 31 #2
54 Die Young Sylvan Esso 13 #8
55 Run For Cover The Killers 10 #3
56 In Undertow Alvvays 4 #37
57 Can I Sit Next To You Spoon 13 #6
58 Cannonball ZZ Ward 3 #48
59 SAME Matthew Logan Vasquez 3 #59
60 Less Than Nine Inch Nails 8 #22
61 Ti Amo Phoenix 3 #61
62 Love Is Mystical Cold War Kids 11 #8
63 Still Breathing Green Day 14 #3
64 I Can't Stop Thinking About You Sting 7 #26
65 Alone The Pretenders 1 #65
66 No Roots Alice Merton 26 #3
67 Ride 'Em on Down The Rolling Stones 1 #67
68 Where's the Revolution Depeche Mode 5 #14
69 Freakin' Out Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears 1 #69
70 Reverend Kings of Leon 8 #18
71 So Tied Up Cold War Kids 7 #33
72 Live in the Moment Portugal. The Man 17 #3
73 Take It from Me Kongos 8 #31
74 Wild and Reckless Blitzen Trapper 1 #74
75 High and Low Empire of the Sun 10 #19
76 On + Off Maggie Rogers 6 #66
77 Holy Commotion The Pretenders 6 #54
78 Slip Away Perfume Genius 1 #78
79 Name For You The Shins 9 #9
80 I Dare You The xx 13 #24
81 Around The World Kings of Leon 2 #81
82 Fire Beth Ditto 8 #69
83 Wall of Glass Liam Gallagher 1 #83
84 Your Love Middle Kids 1 #84
85 Breath and Burning Phish 2 #60
86 I Miss Those Days Bleachers 4 #48
87 J-Boy Phoenix 6 #27
88 Keep On Portugal. The Man 1 #88

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About this countdown

WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 was voted by WERS 88.9’s listeners (Boston, MA) in 2017. 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: WERS 88.9, "Top 88 of 2017".

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