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Year-end countdown · WERS 88.9 · 2020

WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020

The year-end countdown (2020) from WERS 88.9 in Boston, MA ranks 88 songs, with “The Steps” by Haim at number one. The list features 84 different artists.

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Listener-voted ("we have tallied your votes"). Artist credits normalized to the site's format (e.g. "X (ft. Y)" written "X feat. Y").

# Song ListsBest
1 The Steps Haim 16 #1
2 Cooler Than You Eric Hutchinson 2 #2
3 Letter To You Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 13 #2
4 Everything Has Changed Best Coast 12 #4
5 Making Do Lake Street Dive 7 #5
6 Kyoto Phoebe Bridgers 20 #1
7 Bad Decisions The Strokes 22 #1
8 Time (You and I) Khruangbin 11 #8
9 Caution The Killers 16 #5
10 Hell N Back Bakar 14 #10
11 The Let Go Elle King 7 #4
12 Fire Black Pumas 7 #1
13 Feel the Way I Want Caroline Rose 8 #4
14 Feel You My Morning Jacket 12 #7
15 Who Do You Think You're Talking To? Dawes 7 #15
16 Shameika Fiona Apple 12 #4
17 The Valley of the Pagans Gorillaz 6 #17
18 circle the drain Soccer Mommy 12 #4
19 Lost In Yesterday Tame Impala 23 #2
20 Leave Virginia Alone Tom Petty 5 #16
21 Rolling Michael Kiwanuka 7 #8
22 Texas Sun Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 17 #1
23 And It's Still Alright Nathaniel Rateliff 18 #1
24 4 American Dollars U.S. Girls 7 #24
25 Shame Shame Foo Fighters 15 #6
26 I disappear in your arms Christine and the Queens 5 #26
27 Deleter Grouplove 8 #13
28 Is It True Tame Impala 11 #8
29 Didn't Want to Be This Lonely The Pretenders 6 #29
30 If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know) 1975 6 #30
31 July Noah Cyrus 4 #31
32 Strong Enough Ray LaMontagne 10 #10
33 Can I Believe You Fleet Foxes 16 #6
34 Dance Of The Clairvoyants Pearl Jam 14 #5
35 Dreamsicle Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 15 #13
36 Visitor Of Monsters And Men 7 #11
37 One More Second Matt Berninger 4 #37
38 Officer of Love CAAMP 5 #13
39 Living in Ghost Town The Rolling Stones 9 #12
40 Cheesin' Cautious Clay 1 #40
41 I'm Alive Norah Jones 4 #35
42 The Great Divide The Shins 5 #42
43 The Adults Are Talking The Strokes 18 #1
44 Hard On Everyone Kathleen Edwards 8 #9
45 Expectations Katie Pruitt 11 #7
46 I See You Phoebe Bridgers 4 #46
47 I Got You Michael Franti & Spearhead 7 #24
48 Chocolate Samurai Fantastic Negrito 4 #48
49 Guess Again Jeff Tweedy 2 #49
50 Care Beabadoobee 9 #33
51 The Good Life Devon Gilfillian 12 #9
52 Ferris Wheel Sylvan Esso 13 #6
53 Back To Me Grace Potter 3 #4
54 Ocean Bed Darlingside 2 #11
55 Video Game Sufjan Stevens 6 #14
56 Lilacs Waxahatchee 14 #10
57 survivin' Bastille 6 #23
58 On The Floor Perfume Genius 6 #38
59 Hero Weezer 10 #6
60 The Last Great American Dynasty Taylor Swift 1 #60
61 CYR The Smashing Pumpkins 6 #48
62 Giants Dermot Kennedy 3 #44
63 Be Afraid Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 11 #6
64 Strangers Mt. Joy 9 #15
65 This Forgotten Town The Jayhawks 7 #18
66 All In It Together Mavis Staples 5 #28
67 Oh Yeah! Green Day 9 #16
68 Martin Car Seat Headrest 1 #68
69 Mariana Trench Bright Eyes 5 #34
70 Dionne The Japanese House 1 #70
71 Shangri-La EOB 9 #7
72 Dying to Believe The Beths 3 #45
73 No Time For Love Like Now Michael Stipe & Big Red Machine 2 #65
74 I Want More Kaleo 4 #29
75 Baby No More Anjimile 2 #75
76 Moment in the Sun Sunflower Bean 3 #5
77 This Is What You Did This Is The Kit 1 #77
78 Got To Be Tough Toots and the Maytals 2 #78
79 Impossible Weight Deep Sea Diver 11 #33
80 Proxima B Benjamin Gibbard 4 #36
81 Can't Fight Lianne La Havas 6 #10
82 Figure It Out Blu DeTiger 6 #31
83 Your Love (Déjà Vu) Glass Animals 12 #22
84 A Ghost Travis 3 #17
85 Domino Nicole Atkins 7 #5
86 Blank Slate Chicano Batman 2 #79
87 Identical Phoenix 8 #13
88 May We All Dispatch 3 #49

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About this countdown

WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020 was voted by WERS 88.9’s listeners (Boston, MA) in 2020. 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 Songs of 2020".

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