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Year-end countdown · WERS 88.9 · 2021

WERS Top 88 Songs of 2021

The year-end countdown (2021) from WERS 88.9 in Boston, MA ranks 88 songs, with “Hypotheticals” by Lake Street Dive at number one. The list features 84 different artists.

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Listener-voted ("After tallying your votes"). Corrected: Allison Krauss (18), "Look Forward Too" (40).

# Song ListsBest
1 Hypotheticals Lake Street Dive 21 #1
2 I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs 25 #2
3 Right On Time Brandi Carlile 16 #1
4 Be Sweet Japanese Breakfast 22 #2
5 Chaise Longue Wet Leg 29 #1
6 Stop Making This Hurt Bleachers 14 #6
7 The Queen of Suffolk County Dropkick Murphys 1 #7
8 Hush The Marias 11 #6
9 FREEDOM Jon Batiste 19 #2
10 Mine Forever Lord Huron 12 #2
11 Broken Horses Brandi Carlile 17 #5
12 Quiet Town The Killers 11 #5
13 Steam Leon Bridges 5 #6
14 Solar Power Lorde 19 #6
15 Brightside Lumineers 16 #6
16 Spin It Faster Ben Harper & Ziggy Marley 1 #16
17 Hello Hello Hello Remi Wolf 4 #17
18 Can't Let Go Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 16 #4
19 Stacking Chairs Middle Kids 5 #19
20 Easy On Me Adele 11 #5
21 Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender 14 #1
22 The Bandit Kings of Leon 13 #8
23 Moaning Lisa Smile Wolf Alice 20 #12
24 Waiting On A War Foo Fighters 13 #3
25 All My Favorite Songs Weezer 14 #6
26 Motorbike Leon Bridges 13 #7
27 Bitter Taste Billy Idol 5 #4
28 We Are Between Modest Mouse 13 #4
29 I Ran Away Dinosaur Jr. 5 #29
30 Long Way Eddie Vedder 9 #13
31 Freedom Illiterate Light 6 #2
32 You Asked For This Halsey 4 #25
33 I Need You Jon Batiste 19 #1
34 Survivor Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 16 #7
35 The Walls Are Way Too Thin Holly Humberstone 2 #35
36 See The World Brett Dennen 7 #20
37 justified Kacey Musgraves 12 #10
38 Better Days Dermot Kennedy 2 #26
39 Crutch Band of Horses 11 #3
40 Write a List Of Things to Look Forward To Courtney Barnett 9 #22
41 Mouthful of Blood Juliana Hatfield 2 #41
42 That Life Unknown Mortal Orchestra 2 #42
43 Amoeba Clairo 9 #9
44 Ghosts Bruce Springsteen 5 #19
45 Hope Arlo Parks 7 #15
46 What You Say Cold War Kids 12 #6
47 Coming Of Age Maddie Medley 1 #47
48 Break Our Fall Dispatch 6 #48
49 The Hardest Cut Spoon 22 #4
50 Timing Alisa Amador 2 #50
51 Not Dead Yet Lord Huron 17 #3
52 Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher Brittany Howard 1 #52
53 U&ME Alt J 13 #13
54 Bunny Is A Rider Caroline Polachek 4 #42
55 Love Love Love My Morning Jacket 14 #8
56 Brando Lucy Dacus 11 #8
57 Colorado Milky Chance 8 #5
58 Magnificent Hurt Elvis Costello and The Imposters 13 #11
59 Wolves Garbage 5 #20
60 I'll Call You Mine Girl In Red 8 #27
61 Down St. Vincent 6 #35
62 Bed Head Manchester Orchestra 11 #1
63 Valentine Snail Mail 10 #1
64 Coney Island Taylor Swift and the National 1 #64
65 Black Myself Amythyst Kiah 14 #2
66 Roots and Wings The Wallflowers 6 #7
67 Chapstick Coin 13 #1
68 Worry With You Sleater-Kinney 11 #21
69 Like We Used To Coral Moons 1 #69
70 The Angel of 8th Ave. Gang of Youths 6 #6
71 Spirit Power and Soul Johnny Marr 2 #32
72 Guest Room Future Teens 1 #72
73 Crawling Kingsnake The Black Keys 12 #6
74 Vertigo Alice Merton 10 #13
75 Rushing Water Sting 4 #15
76 Watching The Wheels Chris Cornell 1 #76
77 Pollyanna Green Day 2 #19
78 Gettin Around to It Kaiti Jones 1 #78
79 Back In Ohio Lucero 6 #33
80 Elevator Boots Counting Crows 6 #18
81 Running Uphill Carissa Johnson and Cliff Notes 1 #81
82 Sanctuary Hiss Golden Messenger 10 #5
83 All You Ever Wanted Rag'N'Bone Man 5 #26
84 Into The Blue Joy Formidable 3 #84
85 Diamond Studded Shoes Yola 15 #1
86 Wake Me Up Foals 11 #7
87 The Tipping Point Tears for Fears 8 #13
88 I WANNA DIE BUT I CAN'T (CUZ I GOTTA KEEP LIVING) Pronoun 1 #88

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About this countdown

WERS Top 88 Songs of 2021 was voted by WERS 88.9’s listeners (Boston, MA) in 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: WERS 88.9, "Top 88 of 2021".

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