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Year-end countdown · Exit 97.7 · January 1, 2026

WEXT Top 106 of 2025

The year-end countdown (January 1, 2026) from Exit 97.7 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ranks 106 songs, with “You Won't Dig My Grave” by Josh Ritter at number one. The list features 95 different artists; Goose has the most entries with three songs.

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Transcribed from the PDF linked on the station's page "The Top 106 of 2025" (https://www.wextradio.org/arts/2026-01-01/the-top-106-of-2025). Countdown aired 10am-5pm on January 1, 2026.

# Song ListsBest
1 You Won't Dig My Grave Josh Ritter 3 #1
2 Same Old Song Lumineers 13 #2
3 Wreck Neko Case 11 #3
4 Give It Time Goose 8 #4
5 Madalena Goose 11 #1
6 Poison In My Well Maggie Rose & Grace Potter 3 #6
7 Little Bit Larkin Poe 1 #7
8 Save Your Tears Jade Bird 2 #8
9 That's Gonna Leave a Mark Molly Tuttle 8 #3
10 moody Royel Otis 21 #5
11 Best Guess Lucy Dacus 6 #11
12 Another Life Alabama Shakes 14 #3
13 I Wrote a Song Called Take the Skinheads Bowling David Lowery 1 #13
14 Everyday Magic My Morning Jacket 9 #11
15 Sushi and Coca Cola St. Paul & The Broken Bones 13 #8
16 Superlover Allison Russell 1 #16
17 The Night Before The Black Keys 9 #13
18 Where I Belong Galactic 1 #18
19 Heartbreak TuneYards 6 #19
20 Lucy Mt. Joy 13 #3
21 Growing Pains Trousdale 1 #21
22 Watch Me Go Lord Huron 12 #7
23 Ultraviolet Clover County 7 #23
24 What Is The Reason For It? David Byrne 8 #24
25 People Of Substance Craig Finn 4 #25
26 Everything Is Peaceful Love Bon Iver 14 #2
27 Puff Of Smoke Wood Brothers 4 #27
28 Where There's Smoke, There's Fire Paul Weller 1 #28
29 Chateau Blues Spoon 9 #26
30 Ancient Light I'm With Her 4 #30
31 From Bon Iver 6 #31
32 Crucified Son Charley Crockett 5 #10
33 Enough Jeff Tweedy 15 #10
34 Returning To Myself Brandi Carlile 8 #16
35 too good Maren Morris 1 #35
36 Luke And Leanna Craig Finn 6 #14
37 Praying for Your Downfall Jensen Mcrae 1 #37
38 Wildfire Alexis Cunningham 1 #38
39 Rising Up Ryan Shaw 1 #39
40 Upside Southern Avenue 4 #40
41 Mistakes CAAMP 7 #15
42 Break Up With Everything Michael Franti & Spearhead 2 #42
43 Rubber Band Man Mumford & Sons 10 #2
44 Roll On Buddy Eric Bibb 1 #44
45 Bang Bang Bang Sports Team 5 #25
46 Big Money Jon Batiste 10 #17
47 People Watching Sam Fender 8 #34
48 Say I Love You Anderson East 3 #48
49 Spaceman in Tulsa Counting Crows 7 #7
50 Livin' in the USA Low Cut Connie 1 #50
51 Your Direction Goose 6 #10
52 Trippin' On You John Butler 2 #52
53 Bitin' List Tyler Childers 2 #38
54 Let's Go Sierra Hull 1 #54
55 Exploding Star Heather Maloney 1 #55
56 Gold Rush Lucius 8 #13
57 Someday Soon Presley Haile 1 #57
58 Human Brandi Carlile 6 #10
59 Getting Older Gary Louris 1 #59
60 Up On The Mountain Seth Walker 1 #60
61 Hotter Than Hell Caitlin Canty 1 #61
62 It's the Little Things Charles Wesley Godwin 1 #62
63 Daisy Marfa 5 #44
64 Letter of Love Jackie Bristow 1 #64
65 Should I Go Missing Jason Isbell 1 #65
66 The Twenty-One Song Salute Rodney Crowell 2 #66
67 Cry Baby Sunny War 2 #67
68 Blank Canvas ALO 1 #68
69 Wheel Jesse Welles 9 #5
70 Elderberry Wine Wednesday 15 #1
71 Incomprehensible Big Thief 11 #10
72 Townies Wednesday 6 #34
73 Flower Moon Durand Jones & The Indications 6 #28
74 Progress of Man (Bitcoin & Cattle) Hayes Carll 1 #74
75 Tanana Portugal. The Man 9 #22
76 The World's Gone Wrong Lucinda Williams 2 #76
77 Elegantly wasted Hermanos Gutierrez 15 #2
78 At the Beach, In Every Life Gigi Perez 5 #22
79 Memory Bank Drew & Ellie Holcomb 1 #79
80 Looks Like the End of the Road Alison Krauss & Union Station 1 #80
81 Want Me Bebe Stockwell 1 #81
82 Wildfire Season Jobi Riccio 3 #20
83 When the Truth Comes Out Kathleen Edwards 1 #83
84 Man On A Mission The Black Keys 6 #29
85 Billy (yeah yeah yeah) Inhaler 3 #84
86 Won't Be Long Kris Delmhorst 1 #86
87 Don't Think Twice It's Alright Muireann Bradley 1 #87
88 Flowers Nathaniel Rateliff & Gregory Alan Isakov 2 #88
89 My Angel Basia Bulat 1 #89
90 Fascination in the Dark Vance Joy 3 #41
91 Tough Times Don't Last Paul Thorn 2 #56
92 Idiot Box Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory 10 #1
93 Here We Go Crazy Bob Mould 5 #53
94 Virginia Slim Clover County 2 #71
95 People We Used To Be The Swell Season 1 #95
96 Come As You Are Rhett Miller 2 #96
97 Open All Night [Live at Count Basie Theatre] Bruce Springsteen 1 #97
98 Get My Share Freedom Affair 2 #80
99 Nice to Know You Alexis Cunningham 1 #99
100 The Highway Knows Molly Tuttle 1 #100
101 Stereo Kendall Jane Meade 1 #101
102 Destination Oshima Brothers 1 #102
103 My Old Ride Will Dailey 2 #13
104 Blind Spot Bruce Springsteen 2 #72
105 Believe Kashus Culpepper 6 #24
106 Breakdown Penny & Sparrow 1 #106

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About this countdown

WEXT Top 106 of 2025 was broadcast by Exit 97.7 (Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY) in January 1, 2026. 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: WEXT Exit 97.7, "The Top 106 of 2025" (PDF).

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