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WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016

The year-end countdown (2016) from WFUV in New York, NY ranks 90 songs, with “Wow” by Beck at number one. The list features 73 different artists; Michael Kiwanuka has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Wow Beck 24 #1
2 Lazarus David Bowie 18 #1
3 Love and Hate Michael Kiwanuka 15 #3
4 Ain't No Man Avett Brothers 21 #4
5 You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen 14 #5
6 Older And Taller Regina Spektor 5 #6
7 Off the Ground The Record Company 16 #3
8 Best Kept Secret case/lang/veirs 7 #8
9 Call Off Your Dogs Lake Street Dive 12 #8
10 Wristband Paul Simon 5 #10
11 Gardenia Iggy Pop 14 #6
12 Radio Sylvan Esso 12 #12
13 True Sadness Avett Brothers 9 #13
14 Burn The Witch Radiohead 18 #5
15 Rita Mae Young The Record Company 10 #8
16 Quiet Corners and Empty Spaces The Jayhawks 10 #16
17 Atomic Number case/lang/veirs 5 #17
18 New Song Warpaint 10 #16
19 Red Earth & Pouring Rain Bear's Den 2 #18
20 Rhythm & Blues The Head and the Heart 9 #8
21 Shut Up Kiss Me Angel Olsen 12 #7
22 Surrender Under Protest Drive-By Truckers 2 #22
23 Mess Around Cage The Elephant 19 #11
24 When the Tequila Runs Out Dawes 9 #8
25 You And I Margaret Glaspy 10 #6
26 Casual Party Band of Horses 16 #5
27 Don't Need It Seratones 4 #27
28 Real Love Baby Father John Misty 18 #7
29 Only a River Bob Weir 1 #29
30 Ophelia Lumineers 39 #1
31 33 God Bon Iver 8 #13
32 A Wonderful Life Brian Fallon 3 #23
33 Easier Said Sunflower Bean 3 #33
34 Get Out Frightened Rabbit 15 #28
35 I'm Still Here Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings 4 #1
36 Voices in My Head Bob Mould 2 #36
37 All We Ever Knew The Head and the Heart 20 #4
38 Bring My Baby Back Dr. Dog 8 #24
39 Cold To See Clear Nada Surf 5 #39
40 Every Songbird Says Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop 2 #40
41 I Wish I Was Sober Frightened Rabbit 8 #37
42 I'm In Love Teenage Fanclub 3 #42
43 Mistakes Lake Street Dive 1 #43
44 White Flag Joseph 15 #7
45 A 1000 Times Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam 3 #29
46 A Litte Crazy Nicole Atkins 1 #46
47 Anyhow Tedeschi Trucks Band 14 #4
48 Black Man in a White World Michael Kiwanuka 4 #48
49 Madness Lucius 2 #49
50 Tiny Dinosaur Jr. 3 #50
51 Hey, No Pressure Ray LaMontagne 5 #21
52 Blackstar David Bowie 8 #30
53 Let Me Get By Tedeschi Trucks Band 4 #41
54 Tachycardia Conor Oberst 1 #54
55 Dis Generation A Tribe Called Quest 2 #13
56 Vaporize Amos Lee 3 #56
57 Classic Masher The Pixies 8 #45
58 Can't Get Enough Of Myself Santigold 3 #55
59 Cautionary Tale Dylan LeBlanc 5 #59
60 Life Itself Glass Animals 16 #1
61 Cold Little Heart Michael Kiwanuka 21 #2
62 I Am Chemistry Yeasayer 1 #62
63 Okkervil River R.I.P. Okkervil River 1 #63
64 One More Night Michael Kiwanuka 11 #26
65 Fountain of Youth Local Natives 9 #30
66 Same Old Lie Jim James 1 #66
67 Steve McQueen Brian Fallon 1 #67
68 The Trapper and the Furrier Regina Spektor 1 #68
69 Water Ra Ra Riot 13 #33
70 Wish I knew You The Revivalists 36 #1
71 Ain't It a Sin Charles Bradley 6 #36
72 Alaska Maggie Rogers 22 #3
73 Best To You Blood Orange 3 #73
74 Beauty Of Your Smile Alejandro Escovedo 1 #74
75 Holy Commotion The Pretenders 6 #54
76 Biloxi Hiss Golden Messenger 6 #76
77 Dead Alive The Shins 2 #77
78 Brace for Impact (Live a Little) Sturgill Simpson 8 #19
79 Blessings (Reprise) Chance The Rapper 1 #79
80 Here In Spirit Jim James 8 #7
81 Brazil Declan McKenna 18 #2
82 Capsized Andrew Bird 13 #26
83 Silly Me Yeasayer 3 #9
84 Cranes in the Sky Solange 7 #50
85 Confession M. Ward 2 #85
86 I Can't Stop Thinking About You Sting 7 #26
87 Hurtin' (On the Bottle) Margo Price 7 #40
88 I Know Shovels and Rope 3 #44
89 Bleeding Heart Regina Spektor 5 #35
90 Running Out Of Time Amos Lee 2 #43

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About this countdown

WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 was voted by WFUV’s listeners (New York, NY) in 2016. 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: WFUV, "Best of 2016: Listener Poll Results".

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