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WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018

The year-end countdown (2018) from WFUV in New York, NY ranks 90 songs, with “Nina Cried Power” by Hozier at number one. The list features 72 different artists; Leon Bridges has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Nina Cried Power Hozier 16 #1
2 The Joke Brandi Carlile 24 #1
3 This is America Childish Gambino 21 #1
4 Mr. Tillman Father John Misty 16 #4
5 Make Me Feel Janelle Monae 22 #2
6 New Birth in New England Phosphorescent 10 #6
7 Beyond Leon Bridges 18 #2
8 Twentytwo Sunflower Bean 1 #8
9 Summer's End John Prine 7 #9
10 Nobody Mitski 9 #10
11 Loading Zones Kurt Vile 17 #2
12 Good Kisser Lake Street Dive 20 #7
13 Jeannie Becomes a Mom Caroline Rose 6 #3
14 Lottery Jade Bird 14 #12
15 Casanova Rayland Baxter 10 #7
16 I Was a Fool Sunflower Bean 1 #16
17 Everybody Wants To Be Famous Superorganism 5 #16
18 Charity Courtney Barnett 9 #18
19 Woman Cat Power 7 #19
20 Nameless, Faceless Courtney Barnett 10 #20
21 Bad Luck Neko Case 12 #21
22 Severed The Decemberists 13 #4
23 Fists of Fury Kamasi Washington 3 #23
24 Beverly Low Cut Connie 11 #4
25 Mistake Middle Kids 7 #25
26 Unwanted Number Elvis Costello 6 #26
27 Bad Bad News Leon Bridges 20 #1
28 Everybody's Coming To My House David Byrne 13 #8
29 Not Many Miles to Go Rosanne Cash 1 #29
30 Gold Rush Death Cab for Cutie 18 #2
31 Hunger Florence And The Machine 13 #3
32 Uh-huh Jade Bird 18 #1
33 Slow Burn Kacey Musgraves 17 #3
34 Wait By The River Lord Huron 16 #24
35 Four Out Of Five Arctic Monkeys 11 #10
36 Girlfriend Christine and the Queens 2 #8
37 You Worry Me Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 21 #1
38 Living in the Future Dawes 7 #21
39 Shame Elle King 8 #12
40 Love is Magic John Grant 1 #40
41 Small Victories The Lemon Twigs 1 #41
42 No More Darkness, No More Light Amos Lee 7 #15
43 Light On Maggie Rogers 21 #9
44 Halls of Sarah Neko Case 1 #44
45 Soul No. 5 Caroline Rose 6 #19
46 Come on to Me Paul McCartney 7 #27
47 Heat Wave Snail Mail 6 #13
48 Life to Fix The Record Company 10 #3
49 Sucker's Prayer The Decemberists 11 #4
50 Brooklyn in the Summer Aloe Blacc 2 #50
51 I'll Be Your Pilot Belle & Sebastian 1 #51
52 Bite The Hand Boygenius 6 #19
53 The Mother Brandi Carlile 5 #4
54 PARAD(w/m)E Sylvan Esso 3 #36
55 Plastic Skeletons Jealous of the Birds 1 #55
56 Disappointing Diamonds are the Rarest of Them All Father John Misty 3 #56
57 Everybody Knows The Jayhawks 6 #57
58 Hey Mama Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 13 #4
59 Some Birds Jeff Tweedy 1 #59
60 Throwback Jim James 3 #29
61 Loving Is Easy Rex Orange County 6 #20
62 When I Get to Heaven John Prine 7 #62
63 Rollin With the Flow Kurt Vile 1 #63
64 If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be) Leon Bridges 9 #13
65 Addictions Lucy Dacus 6 #65
66 Queen Tracey Thorn 1 #66
67 Curse of the I-5 Corridor Neko Case 1 #67
68 Such a Simple Thing Ray LaMontagne 10 #10
69 Short Court Style Natalie Prass 7 #2
70 Cool Soccer Mommy 4 #70
71 Tokyo Bay Nick Lowe 3 #12
72 Wide Awake Parquet Courts 5 #7
73 The Spot Your Smith 4 #42
74 Leave it Alone Amanda Shires 5 #59
75 Guiding Light Mumford & Sons 15 #11
76 This Too Shall Light Amy Helm 1 #76
77 Shiny One Belly 5 #15
78 Me & My Dog Boygenius 2 #68
79 Forget Me Not Brian Fallon 3 #5
80 A Little Honey Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 8 #8
81 Sister Tracey Thorn 1 #81
82 Need a Little Time Courtney Barnett 1 #82
83 Extraordinary Love Erika Wennerstrom 4 #83
84 Remind Me Emily King 1 #84
85 Once in a Lifetime Angelique Kidjo 5 #85
86 It's a Shame First Aid Kit 12 #16
87 Hymnostic Big Red Machine 2 #87
88 Roll on Slow Glen Hansard 5 #29
89 Bambi Hippo Campus 11 #10
90 End of the World With You Calexico 2 #87

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About this countdown

WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 was voted by WFUV’s listeners (New York, NY) in 2018. 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 2018: Listener Poll Results".

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