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WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021

The year-end countdown (2021) from WFUV in New York, NY ranks 90 songs, with “Chaise Longue” by Wet Leg at number one. The list features 72 different artists; Brandi Carlile has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Chaise Longue Wet Leg 29 #1
2 I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs 25 #2
3 Black Myself Amythyst Kiah 14 #2
4 Be Sweet Japanese Breakfast 22 #2
5 Quiet Town The Killers 11 #5
6 Right On Time Brandi Carlile 16 #1
7 Hurt Arlo Parks 17 #5
8 You and Me On The Rock Brandi Carlile 11 #3
9 Amoeba Clairo 9 #9
10 Brando Lucy Dacus 11 #8
11 Hypotheticals Lake Street Dive 21 #1
12 FREEDOM Jon Batiste 19 #2
13 Witchoo Durand Jones & The Indications 13 #13
14 Stop Making This Hurt Bleachers 14 #6
15 Paprika Japanese Breakfast 9 #13
16 Stand For Myself Yola 9 #9
17 Taking Me Back Jack White 17 #3
18 Certainty Big Thief 7 #18
19 justified Kacey Musgraves 12 #10
20 Baby Don't Cry Sunflower Bean 2 #20
21 Moaning Lisa Smile Wolf Alice 20 #12
22 Write a List Of Things to Look Forward To Courtney Barnett 9 #22
23 Easy On Me Adele 11 #5
24 Nightflyer Allison Russell 10 #1
25 Worry With You Sleater-Kinney 11 #21
26 Mine Forever Lord Huron 12 #2
27 Not Dead Yet Lord Huron 17 #3
28 The Angel of 8th Ave. Gang of Youths 6 #6
29 Phoenix Big Red Machine 7 #29
30 Magnificent Hurt Elvis Costello and The Imposters 13 #11
31 Diamond Studded Shoes Yola 15 #1
32 All My Favorite Songs Weezer 14 #6
33 Making a Fire (Mark Ronson Re-Version) Foo Fighters 1 #33
34 Puppy And A Truck Jenny Lewis 5 #25
35 Hot and Heavy Lucy Dacus 7 #17
36 Questions Middle Kids 7 #7
37 Magnolia Blues Adia Victoria 9 #37
38 Worry No More Amos Lee 10 #14
39 Long Way Eddie Vedder 9 #13
40 I Need You Jon Batiste 19 #1
41 Solar Power Lorde 19 #6
42 Harlem River Blues Justin Townes Earle 15 #6
43 Can't Let Go Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 16 #4
44 Walking at a Downtown Pace Parquet Courts 5 #15
45 Broken Horses Brandi Carlile 17 #5
46 How Not To Drown CHVRCHES 7 #1
47 Rae Street Courtney Barnett 6 #32
48 Survivor Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 16 #7
49 The Last Man on Earth Wolf Alice 6 #31
50 Dancing Away In Tears Yola 1 #50
51 Beautiful Life Michael Kiwanuka 1 #51
52 Lost Cause Billie Eilish 2 #52
53 Motorbike Leon Bridges 13 #7
54 Last Train Home John Mayer 7 #11
55 Like I Used To Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen 11 #5
56 Call me a Fool Valerie June 15 #4
57 662 Christone Kingfish Ingram 4 #2
58 Stacking Chairs Middle Kids 5 #19
59 Face Down In The Moment Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 7 #14
60 Galacticana Strand Of Oaks 8 #23
61 Wild Blue John Mayer 4 #24
62 Valentine Snail Mail 10 #1
63 The Hardest Cut Spoon 22 #4
64 Pay Your Way in Pain St. Vincent 12 #6
65 Hush The Marias 11 #6
66 Bed Head Manchester Orchestra 11 #1
67 Hope Arlo Parks 7 #15
68 You've Got a Habit Of Leaving David Bowie 1 #68
69 Wake Me Up Foals 11 #7
70 Heat Waves Glass Animals 17 #1
71 Keep Moving Jungle 4 #46
72 Steam Leon Bridges 5 #6
73 Love Love Love My Morning Jacket 14 #8
74 The Melting Of The Sun St. Vincent 1 #74
75 The Last dance St. Paul & The Broken Bones 8 #23
76 The Tipping Point Tears for Fears 8 #13
77 Crawling Kingsnake The Black Keys 12 #6
78 Jazz On The Autobahn The Felice Brothers 8 #2
79 Don't Go Puttin Wishes In My Head Torres 2 #70
80 Hold Yourself TuneYards 11 #22
81 Up All Night Aaron Lee Tasjan 1 #81
82 Burn It Out Aimee Mann 1 #82
83 I Ran Away Dinosaur Jr. 5 #29
84 Once More For The Ocean Slothrust 2 #11
85 Hey Lou Liz Phair 3 #26
86 Two Flock of Dimes 3 #34
87 Therefore I Am Billie Eilish 11 #10
88 Get Closer Twin Shadow 1 #88
89 Spanish Doors Liz Phair 7 #50
90 Roots Cautious Clay 4 #29

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About this countdown

WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 was voted by WFUV’s listeners (New York, NY) 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: WFUV, "The Best of 2021: Listener Poll Results".

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