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

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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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