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WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2023

The year-end countdown (2023) from WFUV in New York, NY ranks 90 songs, with “Cool About It” by Boygenius at number one. The list features 69 different artists; Boygenius has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Cool About It Boygenius 5 #1
2 Not Strong Enough Boygenius 7 #1
3 Now And Then The Beatles 6 #2
4 Vampire Empire Big Thief 5 #4
5 Evangeline Stephen Sanchez 2 #5
6 The Alcott The National and Taylor Swift 1 #6
7 Ghosts Again Depeche Mode 4 #7
8 When We Were Close Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 4 #5
9 More Than a Love Song Black Pumas 6 #9
10 Francesca Hozier 4 #10
11 I Remember Everything Zach Bryan 4 #11
12 Psychos Jenny Lewis 4 #3
13 Tropic Morning News The National 2 #13
14 The Narcissist Blur 4 #14
15 Evicted Wilco 2 #15
16 Modern Girl Bleachers 3 #16
17 From The Start Laufey 7 #9
18 Nothing Matters Last Dinner Party 8 #4
19 Road To Joy Peter Gabriel 3 #14
20 Crumble The National 1 #20
21 My Love Mine All Mine Mitski 3 #21
22 Running Away Thee Sacred Souls 2 #22
23 For Your Soul Josh Ritter 2 #23
24 Say Yes to Heaven Lana Del Rey 2 #24
25 Odyssey Beck & Phoenix 3 #25
26 Radio Margo Price 1 #26
27 Good Old Days The Revivalists 2 #27
28 Angry The Rolling Stones 5 #23
29 Welcome to my Island Caroline Polachek 3 #29
30 In Your Love Tyler Childers 5 #30
31 Death Wish Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 4 #14
32 New York Comeback Lucinda Williams 1 #32
33 Eucalyptus The National 3 #33
34 Worth It RAYE 3 #34
35 Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad Rhiannon Giddens 1 #35
36 History Books The Gaslight Anthem 1 #36
37 Barbaric Blur 1 #37
38 What Now Brittany Howard 1 #38
39 Eat Your Young Hozier 5 #22
40 Running Out of Time Paramore 1 #40
41 Good Time Grace Potter 1 #41
42 Under You Foo Fighters 2 #18
43 Honey Samia 3 #8
44 Ready Or Not Shakey Graves 2 #44
45 Thinking About You Beck 4 #36
46 Jersey Giant Elle King 1 #46
47 The Returner Allison Russell 1 #47
48 Act Natural Margaret Glaspy 3 #29
49 White Horse Chris Stapleton 2 #49
50 Bug Like an Angel Mitski 3 #17
51 Be More Stephen Sanchez 3 #40
52 Atomic City U2 4 #23
53 $20 Boygenius 4 #30
54 You're the One Rhiannon Giddens 1 #54
55 Emily I'm Sorry Boygenius 1 #55
56 No More Lies Thundercat and Tame Impala 1 #56
57 New Order T-Shirt The National 1 #57
58 The Way Manchester Orchestra 1 #58
59 Glue Song Beabadoobee 2 #59
60 Stay Right Here Allison Russell 4 #46
61 Exhausting Lover Ben Folds 2 #61
62 Dear Insecurity Brandy Clark and Brandi Carlile 1 #62
63 'Cello Song Fontaines D.C. 1 #63
64 Come On Aphrodite Natalie Merchant 1 #64
65 Are You Gonna Run? Low Cut Connie 4 #58
66 Let Me Down Easy Daisy Jones & The Six 1 #66
67 Really Really Light The New Pornographers 2 #34
68 Tears Run Dry Abraham Alexander 3 #9
69 Lose You Bully 3 #40
70 Forgiving Ties Deer Tick 4 #26
71 Float Janelle Monae 5 #4
72 Positive Charge The Gaslight Anthem 1 #72
73 All I Really Wanna Do Devon Gilfillian 3 #73
74 Astral Plane Say She She 2 #74
75 The Way Things Go Beabadoobee 1 #75
76 Days Move Slow Bully 3 #28
77 Rescued Foo Fighters 5 #2
78 Younger and Dumber Indigo de Souza 1 #78
79 Cherry Baby Jenny Lewis 2 #79
80 Your Side of Town The Killers 1 #80
81 Descending To Nowhere Rodrigo y Gabriela 4 #49
82 Tower Of Babel Natalie Merchant 1 #82
83 Sinner Last Dinner Party 3 #65
84 A Night to Remember beabadoobee & Laufey 1 #84
85 Kid The Revivalists 2 #10
86 Calling Your Name Jon Batiste 2 #55
87 Pages White Reaper 2 #29
88 Weightless Arlo Parks 3 #59
89 Run Away with Me Cold War Kids 3 #11
90 I Don't Know What You See In Me Belle & Sebastian 1 #90

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About this countdown

WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2023 was voted by WFUV’s listeners (New York, NY) in 2023. 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 2023: Listener Poll Results".

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