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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 68 different artists; The National has the most entries with five songs.

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