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Year-end countdown · WTMD · December 29, 2016

WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2016

The year-end countdown (December 29, 2016) from WTMD in Baltimore, MD ranks 89 songs, with “Lazarus” by David Bowie at number one. The list features 81 different artists.

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The station's vote page describes the countdown as "listener and staff favorites": listener votes compiled along with staff picks, counted down December 29. Typo corrected: Iggy Popp -> Iggy Pop (16).

# Song ListsBest
1 Lazarus David Bowie 18 #1
2 Got Soul Brooks Long & The Mad Dog No Good 2 #2
3 Alaska Maggie Rogers 22 #3
4 Wish I knew You The Revivalists 36 #1
5 Burn The Witch Radiohead 18 #5
6 You And I Margaret Glaspy 10 #6
7 Here In Spirit Jim James 8 #7
8 Numb Ojr 3 #8
9 Little Movies Aaron Lee Tasjan 5 #9
10 Jack The Whistle And The Hammer Cris Jacobs 1 #10
11 When the Tequila Runs Out Dawes 9 #8
12 You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen 14 #5
13 Off the Ground The Record Company 16 #3
14 Ain't Nothin' Wrong With That Marcus King Band 6 #14
15 If I Ever Was a Child Wilco 7 #15
16 Gardenia Iggy Pop 14 #6
17 Cannibal Andy Bopp 1 #17
18 Shut Up Kiss Me Angel Olsen 12 #7
19 Brace for Impact (Live a Little) Sturgill Simpson 8 #19
20 Hi Ho The War and Treaty 2 #20
21 Wow Beck 24 #1
22 True Sadness Avett Brothers 9 #13
23 Semaphore Flock of Dimes 1 #23
24 Bring My Baby Back Dr. Dog 8 #24
25 Real Love Baby Father John Misty 18 #7
26 Ghenghis Khan Miike Snow 15 #1
27 Tearing Me Up Bob Moses 9 #15
28 Artificial Sin Super City 2 #28
29 Fallin' Rain Karl Blau 2 #29
30 I Don't Care About You Lake Street Dive 7 #14
31 Follow the Leader Foxygen 6 #31
32 Ophelia Lumineers 39 #1
33 In a Drawer Band of Horses 15 #10
34 Ancient Jules Steve Gunn 2 #34
35 Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) David Bowie 1 #35
36 Turning Into Water Maybird 6 #36
37 Emotions and Math Margaret Glaspy 8 #37
38 Lost On You LP 11 #11
39 Mountain At My Gates Foals 24 #4
40 Rita Mae Young The Record Company 10 #8
41 Glory Sunbathers 2 #41
42 Astral Plane Valerie June 11 #42
43 Katchi Nick Waterhouse 7 #6
44 1973 Beth Orton 2 #28
45 Floridada Animal Collective 3 #45
46 Miracle Aligner The Last Shadow Puppets 3 #46
47 White Flag Joseph 15 #7
48 Quiet Corners and Empty Spaces The Jayhawks 10 #16
49 Testifier The Saint Johns 2 #49
50 All We Ever Knew The Head and the Heart 20 #4
51 No Matter Where We Go Whitney 6 #51
52 Longer Lydia Loveless 1 #52
53 Fire Barns Courtney 8 #19
54 Watching The Waiting Wye Oak 1 #54
55 Better Man Leon Bridges 8 #9
56 Life Don't Last That Long Anders Osborne 2 #56
57 Let Me Be Your Girl Rachael Yamagata 1 #57
58 Cold To See Clear Nada Surf 5 #39
59 Wristband Paul Simon 5 #10
60 Water Ra Ra Riot 13 #33
61 Casual Party Band of Horses 16 #5
62 Tiny Dinosaur Jr. 3 #50
63 Ambulance The Amazing 2 #63
64 Strange LP 1 #64
65 Do You Still Love Me? Ryan Adams 8 #4
66 East Coast Girl Butch Walker 2 #66
67 What It Means Pressing Strings 2 #48
68 Good Girls Elle King 4 #39
69 I Can't Believe I Found You In That Town Mike Doughty 2 #9
70 Eyes On You Hey Marseilles 1 #70
71 33 God Bon Iver 8 #13
72 You Know The One Other Colors 1 #72
73 Walk To The One You Love Twin Peaks 1 #73
74 No Love Like Yours Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 1 #74
75 Aeroplane Look Park 2 #75
76 Park and Ride It The Lushpockets 2 #76
77 Heartbeat Smile Alejandro Escovedo 2 #21
78 Ain't No Man Avett Brothers 21 #4
79 Live Die Nellie Pearl 2 #79
80 Minneapolis Andy Bopp 1 #80
81 Mama Can't Help You Doyle Bramhall II 1 #81
82 One More Night Michael Kiwanuka 11 #26
83 Best Kept Secret case/lang/veirs 7 #8
84 Seasons Change The Jack Moves 2 #84
85 Trip and Fall Kavoossi 2 #85
86 Call Off Your Dogs Lake Street Dive 12 #8
87 Working Poor Fantastic Negrito 1 #87
88 Only You Remain Great American Canyon Band 1 #88
89 Shine Mondo Cozmo 15 #11

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About this countdown

WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2016 was broadcast by WTMD (Baltimore, MD) in December 29, 2016. 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: WTMD 89.7, "The Top 89 Songs of 2016".

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