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WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2020

The year-end countdown (2020) from WTMD in Baltimore, MD ranks 89 songs, with “Five More Minutes” by The War and Treaty at number one. The list features 85 different artists.

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Listener-voted (the countdown was announced on the station page). #1, #42 and #57 are printed title-first; columns swapped here. Artist credits normalized to the site's format (e.g. "X (ft. Y)" written "X feat. Y").

# Song ListsBest
1 Five More Minutes The War and Treaty 9 #1
2 Texas Sun Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 17 #1
3 For Sure Future Islands 8 #3
4 exile Taylor Swift 11 #3
5 Letter To You Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 13 #2
6 Murder Most Foul Bob Dylan 6 #6
7 This Man Robert Cray 1 #7
8 I'm Ready Black Pumas 7 #8
9 Lonely Heather Nude Party 3 #9
10 circle the drain Soccer Mommy 12 #4
11 The Adults Are Talking The Strokes 18 #1
12 Starz Ben Kweller 1 #12
13 The Steps Haim 16 #1
14 Expectations Katie Pruitt 11 #7
15 Xian Man Stephen Malkmus 1 #15
16 Kyoto Phoebe Bridgers 20 #1
17 Shameika Fiona Apple 12 #4
18 Strange Girl Laura Marling 7 #18
19 Main Man Father John Misty 1 #19
20 Lilacs Waxahatchee 14 #10
21 Don't Do It, Man Concrete City 1 #21
22 Barre Songhoy Blues 3 #22
23 Slow Matt Costa 2 #23
24 Can I Believe You Fleet Foxes 16 #6
25 Bad Decisions The Strokes 22 #1
26 Brave Pressing Strings 3 #10
27 Help Me Low Cut Connie 4 #27
28 Video Game Sufjan Stevens 6 #14
29 Lost In Yesterday Tame Impala 23 #2
30 No One Falls Alone The No Ones 1 #30
31 What In The World Michael McDermott 1 #31
32 The Let Go Elle King 7 #4
33 Shangri-La EOB 9 #7
34 Waiting For my Fix Josey Wails 2 #34
35 Need Your Love Tennis 5 #35
36 Color My Life Chicano Batman 6 #3
37 So Much Love Nada Surf 4 #37
38 All In It Together Mavis Staples 5 #28
39 1st Time Bakar 7 #37
40 Impossible Weight Deep Sea Diver 11 #33
41 Be Afraid Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 11 #6
42 Mind Eraser Nicole Atkins 3 #42
43 Work Hard And Be Nice Michael Franti & Spearhead 1 #43
44 Feel You My Morning Jacket 12 #7
45 Your Girl Basia Bulat 2 #45
46 Come On Out The Airborne Toxic Event 3 #46
47 Ferris Wheel Sylvan Esso 13 #6
48 The Witcher Church of Roswell 1 #48
49 One More Second Matt Berninger 4 #37
50 Can't Do Much Waxahatchee 8 #22
51 Birdwatching Skribe 1 #51
52 No Flag Elvis Costello 4 #52
53 I Got You Michael Franti & Spearhead 7 #24
54 4 American Dollars U.S. Girls 7 #24
55 The Buzz The Pretenders 6 #21
56 Basement Tapes Semisonic 4 #53
57 Options Open Kathleen Edwards 10 #3
58 Magic Jordan Mackampa 1 #58
59 Everything Has Changed Best Coast 12 #4
60 Chocolate Samurai Fantastic Negrito 4 #48
61 Really Hoping Mr. Husband 1 #61
62 Can't Cool Me Down Car Seat Headrest 3 #38
63 I Remember Everything John Prine 10 #10
64 Back To Me Grace Potter 3 #4
65 Fortune Wye Oak 3 #65
66 Upside Down Mondo Cozmo 3 #50
67 Cold Chris Stapleton 12 #2
68 It Ain't Easy Delta Spirit 4 #25
69 Feel the Way I Want Caroline Rose 8 #4
70 Gimme Shelter Lauren Ruth Ward and Scary Pockets 1 #70
71 Reasons I Drink Alanis Morissette 7 #32
72 Don't Walk Away Heavy Hours 3 #66
73 Private Lives Low Cut Connie 14 #11
74 Officer of Love CAAMP 5 #13
75 Happy Man The Cactus Blossoms 1 #75
76 Robbery Lime Cordiale 3 #7
77 Unchained Devon Gilfillian 9 #23
78 You Can't Put My Fire Out Letitia VanSant 1 #78
79 Richest Man Brendan Benson 2 #79
80 Don't Let Me Down Milky Chance and Jack Johnson 4 #1
81 Every Tradition Bully 1 #81
82 The One That You Love LP 3 #53
83 Boomer Bartees Strange 5 #38
84 Your Reply Frances Quinlen 1 #84
85 Living in Ghost Town The Rolling Stones 9 #12
86 Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday J.S. Ondara 3 #31
87 Dream Boy Beach Bunny 2 #87
88 Day2Day Micah E. Wood 1 #88
89 And It's Still Alright Nathaniel Rateliff 18 #1

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About this countdown

WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2020 was broadcast by WTMD (Baltimore, MD) in 2020. 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, "WTMD's Top 89 Songs of 2020".

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