Year-end countdown · WXPN · December 31, 2017

WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017

The year-end countdown (December 31, 2017) from WXPN in Philadelphia, PA ranks 50 songs, with “If We Were Vampires” by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit at number one. The list features 38 different artists; The War On Drugs has the most entries with four songs.

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WXPN's year-end listener poll: the station's Best of 2017 page asked listeners to "help pick the best songs of 2017" and said the Top 50 would be played back on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2017 (https://web.archive.org/web/20171120124943/http://xpn.org/music-artist/best-of/2017). Transcribed from the numbered list ("1 - Title - Artist") on the station's static playback page, which the Best of 2017 "Playback" page embeds (https://web.archive.org/web/20180317085103/http://xpn.org/music-artist/best-of/2017/playback). The list page itself carries no year; its songs are 2017 releases (#1 is Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, "If We Were Vampires").

# Song ListsBest
1 If We Were Vampires Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 17 #1
2 Feel It Still Portugal. The Man 46 #1
3 Holding On The War On Drugs 18 #3
4 Pain The War On Drugs 18 #4
5 Over Everything Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile 5 #5
6 The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness The National 20 #4
7 Find Yourself Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real 12 #7
8 Motion Sickness Phoebe Bridgers 19 #8
9 Los Ageless St. Vincent 20 #2
10 Thinking of a place The War On Drugs 12 #8
11 Highway Tune Greta Van Fleet 21 #3
12 The Power Sweet Spirit 1 #12
13 Jungle Tash Sultana 8 #3
14 Day I Die The National 9 #2
15 Hot Thoughts Spoon 20 #3
16 The Man The Killers 19 #4
17 Living in the City Hurray For The Riff Raff 11 #17
18 Young Lady, You're Scaring Me Ron Gallo 7 #17
19 Silver Waxahatchee 7 #19
20 Hope the High Road Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 9 #12
21 Revolution Rock N Roll Low Cut Connie 10 #21
22 Do You Still Love Me? Ryan Adams 8 #4
23 New York St. Vincent 10 #2
24 Up All Night Beck 26 #2
25 Showboat Josh Ritter 6 #11
26 All About Waiting Dhani Harrison 1 #26
27 Wildfire Laura Marling 2 #27
28 Call The Police LCD Soundsystem 11 #10
29 Strangest Thing The War On Drugs 2 #29
30 Dear Life Beck 11 #14
31 Love Lana Del Rey 8 #21
32 Matter of Time Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings 5 #15
33 On Hold The xx 19 #8
34 Ballad of the Dying Man Father John Misty 6 #5
35 Hungry Ghost Hurray For The Riff Raff 3 #35
36 Automatic Mondo Cozmo 4 #36
37 Alaska Maggie Rogers 22 #3
38 Tonite LCD Soundsystem 6 #38
39 Shine On Me Dan Auerbach 12 #14
40 Loveless Lo Moon 6 #40
41 Call It Dreaming Iron and Wine 10 #27
42 A Little Pain Margo Price 5 #31
43 Shine Mondo Cozmo 15 #11
44 Ain't Got It Like That Earl St. Clair 5 #40
45 My Only True Friend Gregg Allman 4 #10
46 Can I Sit Next To You Spoon 13 #6
47 This Is It Lo Moon 8 #32
48 Third of May/Odaigahara Fleet Foxes 2 #48
49 Santiago Preservation Hall Jazz Band 1 #49
50 Radio Kids Strand Of Oaks 8 #50

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About this countdown

WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017 was voted by WXPN’s listeners (Philadelphia, PA) in December 31, 2017. 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: WXPN, Best Of playback list (static page embedded in the station's Best of 2017 "Playback" page).

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