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Special countdown · WXPN · December 2024

WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)

The countdown (December 2024) from WXPN in Philadelphia, PA ranks 885 songs, with “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes at number one. The list features 394 different artists; Radiohead has the most entries with 18 songs.

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Aired December 5-12, 2024, per air_date timestamps in the source data. A number of source entries had backslash-escaping artifacts around apostrophes; these were cleaned up.

# Song ListsBest
1 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 70 #1
2 Mr. Brightside The Killers 80 #1
3 The Story Brandi Carlile 8 #3
4 Hey Ya! Outkast 46 #2
5 If We Were Vampires Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 5 #1
6 Impossible Germany Wilco 12 #6
7 Rolling in the Deep Adele 18 #1
8 The Rising Bruce Springsteen 10 #5
9 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 18 #9
10 Take Me To Church Hozier 12 #1
11 Hurt Johnny Cash 49 #6
12 The Joke Brandi Carlile 9 #2
13 Someone like You Adele 9 #11
14 Rehab Amy Winehouse 20 #4
15 Do You Realize? The Flaming Lips 29 #7
16 Beautiful Day U2 66 #2
17 Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs 40 #4
18 Under the Pressure The War On Drugs 11 #3
19 Uptown Funk Mark Ronson 6 #6
20 Jesus Etc. Wilco 8 #20
21 Chicago Sufjan Stevens 12 #21
22 All My Friends LCD Soundsystem 9 #10
23 Lose Yourself Eminem 29 #1
24 Dog Days Are Over Florence + The Machine 13 #10
25 All Too Well (10 Minute Version) Taylor Swift 3 #25
26 A Little Bit of Everything Dawes 7 #2
27 Crazy Gnarls Barkley 29 #1
28 New Slang The Shins 34 #3
29 American Idiot Green Day 50 #1
30 Last Nite The Strokes 54 #1
31 When My Time Comes Dawes 9 #11
32 Float On Modest Mouse 55 #1
33 Valerie Mark Ronson 4 #33
34 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 11 #1
35 Clocks Coldplay 71 #1
36 Paper Planes M.I.A. 21 #4
37 Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show 7 #25
38 Such Great Heights The Postal Service 39 #2
39 Get Lucky Daft Punk 15 #1
40 Dancing On My Own Robyn 6 #40
41 Avant Gardener Courtney Barnett 7 #4
42 Yellow Coldplay 65 #4
43 Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 20 #1
44 Hold On Alabama Shakes 17 #3
45 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Radiohead 6 #45
46 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 50 #1
47 Happy Pharrell Williams 3 #47
48 Bad Romance Lady Gaga 2 #48
49 Wake Up The Arcade Fire 21 #12
50 Song for Zula Phosphorescent 9 #1
51 Midnight In Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band 4 #51
52 The Scientist Coldplay 46 #1
53 I and Love and You Avett Brothers 8 #3
54 Colors Black Pumas 8 #2
55 One Big Holiday My Morning Jacket 18 #36
56 Dance Yrself Clean LCD Soundsystem 11 #3
57 Everything In It's Right Place Radiohead 10 #2
58 Viva La Vida Coldplay 27 #1
59 Tightrope Janelle Monae 6 #23
60 Cover Me Up Jason Isbell 4 #60
61 Chasing Pavements Adele 5 #19
62 Keep Me in Your Heart Warren Zevon 4 #62
63 All These Things That I've Done The Killers 34 #2
64 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye 23 #1
65 Royals Lorde 13 #1
66 Portions For Foxes Rilo Kiley 9 #27
67 Crazy in Love Beyoncé 6 #67
68 Clint Eastwood Gorillaz 49 #3
69 Fix You Coldplay 33 #13
70 Bloodbuzz Ohio The National 20 #4
71 Don't Know Why Norah Jones 4 #21
72 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 16 #25
73 Wolf Like Me TV on the Radio 24 #28
74 Blackstar David Bowie 5 #30
75 Motion Sickness Phoebe Bridgers 5 #50
76 Welcome to the Black Parade My Chemical Romance 34 #1
77 Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event 18 #22
78 Chaise Longue Wet Leg 8 #1
79 Slow Burn Kacey Musgraves 3 #33
80 I Will Follow You Into the Dark Death Cab for Cutie 25 #1
81 Kathleen Josh Ritter 6 #81
82 Jazz On The Autobahn The Felice Brothers 2 #78
83 Come Away with Me Norah Jones 8 #50
84 Idioteque Radiohead 16 #37
85 I am Trying to Break Your Heart Wilco 7 #16
86 Getting Ready to Get Down Josh Ritter 4 #5
87 Not Strong Enough Boygenius 7 #1
88 Somewhere Only We Know Keane 38 #14
89 Midnight City M83 27 #4
90 Windows Are Rolled Down Amos Lee 6 #18
91 Hello Adele 7 #3
92 You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen 5 #5
93 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 55 #1
94 Under the Table Fiona Apple 4 #6
95 Time To Pretend MGMT 25 #18
96 Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes 8 #5
97 A-Punk Vampire Weekend 19 #6
98 Shadow People Dr. Dog 7 #84
99 Fake Empire The National 14 #34
100 Golden My Morning Jacket 4 #100
101 Ms. Jackson Outkast 2 #101
102 Holocene Bon Iver 10 #13
103 Crowded Table Highwomen 5 #20
104 Ho Hey Lumineers 20 #1
105 Red Eyes The War On Drugs 21 #11
106 The Underdog Spoon 19 #3
107 Make Me Feel Janelle Monae 9 #2
108 Tennessee Whiskey Chris Stapleton 2 #108
109 No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age 84 #1
110 B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) Outkast 2 #110
111 Skinny Love Bon Iver 14 #7
112 The National Anthem Radiohead 4 #112
113 Video Games Lana Del Rey 11 #6
114 24 Frames Jason Isbell 7 #11
115 Reckoner Radiohead 9 #115
116 Right Back to It Waxahatchee 4 #1
117 White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes 10 #48
118 You Know I'm No Good Amy Winehouse 13 #33
119 When You Were Young The Killers 43 #2
120 This is America Childish Gambino 9 #1
121 Since U Been Gone Kelly Clarkson 2 #121
122 Pain The War On Drugs 5 #8
123 Alright Kendrick Lamar 5 #37
124 Let It Happen Tame Impala 14 #5
125 Young Folks Peter Bjorn & John 23 #6
126 There There Radiohead 35 #4
127 Jigsaw Falling Into Place Radiohead 7 #7
128 Lazarus David Bowie 5 #2
129 Short Skirt/Long Jacket Cake 36 #6
130 Kids MGMT 22 #2
131 Electric Feel MGMT 19 #2
132 The Suburbs The Arcade Fire 11 #11
133 Shake it Off Taylor Swift 1 #133
134 100 Day, 100 Nights Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings 3 #74
135 Lost Cause Beck 29 #7
136 First Day of My Life Bright Eyes 8 #57
137 Mississippi Bob Dylan 2 #137
138 Not Ready To Make Nice The Chicks 1 #138
139 Harmony Hall Vampire Weekend 6 #5
140 Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) Beyoncé 2 #140
141 Pretty Pimpin' Kurt Vile 8 #2
142 Put Your Records On Corinne Bailey Rae 4 #142
143 One More Time Daft Punk 9 #44
144 Jesus of Suburbia Green Day 31 #11
145 Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) The Arcade Fire 6 #122
146 Work It Missy Elliott 2 #57
147 Cold Little Heart Michael Kiwanuka 8 #10
148 Heavy Metal Drummer Wilco 21 #4
149 I Will Possess Your Heart Death Cab for Cutie 13 #7
150 Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys 17 #2
151 Pedestrian At Best Courtney Barnett 8 #8
152 Nina Cried Power Hozier 6 #1
153 Do I Wanna Know Arctic Monkeys 21 #2
154 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons 22 #1
155 Home LCD Soundsystem 3 #155
156 1234 Feist 11 #15
157 Paprika Japanese Breakfast 6 #13
158 Summer's End (w/ Brandi Carlile) John Prine 1 #158
159 Tears Dry on Their Own Amy Winehouse 8 #86
160 Falling Slowly Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova 4 #160
161 New Body Rhumba LCD Soundsystem 4 #4
162 Rebellion (Lies) The Arcade Fire 38 #6
163 Starburster Fontaines D.C. 7 #1
164 The Mother Brandi Carlile 4 #4
165 Bad Self Portraits Lake Street Dive 3 #19
166 Farewell Transmission Songs: Ohia 3 #158
167 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 22 #1
168 Ship to Wreck Florence + The Machine 6 #12
169 Little Black Submarines The Black Keys 16 #11
170 Shake It Out Florence + The Machine 10 #19
171 I Can't Give Everything Away David Bowie 3 #39
172 Texas Sun Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 5 #1
173 When I Get to Heaven John Prine 3 #62
174 Set Fire To The Rain Adele 4 #56
175 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 22 #2
176 Stan Eminem 10 #9
177 Chop Suey System of a Down 62 #1
178 Soul Meets Body Death Cab for Cutie 42 #2
179 Trouble Ray LaMontagne 5 #13
180 Someday The Strokes 31 #15
181 The Seed The Roots 7 #65
182 This Year The Mountain Goats 6 #11
183 Rainbow Kacey Musgraves 1 #183
184 Walk On U2 22 #51
185 Hold On Hold On Neko Case 5 #163
186 Feel It Still Portugal. The Man 12 #1
187 Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) The Arcade Fire 4 #187
188 Daft Punk Is Playing At My House LCD Soundsystem 10 #54
189 Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves 4 #8
190 Beyond Leon Bridges 6 #5
191 Ball and Biscuit The White Stripes 6 #191
192 Broken Horses Brandi Carlile 5 #45
193 Times Like These Foo Fighters 37 #3
194 Empire State Of Mind Jay-Z 2 #194
195 Light On Maggie Rogers 5 #43
196 Worthy Mavis Staples 7 #29
197 The Cave Mumford & Sons 17 #3
198 Now And Then The Beatles 6 #2
199 Someone Great LCD Soundsystem 6 #7
200 I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of us All Father John Misty 3 #16
201 Seasons (Waiting On You) Future Islands 11 #4
202 Breathe Me Sia 11 #27
203 Juice Lizzo 6 #1
204 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons 19 #1
205 Chasing Cars Snow Patrol 30 #1
206 All Your Favorite Bands Dawes 5 #3
207 Murder Most Foul Bob Dylan 3 #44
208 Good Luck Babe! Chappell Roan 5 #1
209 Lilacs Waxahatchee 4 #10
210 Anyhow Tedeschi Trucks Band 2 #47
211 Toxic Britney Spears 1 #211
212 Like a Stone Audioslave 41 #1
213 Stuck Between Stations Hold Steady 7 #140
214 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Vampire Weekend 6 #44
215 Runaway Kanye West 4 #14
216 Thinking of a place The War On Drugs 10 #8
217 Fell in Love With a Girl The White Stripes 45 #1
218 The District Sleeps Alone Tonight The Postal Service 6 #106
219 Extraordinary Machine Fiona Apple 3 #219
220 I Know The End Phoebe Bridgers 1 #220
221 Cardinal Kacey Musgraves 6 #6
222 Somebody Told Me The Killers 50 #1
223 Born This Way Lady Gaga 4 #223
224 No Hard Feelings Avett Brothers 2 #224
225 Bad Bad News Leon Bridges 5 #8
226 Alaska Maggie Rogers 5 #64
227 Love Is A Losing Game Amy Winehouse 3 #227
228 I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs 6 #2
229 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1 The Flaming Lips 11 #222
230 Best of You Foo Fighters 45 #1
231 Emmylou First Aid Kit 6 #5
232 Oxford Comma Vampire Weekend 10 #30
233 This is a Photograph Kevin Morby 1 #233
234 A Hero's Death Fontaines D.C. 1 #234
235 Ribs Lorde 1 #235
236 The Middle Jimmy Eat World 48 #2
237 Freedom Beyoncé 2 #228
238 Goodbye Mr. Blue Father John Misty 5 #13
239 Night Shift Lucy Dacus 2 #239
240 Sedona Houndmouth 7 #2
241 Pink Pony Club Chappell Roan 2 #15
242 Orange Sky Alexi Murdoch 6 #57
243 What It Means Drive-By Truckers 2 #243
244 I Need Never Get Old Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 4 #12
245 The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala 14 #1
246 Umbrella Rihanna 1 #246
247 Sequestered In Memphis Hold Steady 4 #160
248 Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie 6 #33
249 Run Away With Me Carly Rae Jepsen 1 #249
250 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet 58 #1
251 The Way You Move Outkast 2 #251
252 One Day Matisyahu 6 #41
253 Redbone Childish Gambino 8 #5
254 House Of Cards Radiohead 7 #254
255 FREEDOM Jon Batiste 4 #5
256 Pyramid Song Radiohead 5 #36
257 All In Good Time Iron and Wine 5 #9
258 Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day 29 #2
259 Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) Father John Misty 3 #15
260 Poker Face Lady Gaga 2 #260
261 Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups 34 #1
262 Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales Car Seat Headrest 3 #38
263 Longer Than You've Been Alive Old 97's 4 #45
264 I Remember Everything John Prine 3 #11
265 Don't You Evah Spoon 5 #79
266 Reptilia The Strokes 25 #10
267 Make You Feel My Love Adele 4 #267
268 Kyoto Phoebe Bridgers 5 #1
269 The Crane Wife 3 The Decemberists 4 #256
270 Pink + White Frank Ocean 3 #84
271 Heads Will Roll Yeah Yeah Yeahs 10 #4
272 Jackie Down The Line Fontaines D.C. 5 #1
273 Hannah Hunt Vampire Weekend 1 #273
274 Turntables Janelle Monae 5 #2
275 Leave The Door Open Silk Sonic 4 #43
276 Cranes in the Sky Solange 5 #50
277 What Was I Made For? Billie Eilish 4 #3
278 A Sorta Fairytale Tori Amos 9 #28
279 Down By The Water The Decemberists 6 #8
280 Coffee Sylvan Esso 8 #10
281 Fallin' Alicia Keys 2 #281
282 Human The Killers 14 #17
283 Nightflyer Allison Russell 2 #24
284 Texas Hold'Em Beyoncé 6 #14
285 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon 32 #1
286 Sugar, We're Goin' Down Fall Out Boy 25 #5
287 Bad Guy Billie Eilish 9 #1
288 Girls In Their Summer Clothes Bruce Springsteen 3 #79
289 Unbelievers Vampire Weekend 12 #18
290 Thinkin Bout You Frank Ocean 6 #43
291 You are the best thing Ray LaMontagne 4 #137
292 Knights of Cydonia Muse 53 #1
293 Too Sweet Hozier 7 #3
294 Stacy's Mom Fountains of Wayne 22 #3
295 Son's Gonna Rise Citizen Cope 12 #13
296 Shallow Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper 1 #296
297 Beverly Low Cut Connie 4 #24
298 I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas 3 #298
299 All I Need Radiohead 5 #38
300 Seventeen Sharon Van Etten 5 #5
301 Sailing to Philadelphia Mark Knopfler 3 #205
302 Digital Witness St. Vincent 5 #5
303 Simple Song The Shins 12 #8
304 Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) Train 1 #304
305 Without Me Eminem 14 #2
306 Archie, Marry Me Alvvays 4 #88
307 Black Horse & the Cherry Tree KT Tunstall 3 #92
308 Shine Mondo Cozmo 4 #81
309 The Mariner's Revenge Song The Decemberists 1 #309
310 This Life Vampire Weekend 5 #12
311 Good as Hell Lizzo 4 #1
312 Star Witness Neko Case 4 #312
313 Heavenly Day Patty Griffin 5 #53
314 Call Your Girlfriend Robyn 3 #314
315 15 Step Radiohead 2 #53
316 Blank Space Taylor Swift 1 #316
317 Revolution Rock N Roll Low Cut Connie 2 #142
318 Smooth Sailin' Leon Bridges 5 #26
319 Rivers And Roads The Head and the Heart 1 #319
320 Dreamsicle Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 5 #13
321 Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 2 #321
322 My Silver Lining First Aid Kit 6 #5
323 Right On Time Brandi Carlile 4 #2
324 Love and Hate Michael Kiwanuka 3 #3
325 Kissing the Lipless The Shins 4 #254
326 Bohemian Like You The Dandy Warhols 35 #6
327 Everything Is Free Gillian Welch 1 #327
328 Tighten Up The Black Keys 20 #2
329 Get Ur Freak On Missy Elliott 1 #329
330 Handshake Drugs Wilco 4 #225
331 The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out to Get Us! Sufjan Stevens 1 #331
332 Elephant Jason Isbell 1 #332
333 Stubborn Love Lumineers 8 #14
334 River Leon Bridges 2 #225
335 Frankie's Gun The Felice Brothers 3 #54
336 100 Years Five for Fighting 4 #289
337 Six O'Clock News Kathleen Edwards 3 #59
338 Mahgeetah My Morning Jacket 6 #324
339 anything Adrianne Lenker 3 #30
340 Lisztomania Phoenix 17 #1
341 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day 53 #1
342 Little Talks Of Monsters And Men 21 #1
343 99 Problems Jay-Z 4 #26
344 Read My Mind The Killers 25 #2
345 Not Like Us Kendrick Lamar 3 #8
346 Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk Rufus Wainwright 3 #346
347 My Girls Animal Collective 8 #2
348 Aint no Rest for the Wicked Cage The Elephant 10 #3
349 Rumor Has It Adele 5 #51
350 Angry The Rolling Stones 5 #23
351 No One's Gonna Love You Band of Horses 5 #72
352 Simulation Swarm Big Thief 6 #6
353 The Wire Haim 5 #6
354 Can't Get You Out of My Head Kylie Minogue 3 #27
355 Walking With A Ghost Tegan and Sara 21 #4
356 Stay High Brittany Howard 4 #4
357 My City Of Ruins Bruce Springsteen 3 #88
358 Ophelia Lumineers 7 #2
359 Astrovan Mt. Joy 1 #359
360 How to Disappear Completely Radiohead 2 #251
361 Be Sweet Japanese Breakfast 6 #4
362 How to Save a Life The Fray 17 #10
363 In Da Club 50 Cent 1 #363
364 Breezeblocks Alt J 11 #2
365 Jolene Ray LaMontagne 3 #191
366 Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst Kendrick Lamar 1 #366
367 Land Of Hopes And Dreams Bruce Springsteen 4 #367
368 The Funeral Band of Horses 10 #31
369 Formation Beyoncé 4 #179
370 Step Vampire Weekend 5 #26
371 Good Kisser Lake Street Dive 4 #7
372 Turtles all the way Down Sturgill Simpson 2 #274
373 Stick Season Noah Kahan 2 #9
374 Hide and Seek Imogen Heap 5 #80
375 Bound for Glory Tedeschi Trucks Band 3 #58
376 Gravity John Mayer 3 #376
377 Hoppipola Sigur Ros 4 #17
378 The Bleeding Heart Show The New Pornographers 3 #289
379 Things Have Changed Bob Dylan 2 #379
380 Frontier Psychiatrist The Avalanches 11 #6
381 Vertigo U2 45 #4
382 The Golden Age Beck 2 #291
383 Please Read The Letter Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 1 #383
384 Grey Street Dave Matthews Band 6 #59
385 In the End Linkin Park 54 #1
386 Lost In My Mind The Head and the Heart 7 #17
387 We're Going to Be Friends The White Stripes 3 #276
388 Revelator Gillian Welch 1 #388
389 Dreams Beck 10 #4
390 People Get Old Lori McKenna 1 #390
391 No Children The Mountain Goats 2 #373
392 Work Song Hozier 4 #62
393 Hard Sun Eddie Vedder 15 #43
394 I Believe in a Thing Called Love The Darkness 37 #9
395 No Such Thing John Mayer 6 #21
396 Favorite Fontaines D.C. 6 #3
397 Phantom Limb The Shins 25 #3
398 Over Everything Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile 4 #28
399 Island in the Sun Weezer 33 #4
400 The Pretender Foo Fighters 38 #1
401 Armor Sara Bareilles 1 #401
402 Anthem For a Seventeen Year-Old Girl Broken Social Scene 1 #402
403 Hard to Explain The Strokes 28 #5
404 Lay Low My Morning Jacket 2 #404
405 Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen 2 #405
406 Coming Home Leon Bridges 8 #10
407 The Eye Brandi Carlile 6 #6
408 Casimir Pulaski Day Sufjan Stevens 6 #298
409 The Stable Song Gregory Alan Isakov 2 #409
410 Relatively Easy Jason Isbell 2 #410
411 HeartBeats The Knife 6 #95
412 Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings Father John Misty 5 #11
413 Mykonos Fleet Foxes 7 #46
414 Bring Me to Life Evanescence 25 #1
415 Runner Alex G 3 #81
416 Wakin on a Pretty Day Kurt Vile 3 #311
417 Change The Sheets Kathleen Edwards 2 #417
418 Love Story Taylor Swift 1 #418
419 Blinding Lights The Weeknd 3 #71
420 Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise Avett Brothers 3 #414
421 Labour Paris Paloma 2 #38
422 Love You Anyway Devon Gilfillian 2 #84
423 Loading Zones Kurt Vile 3 #11
424 North American Scum LCD Soundsystem 6 #84
425 Inside Out Spoon 5 #26
426 Live and Die Avett Brothers 3 #10
427 Yeah! Usher 1 #427
428 On Melancholy Hill Gorillaz 6 #42
429 Cleopatra Lumineers 6 #7
430 You and Me On The Rock Brandi Carlile 4 #8
431 Sideways Citizen Cope 5 #43
432 Tibetan Pop Stars Hop Along 1 #432
433 Gideon My Morning Jacket 4 #246
434 Miracles Pet Shop Boys 1 #434
435 Don't Forget Me Maggie Rogers 5 #7
436 Space Song Beach House 4 #89
437 Evil Interpol 23 #5
438 Losing My Edge LCD Soundsystem 4 #23
439 Rain Patty Griffin 4 #75
440 Do You Spoon 7 #16
441 Save it for a Rainy Day The Jayhawks 3 #308
442 When We Were Young Adele 1 #442
443 Impressively Average Brigitte Calls Me Baby 4 #34
444 Hypotheticals Lake Street Dive 5 #11
445 Fire Waxahatchee 2 #26
446 Cold Chris Stapleton 2 #58
447 One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) Wilco 2 #447
448 Dont Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes 9 #1
449 From Eden Hozier 4 #23
450 Just Like That Bonnie Raitt 1 #450
451 Reflektor The Arcade Fire 10 #4
452 The Rat The Walkmen 21 #23
453 Your Best American Girl Mitski 1 #453
454 Summertime Sadness Lana Del Rey 3 #84
455 Not Big Thief 5 #6
456 Dream Never Dies Lo Moon 2 #301
457 One Day Like This Elbow 3 #3
458 Can't Stop Red Hot Chili Peppers 41 #4
459 Burial Ground The Decemberists 3 #10
460 The Luckiest Ben Folds 5 #180
461 I Remember Everything Zach Bryan 4 #11
462 Long Walk Home Bruce Springsteen 1 #462
463 Use Somebody Kings of Leon 17 #1
464 The Steps Haim 4 #4
465 Misery Business Paramore 18 #9
466 Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of U2 7 #9
467 Constructive Summer Hold Steady 1 #467
468 Like I Used To Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen 3 #35
469 The High Road Broken Bells 15 #7
470 Hung Up Madonna 1 #470
471 Drunk II Mannequin Pussy 1 #471
472 Jesus Walks Kanye West 3 #88
473 King Kunta Kendrick Lamar 8 #2
474 Off the Ground The Record Company 3 #7
475 Astral Plane Valerie June 3 #475
476 Gimme All Your Love Alabama Shakes 3 #10
477 Wrecking Ball Bruce Springsteen 2 #232
478 Nights Frank Ocean 1 #478
479 Hollaback Girl Gwen Stefani 2 #51
480 Flowers Miley Cyrus 1 #480
481 North Side Gal JD McPherson 4 #28
482 Ghosts Bruce Springsteen 2 #19
483 Jackie and Wilson Hozier 5 #30
484 Los Ageless St. Vincent 4 #11
485 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor Arctic Monkeys 42 #2
486 Mistaken for Strangers The National 6 #44
487 All Your'n Tyler Childers 1 #487
488 Where The Night Goes Josh Ritter 1 #488
489 Everybody's Changing Keane 15 #51
490 Farmhouse Phish 2 #490
491 Come On! Feel The Illinoise Sufjan Stevens 2 #491
492 She's Leaving You M J Lenderman 5 #1
493 E-Pro Beck 28 #4
494 The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness The National 6 #4
495 Good Fortune PJ Harvey 10 #2
496 I Am the Highway Audioslave 29 #12
497 Holiday Green Day 41 #2
498 Impossible Soul Sufjan Stevens 1 #498
499 Where Is The Love The Black Eyed Peas 1 #499
500 Portland, Oregon Loretta Lynn 9 #500
501 Hands of Time Margo Price 1 #501
502 If I Ain't Got You Alicia Keys 1 #502
503 On the Radio Regina Spektor 2 #48
504 Landed Ben Folds 13 #32
505 Jungle Tash Sultana 5 #3
506 Rise Up With Fists!!! Jenny Lewis 2 #51
507 This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists 9 #20
508 Float Janelle Monae 5 #4
509 Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Tame Impala 6 #9
510 The Tornado Loves You Neko Case 7 #15
511 The Space Between Dave Matthews Band 16 #12
512 Lost On You LP 2 #512
513 Backwards Down The Number Line Phish 3 #378
514 How Lucky Kurt Vile 2 #7
515 You Go Down Smooth Lake Street Dive 2 #2
516 Righteously Lucinda Williams 2 #516
517 Fidelity Regina Spektor 13 #20
518 Astral Plane Say She She 2 #74
519 Halo Beyoncé 2 #236
520 Silver Lining Rilo Kiley 4 #333
521 The Real Slim Shady Eminem 13 #1
522 Maria Tambien Khruangbin 3 #77
523 An Ocean Between the Waves The War On Drugs 3 #317
524 Ashes Of American Flags Wilco 2 #385
525 Asking For Flowers Kathleen Edwards 3 #144
526 Essence Lucinda Williams 5 #353
527 Summertime Thing Chuck Prophet 5 #306
528 Schism Tool 71 #1
529 Road To Joy Peter Gabriel 3 #14
530 PDA Interpol 17 #29
531 Recovery Frank Turner 9 #25
532 Damage Gets Done Hozier 1 #532
533 Money Trees Kendrick Lamar 1 #533
534 Arms of a Women Amos Lee 6 #69
535 Cigarette Daydreams Cage The Elephant 6 #4
536 White Horses Darlingside 2 #536
537 Kick Drum Heart Avett Brothers 10 #57
538 Call me a Fool Valerie June 4 #30
539 Leaving The Light Genesis Owusu 7 #19
540 Back To Me Kathleen Edwards 1 #540
541 Australia The Shins 14 #18
542 Kid A Radiohead 2 #25
543 From The Start Laufey 7 #9
544 Wish I knew You The Revivalists 7 #2
545 Tell Me A Tale Michael Kiwanuka 4 #234
546 Shut Up Kiss Me Angel Olsen 5 #7
547 Red Dirt Girl Emmylou Harris 2 #547
548 Us Regina Spektor 2 #548
549 Running To The Sea Royksopp 1 #549
550 Hate To Say I Told You So The Hives 35 #1
551 Wherever Is Your Heart Brandi Carlile 5 #12
552 Mad World Gary Jules 9 #30
553 Expert in a Dying Field The Beths 2 #255
554 Radio Nowhere Bruce Springsteen 3 #219
555 I'm Amazed My Morning Jacket 2 #147
556 Samson Regina Spektor 3 #22
557 Strange Overtones David Byrne and Brian Eno 5 #32
558 Loveless Lo Moon 3 #44
559 Oblivion Grimes 5 #38
560 Bullet and a Target Citizen Cope 9 #28
561 Party In The Usa Miley Cyrus 2 #561
562 Ready to Start The Arcade Fire 19 #4
563 Maybe Tonight Nicole Atkins 2 #557
564 I'm Not Ok (I Promise) My Chemical Romance 8 #22
565 Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground The White Stripes 37 #15
566 So Fresh So Clean Outkast 3 #465
567 Murder In The City Avett Brothers 4 #327
568 Dashboard Modest Mouse 29 #3
569 I Wish I Was The Moon Neko Case 1 #569
570 L.E.S. Artistes Santigold 4 #57
571 Howlin' for You The Black Keys 14 #1
572 Truth Hurts Lizzo 4 #3
573 Ain't No Man Avett Brothers 6 #4
574 Hang Loose Alabama Shakes 3 #79
575 I'll Believe Anything Wolf Parade 3 #249
576 The House That Heaven Built Japandroids 7 #29
577 Alexander Hamilton Original Cast Recording / Lin-Manuel Miranda 1 #577
578 Alone The Cure 5 #27
579 Zero Yeah Yeah Yeahs 7 #16
580 Optimistic Radiohead 36 #12
581 Bright Lights Gary Clark Jr. 2 #202
582 Chandelier Sia 3 #9
583 Changes Charles Bradley 5 #45
584 Love On Top Beyoncé 1 #584
585 Grounds for Divorce Elbow 4 #322
586 Lagunita Lizzie No 1 #586
587 Down Marian Hill 2 #33
588 And It's Still Alright Nathaniel Rateliff 5 #6
589 Uprising Muse 24 #3
590 Question Old 97's 2 #304
591 Track 10 Charli XCX 1 #591
592 If I Wanted Someone Dawes 3 #47
593 She Used To Be Mine Sara Bareilles 1 #593
594 Patience Tame Impala 6 #32
595 Eyes To The Wind The War On Drugs 1 #595
596 Plea from a Cat Named Virtute The Weakerthans 1 #596
597 Family Affair Mary J. Blige 1 #597
598 Sound & Color Alabama Shakes 6 #27
599 Get Inspired Genesis Owusu 6 #7
600 Things Happen Dawes 3 #16
601 Loud Places Jamie xx 6 #14
602 Hope the High Road Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 2 #12
603 Say Hey (I Love You) Michael Franti & Spearhead 4 #25
604 Expectations Katie Pruitt 2 #74
605 Silver Lining Mt. Joy 3 #293
606 Wordless Chorus My Morning Jacket 4 #157
607 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails 37 #1
608 How You Like Me Now Heavy 4 #100
609 Ghosts Again Depeche Mode 4 #7
610 Black Cadillac Mondo Cozmo 1 #610
611 High Horse Kacey Musgraves 1 #611
612 About Damn Time Lizzo 7 #1
613 We Are Young fun. 12 #1
614 Fool For Love Lord Huron 3 #62
615 Are You Gonna Run? Low Cut Connie 4 #58
616 Summer Skin Death Cab for Cutie 2 #268
617 Used To Be A Cop Drive-By Truckers 2 #66
618 Cruel Summer Taylor Swift 1 #618
619 Riptide Vance Joy 10 #1
620 Pagan Poetry Björk 1 #620
621 Free Florence + The Machine 3 #11
622 I Turn My Camera On Spoon 17 #20
623 Where'd All The Time Go? Dr. Dog 2 #623
624 Two Weeks Grizzly Bear 9 #5
625 Depreston Courtney Barnett 6 #17
626 Down In The Valley The Head and the Heart 2 #26
627 Coma Girl Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros 13 #60
628 Gold Digger Kanye West 4 #13
629 Through The Wire Kanye West 1 #629
630 Unwriten Natasha Bedingfield 1 #630
631 You Said Something PJ Harvey 8 #79
632 All My Life Foo Fighters 47 #4
633 Golden Jill Scott 1 #633
634 Icky Thump The White Stripes 32 #2
635 Stockholm Jason Isbell 4 #78
636 Hysteria Muse 31 #3
637 We Found Love Rihanna 1 #637
638 Life On A Chain Pete Yorn 17 #10
639 Eucalyptus The National 3 #33
640 Volcano Damien Rice 3 #247
641 Time Spent in Los Angeles Dawes 6 #3
642 Let Go Frou Frou 1 #642
643 I Get No Joy Jade Bird 4 #13
644 Heaven Right Here Jeb Loy Nichols 1 #644
645 In The Waiting Line Zero 7 2 #203
646 Girl Beck 25 #21
647 White Ferrari Frank Ocean 2 #65
648 The Modern Leper Frightened Rabbit 3 #229
649 Cherry Blossom Girl Air 2 #455
650 Don't Hurt Yourself Beyoncé 3 #19
651 Outfit Drive-By Truckers 1 #651
652 Cousins Vampire Weekend 14 #8
653 Thin Blue Flame Josh Ritter 3 #265
654 All of Me John Legend 1 #654
655 Myth Beach House 7 #19
656 The Curse Josh Ritter 1 #656
657 Poison & Wine The Civil Wars 3 #15
658 Unconditional 1 (Lookout Kid) The Arcade Fire 2 #19
659 Flake Jack Johnson 25 #1
660 I Need You Jon Batiste 5 #23
661 DNA. Kendrick Lamar 4 #34
662 I Love You Fontaines D.C. 1 #662
663 Making Pies Patty Griffin 3 #663
664 Going To A Town Rufus Wainwright 2 #664
665 Calamity Song The Decemberists 6 #45
666 Hash Pipe Weezer 44 #2
667 Passing By Zero 7 1 #667
668 Francesca Hozier 4 #10
669 Did You See Me Coming? Pet Shop Boys 1 #669
670 Int'l Players Anthem UGK 1 #670
671 Follow Your Arrow Kacey Musgraves 1 #671
672 Cool About It Boygenius 5 #1
673 Beg Steal Or Borrow Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs 3 #36
674 That Old Black Hole Dr. Dog 6 #49
675 Boy With A Coin Iron and Wine 3 #437
676 HUMBLE. Kendrick Lamar 6 #1
677 Smile Lily Allen 6 #15
678 Private Lives Low Cut Connie 5 #15
679 The Way We Get By Spoon 4 #492
680 Casual Chappell Roan 1 #680
681 The Way I Am Ingrid Michaelson 2 #681
682 You're Beautiful James Blunt 3 #73
683 Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers 32 #6
684 Supercut Lorde 1 #684
685 The Hardest Cut Spoon 8 #12
686 Poor Places Wilco 1 #686
687 R U Mine? Arctic Monkeys 13 #1
688 We Were Never Alive Brigitte Calls Me Baby 3 #34
689 Sweetness Jimmy Eat World 30 #2
690 Rita Mae Young The Record Company 2 #15
691 Jeannie Becomes a Mom Caroline Rose 2 #13
692 Moneygrabber Fitz and the Tantrums 9 #12
693 Salt in the Wound Boygenius 1 #693
694 Mushaboom Feist 4 #409
695 Mariners Apartment Complex Lana Del Rey 1 #695
696 Digital Love Daft Punk 2 #512
697 Walking On A Dream Empire of the Sun 7 #4
698 Someone New Hozier 1 #698
699 I Summon You Spoon 2 #699
700 Don't Carry It All The Decemberists 1 #700
701 Heaven Grace Cummings 1 #701
702 Vampire Empire Big Thief 5 #4
703 Down Down The Deep River Okkervil River 2 #52
704 The Walk Mayer Hawthorne 3 #31
705 Elevator Operator Courtney Barnett 3 #75
706 Sleepyhead Passion Pit 6 #12
707 Levels Avicii 2 #38
708 The Narcissist Blur 4 #14
709 West Coast Lana Del Rey 5 #21
710 The Blower's Daughter Damien Rice 3 #307
711 White Flag Dido 2 #211
712 Girl In The War Josh Ritter 2 #170
713 Capricorn Vampire Weekend 4 #33
714 Spiders (Kidsmoke) Wilco 2 #714
715 Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight Amos Lee 2 #486
716 Sleeping Lessons The Shins 2 #376
717 Lose Yourself To Dance Daft Punk 5 #16
718 Better Together Jack Johnson 4 #73
719 Levitating Dua Lipa 1 #719
720 Crooked Teeth Death Cab for Cutie 21 #13
721 Hang Me Up to Dry Cold War Kids 19 #2
722 Cath Death Cab for Cutie 12 #21
723 100 Yard Dash Raphael Saadiq 2 #530
724 Diane Young Vampire Weekend 8 #9
725 The Night We Met Lord Huron 4 #6
726 Elvis Presley Blues Gillian Welch 2 #726
727 Waiting On A Sunny Day Bruce Springsteen 2 #254
728 Always Love Nada Surf 14 #41
729 Awake My Soul Mumford & Sons 2 #257
730 You Never Need Nobody Lone Bellow 4 #3
731 Love You For A Long Time Maggie Rogers 2 #46
732 Break My Soul Beyoncé 6 #6
733 Worn Me Down Rachael Yamagata 2 #78
734 Serpents Sharon Van Etten 3 #300
735 Rise Up Andra Day 2 #447
736 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm) Radiohead 1 #736
737 We Belong Together Mariah Carey 1 #737
738 Head Home Midlake 2 #738
739 Let Her Go Passenger 1 #739
740 Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran 1 #740
741 Right As Rain Adele 3 #485
742 Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) Kid Cudi 1 #742
743 Budapest George Ezra 7 #8
744 My Shot Original Cast Recording / Lin-Manuel Miranda 1 #744
745 From a Window Seat Dawes 5 #5
746 The Greatest Cat Power 4 #80
747 Fluorescent Adolescent Arctic Monkeys 14 #11
748 The '59 Sound The Gaslight Anthem 8 #28
749 Turn the Lights Back On Billy Joel 1 #749
750 The Trapeze Swinger Iron and Wine 1 #750
751 Y-Control Yeah Yeah Yeahs 10 #46
752 Down South Tom Petty 2 #475
753 Up All Night The War On Drugs 2 #753
754 I Write Sins Not Tragedies Panic! at the Disco 14 #9
755 Forget You Cee-Lo Green 1 #755
756 The Man The Killers 6 #6
757 Caring Is Creepy The Shins 5 #181
758 The Last D.J. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1 #758
759 Cannonball Damien Rice 6 #170
760 Que Onda Guero Beck 4 #47
761 Killing The Blues Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 2 #761
762 Cough Syrup Young the Giant 10 #10
763 Girl on Fire Alicia Keys 1 #763
764 Cosmic Love Florence + The Machine 2 #676
765 The Mountain Heartless Bastards 1 #765
766 The Woodpile Frightened Rabbit 3 #61
767 One More Night Michael Kiwanuka 3 #64
768 Silver Waxahatchee 1 #768
769 Bodysnatchers Radiohead 10 #9
770 The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 5 #99
771 Obstacle 1 Interpol 17 #42
772 Look at Miss Ohio Gillian Welch 1 #772
773 Highwomen Highwomen 3 #15
774 Entertain Sleater-Kinney 3 #50
775 Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap 16 #6
776 The Mother we Share CHVRCHES 10 #5
777 HOMECOMING Josh Ritter 1 #777
778 God Put a Smile Upon Your Face Coldplay 4 #78
779 Goin' Against Your Mind Built To Spill 4 #70
780 Are You Alright? Lucinda Williams 2 #231
781 June Hymn The Decemberists 2 #29
782 M.A.A.D CITY Kendrick Lamar 2 #92
783 Cherry Wine (live) Hozier 1 #783
784 ALL NIGHT Beyoncé 1 #784
785 Bags Clairo 4 #41
786 Time (You and I) Khruangbin 3 #67
787 WON'T GIVE IN The Finn Brothers 1 #787
788 It Might Be Time Tame Impala 5 #1
789 Sweet Sounds of Heaven The Rolling Stones 1 #789
790 Drop It Like It's Hot Snoop Dogg 1 #790
791 Stoned and Starving Parquet Courts 2 #382
792 Them Changes Thundercat 1 #792
793 I Miss You blink-182 31 #10
794 Hot Knife Fiona Apple 1 #794
795 Let It Go Idina Menzel 1 #795
796 Find Yourself Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real 2 #25
797 You Ain't The Problem Michael Kiwanuka 1 #797
798 Can't Let Go Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 4 #14
799 So Bad Cassandra Lewis 1 #799
800 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers 41 #1
801 Useless Desires Patty Griffin 2 #717
802 Satellite Guster 16 #23
803 Tamacun Rodrigo y Gabriela 3 #503
804 Just Breathe Willie Nelson 2 #752
805 Ya Hey Vampire Weekend 4 #17
806 Destiny Zero 7 2 #633
807 Upside Down Jack Johnson 17 #20
808 You are a Tourist Death Cab for Cutie 9 #7
809 Self Control Frank Ocean 1 #809
810 Piazza, New York Catcher Belle & Sebastian 2 #699
811 Harlem River Blues Justin Townes Earle 1 #811
812 Take Your Mama Scissor Sisters 10 #23
813 Mercy Duffy 3 #544
814 Make You Better The Decemberists 6 #19
815 Is This It The Strokes 3 #115
816 Zebra Beach House 3 #60
817 On Hold The xx 7 #20
818 Wait By The River Lord Huron 6 #34
819 Floating Parade Michael Kiwanuka 4 #35
820 Tell Me Why U Do That Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge 1 #820
821 First Tube Phish 1 #821
822 Lotus Flower Radiohead 8 #44
823 Cut To The Feeling Carly Rae Jepsen 1 #823
824 By Your Side Sade 1 #824
825 Galway Girl Steve Earle 1 #825
826 Politik Coldplay 2 #452
827 This Is Why Paramore 5 #31
828 Sing Travis 13 #8
829 Teenage Dream Katy Perry 1 #829
830 Despacito Luis Fonsi 1 #830
831 Nothing Matters Last Dinner Party 8 #4
832 Gimme Sympathy Metric 7 #4
833 I'm Writing a Novel Father John Misty 6 #35
834 We Used to Vacation Cold War Kids 3 #42
835 A New Life Jim James 2 #165
836 Something From Nothing Foo Fighters 5 #14
837 I Want You To Love Me Fiona Apple 5 #14
838 Worry No More Amos Lee 3 #38
839 Trouble Coldplay 28 #1
840 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Daft Punk 3 #65
841 Life Less Ordinary Carbon Leaf 2 #742
842 What Sarah Said Death Cab for Cutie 1 #842
843 Modern Girl Sleater-Kinney 1 #843
844 Wildfires Sault 2 #429
845 The Pot Tool 28 #10
846 Videotape Radiohead 1 #846
847 Hate It Here Wilco 1 #847
848 Black Myself Amythyst Kiah 4 #3
849 I Can Change LCD Soundsystem 5 #39
850 Ice Cream (Pay Phone) Black Pumas 3 #148
851 Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey 2 #91
852 Nobody's Soldier Hozier 3 #13
853 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 45 #1
854 Spellbound Doves 1 #854
855 Don't Swallow The Cap The National 8 #20
856 Everything Now The Arcade Fire 6 #6
857 Hard On Everyone Kathleen Edwards 3 #9
858 Letter From an Occupant The New Pornographers 3 #493
859 I Wish You Were Here Incubus 35 #5
860 Title And Registration Death Cab for Cutie 1 #860
861 All Falls Down Kanye West 1 #861
862 The Golden State John Doe 1 #862
863 Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2 My Morning Jacket 1 #863
864 Parted Ways Heartless Bastards 1 #864
865 Boozophilia Low Cut Connie 3 #391
866 She's Not Me Jenny Lewis 3 #31
867 This Land Gary Clark Jr. 5 #3
868 Wild Spoon 5 #2
869 Big Time Nothing St. Vincent 3 #35
870 Still Fighting It Ben Folds 2 #391
871 Masterpiece Big Thief 1 #871
872 Love It If We Made It 1975 3 #10
873 Fists of Fury Kamasi Washington 2 #23
874 Lateralus Tool 14 #10
875 $20 Boygenius 4 #30
876 Green Light Lorde 6 #6
877 This Is Us Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris 2 #827
878 Wondering Why The Red Clay Strays 1 #878
879 Holding On The War On Drugs 5 #32
880 This Modern Love Bloc Party 2 #511
881 Boys In The Better Land Fontaines D.C. 3 #52
882 Some Nights fun. 7 #13
883 Blue Jeans Lana Del Rey 3 #48
884 This Mess We're In PJ Harvey 1 #884
885 Golden Age TV on the Radio 2 #770

About this countdown

WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) was voted by WXPN’s listeners (Philadelphia, PA) in December 2024. 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. Because it is a themed or special countdown, it is archived here but not counted in the combined rankings.

Source: WXPN, "The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)".

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