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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 393 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 112 #1
2 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
3 The Story Brandi Carlile 25 #1
4 Hey Ya! Outkast 68 #1
5 If We Were Vampires Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 17 #1
6 Impossible Germany Wilco 29 #1
7 Rolling in the Deep Adele 52 #1
8 The Rising Bruce Springsteen 24 #5
9 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 29 #8
10 Take Me To Church Hozier 47 #1
11 Hurt Johnny Cash 77 #1
12 The Joke Brandi Carlile 24 #1
13 Someone like You Adele 28 #2
14 Rehab Amy Winehouse 40 #3
15 Do You Realize? The Flaming Lips 47 #3
16 Beautiful Day U2 124 #1
17 Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs 64 #1
18 Under the Pressure The War On Drugs 24 #2
19 Uptown Funk Mark Ronson 13 #6
20 Jesus Etc. Wilco 26 #5
21 Chicago Sufjan Stevens 27 #15
22 All My Friends LCD Soundsystem 21 #10
23 Lose Yourself Eminem 37 #1
24 Dog Days Are Over Florence And The Machine 73 #1
25 All Too Well (10 Minute Version) Taylor Swift 4 #25
26 A Little Bit of Everything Dawes 20 #2
27 Crazy Gnarls Barkley 45 #1
28 New Slang The Shins 54 #3
29 American Idiot Green Day 86 #1
30 Last Nite The Strokes 77 #1
31 When My Time Comes Dawes 24 #9
32 Float On Modest Mouse 91 #1
33 Valerie Mark Ronson 16 #20
34 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 34 #1
35 Clocks Coldplay 101 #1
36 Paper Planes M.I.A. 43 #2
37 Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show 22 #23
38 Such Great Heights The Postal Service 58 #2
39 Get Lucky Daft Punk 36 #1
40 Dancing On My Own Robyn 14 #27
41 Avant Gardener Courtney Barnett 23 #3
42 Yellow Coldplay 98 #3
43 Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 57 #1
44 Hold On Alabama Shakes 38 #1
45 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Radiohead 13 #29
46 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 80 #1
47 Happy Pharrell Williams 7 #8
48 Bad Romance Lady Gaga 8 #14
49 Wake Up The Arcade Fire 31 #6
50 Song for Zula Phosphorescent 21 #1
51 Midnight In Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band 8 #24
52 The Scientist Coldplay 65 #1
53 I and Love and You Avett Brothers 37 #1
54 Colors Black Pumas 25 #1
55 One Big Holiday My Morning Jacket 28 #17
56 Dance Yrself Clean LCD Soundsystem 19 #3
57 Everything In It's Right Place Radiohead 20 #2
58 Viva La Vida Coldplay 65 #1
59 Tightrope Janelle Monae 13 #10
60 Cover Me Up Jason Isbell 9 #45
61 Chasing Pavements Adele 16 #12
62 Keep Me in Your Heart Warren Zevon 13 #19
63 All These Things That I've Done The Killers 50 #2
64 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye 65 #1
65 Royals Lorde 38 #1
66 Portions For Foxes Rilo Kiley 22 #27
67 Crazy in Love Beyoncé 11 #47
68 Clint Eastwood Gorillaz 74 #2
69 Fix You Coldplay 47 #13
70 Bloodbuzz Ohio The National 47 #2
71 Don't Know Why Norah Jones 13 #1
72 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 62 #2
73 Wolf Like Me TV on the Radio 36 #2
74 Blackstar David Bowie 8 #30
75 Motion Sickness Phoebe Bridgers 19 #8
76 Welcome to the Black Parade My Chemical Romance 51 #1
77 Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event 53 #1
78 Chaise Longue Wet Leg 29 #1
79 Slow Burn Kacey Musgraves 17 #3
80 I Will Follow You Into the Dark Death Cab for Cutie 40 #1
81 Kathleen Josh Ritter 19 #81
82 Jazz On The Autobahn The Felice Brothers 8 #2
83 Come Away with Me Norah Jones 19 #13
84 Idioteque Radiohead 23 #37
85 I am Trying to Break Your Heart Wilco 13 #16
86 Getting Ready to Get Down Josh Ritter 20 #5
87 Not Strong Enough Boygenius 23 #1
88 Somewhere Only We Know Keane 58 #12
89 Midnight City M83 55 #4
90 Windows Are Rolled Down Amos Lee 26 #1
91 Hello Adele 19 #3
92 You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen 14 #5
93 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 82 #1
94 Under the Table Fiona Apple 11 #2
95 Time To Pretend MGMT 51 #1
96 Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes 27 #5
97 A-Punk Vampire Weekend 44 #6
98 Shadow People Dr. Dog 18 #3
99 Fake Empire The National 24 #34
100 Golden My Morning Jacket 15 #81
101 Ms. Jackson Outkast 13 #30
102 Holocene Bon Iver 20 #13
103 Crowded Table Highwomen 15 #20
104 Ho Hey Lumineers 63 #1
105 Red Eyes The War On Drugs 33 #11
106 The Underdog Spoon 38 #3
107 Make Me Feel Janelle Monae 22 #2
108 Tennessee Whiskey Chris Stapleton 5 #108
109 No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age 110 #1
110 B.O.B. Outkast 14 #46
111 Skinny Love Bon Iver 27 #7
112 The National Anthem Radiohead 9 #112
113 Video Games Lana Del Rey 24 #2
114 24 Frames Jason Isbell 24 #11
115 Reckoner Radiohead 18 #40
116 Right Back to It Waxahatchee 20 #1
117 White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes 26 #9
118 You Know I'm No Good Amy Winehouse 28 #9
119 When You Were Young The Killers 61 #2
120 This is America Childish Gambino 21 #1
121 Since U Been Gone Kelly Clarkson 3 #121
122 Pain The War On Drugs 18 #4
123 Alright Kendrick Lamar 9 #37
124 Let It Happen Tame Impala 30 #5
125 Young Folks Peter Bjorn & John 37 #4
126 There There Radiohead 48 #4
127 Jigsaw Falling Into Place Radiohead 25 #7
128 Lazarus David Bowie 18 #1
129 Short Skirt/Long Jacket Cake 60 #2
130 Kids MGMT 66 #1
131 Electric Feel MGMT 42 #2
132 The Suburbs The Arcade Fire 29 #1
133 Shake it Off Taylor Swift 3 #133
134 100 Day, 100 Nights Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings 14 #29
135 Lost Cause Beck 39 #7
136 First Day of My Life Bright Eyes 17 #57
137 Mississippi Bob Dylan 6 #137
138 Not Ready To Make Nice The Chicks 6 #59
139 Harmony Hall Vampire Weekend 32 #1
140 Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) Beyoncé 7 #72
141 Pretty Pimpin' Kurt Vile 25 #2
142 Put Your Records On Corinne Bailey Rae 15 #48
143 One More Time Daft Punk 17 #7
144 Jesus of Suburbia Green Day 35 #11
145 Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) The Arcade Fire 14 #100
146 Work It Missy Elliott 5 #57
147 Cold Little Heart Michael Kiwanuka 21 #2
148 Heavy Metal Drummer Wilco 32 #2
149 I Will Possess Your Heart Death Cab for Cutie 43 #1
150 Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys 53 #1
151 Pedestrian At Best Courtney Barnett 22 #4
152 Nina Cried Power Hozier 16 #1
153 Do I Wanna Know Arctic Monkeys 60 #1
154 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons 82 #1
155 Home LCD Soundsystem 3 #155
156 1234 Feist 22 #2
157 Paprika Japanese Breakfast 9 #13
158 Summer's End John Prine 7 #9
159 Tears Dry on Their Own Amy Winehouse 11 #80
160 Falling Slowly Glen Hansard 20 #16
161 New Body Rhumba LCD Soundsystem 10 #4
162 Rebellion (Lies) The Arcade Fire 47 #6
163 Starburster Fontaines D.C. 21 #1
164 The Mother Brandi Carlile 5 #4
165 Bad Self Portraits Lake Street Dive 16 #6
166 Farewell Transmission Songs: Ohia 4 #158
167 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
168 Ship To Wreck Florence And The Machine 26 #3
169 Little Black Submarines The Black Keys 41 #3
170 Shake It Out Florence And The Machine 53 #3
171 I Can't Give Everything Away David Bowie 6 #16
172 Texas Sun Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 17 #1
173 When I Get to Heaven John Prine 7 #62
174 Set Fire To The Rain Adele 16 #19
175 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1
176 Stan Eminem 15 #9
177 Chop Suey System of a Down 86 #1
178 Soul Meets Body Death Cab for Cutie 64 #2
179 Trouble Ray LaMontagne 18 #7
180 Someday The Strokes 38 #15
181 The Seed (2.0) The Roots 30 #4
182 This Year The Mountain Goats 14 #11
183 Rainbow Kacey Musgraves 6 #2
184 Walk On U2 33 #7
185 Hold On Hold On Neko Case 19 #3
186 Feel It Still Portugal. The Man 46 #1
187 Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) The Arcade Fire 14 #8
188 Daft Punk Is Playing At My House LCD Soundsystem 20 #51
189 Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves 7 #8
190 Beyond Leon Bridges 18 #2
191 Ball and Biscuit The White Stripes 6 #191
192 Broken Horses Brandi Carlile 17 #5
193 Times Like These Foo Fighters 65 #3
194 Empire State Of Mind Jay-Z 7 #61
195 Light On Maggie Rogers 21 #9
196 Worthy Mavis Staples 16 #19
197 The Cave Mumford & Sons 72 #1
198 Now And Then The Beatles 15 #2
199 Someone Great LCD Soundsystem 11 #7
200 I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of us All Father John Misty 6 #16
201 Seasons (Waiting On You) Future Islands 28 #2
202 Breathe Me Sia 20 #3
203 Juice Lizzo 19 #1
204 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons 57 #1
205 Chasing Cars Snow Patrol 40 #1
206 All Your Favorite Bands Dawes 16 #3
207 Murder Most Foul Bob Dylan 6 #6
208 Good Luck Babe! Chappell Roan 14 #1
209 Lilacs Waxahatchee 14 #10
210 Anyhow Tedeschi Trucks Band 14 #4
211 Toxic Britney Spears 6 #30
212 Like a Stone Audioslave 75 #1
213 Stuck Between Stations Hold Steady 19 #117
214 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Vampire Weekend 13 #10
215 Runaway Kanye West 5 #14
216 Thinking of a place The War On Drugs 12 #8
217 Fell in Love With a Girl The White Stripes 64 #1
218 The District Sleeps Alone Tonight The Postal Service 17 #2
219 Extraordinary Machine Fiona Apple 10 #158
220 I Know The End Phoebe Bridgers 3 #42
221 Cardinal Kacey Musgraves 18 #2
222 Somebody Told Me The Killers 75 #1
223 Born This Way Lady Gaga 10 #44
224 No Hard Feelings Avett Brothers 8 #22
225 Bad Bad News Leon Bridges 20 #1
226 Alaska Maggie Rogers 22 #3
227 Love Is A Losing Game Amy Winehouse 4 #227
228 I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs 25 #2
229 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1 The Flaming Lips 30 #15
230 Best of You Foo Fighters 75 #1
231 Emmylou First Aid Kit 14 #5
232 Oxford Comma Vampire Weekend 21 #10
233 This is a Photograph Kevin Morby 6 #10
234 A Hero's Death Fontaines D.C. 6 #3
235 Ribs Lorde 1 #235
236 The Middle Jimmy Eat World 76 #1
237 Freedom Beyoncé 3 #228
238 Goodbye Mr. Blue Father John Misty 13 #13
239 Night Shift Lucy Dacus 2 #239
240 Sedona Houndmouth 30 #1
241 Pink Pony Club Chappell Roan 4 #3
242 Orange Sky Alexi Murdoch 13 #44
243 What It Means Drive-By Truckers 2 #243
244 I Need Never Get Old Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 20 #4
245 The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala 23 #1
246 Umbrella Rihanna 2 #246
247 Sequestered In Memphis Hold Steady 21 #9
248 Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie 9 #33
249 Run Away With Me Carly Rae Jepsen 1 #249
250 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet 84 #1
251 The Way You Move Outkast 4 #251
252 One Day Matisyahu 24 #8
253 Redbone Childish Gambino 19 #3
254 House Of Cards Radiohead 17 #3
255 FREEDOM Jon Batiste 19 #2
256 Pyramid Song Radiohead 8 #36
257 All In Good Time Iron and Wine 14 #9
258 Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day 44 #2
259 Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) Father John Misty 14 #8
260 Poker Face Lady Gaga 6 #15
261 Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups 54 #1
262 Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales Car Seat Headrest 6 #38
263 Longer Than You've Been Alive Old 97's 5 #5
264 I Remember Everything John Prine 10 #10
265 Don't You Evah Spoon 24 #27
266 Reptilia The Strokes 35 #10
267 Make You Feel My Love Adele 5 #165
268 Kyoto Phoebe Bridgers 20 #1
269 The Crane Wife 3 The Decemberists 12 #121
270 Pink + White Frank Ocean 5 #26
271 Heads Will Roll Yeah Yeah Yeahs 20 #4
272 Jackie Down The Line Fontaines D.C. 13 #1
273 Hannah Hunt Vampire Weekend 4 #116
274 Turntables Janelle Monae 12 #2
275 Leave The Door Open Silk Sonic 8 #13
276 Cranes in the Sky Solange 7 #50
277 What Was I Made For? Billie Eilish 6 #3
278 A Sorta Fairytale Tori Amos 17 #13
279 Down By The Water The Decemberists 36 #8
280 Coffee Sylvan Esso 16 #5
281 Fallin' Alicia Keys 7 #25
282 Human The Killers 36 #6
283 Nightflyer Allison Russell 10 #1
284 Texas Hold'Em Beyoncé 10 #9
285 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon 82 #1
286 Sugar, We're Goin' Down Fall Out Boy 43 #4
287 Bad Guy Billie Eilish 26 #1
288 Girls In Their Summer Clothes Bruce Springsteen 9 #14
289 Unbelievers Vampire Weekend 27 #3
290 Thinkin Bout You Frank Ocean 13 #43
291 You are the best thing Ray LaMontagne 22 #6
292 Knights of Cydonia Muse 60 #1
293 Too Sweet Hozier 21 #1
294 Stacy's Mom Fountains of Wayne 33 #1
295 Son's Gonna Rise Citizen Cope 24 #6
296 Shallow Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper 1 #296
297 Beverly Low Cut Connie 11 #4
298 I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas 4 #298
299 All I Need Radiohead 7 #38
300 Seventeen Sharon Van Etten 22 #5
301 Sailing to Philadelphia Mark Knopfler 6 #191
302 Digital Witness St. Vincent 20 #5
303 Simple Song The Shins 37 #3
304 Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) Train 30 #1
305 Without Me Eminem 18 #2
306 Archie, Marry Me Alvvays 12 #88
307 Black Horse & the Cherry Tree KT Tunstall 13 #92
308 Shine Mondo Cozmo 15 #11
309 The Mariner's Revenge Song The Decemberists 1 #309
310 This Life Vampire Weekend 20 #1
311 Good as Hell Lizzo 8 #1
312 Star Witness Neko Case 11 #100
313 Heavenly Day Patty Griffin 14 #23
314 Call Your Girlfriend Robyn 4 #199
315 15 Step Radiohead 3 #53
316 Blank Space Taylor Swift 1 #316
317 Revolution Rock N Roll Low Cut Connie 10 #21
318 Smooth Sailin' Leon Bridges 22 #10
319 Rivers And Roads The Head and the Heart 4 #203
320 Dreamsicle Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 15 #13
321 Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 13 #11
322 My Silver Lining First Aid Kit 20 #5
323 Right On Time Brandi Carlile 16 #1
324 Love and Hate Michael Kiwanuka 15 #3
325 Kissing the Lipless The Shins 8 #59
326 Bohemian Like You The Dandy Warhols 47 #6
327 Everything Is Free Gillian Welch 2 #245
328 Tighten Up The Black Keys 82 #1
329 Get Ur Freak On Missy Elliott 2 #55
330 Handshake Drugs Wilco 13 #12
331 The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out to Get Us! Sufjan Stevens 1 #331
332 Elephant Jason Isbell 2 #140
333 Stubborn Love Lumineers 29 #9
334 River Leon Bridges 6 #131
335 Frankie's Gun The Felice Brothers 8 #7
336 100 Years Five for Fighting 4 #289
337 Six O'Clock News Kathleen Edwards 9 #59
338 Mahgeetah My Morning Jacket 8 #324
339 anything Adrianne Lenker 3 #30
340 Lisztomania Phoenix 54 #1
341 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day 96 #1
342 Little Talks Of Monsters And Men 56 #1
343 99 Problems Jay-Z 7 #26
344 Read My Mind The Killers 32 #2
345 Not Like Us Kendrick Lamar 4 #8
346 Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk Rufus Wainwright 10 #56
347 My Girls Animal Collective 18 #2
348 Aint no Rest for the Wicked Cage The Elephant 65 #1
349 Rumor Has It Adele 28 #3
350 Angry The Rolling Stones 14 #2
351 No One's Gonna Love You Band of Horses 13 #72
352 Simulation Swarm Big Thief 18 #2
353 The Wire Haim 17 #6
354 Can't Get You Out of My Head Kylie Minogue 4 #27
355 Walking With A Ghost Tegan and Sara 33 #4
356 Stay High Brittany Howard 18 #4
357 My City Of Ruins Bruce Springsteen 6 #84
358 Ophelia Lumineers 39 #1
359 Astrovan Mt. Joy 1 #359
360 How to Disappear Completely Radiohead 5 #251
361 Be Sweet Japanese Breakfast 22 #2
362 How to Save a Life The Fray 22 #10
363 In Da Club 50 Cent 3 #95
364 Breezeblocks Alt J 37 #2
365 Jolene Ray LaMontagne 5 #83
366 Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst Kendrick Lamar 1 #366
367 Land Of Hopes And Dreams Bruce Springsteen 8 #5
368 The Funeral Band of Horses 21 #31
369 Formation Beyoncé 8 #179
370 Step Vampire Weekend 11 #15
371 Good Kisser Lake Street Dive 20 #7
372 Turtles all the way Down Sturgill Simpson 10 #28
373 Stick Season Noah Kahan 16 #1
374 Hide and Seek Imogen Heap 11 #1
375 Bound for Glory Tedeschi Trucks Band 10 #35
376 Gravity John Mayer 9 #110
377 Hoppapolla Sigur Ros 10 #43
378 The Bleeding Heart Show The New Pornographers 6 #289
379 Things Have Changed Bob Dylan 14 #25
380 Frontier Psychiatrist The Avalanches 21 #4
381 Vertigo U2 75 #4
382 Golden Age Beck 10 #291
383 Please Read The Letter Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 9 #38
384 Grey Street Dave Matthews Band 10 #12
385 In the End Linkin Park 92 #1
386 Lost In My Mind The Head and the Heart 30 #4
387 We're Going to Be Friends The White Stripes 8 #276
388 Revelator Gillian Welch 3 #388
389 Dreams Beck 31 #1
390 People Get Old Lori McKenna 3 #10
391 No Children The Mountain Goats 4 #105
392 Work Song Hozier 10 #28
393 Hard Sun Eddie Vedder 34 #8
394 I Believe in a Thing Called Love The Darkness 49 #9
395 No Such Thing John Mayer 14 #16
396 Favorite Fontaines D.C. 18 #3
397 Phantom Limb The Shins 39 #3
398 Over Everything Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile 5 #5
399 Island in the Sun Weezer 60 #4
400 The Pretender Foo Fighters 78 #1
401 Armor Sara Bareilles 9 #41
402 Anthem For a Seventeen Year-Old Girl Broken Social Scene 5 #314
403 Hard to Explain The Strokes 36 #5
404 Lay Low My Morning Jacket 4 #404
405 Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen 4 #168
406 Coming Home Leon Bridges 23 #4
407 The Eye Brandi Carlile 14 #6
408 Casimir Pulaski Day Sufjan Stevens 13 #56
409 The Stable Song Gregory Alan Isakov 2 #409
410 Relatively Easy Jason Isbell 3 #21
411 HeartBeats The Knife 10 #95
412 Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings Father John Misty 10 #11
413 Mykonos Fleet Foxes 23 #9
414 Bring Me to Life Evanescence 57 #1
415 Runner Alex G 10 #4
416 Wakin on a Pretty Day Kurt Vile 7 #85
417 Change The Sheets Kathleen Edwards 10 #19
418 Love Story Taylor Swift 2 #418
419 Blinding Lights The Weeknd 4 #71
420 Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise Avett Brothers 18 #2
421 Labour Paris Paloma 9 #3
422 Love You Anyway Devon Gilfillian 11 #4
423 Loading Zones Kurt Vile 17 #2
424 North American Scum LCD Soundsystem 12 #9
425 Inside Out Spoon 15 #26
426 Live and Die Avett Brothers 13 #4
427 Yeah! Usher 1 #427
428 On Melancholy Hill Gorillaz 20 #18
429 Cleopatra Lumineers 24 #2
430 You and Me On The Rock Brandi Carlile 11 #3
431 Sideways Citizen Cope 9 #43
432 Tibetan Pop Stars Hop Along 1 #432
433 Gideon My Morning Jacket 6 #246
434 Miracles Pet Shop Boys 1 #434
435 Don't Forget Me Maggie Rogers 14 #1
436 Space Song Beach House 10 #58
437 Evil Interpol 31 #5
438 Losing My Edge LCD Soundsystem 6 #23
439 Rain Patty Griffin 12 #25
440 Do You Spoon 20 #4
441 Save it for a Rainy Day The Jayhawks 14 #82
442 When We Were Young Adele 5 #28
443 Impressively Average Brigitte Calls Me Baby 8 #34
444 Hypotheticals Lake Street Dive 21 #1
445 Fire Waxahatchee 4 #26
446 Cold Chris Stapleton 12 #2
447 One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) Wilco 4 #38
448 Dont Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes 26 #1
449 From Eden Hozier 14 #9
450 Just Like That Bonnie Raitt 4 #5
451 Reflektor The Arcade Fire 25 #3
452 The Rat The Walkmen 26 #23
453 Your Best American Girl Mitski 3 #408
454 Summertime Sadness Lana Del Rey 5 #84
455 Not Big Thief 15 #6
456 Dream Never Dies Lo Moon 4 #40
457 One Day Like This Elbow 6 #3
458 Can't Stop Red Hot Chili Peppers 67 #2
459 Burial Ground The Decemberists 15 #6
460 The Luckiest Ben Folds 9 #180
461 I Remember Everything Zach Bryan 6 #11
462 Long Walk Home Bruce Springsteen 3 #7
463 Use Somebody Kings of Leon 64 #1
464 The Steps Haim 16 #1
465 Misery Business Paramore 33 #8
466 Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of U2 14 #9
467 Constructive Summer Hold Steady 5 #48
468 Like I Used To Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen 11 #5
469 The High Road Broken Bells 57 #1
470 Hung Up Madonna 1 #470
471 Drunk II Mannequin Pussy 1 #471
472 Jesus Walks Kanye West 4 #71
473 King Kunta Kendrick Lamar 11 #2
474 Off the Ground The Record Company 16 #3
475 Astral Plane Valerie June 11 #42
476 Gimme All Your Love Alabama Shakes 11 #1
477 Wrecking Ball Bruce Springsteen 5 #30
478 Nights Frank Ocean 1 #478
479 Hollaback Girl Gwen Stefani 4 #51
480 Flowers Miley Cyrus 1 #480
481 North Side Gal JD McPherson 16 #11
482 Ghosts Bruce Springsteen 5 #19
483 Jackie and Wilson Hozier 17 #30
484 Los Ageless St. Vincent 20 #2
485 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor Arctic Monkeys 48 #2
486 Mistaken for Strangers The National 13 #44
487 All Your'n Tyler Childers 9 #38
488 Where The Night Goes Josh Ritter 3 #33
489 Everybody's Changing Keane 20 #51
490 Farmhouse Phish 2 #490
491 Come On! Feel The Illinoise Sufjan Stevens 2 #491
492 She's Leaving You M J Lenderman 17 #1
493 E-Pro Beck 41 #2
494 The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness The National 20 #4
495 Good Fortune PJ Harvey 17 #2
496 I Am the Highway Audioslave 52 #4
497 Holiday Green Day 74 #2
498 Impossible Soul (25 Minutes!) Sufjan Stevens 2 #498
499 Where Is The Love The Black Eyed Peas 1 #499
500 Portland, Oregon Loretta Lynn 23 #20
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 7 #48
504 Landed Ben Folds 25 #14
505 Jungle Tash Sultana 8 #3
506 Rise Up With Fists!!! Jenny Lewis 3 #51
507 This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists 36 #2
508 Float Janelle Monae 7 #2
509 Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Tame Impala 10 #9
510 The Tornado Loves You Neko Case 21 #5
511 The Space Between Dave Matthews Band 28 #4
512 Lost On You LP 11 #11
513 Backwards Down The Number Line Phish 15 #12
514 How Lucky Kurt Vile 11 #7
515 You Go Down Smooth Lake Street Dive 10 #2
516 Righteously Lucinda Williams 11 #189
517 Fidelity Regina Spektor 26 #4
518 Astral Plane Say She She 7 #25
519 Halo Beyoncé 2 #236
520 Silver Lining Rilo Kiley 17 #27
521 The Real Slim Shady Eminem 18 #1
522 Maria Tambien Khruangbin 7 #43
523 An Ocean Between the Waves The War On Drugs 4 #74
524 Ashes Of American Flags Wilco 4 #385
525 Asking For Flowers Kathleen Edwards 6 #41
526 Essence Lucinda Williams 20 #23
527 Summertime Thing Chuck Prophet 16 #165
528 Schism Tool 92 #1
529 Road To Joy Peter Gabriel 13 #5
530 PDA Interpol 21 #29
531 Recovery Frank Turner 22 #4
532 Damage Gets Done Hozier 3 #66
533 Money Trees Kendrick Lamar 1 #533
534 Arms of a Women Amos Lee 9 #69
535 Cigarette Daydreams Cage The Elephant 28 #4
536 White Horses Darlingside 2 #536
537 Kick Drum Heart Avett Brothers 24 #7
538 Call me a Fool Valerie June 15 #4
539 Leaving The Light Genesis Owusu 15 #2
540 Back To Me Kathleen Edwards 7 #122
541 Australia The Shins 24 #8
542 Kid A Radiohead 5 #25
543 From The Start Laufey 10 #9
544 Wish I knew You The Revivalists 36 #1
545 Tell Me A Tale Michael Kiwanuka 10 #4
546 Shut Up Kiss Me Angel Olsen 12 #7
547 Red Dirt Girl Emmylou Harris 6 #42
548 Us Regina Spektor 5 #250
549 Running To The Sea Royksopp 1 #549
550 Hate To Say I Told You So The Hives 49 #1
551 Wherever Is Your Heart Brandi Carlile 13 #11
552 Mad World Gary Jules 13 #20
553 Expert in a Dying Field The Beths 5 #4
554 Radio Nowhere Bruce Springsteen 10 #5
555 I'm Amazed My Morning Jacket 21 #8
556 Samson Regina Spektor 7 #22
557 Strange Overtones David Byrne and Brian Eno 19 #8
558 Loveless Lo Moon 6 #40
559 Oblivion Grimes 7 #38
560 Bullet and a Target Citizen Cope 22 #12
561 Party In The Usa Miley Cyrus 5 #191
562 Ready to Start The Arcade Fire 54 #3
563 Maybe Tonight Nicole Atkins 6 #235
564 I'm Not Okay (I Promise) My Chemical Romance 36 #21
565 Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground The White Stripes 47 #8
566 So Fresh So Clean Outkast 8 #88
567 Murder In The City Avett Brothers 6 #327
568 Dashboard Modest Mouse 46 #2
569 I Wish I Was The Moon Neko Case 2 #569
570 L.E.S. Artistes Santigold 15 #21
571 Howlin' for You The Black Keys 58 #1
572 Truth Hurts Lizzo 6 #3
573 Ain't No Man Avett Brothers 21 #4
574 Hang Loose Alabama Shakes 11 #16
575 I'll Believe Anything Wolf Parade 3 #249
576 The House That Heaven Built Japandroids 15 #4
577 Alexander Hamilton Original Cast Recording / Lin-Manuel Miranda 1 #577
578 Alone The Cure 10 #2
579 Zero Yeah Yeah Yeahs 28 #10
580 Optimistic Radiohead 43 #2
581 Bright Lights Gary Clark Jr. 11 #9
582 Chandelier Sia 4 #9
583 Changes Charles Bradley 11 #45
584 Love On Top Beyoncé 1 #584
585 Grounds for Divorce Elbow 13 #15
586 Lagunita Lizzie No 1 #586
587 Down Marian Hill 6 #27
588 And It's Still Alright Nathaniel Rateliff 18 #1
589 Uprising Muse 81 #1
590 Question Old 97's 2 #304
591 Track 10 Charli XCX 1 #591
592 If I Wanted Someone Dawes 10 #10
593 She Used To Be Mine Sara Bareilles 1 #593
594 Patience Tame Impala 13 #5
595 Eyes To The Wind The War On Drugs 2 #91
596 Plea from a Cat Named Virtute The Weakerthans 1 #596
597 Family Affair Mary J. Blige 4 #133
598 Sound & Color Alabama Shakes 15 #20
599 Get Inspired Genesis Owusu 10 #7
600 Things Happen Dawes 14 #6
601 Loud Places Jamie xx 9 #14
602 Hope the High Road Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 9 #12
603 Say Hey (I Love You) Michael Franti & Spearhead 28 #2
604 Expectations Katie Pruitt 11 #7
605 Silver Lining Mt. Joy 15 #17
606 Wordless Chorus My Morning Jacket 6 #157
607 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails 54 #1
608 How You Like Me Now Heavy 15 #4
609 Ghosts Again Depeche Mode 15 #2
610 Black Cadillac Mondo Cozmo 5 #48
611 High Horse Kacey Musgraves 2 #2
612 About Damn Time Lizzo 15 #1
613 We Are Young fun. 47 #1
614 Fool For Love Lord Huron 13 #3
615 Are You Gonna Run? Low Cut Connie 9 #10
616 Summer Skin Death Cab for Cutie 2 #268
617 Used To Be A Cop Drive-By Truckers 3 #7
618 Cruel Summer Taylor Swift 1 #618
619 Riptide Vance Joy 40 #1
620 Pagan Poetry Björk 2 #620
621 Free Florence And The Machine 13 #3
622 I Turn My Camera On Spoon 27 #20
623 Where'd All The Time Go? Dr. Dog 3 #60
624 Two Weeks Grizzly Bear 26 #5
625 Depreston Courtney Barnett 9 #17
626 Down In The Valley The Head and the Heart 9 #2
627 Coma Girl Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros 17 #60
628 Gold Digger Kanye West 7 #13
629 Through The Wire Kanye West 1 #629
630 Unwriten Natasha Bedingfield 2 #630
631 You Said Something PJ Harvey 14 #79
632 All My Life Foo Fighters 80 #2
633 Golden Jill Scott 2 #499
634 Icky Thump The White Stripes 54 #1
635 Stockholm Jason Isbell 12 #2
636 Hysteria Muse 40 #3
637 We Found Love Rihanna 1 #637
638 Life On A Chain Pete Yorn 28 #10
639 Eucalyptus The National 7 #33
640 Volcano Damien Rice 9 #53
641 Time Spent in Los Angeles Dawes 18 #3
642 Let Go Frou Frou 6 #90
643 I Get No Joy Jade Bird 12 #9
644 Heaven Right Here Jeb Loy Nichols 6 #98
645 In The Waiting Line Zero 7 6 #198
646 Girl Beck 36 #17
647 White Ferrari Frank Ocean 2 #65
648 The Modern Leper Frightened Rabbit 4 #229
649 Cherry Blossom Girl Air 8 #238
650 Don't Hurt Yourself Beyoncé 4 #19
651 Outfit Drive-By Truckers 4 #122
652 Cousins Vampire Weekend 40 #5
653 Thin Blue Flame Josh Ritter 3 #265
654 All of Me John Legend 4 #125
655 Myth Beach House 14 #19
656 The Curse Josh Ritter 7 #2
657 Poison & Wine The Civil Wars 7 #15
658 Unconditional 1 (Lookout Kid) The Arcade Fire 8 #9
659 Flake Jack Johnson 39 #1
660 I Need You Jon Batiste 19 #1
661 DNA. Kendrick Lamar 5 #34
662 I Love You Fontaines D.C. 1 #662
663 Making Pies Patty Griffin 5 #62
664 Going To A Town Rufus Wainwright 4 #79
665 Calamity Song The Decemberists 26 #6
666 Hash Pipe Weezer 66 #2
667 Passing By Zero 7 1 #667
668 Francesca Hozier 14 #5
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 3 #671
672 Cool About It Boygenius 16 #1
673 Beg, Steal Or Borrow Ray LaMontagne 21 #1
674 That Old Black Hole Dr. Dog 13 #21
675 Boy With A Coin Iron and Wine 15 #20
676 HUMBLE. Kendrick Lamar 8 #1
677 Smile Lily Allen 14 #15
678 Private Lives Low Cut Connie 14 #11
679 The Way We Get By Spoon 12 #117
680 Casual Chappell Roan 1 #680
681 The Way I Am Ingrid Michaelson 9 #5
682 You're Beautiful James Blunt 5 #73
683 Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers 57 #6
684 Supercut Lorde 1 #684
685 The Hardest Cut Spoon 22 #4
686 Poor Places Wilco 1 #686
687 R U Mine? Arctic Monkeys 29 #1
688 We Were Never Alive Brigitte Calls Me Baby 10 #30
689 Sweetness Jimmy Eat World 48 #2
690 Rita Mae Young The Record Company 10 #8
691 Jeannie Becomes a Mom Caroline Rose 6 #3
692 Moneygrabber Fitz and the Tantrums 37 #3
693 Salt in the Wound Boygenius 1 #693
694 Mushaboom Feist 10 #191
695 Mariners Apartment Complex Lana Del Rey 9 #1
696 Digital Love Daft Punk 5 #50
697 Walking On A Dream Empire of the Sun 19 #4
698 Someone New Hozier 9 #13
699 I Summon You Spoon 5 #629
700 Don't Carry It All The Decemberists 4 #60
701 Heaven Grace Cummings 2 #9
702 Vampire Empire Big Thief 14 #3
703 Down Down The Deep River Okkervil River 4 #7
704 The Walk Mayer Hawthorne 24 #4
705 Elevator Operator Courtney Barnett 3 #75
706 Sleepyhead Passion Pit 15 #12
707 Levels Avicii 3 #38
708 The Narcissist Blur 15 #14
709 West Coast Lana Del Rey 19 #7
710 The Blower's Daughter Damien Rice 8 #46
711 White Flag Dido 5 #211
712 Girl In The War Josh Ritter 6 #88
713 Capricorn Vampire Weekend 14 #11
714 Spiders (Kidsmoke) Wilco 2 #714
715 Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight Amos Lee 5 #338
716 Sleeping Lessons The Shins 3 #376
717 Lose Yourself To Dance Daft Punk 8 #16
718 Better Together Jack Johnson 7 #47
719 Levitating Dua Lipa 1 #719
720 Crooked Teeth Death Cab for Cutie 30 #11
721 Hang Me Up to Dry Cold War Kids 29 #2
722 Cath Death Cab for Cutie 33 #20
723 100 Yard Dash Raphael Saadiq 9 #20
724 Diane Young Vampire Weekend 26 #6
725 The Night We Met Lord Huron 12 #6
726 Elvis Presley Blues Gillian Welch 7 #24
727 Waiting On A Sunny Day Bruce Springsteen 3 #254
728 Always Love Nada Surf 19 #41
729 Awake My Soul Mumford & Sons 2 #257
730 You Never Need Nobody Lone Bellow 11 #3
731 Love You For A Long Time Maggie Rogers 12 #15
732 Break My Soul Beyoncé 9 #6
733 Worn Me Down Rachael Yamagata 5 #78
734 Serpents Sharon Van Etten 11 #51
735 Rise Up Andra Day 9 #2
736 2+2=5 Radiohead 5 #49
737 We Belong Together Mariah Carey 1 #737
738 Head Home Midlake 2 #738
739 Let Her Go Passenger 6 #16
740 Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran 2 #28
741 Right As Rain Adele 12 #3
742 Pursuit of Happiness Kid Cudi 4 #33
743 Budapest George Ezra 29 #3
744 My Shot Original Cast Recording / Lin-Manuel Miranda 1 #744
745 From a Window Seat Dawes 17 #5
746 The Greatest Cat Power 13 #80
747 Fluorescent Adolescent Arctic Monkeys 19 #11
748 The '59 Sound The Gaslight Anthem 15 #28
749 Turn the Lights Back On Billy Joel 4 #67
750 Trapeze Swinger Iron and Wine 4 #408
751 Y-Control Yeah Yeah Yeahs 16 #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 22 #9
755 Fuck You Cee-Lo Green 18 #2
756 The Man The Killers 19 #4
757 Caring Is Creepy The Shins 7 #181
758 The Last D.J. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 4 #17
759 Cannonball Damien Rice 14 #11
760 Que Onda Guero Beck 6 #30
761 Killing The Blues Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 4 #293
762 Cough Syrup Young the Giant 44 #3
763 Girl on Fire Alicia Keys 1 #763
764 Cosmic Love Florence And The Machine 4 #35
765 The Mountain Heartless Bastards 3 #49
766 The Woodpile Frightened Rabbit 17 #13
767 One More Night Michael Kiwanuka 11 #26
768 Silver Waxahatchee 7 #19
769 Bodysnatchers Radiohead 26 #9
770 The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 9 #99
771 Obstacle 1 Interpol 21 #18
772 Look at Miss Ohio Gillian Welch 11 #91
773 Highwomen Highwomen 3 #15
774 Entertain Sleater-Kinney 4 #50
775 Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap 49 #2
776 The Mother we Share CHVRCHES 21 #5
777 HOMECOMING Josh Ritter 1 #777
778 God Put a Smile Upon Your Face Coldplay 7 #61
779 Goin' Against Your Mind Built To Spill 9 #70
780 Are You Alright? Lucinda Williams 8 #83
781 June Hymn The Decemberists 4 #12
782 M.A.A.D CITY Kendrick Lamar 2 #92
783 Cherry Wine (live) Hozier 2 #160
784 ALL NIGHT Beyoncé 1 #784
785 Bags Clairo 6 #10
786 Time (You and I) Khruangbin 11 #8
787 WON'T GIVE IN The Finn Brothers 2 #685
788 It Might Be Time Tame Impala 7 #1
789 Sweet Sounds of Heaven The Rolling Stones 2 #42
790 Drop It Like It's Hot Snoop Dogg 2 #90
791 Stoned and Starving Parquet Courts 4 #51
792 Them Changes Thundercat 6 #330
793 I Miss You blink-182 50 #8
794 Hot Knife Fiona Apple 1 #794
795 Let It Go Idina Menzel 1 #795
796 Find Yourself Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real 12 #7
797 You Ain't The Problem Michael Kiwanuka 6 #3
798 Can't Let Go Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 16 #4
799 So Bad Cassandra Lewis 5 #56
800 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
801 Useless Desires Patty Griffin 7 #136
802 Satellite Guster 28 #23
803 Tamacun Rodrigo y Gabriela 8 #151
804 Just Breathe Willie Nelson 2 #752
805 Ya Hey Vampire Weekend 7 #10
806 Destiny Zero 7 9 #278
807 Upside Down Jack Johnson 21 #20
808 You are a Tourist Death Cab for Cutie 43 #3
809 Self Control Frank Ocean 1 #809
810 Piazza, New York Catcher Belle & Sebastian 2 #699
811 Harlem River Blues Justin Townes Earle 15 #6
812 Take Your Mama Scissor Sisters 16 #23
813 Mercy Duffy 15 #2
814 Make You Better The Decemberists 21 #4
815 Is This It The Strokes 6 #38
816 Zebra Beach House 9 #7
817 On Hold The xx 19 #8
818 Wait By The River Lord Huron 16 #24
819 Floating Parade Michael Kiwanuka 15 #5
820 Tell Me Why U Do That Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge 3 #33
821 First Tube Phish 1 #821
822 Lotus Flower Radiohead 22 #13
823 Cut To The Feeling Carly Rae Jepsen 1 #823
824 By Your Side Sade 4 #187
825 Galway Girl Steve Earle 2 #398
826 Politik Coldplay 2 #452
827 This Is Why Paramore 16 #3
828 Sing Travis 20 #8
829 Teenage Dream Katy Perry 2 #8
830 Despacito Luis Fonsi 2 #713
831 Nothing Matters Last Dinner Party 22 #3
832 Gimme Sympathy Metric 13 #4
833 I'm Writing a Novel Father John Misty 12 #35
834 We Used to Vacation Cold War Kids 6 #28
835 A New Life Jim James 4 #1
836 Something From Nothing Foo Fighters 17 #4
837 I Want You To Love Me Fiona Apple 8 #13
838 Worry No More Amos Lee 10 #14
839 Trouble Coldplay 36 #1
840 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Daft Punk 8 #7
841 Life Less Ordinary Carbon Leaf 6 #316
842 What Sarah Said Death Cab for Cutie 1 #842
843 Modern Girl Sleater-Kinney 4 #427
844 Wildfires Sault 2 #429
845 The Pot Tool 37 #10
846 Videotape Radiohead 1 #846
847 Hate It Here Wilco 5 #223
848 Black Myself Amythyst Kiah 14 #2
849 I Can Change LCD Soundsystem 17 #11
850 Ice Cream (Pay Phone) Black Pumas 10 #25
851 Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey 3 #51
852 Nobody's Soldier Hozier 12 #2
853 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
854 Spellbound Doves 1 #854
855 Don't Swallow The Cap The National 19 #16
856 Everything Now The Arcade Fire 21 #4
857 Hard On Everyone Kathleen Edwards 8 #9
858 Letter From an Occupant The New Pornographers 5 #111
859 I Wish You Were Here Incubus 59 #5
860 Title And Registration Death Cab for Cutie 4 #396
861 All Falls Down Kanye West 1 #861
862 The Golden State John Doe 8 #35
863 Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2 My Morning Jacket 3 #68
864 Parted Ways Heartless Bastards 6 #23
865 Boozophilia Low Cut Connie 7 #391
866 She's Not Me Jenny Lewis 6 #17
867 This Land Gary Clark Jr. 8 #3
868 Wild Spoon 14 #2
869 Big Time Nothing St. Vincent 10 #35
870 Still Fighting It Ben Folds 9 #37
871 Masterpiece Big Thief 2 #458
872 Love It If We Made It 1975 6 #10
873 Fists of Fury Kamasi Washington 3 #23
874 Lateralus Tool 17 #10
875 $20 Boygenius 9 #9
876 Green Light Lorde 13 #6
877 This Is Us Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris 8 #96
878 Wondering Why The Red Clay Strays 6 #13
879 Holding On The War On Drugs 18 #3
880 This Modern Love Bloc Party 3 #511
881 Boys In The Better Land Fontaines D.C. 10 #4
882 Some Nights fun. 31 #2
883 Blue Jeans Lana Del Rey 6 #48
884 This Mess We're In PJ Harvey 6 #11
885 Golden Age TV on the Radio 7 #60

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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