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The best indie rock songs of 2007

Q: What was the top indie rock song of 2007?

Combining 1 year-end radio countdowns, the top indie rock song of 2007 is "Impossible Germany" by Wilco, which appeared on 1 of the lists.

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2007: WXPN. Combining every list, the top indie rock song of 2007 is “Impossible Germany” by Wilco, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Feist was the year’s most-charted artist, with four different songs placing 4 times across the countdowns.

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Top 100 songs of 2007

Ranked by combined points across every 2007 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Impossible Germany Wilco	100	1	#1	1
2	1234 Feist	99	1	#2	–
3	Rehab Amy Winehouse	98	1	#3	–
4	Young Folks Peter Bjorn & John	97	1	#4	–
5	Radio Nowhere Bruce Springsteen	96	1	#5	–
6	The Story Brandi Carlile	95	1	#6	–
7	Dashboard Modest Mouse	94	1	#7	–
8	Two Ryan Adams	93	1	#8	–
9	The Underdog Spoon	92	1	#9	–
10	Four Winds Bright Eyes	91	1	#10	–
11	Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	90	1	#11	–
12	Ah Mary Grace Potter & The Nocturnals	89	1	#12	–
13	Keep the Car Running The Arcade Fire	88	1	#13	–
14	Girls In Their Summer Clothes Bruce Springsteen	87	1	#14	–
15	Icky Thump The White Stripes	86	1	#15	–
16	North American Scum LCD Soundsystem	85	1	#16	–
17	No Cars Go The Arcade Fire	84	1	#17	–
18	You're a Wolf Sea Wolf	83	1	#18	–
19	Back in Your Head Tegan and Sara	82	1	#19	–
20	Boy With A Coin Iron and Wine	81	1	#20	–
21	Right Moves Josh Ritter	80	1	#21	–
22	Daughter Loudon Wainwright Iii	79	1	#22	–
23	Heavenly Day Patty Griffin	78	1	#23	–
24	Falling Slowly Glen Hansard	77	1	#24	–
25	Ruby Kaiser Chiefs	76	1	#25	–
26	No Bad News Patty Griffin	75	1	#26	–
27	Silver Lining Rilo Kiley	74	1	#27	–
28	My Rights Versus Yours The New Pornographers	73	1	#28	–
29	Hang Me Up to Dry Cold War Kids	72	1	#29	–
30	What Light Wilco	71	1	#30	–
31	Hard Sun Eddie Vedder	70	1	#31	–
32	Australia The Shins	69	1	#32	–
33	City Of Immigrants Steve Earle	68	1	#33	–
34	Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Radiohead	67	1	#34	–
35	The Golden State John Doe	66	1	#35	–
36	I Feel It All Feist	65	1	#36	–
37	On Call Kings of Leon	64	1	#37	–
38	Don't You Evah Spoon	63	1	#38	–
39	You Know that I'm No Good Amy Winehouse	62	1	#39	–
40	Timebomb Beck	61	1	#40	–
41	Phantom Limb The Shins	60	1	#41	–
42	Knock 'Em Out Lily Allen	59	1	#42	–
43	Traffic And Weather Fountains of Wayne	58	1	#43	–
44	The Car Song The Cat Empire	57	1	#44	–
45	The Temptation of Adam Josh Ritter	56	1	#45	–
46	Someone to Love Fountains of Wayne	55	1	#46	–
47	Business Time Flight of the Conchords	54	1	#47	–
48	Missed the Boat Modest Mouse	53	1	#48	–
49	Please Read The Letter Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	52	1	#49	–
50	Whistle for the Choir The Fratellis	51	1	#50	–
51	Mistaken for Strangers The National	50	1	#51	–
52	Imitosis Andrew Bird	49	1	#52	–
53	You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb Spoon	48	1	#53	–
54	Sealion Feist	47	1	#54	–
55	Worst Trip Dr. Dog	46	1	#55	–
56	The Way I Am Ingrid Michaelson	45	1	#56	–
57	Fake Empire The National	44	1	#57	–
58	LDN Lily Allen	43	1	#58	–
59	My Moon My Man Feist	42	1	#59	–
60	15 Step Radiohead	41	1	#60	–
61	Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis	40	1	#61	–
62	Ordinary People Neil Young	39	1	#62	–
63	Valerie Mark Ronson	38	1	#63	–
64	Killing Him Amy Lavere	37	1	#64	–
65	Intervention The Arcade Fire	36	1	#65	–
66	Hold On KT Tunstall	35	1	#66	–
67	Winter Windows Sea Wolf	34	1	#67	–
68	Better Than John Butler Trio	33	1	#68	–
69	We Used to Vacation Cold War Kids	32	1	#69	–
70	The Moneymaker Rilo Kiley	31	1	#70	–
71	Don't You Wish It Were True John Fogerty	30	1	#71	–
72	You're the World to Me David Gray	29	1	#72	–
73	Smile Lily Allen	28	1	#73	–
74	Turpentine Brandi Carlile	27	1	#74	–
75	Sly The Cat Empire	26	1	#75	–
76	New Shoes Paolo Nutini	25	1	#76	–
77	Is There a Ghost Band of Horses	24	1	#77	–
78	To The Dogs Or Whoever Josh Ritter	23	1	#78	–
79	Going To A Town Rufus Wainwright	22	1	#79	–
80	Careful What You Wish For Jonatha Brooke	21	1	#80	–
81	Walken Wilco	20	1	#81	–
82	Reckoner Radiohead	19	1	#82	–
83	Are You Alright? Lucinda Williams	18	1	#83	–
84	Livin' In the Future Bruce Springsteen	17	1	#84	–
85	Black Mirror The Arcade Fire	16	1	#85	–
86	Thou Shalt Always Kill Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip	15	1	#86	–
87	All My Friends LCD Soundsystem	14	1	#87	–
88	Frank And Ava Suzanne Vega	13	1	#88	–
89	Minds Eye Josh Ritter	12	1	#89	–
90	100 Day, 100 Nights Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings	11	1	#90	–
91	Punish the Monkey Mark Knopfler	10	1	#91	–
92	Freckle Song Chuck Prophet	9	1	#92	–
93	You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told) The White Stripes	8	1	#93	–
94	Fortune Teller Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	7	1	#94	–
95	All I Need Radiohead	6	1	#95	–
96	Alone Again Illinois	5	1	#96	–
97	Stop The Bus Grace Potter & The Nocturnals	4	1	#97	–
98	Earth Intruders Björk	3	1	#98	–
99	One Crowded Hour Augie March	2	1	#99	–
100	Lake Michigan Rogue Wave	1	1	#100	–

Every station’s number one of 2007

Station	Number one song	Countdown
WXPN	Impossible Germany Wilco	WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007

All 2007 countdowns in this ranking

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About the 2007 ranking

Radio stations count down their listeners’ favorite songs at the end of every year. Each station’s list reflects its own audience, so a song that ruled Los Angeles could miss the top ten in Chicago. To find the songs that defined 2007 everywhere, RockLists gives every appearance percentile-based points (a number one earns 100, the last position earns close to zero) and adds them up across all one qualifying countdowns. Each radio format is ranked separately, so classic rock and hard rock countdowns never shift the indie & aaa results; use the tabs above to switch formats. Read the full methodology.