Year-end consensus · Indie & Adult Alternative · two countdowns combined

The best indie rock songs of 2017

Q: What was the top indie rock song of 2017?

Combining 2 year-end radio countdowns, the top indie rock song of 2017 is "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man, which appeared on 2 of the lists.

Two radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2017: The Current and WFUV. Combining every list, the top indie rock song of 2017 is “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man, which appeared on two of the two countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Two different songs were voted number one somewhere: “Love” by Lana Del Rey and “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit was the year’s most-charted artist, with three different songs placing 5 times across the countdowns.

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146songs charted

2different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2017

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Ranked by combined points across every 2017 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Feel It Still Portugal. The Man	199	2	#1	1
2	If We Were Vampires Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit	198	2	#1	1
3	New York St. Vincent	192	2	#2	–
4	Creature Comfort The Arcade Fire	188	2	#6	–
5	Everything Now The Arcade Fire	178	2	#6	–
6	No Roots Alice Merton	177	2	#3	–
7	The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness The National	173	2	#4	–
8	Hot Thoughts Spoon	170	2	#13	–
9	Die Young Sylvan Esso	169	2	#8	–
10	Up All Night Beck	167	2	#14	–
11	Pain The War On Drugs	166	2	#8	–
12	Don't Delete The Kisses Wolf Alice	163	2	#9	–
13	Shine On Me Dan Auerbach	161	2	#14	–
14	May I Have This Dance (remix) Francis and the Lights	150	2	#11	–
15	Los Ageless St. Vincent	150	2	#11	–
16	Day I Die The National	136	2	#21	–
17	Over Everything Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile	134	2	#28	–
18	Sign of the Times Harry Styles	132	2	#15	–
19	Call The Police LCD Soundsystem	131	2	#12	–
20	Matter of Time Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings	126	2	#15	–
21	High Ticket Attractions The New Pornographers	120	2	#17	–
22	Total Entertainment Forever Father John Misty	116	2	#26	–
23	Continental Breakfast Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile	112	2	#5	–
24	Call It Dreaming Iron and Wine	103	2	#27	–
25	White Man's World Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit	99	2	#42	–
26	HUMBLE. Kendrick Lamar	97	1	#4	–
27	Makeba Jain	96	1	#5	–
28	Tonite LCD Soundsystem	94	2	#43	–
29	Me and Your Mama Childish Gambino	91	1	#9	–
30	My Only True Friend Gregg Allman	90	1	#10	–
31	Do I Have To Talk You Into It Spoon	90	1	#10	–
32	Hope the High Road Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit	88	1	#12	–
33	Shark Smile Big Thief	87	1	#13	–
34	Holding On The War On Drugs	84	2	#32	–
35	Way It Goes Hippo Campus	82	1	#17	–
36	Green Light Lorde	81	1	#18	–
37	Thinking of a place The War On Drugs	80	1	#19	–
38	The Way You Used To Do Queens of the Stone Age	80	1	#19	–
39	Wake Up Chastity Brown	79	1	#20	–
40	Truth Hurts Lizzo	78	1	#21	–
41	On Hold The xx	76	1	#23	–
42	Goose Snow Cone Aimee Mann	74	1	#24	–
43	Can I Sit Next To You Spoon	74	2	#25	–
44	Find Yourself Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	73	1	#25	–
45	american dream LCD Soundsystem	71	1	#27	–
46	Magnificent (She Says) Elbow	70	1	#28	–
47	Fool's Errand Fleet Foxes	69	1	#29	–
48	It's a Shame First Aid Kit	69	1	#29	–
49	Ballad of a Dying Man Father John Misty	68	1	#30	–
50	Want You Back Haim	67	1	#30	–
51	Apocalypse Cigarettes After Sex	67	1	#31	–
52	Destroyer Dead Man Winter	66	1	#31	–
53	Mourning Sound Grizzly Bear	66	2	#58	–
54	This Is It Lo Moon	66	1	#32	–
55	Do You Still Love Me? Ryan Adams	65	2	#47	–
56	Witness Benjamin Booker	64	1	#33	–
57	Moonshine Freeze This Is The Kit	63	1	#34	–
58	Dog Charlie Parr	63	1	#34	–
59	Long Time Blondie	62	1	#35	–
60	Lucky Penny JD McPherson	62	1	#35	–
61	Dear Life Beck	61	2	#63	–
62	Look at What the Light Did Now Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White	60	1	#37	–
63	The Punisher Lucius	60	1	#37	–
64	Leaving LA Father John Misty	59	1	#38	–
65	Showboat Josh Ritter	58	1	#39	–
66	Something For Your M.I.N.D. Superorganism	57	1	#39	–
67	Ain't Got It Like That Earl St. Clair	57	1	#40	–
68	Good Grief Dessa	56	1	#40	–
69	I Dare You The xx	56	2	#60	–
70	Whiteout Conditions The New Pornographers	56	1	#41	–
71	The Man The Killers	55	1	#41	–
72	Drew Barrymore SZA	54	1	#42	–
73	The Joke Brandi Carlile	53	1	#43	–
74	Loveless Lo Moon	52	1	#44	–
75	Feet Don't Fail Me Queens of the Stone Age	52	1	#44	–
76	Bitter Truth Iron and Wine	51	1	#45	–
77	Ballad of the Dying Man Father John Misty	51	1	#45	–
78	Wildfire Laura Marling	50	1	#46	–
79	Angela Lumineers	49	1	#46	–
80	Up in Hudson Dirty Projectors	49	1	#47	–
81	Pure Comedy Father John Misty	47	1	#48	–
82	She Chose Me Randy Newman	47	1	#49	–
83	Adore Amy Shark	46	1	#49	–
84	Motion Sickness Phoebe Bridgers	46	1	#50	–
85	If All I Was Was Black Mavis Staples	45	2	#68	–
86	I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Jeff Tweedy	44	1	#51	–
87	Feel the Same Bully	43	1	#52	–
88	You're the Best Thing About Me U2	42	1	#53	–
89	Monsoon Hippo Campus	40	1	#54	–
90	Third of May/Odaigahara Fleet Foxes	40	1	#55	–
91	Say Something Loving The xx	39	1	#55	–
92	Blue Magic (Waikiki) Son Little	39	1	#56	–
93	Spent the Day in Bed Morrissey	38	1	#57	–
94	Drive Slow Chastity Brown	37	1	#57	–
95	Legend Has It Run the Jewels	36	1	#58	–
96	J-Boy Phoenix	36	1	#59	–
97	Human Rag'N'Bone Man	35	1	#59	–
98	Brother The Rural Alberta Advantage	34	1	#60	–
99	Hungry Ghost Hurray For The Riff Raff	33	1	#61	–
100	Any Party Feist	33	1	#61	–

Every station’s number one of 2017

Station	Number one song	Countdown
The Current	Love Lana Del Rey	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017
WFUV	Feel It Still Portugal. The Man	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017

All 2017 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2017 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 2017 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 two 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.