What was the top indie rock song of 2019?

Combining 2 year-end radio countdowns, the top indie rock song of 2019 is "Juice" by Lizzo, which appeared on 2 of the lists.

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

The best indie rock songs of 2019

Two radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2019: The Current and WFUV. Combining every list, the top indie rock song of 2019 is “Juice” by Lizzo, which appeared on two of the two countdowns and was voted number one by two of them. Two different songs were voted number one somewhere: “History Repeats” by Brittany Howard and “Juice” by Lizzo. Lizzo was the year’s most-charted artist, with five different songs placing 6 times across the countdowns.

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139songs charted

2different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2019

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Ranked by combined points across every 2019 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Juice Lizzo	200	2	#1	2
2	Seventeen Sharon Van Etten	188	2	#5	–
3	Saying Goodbye J.S. Ondara	187	2	#4	–
4	Harmony Hall Vampire Weekend	187	2	#5	–
5	This Land Gary Clark Jr.	187	2	#3	–
6	Not Big Thief	185	2	#6	–
7	Stay High Brittany Howard	174	2	#4	–
8	Bad Guy Billie Eilish	170	2	#2	–
9	This Life Vampire Weekend	169	2	#12	–
10	Dylan Thomas Better Oblivion Community Center	165	2	#14	–
11	Heads Gonna Roll Jenny Lewis	158	2	#19	–
12	Redesigning Women Highwomen	156	2	#17	–
13	Highwomen Highwomen	156	2	#15	–
14	Redbull and Hennessy Jenny Lewis	152	2	#12	–
15	Wasted Youth Jenny Lewis	145	2	#13	–
16	Sisyphus Andrew Bird	143	2	#25	–
17	Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile The New Pornographers	136	2	#6	–
18	Hey, Ma Bon Iver	131	2	#7	–
19	Doin' Time Lana Del Rey	130	2	#23	–
20	Colors Black Pumas	129	2	#2	–
21	Burning Maggie Rogers	127	2	#30	–
22	Love Is Everywhere (Beware) Wilco	126	2	#24	–
23	Hero Michael Kiwanuka	123	2	#22	–
24	Peach Fuzz CAAMP	123	2	#14	–
25	Saw Lightning Beck	114	2	#36	–
26	Lo/Hi The Black Keys	113	2	#31	–
27	Patience Tame Impala	113	2	#32	–
28	Borderline Tame Impala	105	2	#32	–
29	Bags Clairo	103	2	#41	–
30	I Get No Joy Jade Bird	102	2	#13	–
31	Sing Along Sturgill Simpson	102	2	#29	–
32	All Mirrors Angel Olsen	100	2	#39	–
33	Truth Hurts Lizzo	98	1	#3	–
34	Hello Sunshine Bruce Springsteen	93	1	#7	–
35	Cuz I Love You Lizzo	92	1	#8	–
36	Like A Girl Lizzo	90	1	#10	–
37	Crowded Table Highwomen	89	2	#20	–
38	Everyone Hides Wilco	89	1	#11	–
39	Bury A Friend Billie Eilish	84	1	#15	–
40	Old Black Magic Josh Ritter	83	1	#16	–
41	Velodrome - Live Dessa & the Minnesota Orchestra	83	1	#16	–
42	Summer Girl Haim	83	2	#45	–
43	Might Be Right White Reaper	82	2	#30	–
44	Black Moon Rising Black Pumas	82	1	#17	–
45	Come For Me Sunflower Bean	81	1	#18	–
46	Tempo Lizzo	79	1	#20	–
47	Sunflower Vampire Weekend	78	2	#46	–
48	Missed Connection The Head and the Heart	78	2	#31	–
49	Fighter Joseph	77	2	#42	–
50	Rylan The National	76	1	#22	–
51	Dead of Night Orville Peck	76	1	#23	–
52	The greatest Lana Del Rey	73	1	#25	–
53	Uneventful Days Beck	72	1	#26	–
54	Best Time of My Life Cloud Cult	71	1	#27	–
55	Gotta Get To Know Ya Seratones	70	1	#28	–
56	Love All Night (Work All Day) Yola	69	1	#29	–
57	Good For You Dessa	64	1	#33	–
58	Ride Out In The Country Yola	63	1	#34	–
59	Please Don't Call Me Crazy The Cactus Blossoms	63	1	#34	–
60	Faraway Look Yola	62	1	#35	–
61	Lebanon J.S. Ondara	62	1	#35	–
62	Almost (Sweet Music) Hozier	61	1	#36	–
63	Now That You're Gone The Raconteurs	60	1	#37	–
64	Hard Case Tedeschi Trucks Band	59	1	#38	–
65	Justice Citizen Cope	58	1	#39	–
66	See You Through My Eyes The Head and the Heart	57	1	#40	–
67	Do You Remember Chance The Rapper	56	1	#40	–
68	You Had Your Soul With You The National	56	1	#41	–
69	Father Mountain Calexico/Iron and Wine	53	1	#43	–
70	Sister Rosetta Frank Turner	52	1	#44	–
71	Rocket Fuel DJ Shadow	51	1	#45	–
72	Pearl Cadillac Gary Clark Jr.	49	1	#46	–
73	No Bullets Spent Spoon	49	2	#50	–
74	Go The Black Keys	49	1	#47	–
75	The Barrel Aldous Harding	48	1	#47	–
76	when the party's over Billie Eilish	45	1	#50	–
77	High Steppin' Avett Brothers	45	2	#58	–
78	Tell the Truth Avett Brothers	44	1	#51	–
79	Alligator Of Monsters And Men	44	1	#51	–
80	Everyday Weyes Blood	43	1	#52	–
81	Boys In The Better Land Fontaines D.C.	43	1	#52	–
82	Change Mavis Staples	41	1	#54	–
83	Bright Horses Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	40	1	#54	–
84	When Am I Gonna Lose You Local Natives	39	1	#55	–
85	Gloria Lumineers	39	1	#56	–
86	Wide Right Bad Bad Hats	38	1	#56	–
87	Jupiter 4 Sharon Van Etten	36	1	#58	–
88	Life In The City Lumineers	36	1	#59	–
89	Movement Hozier	35	1	#59	–
90	Light Years The National	34	1	#60	–
91	Heavenly Cigarettes After Sex	34	1	#60	–
92	Funny Business Alice Merton	33	1	#61	–
93	Waiting for You Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	32	1	#62	–
94	Help Me Stranger The Raconteurs	31	1	#63	–
95	Mercury in Retrograde Sturgill Simpson	30	1	#64	–
96	The Center Won't Hold Sleater-Kinney	29	1	#64	–
97	Ruby Strand Of Oaks	29	1	#65	–
98	Different Kind of Love Adia Victoria	28	1	#66	–
99	Ready to Let Go Cage The Elephant	27	1	#66	–
100	Overexcited Guster	27	1	#67	–

Every station’s number one of 2019

Station	Number one song	Countdown
The Current	History Repeats Brittany Howard	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019
WFUV	Juice Lizzo	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019

All 2019 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2019 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 2019 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.