Every song that charted in 2021

Combined ranking of all 134 songs from the indie rock year-end countdowns of 2021. ← Top 100 of 2021

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Chaise Longue Wet Leg	200	2	#1	2
2	Right On Time Brandi Carlile	193	2	#2	–
3	I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs	193	2	#2	–
4	Be Sweet Japanese Breakfast	189	2	#4	–
5	FREEDOM Jon Batiste	183	2	#5	–
6	Quiet Town The Killers	179	2	#5	–
7	Hypotheticals Lake Street Dive	178	2	#11	–
8	Hurt Arlo Parks	175	2	#7	–
9	Paprika Japanese Breakfast	171	2	#13	–
10	Black Myself Amythyst Kiah	161	2	#3	–
11	Easy On Me Adele	156	2	#18	–
12	justified Kacey Musgraves	154	2	#19	–
13	Solar Power Lorde	145	2	#10	–
14	Not Dead Yet Lord Huron	143	2	#26	–
15	Stand For Myself Yola	142	2	#16	–
16	Can't Let Go Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	139	2	#14	–
17	Witchoo Durand Jones & The Indications	137	2	#13	–
18	Phoenix Big Red Machine	135	2	#29	–
19	I Need You Jon Batiste	132	2	#23	–
20	Mine Forever Lord Huron	127	2	#26	–
21	Stop Making This Hurt Bleachers	126	2	#14	–
22	Walking at a Downtown Pace Parquet Courts	123	2	#27	–
23	Smile Wolf Alice	117	2	#21	–
24	Write a List Of Things to Look Forward To Courtney Barnett	113	2	#22	–
25	Brando Lucy Dacus	112	2	#10	–
26	The Hardest Cut Spoon	110	2	#20	–
27	Survivor Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	108	2	#36	–
28	Call me a Fool Valerie June	106	2	#30	–
29	Motorbike Leon Bridges	106	2	#33	–
30	Amoeba Clairo	106	2	#9	–
31	Magnolia Blues Adia Victoria	104	2	#37	–
32	Hot and Heavy Lucy Dacus	104	2	#35	–
33	Like I Used To Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen	102	2	#35	–
34	Certainty Big Thief	101	2	#18	–
35	Broken Horses Brandi Carlile	99	2	#45	–
36	Worry With You Sleater-Kinney	98	2	#25	–
37	brutal Olivia Rodrigo	98	1	#3	–
38	Days Like These Low	97	1	#4	–
39	The Last Man on Earth Wolf Alice	96	2	#46	–
40	Diamond Studded Shoes Yola	95	2	#31	–
41	817 Oakland Avenue Charlie Parr	93	1	#7	–
42	You and Me On The Rock Brandi Carlile	92	1	#8	–
43	Rumors Lizzo	91	1	#9	–
44	Bitter Taste Billy Idol	88	1	#12	–
45	All My Favorite Songs Weezer	85	2	#32	–
46	How Not To Drown CHVRCHES	84	1	#15	–
47	Taking Me Back (Gently) Jack White	82	1	#17	–
48	Detroit Basketball Bad Bad Hats	80	1	#19	–
49	Valentine Snail Mail	79	2	#48	–
50	Baby Don't Cry Sunflower Bean	79	1	#20	–
51	Wet Dream Wet Leg	78	1	#21	–
52	Taking Me Back Jack White	76	1	#22	–
53	Pay Your Way in Pain St. Vincent	75	2	#50	–
54	Nightflyer Allison Russell	74	1	#24	–
55	Russian Doll Gully Boys	73	1	#25	–
56	The Angel of 8th Ave. Gang of Youths	70	1	#28	–
57	I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) Glass Animals	70	1	#28	–
58	Good Girls CHVRCHES	69	1	#29	–
59	Magnificent Hurt Elvis Costello	68	1	#30	–
60	The Beachland Ballroom Idles	65	1	#32	–
61	Making a Fire (Mark Ronson Re-Version) Foo Fighters	64	1	#33	–
62	Puppy And A Truck Jenny Lewis	63	1	#34	–
63	Questions Middle Kids	61	1	#36	–
64	Hold On To Love Kiss the Tiger	60	1	#37	–
65	Worry No More Amos Lee	59	1	#38	–
66	Long Way Eddie Vedder	58	1	#39	–
67	Hello Hello Hello Remi Wolf	57	1	#39	–
68	He Said She Said CHVRCHES	56	1	#40	–
69	Therefore I Am Billie Eilish	56	2	#44	–
70	Harlem River Blues Steve Earle	54	1	#42	–
71	Bunny Is A Rider Caroline Polachek	54	1	#42	–
72	Leave The Door Open Silk Sonic	53	1	#43	–
73	Hush The Marias	50	2	#65	–
74	How Not To Drown CHVRCHES and Robert Smith	50	1	#46	–
75	Rae Street Courtney Barnett	49	1	#47	–
76	Serotonin Girl In Red	46	1	#49	–
77	Dancing Away In Tears Yola	46	1	#50	–
78	Beautiful Life Michael Kiwanuka	44	1	#51	–
79	Lost Cause Billie Eilish	43	1	#52	–
80	Renegade Big Red Machine	43	1	#52	–
81	Last Train Home John Mayer	41	1	#54	–
82	NDA Billie Eilish	38	1	#56	–
83	662 Christone Kingfish Ingram	38	1	#57	–
84	Black Dog Arlo Parks	37	1	#57	–
85	Stacking Chairs Middle Kids	37	1	#58	–
86	Face Down In The Moment Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	36	1	#59	–
87	Silk Chiffon Muna	35	1	#59	–
88	Galacticana Strand Of Oaks	34	1	#60	–
89	Mood Ring Lorde	34	1	#60	–
90	Wild Blue John Mayer	33	1	#61	–
91	Racist, Sexist Boy - Live at LA Public Library) The Linda Lindas	33	1	#61	–
92	Keep Moving Jungle	32	2	#71	–
93	Strangers Black Pumas	31	1	#62	–
94	Good Days SZA	30	1	#63	–
95	Walkman Bad Bad Hats	29	1	#64	–
96	Bed Head Manchester Orchestra	28	1	#66	–
97	Charyse Low Cut Connie	27	1	#66	–
98	Hope Arlo Parks	27	1	#67	–
99	It's a good day (to fight the system) Shungudzo	26	1	#67	–
100	You've Got a Habit Of Leaving David Bowie	26	1	#68	–
101	Steam Leon Bridges	24	2	#72	–
102	Wake Me Up Foals	24	1	#69	–
103	I See You Phoebe Bridgers	24	1	#69	–
104	Heat Waves Glass Animals	23	1	#70	–
105	Love Love Love My Morning Jacket	20	1	#73	–
106	The Melting Of The Sun St. Vincent	19	1	#74	–
107	Back To Oz Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine	18	1	#74	–
108	The Last dance St. Paul & The Broken Bones	18	1	#75	–
109	Space Girl Frances Forever	17	1	#75	–
110	The Tipping Point Tears for Fears	17	1	#76	–
111	Vertigo Alice Merton	16	1	#76	–
112	Crawling Kingsnake The Black Keys	16	1	#77	–
113	Jazz On The Autobahn The Felice Brothers	14	1	#78	–
114	Magnificent Hurt Elvis Costello and The Imposters	13	1	#78	–
115	Don't Go Puttin Wishes In My Head Torres	13	1	#79	–
116	Motel Room Kiss the Tiger	12	1	#79	–
117	Hold Yourself TuneYards	12	1	#80	–
118	Rome Dessa	11	1	#80	–
119	Up All Night Aaron Lee Tasjan	11	1	#81	–
120	Burn It Out Aimee Mann	10	1	#82	–
121	Last Day On Earth Beabadoobee	9	1	#82	–
122	I Ran Away Dinosaur Jr.	9	1	#83	–
123	Record Player Daisy the Great	8	1	#83	–
124	Once More For The Ocean Slothrust	8	1	#84	–
125	Shame Shame Foo Fighters	7	1	#84	–
126	Hey Lou Liz Phair	7	1	#85	–
127	Monday The Regrettes	6	1	#85	–
128	Two Flock of Dimes	6	1	#86	–
129	WusYaName Tyler, the Creator	4	1	#86	–
130	Get Closer Twin Shadow	3	1	#88	–
131	Pick Up Your Feelings Jazmine Sullivan	2	1	#88	–
132	Spanish Doors Liz Phair	2	1	#89	–
133	Strong Feelings Dry Cleaning	1	1	#89	–
134	Roots Cautious Clay	1	1	#90	–