December 20, 2013
My favorite songs of 2013
For some reason I went through Pitchfork's top 100 songs of 2013 and predictably found myself either disliking or never even hearing all but around a dozen songs, so I decided to put together my own top 30 37. It turns out that most of the songs I thought came out in 2013 actually came out in 2012 or maybe 2005, so this is hardly a definitive ranking. But whatever. Here are a bunch of songs I liked this year:
1. "Backseat Freestyle" by Kendrick Lamar
2. "Bad" by Wale and Rihanna
3. "Dear Marie" by John Mayer
4. "Power Trip" by J. Cole and Miguel
5. "Wake Me Up" by Avicii and Aloe Blacc
6. "Elephant" by Jason Isbell
7. "Bed Peace" by Jhene Aiko and Childish Gambino
8. "Hit Me" by Mystikal
9. "The Monster" by Eminem and Rihanna
10. "Wild Child" by Brett Dennen
11. "Hold On, We're Going Home" by Drake and Majid Jordan
12. "Crooked Smile" by J. Cole and TLC
13. "Gun" by Chvrches
14. "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" by Kendrick Lamar
15. "Cover Me Up" by Jason Isbell
16. "Who You Love" by John Mayer and Katy Perry
17. "Poetic Justice" by Kendrick Lamar and Drake
18. "Love Is The Answer" by Aloe Blacc and Pharrell Williams
19. "Don't Wait" by Mapei
20. "She Knows" by J. Cole
21. "When We Were Young" by Brett Dennen
22. "Wildfire" by John Mayer
23. "Rich As Fuck" by Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz
24. "Royals" by Lorde
25. "Different Days" by Jason Isbell
26. "Do I Wanna Know" by Arctic Monkeys
27. "Tired Of Dreaming" by Wale, Ne-Yo, and Rick Ross
28. "Sweet Persuasion" by Brett Dennen
29. "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams
30. "Beautiful Day" by Joshua Radin
31. "Love Me" by Lil Wayne, Drake, and Future
32. "The Man" by Aloe Blacc
33. "My My Love" by Joshua Radin
34. "Body Party" by Ciara
35. "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" by Arctic Monkeys
36. "Fuckin' Problem" by A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz, and Drake
37. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by Possum Plows
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