So, I haven't made an end-of-year songs list in these past few years because it's not like I've heard every song in the world. But I had a ton of free time on my hands this year and I came pretty darn close. My problem is, when I have personal favorite albums, how can I make an end-of-year songs list without cramming, like, 5 songs from my favorite album in the top 10? This is what I decided on:
This is a list of my favorite songs of 2017... kinda. It does not include any tracks that come from albums you'll see on my upcoming "Album Of The Year" list.
It's a stupid shtick, but it made the list a lot easier to make. And I'm having some fun with this! A couple tracks aren't even stream-able, but are just songs from YouTube videos. Most of these songs are just by indie-hype bands I've always liked, so this list is kinda in their honor. And I guess this is a super roundabout (and fairly unique) way to prelude my eventual end-of-year albums list which usual gets plenty of views.
So scroll through this list. Check out some darn good songs. I'm done here.
MY 33 FAVORITE SONGS OF 2017 (kinda)
33 Eminem The Storm
Apparently Slim titled his BET Awards freestyle "The Storm," but I'll always remember it as "that one random time old-man Eminem did a freestyle on TV and everyone liked it."
32 Beach House Chariot
Beach House released a compilation of B-sides and rarities and it was quite good.
31 Jay-Z (ft Gloria Carter) Smile
Jay-Z's 4:44 album wasn't too shabby and this track has a sample from my favorite Stevie Wonder song.
30 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile Over Everything
We have reached peak dad rock.
29 Broken Social Scene Hug of Thunder
The new BSS album is an honorable mention on my AOTY list btw.
28 Brian Eno / Kevin Shields Only Once Away My Son
Brian Eno + Kevin Shields = It's about darn time.
27 Rina Sawayama Cyber Stockholm Syndrome
This could probably go toe-to-toe with any industrial/pop track from FKA Twigs.
26 Blanck Mass Silent Treatment
So, this guy used to be one-half of F* Buttons, who were a big-name buzz band back when I was getting into indie music, and this song comes off as an uncomfortably deserving blast-from-the-past for me.
25 Super Deluxe Alex Jones Rants As An Indie Folk Song
I'm just gonna leave a link to this video right here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWd6XgBVIcg
24 Arcade Fire Everything Now
But lest we forget, this album sucks butt.
23 Ariel Pink Feels Like Heaven
Yeah, Ariel usually knows what he's doing.
22 Brockhampton GOLD
Brockhampton is an 8-piece hip-hop group from Texas (but also kinda from California), and while most of their their songs are guilty of trying to be too many things all at once (if you can imagine that), this song nails what they're aiming for (whatever the heck that may be).
21 Frank Ocean (ft Jay-Z + Tyler, The Creator) Biking
I rather enjoyed this year of assorted Frank Ocean singles.
20 Kirin J. Callinan (ft Alex Cameron + Molly Lewis + Jimmy Barnes) Big Enough
Here's everybody's favorite part!
19 Oneohtrix Point Never (ft Iggy Pop) The Pure And The Damned
Some day, I swear, we're gonna go to a place where we can do everything we want to and we can pet the crocodiles.
18 Lorde Supercut
Lorde pulled off a few solid pop songs this year; I can attest.
17 The National Day I Die
The National haven't sounded this anthemic in nearly 10 years.
16 Carly Rae Jepsen Cut To The Feeling
This woman is on a freaking roll with these bubbly/80's pop singles!
15 David Bowie No Plan
I don't always dig posthumous music releases, but dang, this Bowie track just kicks you in the feels on so many levels.
14 Mount Kimbie (ft King Krule) Blue Train Lines
I liked that new King Krule album, but I really wish there was a track on there as downright torturous and gut-wrenching as this.
13 Kendrick Lamar The Heart Part 4
This isn't on the DAMN. tracklist, so, duh, it's on this list.
12 Vince Staples Big Fish
Take it easy homie.
11 Alex Cameron Runnin' Outta Luck
Alex Cameron is one of the most fun characters I was introduced to this year; touching influential base with all our favorite corny 80's songwriters.
10 Big Thief Mythological Beauty
This song is some family-made comfort food amid the usually strange world of indie rock.
9 Bruno Mars That's What I Like
This was the only hit from this year where everyone in the car could agree on not changing the radio station, mostly so we could sing together, "SEX BY THE FIRE AT NIGHT!"
8 Charli XCX Boys
Don't judge me, just love me.
7 Mac DeMarco My Old Man
This is the only Mac DeMarco song I've ever cried to, and I think we should take that for what it is.
6 Migos (ft Lil Uzi Vert) Bad & Boujee
All my rap peoples should browse every project produced by Metro Boomin this year, for everything he touched turned to gold, and this dope collaboration brought this song a commendable nationwide popularity that's made it arguably the most culturally significant song of the year.
5 Future Islands Ran
Music video further confirms lead singer Samuel T. Herring is my favorite person of all time.
4 Dirty Projectors Up In Hudson
Behind this song's powerhouse of studio electricity, its New Orleans horns section and realistic storytelling from David Longstreth gives it a fermented taste of post-relationship nostalgia comparable to Paul Simon.
3 LCD Soundsytem American Dream
Hearing someone explain The American Dream has never made so much sense as when James Murphy starts absolutely wailing about it at the climax of this song.
2 Jens Lekman (ft LouLou Lamotte) To Know Your Mission
Being a Jens fan and having been a Mormon missionary, this song means a lot to me.
1 SOPHIE It's Okay To Cry
A song like this is a rarity, where merely listening to it feels like an event.
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