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The 100 Best Songs of 2023 According to PitchFork.com

What was your favorite song of this year? A list of the top 100 songs has been released by the website pitchfork.com. So, basically some dude who writes for this…

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What was your favorite song of this year? A list of the top 100 songs has been released by the website pitchfork.com. So, basically some dude who writes for this website thought, Hey, here are my favorite songs.  I am starting to not agree with it, for one reason only. I honestly have never heard about 90 percent of these songs. ...Let's see what you think?

So what goes into a song being one of the best of the year? Does it have to do with the actual sound and composition of the song or does it only have to do with how popular the song was that year? Also, Let me know, what songs would you replace in this list? It's hard for me to do a best of the year for songs, Being a Classic Rock radio guy I tend to listen to a lot of older music. It is embarrassing but sometimes I will hear a song, play it for my wife and see will inform that the song is years old. Yes I know, I shouldn't be 32 years old lol!

Anyway, let's get into this list from pitchfork.com and see what you think

"A & W" by Lana Del Rey tops a list of the best songs of the year.  It's followed by "Boy's a Liar Part 2" by Pink Pantheress and Ice Spice, and "Will Anybody Ever Love Me?" by Sufjan Stevens.

Here's the Top 20:

 

1.  "A & W",  Lana Del Rey

 

2.  "Boy's a Liar Part 2",  Pink Pantheress and Ice Spice

 

3.  "Will Anybody Ever Love Me?",  Sufjan Stevens

 

4.  "Namesake",  Noname

 

5.  "get him back!",  Olivia Rodrigo

 

6.  "Kill Bill",  SZA

 

7.  "Super Shy",  NewJeans

 

8.  "Chosen to Deserve",  Wednesday

 

9.  "Rush",  Troye Sivan

 

10.  "Making the Band (Danity Kane)",  Earl Sweatshirt

 

11.  "Daddy",  Nourished by Time

 

12.  "It Must Change",  ANOHNI and the Johnsons

 

13.  "Shiver",  Fever Ray

 

14.  "The Hillbillies",  Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar

 

15.  "Vampire Empire",  Big Thief

 

16.  "Co-Star",  Amaarae

 

17.  "Year Zero",  billy woods and Kenny Segal, featuring Danny Brown

 

18.  "Pet Rock",  L'Rain

 

19.  "I Believe",  Caroline Polachek

 

20.  "Contact",  Kelela

 

Don't yell at me! Check out the website that posted the list and see if you agree with their criteria?! Here is the link to their story.

Now here is a list I can get behind!

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