Our review of 2016’s finest songs has reached its final part, and with it our favourite songs of the year. Amongst them, alternative folkies; electronica producers sampling Brazilian classics; hip-hop discoveries; veteran rockers; comebacks and departures; swan songs and debuts; conceptual songs about sex and death; life and hopelessness.
And our Top 25 songs of the year are:
| 25-WEYES BLOOD Do You Need My Love (Kemado) |
| 24-CHANCE THE RAPPER FEAT. KNOX FORTUNE All Night (Self-Released) |
| 23-RADIOHEAD Burn The Witch (XL) |
| 22-JOEY PURP FEAT. CHANCE THE RAPPER Girls@ (Independent) |
| 21-DAVID BOWIE Lazarus (RCA) |
| 20-BON IVER 22 (OVER S∞∞N) (Bob Moose Extended Cab Version) (Jagjaguwar) |
| 19-ANGEL OLSEN Shut Up Kiss Me (Jagjaguwar) |
| 18-SOLANGE Cranes In The Sky (Columbia) |
| 17-RAE SREMMURD FEAT. GUCCI MANE Black Beatles (Eardruma) |
| 16-YOUNG THUG & TRAVIS SCOTT FEAT. QUAVO Pick Up The Phone (Epic) |
| 15-ANDERSON.PAAK Come Down (OBE) |
| 14-KAYTRANADA Lite Spots (XL) |
| 13-MITSKI Your Best American Girl (Dead Oceans) |
| 12-KAMAIYAH How Does It Feel (Interscope) |
| 11-CAR SEAT HEADREST Fill In The Blank (Matador) |
| 10-NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS Magneto (Mute) |
| 9-A TRIBE CALLE QUEST Dis Generation (Epic) |
| 8-DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Surrender Under Protest (ATO) |
| 7-PJ HARVEY The Wheel (Island) |
| 6-ANOHNI 4 Degrees (Rough Trade) |
| 5-LEONARD COHEN You Want It Darker (Sony) |
| 4-FRANK OCEAN Ivy (Boys Don't Cry) |
| 3-KANYE WEST FEAT. CHANCE THE RAPPER, THE-DREAM, KELLY PRICE & KIRK FRANKLYN Ultralight Beam (G.O.O.D. Music) |
| 2-JENNY HVAL Conceptual Romance (Sacred Bones) |
| 1-DAVID BOWIE Blackstar (ISO) |
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