Songs of 2016: 100-51

So as you've probably heard, because you're either Jez or my mother, Jez and I spent most of 2016 listening to a bunch of 2016-released albums, to the point where our goal was to have listened to 1000 albums (including EPs) by the end of the year (this wasn't the goal at the beginning until we realised it was achievable). Jez reached this goal two weeks ago and I took until last week to do it - mainly because I spent two weeks early in the year on a cruise ship without music, and also Jez somehow managed to continue listening to music prolifically with a several-day-old son better than I did.

Anyway, while I have whittled down my albums of the year to a top 25, I have more of an upfront focus on my songs of the year (we did include singles in the music project too, although these didn't count towards the #1000albums goal). To that end, I'm first going to countdown my top 100 songs of the year.

There's only so much that I can write about songs, though, particularly ones that are very good but haven't quite come to mean something to me personally (for various reasons). So for the first 50 I'm just going to do a big dump of the list. If you're particularly interested in why I liked one of these songs, or if you disagree at how low it is (spoiler alert, Jez - The Space Between is at 57), let me know in the comments and I'll probably ignore you! Enjoy!

I should also say I have a full 208-song longlist on Google Play Music that I'll make public after I've finished with this countdown. I will be posting my top 25 albums following my songs countdown.

My top 100, the bottom 50:

100. “Toothbrush” by DNCE

99. “Royal Blues” by Dragonette

98. “Ain’t Giving Up” by Craig David

97. “Transitions” by Youth Code

96. “Stretch Your Eyes” by Agnes Obel

95. “Miis Veieli” by Trauffer

94. “Door to Tomorrow” by Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve

93. “Silent Speaking” by Paperhaus

92. “Guard Your Gates” by Kevin Divine

91. “Good Girls” by Crystal Fighters

90. “The End is Beautiful” by Jimmy Eat World

89. “m’lover” by Kishi Bashi

88. “Time of the Blue” by The Tallest Man on Earth

87. “Indigo Skies” by Digitalism

86. “Baby One More Time” by the Baseballs

85. “Your Best American Girl” by Mitski

84. “All to Myself” by Amber Coffman

83. “Rosen des Abschieds” by Klaus Johann Grobe

82. “Beyond the Matrix” by Epica

81. “Getaway” by Saint Motel

80. “Girl Loves Me” by David Bowie

79. “Ode to my Next Life” by Kishi Bashi

78. “Tinseltown in the Rain” by Bic Runga

77. “L’attrape-rêves” by Christophe Maé

76. “Too Late” by We Are Scientists

75. “Reglament” by 3D Stas

74. “Blood on the Hillside” by Ninebarrow

73. “Hold Your Hand” by Perfume

72. “(Do The) Act Like You’ve Never Met Me” by TV Girl

71. “Dodged a Bullet” by Greg Laswell

70. “The Devil is in her Eyes” by the Jayhawks

69. “A Fistful o’ Roses” by the Rumjacks

68. “Hassid” by Sheelanagig

67. “Move Your Body” by Sia

66. “Ikoneklasmia” by Stam1na

65. “Goodbye” by Goat

64. “Resampled and Reassembled (Original Mix)” by 3D Stas

63. “When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men’s Eyes" by Florench Welch

62. “The Sign” by the Baseballs

61. “Rick Wakeman’s Cape” by The Fleshtones

60. “De Ti” by Thalia feat. Silvestre Dangond

59. “Wake Up to This” by King Creosote

58. “Nights in White Satin” by Oceans of Slumber

57. “The Space Between” by Jamie Smith’s Mabon

56. “Genghis Khan” by Miike Snow

55. “Lost Girls” by Lindsey Stirling

54. “Someday We’ll Linger in the Sun” by Gaelynn Lea

53. “If You Go” by Passenger

52. “Take Time” by The Jagger Botchway Group

51. “Greenwoods Bethlehem” by Bear’s Den

Tomorrow's post is likely to be a brief write-up of 50 through to 21 before I plunge into my top 20. Likely.