Top Songs of 2023

 So usually I'd be doing this in three posts: the first just counting down from 100-51, the second from 50-21 with commentary along the way, and the third counting down my top 20. But I'm calling 2023 the aberration in my tradition, due to the fact that I was moving house in December 2023 and just didn't have time to put together proper blog posts. The books were easy as I write them up as I go, but still I use this blog as my go-to reference for where particular songs and albums fell, so it will screw future me up if I don't have this. So here you go, my entire top 100 songs of 2023 in countdown order:

100) Saturnine - GoGo Penguin (Contemporary Jazz)

99) C'est drôle la vie - Christophe Maé feat. Angelique Kidjo (French Pop)

98) Patience - Wilder Woods (Indie Folk)

97) Ain't That the Way - The Rough & Tumble (Folk Pop)

96) L'amour - Christophe Maé feat. Amadou & Mariam (French Pop)

95) I GOT IT - Debby Friday feat. Uñas (Electropunk)

94) Ringing in my Ears - Dan Sultan (Australio Indie Folk Pop)

93) Tempus Fugitive - Nick Harper (Anti-Folk)

92) One in a Million - Funke and the Two Tone Baby (DIY Funk Rock)

91) Tenochtitlán - Mon Laferte (Chilean Folk Pop)

90) Purple Phase - Arlo Parks (RnB)

89) Future Promise - Niki & the Dove and the Greys (Neosoul)

88) Andrá - Sigur Rós (Ambient Pop)

87) Wearing Through the Pine - Villages (Indie Folk Pop)

86) “Burial Bleak” - King Creosote (Scottish Folk Pop)

85) Hope - Green Lads (Celtic Folk)

84) Anchorite - KOAN Sound (Neurohop)

83) Strange Weather - Luke Sital-Singh (Indie Singer-Songwriter)

82) Cut It - VLURE (Electropunk)

81) Maybe Everyone Knows - Tide Lines (puirt-à-beul)

80) Accordion Song - Eliza Carthy & the Restitution (Folk)

79) D.A.R.E. - ICECOLDBISHOP (Hip-Hop)

78) I Will Follow - Billy Sullivan (Mod Revival)

77) Common Sense Civilian - The Murlocs (Psychedelic Garage Rock)

76) Breaking the Circle - Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Synthpop)

75) My Red Little Fox - Sufjan Stevens (Art Folk)

74) Tomorrow - Black Pumas (Neosoul)

73) See the World by Night - Fruit Bats (Indie Pop)

72) Wake In Might - Party Dozen (Psychojazz)

71) Anything But - Hozier (Irish Folk Pop)

70) What On Earth Is It (you Take Me For) - Madness (Ska)

69) First & First - Charlie Hall (Indie Rock)

68) Fever - RMR (Alt-RnB)

67) flowers - joan (Boyband Pop)

66) Winter's Eve - Kishi Bashi (Indie Folk Pop)

65) Soundboy Killa - Dub Pistols & Natty Campbell (dub)

64) Inner Space - Temples (Psychedelic Pop)

63) Follow the Leader - Devon Gilfillian (RnB)

62) Skel - Sigur Rós (Ambient Pop)

61) Everything You Need - Skerryvore (Celtic Folk)

60) Dear Bill - Operation Mincemeat (Musical Theatre)

59) FORMULA - Dumb Buoys Fishing Club, Merlyn Wood & joe unknown (Hip-Hop)

58) Little Blue - Jacob Collier feat. Brandi Carlile (Indie Folk)

57) Ave Verum (Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor) - Libera (Contemporary Choral)

56) Klettur - Sigur Rós (Ambient Pop)

55) SOPHIA <144> - Meg Myers feat. Nicole Perretti (Indie Rock)

54) Bear the Weight - Exploring Birdsong (Prog Rock)

53) We May Not Stay - GoGo Penguin (Contemporary Jazz)

52) À tout jamais - Mylène Farmer (French Synthpop)

51) Blue Over Blue - The Clientele (Indie Folk)

50) No Reason - Sunny War (Black Americana)

49) Amokura - Shapeshifter (Cook Islands Drum 'n' Bass)

48) Through the Eyes of a Woman - Lucky Lo (Art Pop)

47) Little Black Flowers - Woods (Psychedelic Folk)

46) Lonesome Fears - Emilíana Torrini & the Colorist Orchestra (Chamber Pop)

45) Stun Like a Deadly Flower - Gabi Garbutt (Indie Singer-Songwriter)

44) One of Your Girls - Troye Sivan (Pop)

43) Gatjumak - Andrew Gurruwiri Band (Australio Indigenous Rock)

42) You Left Me In Bloom - Emilíana Torrini & the Colorist Orchestra (Chamber Pop)

41) Anpuru Maau Kutjpa - Electric Fields (Australio Indigenous Folk Pop)

40) Danny's Waltz - Snows of Yesteryear (Folk Pop)

39) feeling like dancing - joan (Boyband Pop)

38) On the Village Green - Nick Harper (Anti-Folk)

37) Gemini Sun - Black Pumas (Neosoul)

36) Oral - Björk & Rosalía (Art Pop)

35) Bad by Design - Siv Jakobsen (Dreamfolk)

34) Luxury of Self Destruction - TTRRUUCES (Wonky Pop)

33) Puirt à beul (Ho gun d' mharbh mi, Dhannsamaid le Ailean, Air an fhèill, Ged thigeadh fear le buaile chruidh) - Joy Dunlop (puirt-à-beul)

32) Vancouver Island - Skerryvore (Celtic Folk)

31) Weightless - Arlo Parks (RnB)

30) Love As Hard As You Can - Liela Moss feat. Dhani Harrison (Garage Rock)

29) Meeting the Master - Greta van Fleet (Glam Rock)

28) Can't Stop the Music - Funke and the Two Tone Baby (DIY Funk Rock)

27) Goldenrod - Jenny Owen Youngs (Indie Folk)

26) Amelia - Samia (Metropopolis)

25) BUGGIN - WHO SHOT SCOTT (New Zealand-Iraqi Hip-Hop)

24) Dorisk Reinlender - Gangar (Neofolk)

23) Can't - Anohni and the Johnsons (Art Pop)

22) Lost in the Rush - Telenova (Indie Pop)

21) Valley - Amy Stroup (Countrygaze)

20) Stick Figure Attack - IRONTOM (Art Rock)

19) Dan No Ura, Pt. 1 - PoiL & Junko Ueda (Superhero Big Beat Surf)

18) Errasuriz - Kiltro (Chilean Folk Pop)

17) Solid Rock - Goanna, Moss & Tamara Keith feat. William Barton (Australio DnB Cover)

16) Brittany - Glüme feat. Sean Ono Lennon (Experimental Synthpop)

15) Goodbye Evergreen - Sufjan Stevens (Art Folk)

14) The Nightmare - OK Goodnight (Prog Metal)

13) You're Just a Boy (And I'm Kinda a Man) - Maisie Peters (Pop)

12) Fuh Spite - KES (Soca)

11) Chupacabra Cadabra - NanowaR of Steel (Satirical Mariachi Metal)

10) The Humours of Ardnamurchan - Peatbog Faeries feat. Heather MacLeod & Gina Rae (Celtic Folk)

9) Division - Barkaa (Australio Indigenous Protest Hip-Hop)

8) The King - Anjimile (Experimental Folk)

7) Secrets of the Mind - Parrotfish (Psychedelic Rock)

6) I Just Wanna Dance - The Niro (Europop with kora for some reason)

5) Au Top - ascendant vierge (Belgian Hardcore Pop)

4) Vamonos - Dutty Moonshine Big Band (Jazz Hop)

3) Face in the Crowd - Freya Ridings (Indie Singer-Songwriter)

2) Tararua - HINA (Maori Folk Pop)

1) Terror - Tianna Esperanza (Alt-RnB)