The Current's Top 89 Songs of 2021
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Results for The Current's Top 89 Songs of 2021 will post below as they are revealed on Thursday, Dec. 31. At 5 p.m. CT, we'll look back on past Top 89 winners. Then, around 5:50 p.m., we'll hit play on this year's countdown. The whole shebang will re-air starting at noon on Jan. 1.
Full playlist now available on Spotify.
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Chaise Longue
Chaise Longue (Single)Wet Leg2
Right On Time
In These Silent DaysBrandi Carlile3
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I Don't Live Here Anymore (feat. Lucius)
I Don't Live Here AnymoreThe War On Drugs7
817 Oakland Avenue
Last of the Better Days AheadCharlie Parr8
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Rumors (feat. Cardi B)
Rumors (Single)Lizzo10
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Paprika
JubileeJapanese Breakfast14
Can't Let Go
Raise the RoofRobert Plant & Alison Krauss15
How Not To Drown (feat. Robert Smith)
Screen ViolenceCHVRCHES16
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The Hardest Cut
Lucifer on the SofaSpoon21
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Taking Me Back
Taking Me Back (Single)Jack White23
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justified
star-crossedKacey Musgraves25
Russian Doll
Favorite Son EPGully Boys26
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Walking at a Downtown Pace
Sympathy For LifeParquet Courts28
I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)
I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) (Single)Glass Animals29
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Call Me A Fool (feat. Carla Thomas)
The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For DreamersValerie June31
Phoenix (feat. Fleet Foxes and Anaïs Mitchell)
How Long Do You Think It's Going To Last?Big Red Machine32
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Like I Used To
Like I Used To (Single)Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen36
Survivor
The FutureNathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats37
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Hello Hello Hello
I'm Allergic to Dogs! EPRemi Wolf40
He Said She Said
Screen ViolenceCHVRCHES41
Mine Forever
Long LostLord Huron42
Bunny Is A Rider
Bunny Is A Rider (Single)Caroline Polachek43
Leave The Door Open
An Evening with Silk SonicSilk Sonic44
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Witchoo
Private SpaceDurand Jones and The Indications46
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Broken Horses
In These Silent DaysBrandi Carlile48
Valentine
ValentineSnail Mail49
Serotonin
if i could make it go quietgirl in red50
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Magnolia Blues
A Southern GothicAdia Victoria52
Renegade (feat. Taylor Swift)
How Long Do You Think It's Going To Last?Big Red Machine53
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Stop Making This Hurt
Take the Sadness Out of Saturday NightBleachers55
Smile
Blue WeekendWolf Alice56
NDA
Happier Than EverBillie Eilish57
Black Dog
Collapsed In SunbeamsArlo Parks58
Write a List Of Things to Look Forward To
Things Take Time, Take TimeCourtney Barnett59
Silk Chiffon (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
Silk Chiffon (Single)MUNA60
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Racist, Sexist Boy - Live at LA Public Library)
Racist, Sexist Boy (Live at LA Public Library) (Single)The Linda Lindas62
Strangers (feat. Lucius)
Black Pumas (Expanded Deluxe Edition)Black Pumas63
Good Days
Good Days (Single)SZA64
Walkman
WalkmanBad Bad Hats65
Diamond Studded Shoes
Stand for MyselfYola66
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It's a good day (to fight the system)
I’m not a mother, but I have childrenShungudzo68
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Hush
CINEMAThe Marías72
Certainty
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in YouBig Thief73
All My Favorite Songs
OK HumanWeezer74
Back To Oz
A Beginner's MindSufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine75
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Vertigo
Vertigo (Single)Alice Merton77
Amoeba
SlingClairo78
Magnificent Hurt
The Boy Named IfElvis Costello and The Imposters79
Motel Room
Vicious KidKiss the Tiger80
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Record Player (with AJR)
Record Player (Single)Daisy the Great84
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Monday
Monday (Single)The Regrettes86
WusYaName (feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again)
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOSTTyler, the Creator87
Steam
Gold-Diggers SoundLeon Bridges88
Pick Up Your Feelings
Heaux TalesJazmine Sullivan89
