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Top 89 of 2015: Songs

The results are in for The Current's Top 89 songs of 2015
The results are in for The Current's Top 89 songs of 2015MPR Graphic

January 04, 2016

2015 was an incredible year for music. Each month saw a barrage of new singles and albums from a wide array of artists. We played the songs and you responded to each of them. Now, we're counting the songs down based on your votes in our annual Top 89 poll.

As the Top 89 countdown aired, results were revealed online. Follow along and join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #Top89!

Explore the results of our bonus categories, plus The Current staff picks:

Top 89 Songs of 2015

Results for the Top 89 songs of 2015 will post below as they are revealed on Thursday, Dec. 31 starting at 5 p.m. CT.


89.
The Staves - "Teeth White"

The Staves perform in The Current studio


88.
Mumford and Sons - "The Wolf"

Theft of the Dial: Mumford and Sons
Album of the Week: Mumford and Sons, Wilder Mind
Mumford and Sons perform in The Current studio (2010)


87.
Beach House - "Sparks"

Album of the Week: Beach House, Depression Cherry
Beach House play an immersive second night at First Avenue
Beach House perform in The Current studio (2010)


86.
Lizzo - "Ain't I"

From Lizzo, with love: A conversation with Minneapolis's reigning queen of hip-hop
Lizzo performs in The Current studio (2015)
The O.K. Show, Episode 9: Lizzo on self-acceptance and falling in love with herself
Lizzo performs in The Current studio (2013)


85.
Brandi Carlile - "The Things I Regret"

Brandi Carlile performs in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher's Daughter
Outside at the Cabooze, Brandi Carlile made Minnesota her home


84.
Florence and the Machine - "St. Jude"

Album of the Week: Florence and the Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful


83.
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - "Sugah Daddy"

Album of the Week: D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Black Messiah


82.
Wilco - "Random Name Generator"

Album of the Week: Wilco, Star Wars


81.
Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment - "Sunday Candy"


80.
Sufjan Stevens - "No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross"

Album of the Week: Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell
The Eaux Claires Festival brings all the feelings to the Chippewa Valley


79.
Wolf Alice - "Giant Peach"

Wolf Alice perform in The Current studio
Theft of the Dial: Wolf Alice
Album of the Week: Wolf Alice, My Love Is Cool


78.
Cage the Elephant - "Mess Around"

Cage the Elephant, Foals and J. Roddy Walston and the Business at Myth


77.
Lana Del Rey - "High By the Beach"

Lana Del Rey on paranoia, Father John Misty, Nina Simone and Honeymoon
Lana Del Rey performs in The Current studio (2012)
Theft of the Dial: Lana Del Rey


76.
Alabama Shakes - "Future People"

Alabama Shakes and Father John Misty kick off the summer concert season at Hall's Island
Alabama Shakes give Paisley Park all they've got


75.
Matt and Kim - "Get It"

Matt and Kim perform at Rock the Garden 2014
Theft of the Dial: Matt and Kim
Album of the Week: Matt and Kim, New Glow
Matt and Kim perform in The Current studio (2012)


74.
Dawes - "Things Happen"

Dawes perform in The Current studio (2015)
Interview: Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes
Dawes, Lake Street Dive, and the Lone Bellow rock the Cabooze Plaza
The Current's Guitar Collection: Wylie Gelber of Dawes and his homemade bass, the 'Model 2'
Dawes perform in MPR's Forum (2013)


73.
Hot Chip - "Huarache Lights"

Theft of the Dial: Hot Chip
Hot Chip perform in The Current studio (2012)
Hot Chip perform in The Current studio (2010)
Hot Chip perform in The Current studio (2008)


72.
The Arcs - "Outta My Mind"

Interview: Dan Auerbach of the Arcs
Album of the Week: The Arcs, Yours, Dreamily


71.
The 1975 - "Love Me"

Theft of the Dial: The 1975
The 1975 at Myth: Looking for connection in the here and now


70.
Leon Bridges - "Smooth Sailin'"

Leon Bridges explains his ties to the Mississippi River
Leon Bridges shares the love at First Avenue


69.
CHVRCHES - "Never Ending Circles"

CHVRCHES perform in The Current studio (2015)
CHVRCHES perform in The Current studio (2013)
Album of the Week: CHVRCHES, Every Open Eye


68.
Lizzo - "Humanize"

From Lizzo, with love: A conversation with Minneapolis's reigning queen of hip-hop
Lizzo performs in The Current studio (2015)
The O.K. Show, Episode 9: Lizzo on self-acceptance and falling in love with herself
Lizzo performs in The Current studio (2013)


67.
Florence and the Machine - "What Kind of Man"

Album of the Week: Florence and the Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful


66.
JD McPherson - "Let the Good Times Roll"

JD McPherson performs at Rock the Garden 2015
JD McPherson performs in The Current studio (2015)
JD McPherson performs in The Current studio (2014)
Talking 'Bout the All-American: JD McPherson


65.
Sleater-Kinney - "Bury Our Friends"

Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss on Lizzo and 'A New Wave' of empowerment
Album of the Week: Sleater-Kinney, No Cities to Love


64.
Courtney Barnett - "Pickles from the Jar"

Courtney Barnett performs in The Current studio
Courtney Barnett performs at Rock the Garden 2015
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett performs at the SXSW Public Radio Day Stage
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, A Sea of Split Peas


63.
Glass Animals - "Black Mambo"

Glass Animals perform in The Current studio
Theft of the Dial: Glass Animals
The Current's Guitar Collection: Dave Bayley of Glass Animals


62.
Hozier - "Work Song"

Hozier talks Morris Day and the Time, Jucy Lucys and Annie Lennox
Album of the Week: Hozier, Hozier


61.
Disclosure - "Magnets" feat. Lorde

Theft of the Dial: Disclosure
Album of the Week: Disclosure, Caracal


60.
Death Cab for Cutie - "Black Sun"

Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard performs in The Current studio (2015)
Nostalgia and novelty: Death Cab for Cutie deliver both at Northrop
Album of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie, Kintsugi
Death Cab for Cutie perform in The Current studio (2008)


59.
TV on the Radio - "Happy Idiot"

Album of the Week: TV on the Radio, Seeds
Local group RONiiA join TV On The Radio at First Avenue


58.
Tame Impala - "'Cause I'm a Man"

Theft of the Dial: Kevin Park and Jay Watson of Tame Impala
Album of the Week: Tame Impala, Currents


57.
The Chemical Brothers - "Wide Open" feat. Beck

Album of the Week: The Chemical Brothers, Born in the Echoes


56.
Low - "What Part of Me"

Low perform in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Low, Ones and Sixes
The Current's Guitar Collection: Low's Alan Sparhawk, Danelectro Convertible


55.
Bully - "Trying"

Bully frontwoman Alicia Bognanno talks about her Minnesota roots and primal scream
Five highlights from Pitchfork Music Festival 2015


54.
Leon Bridges - "Better Man"

Leon Bridges explains his ties to the Mississippi River
Leon Bridges shares the love at First Avenue


53.
Wolf Alice - "Moaning Lisa Smile"

Wolf Alice perform in The Current studio
Theft of the Dial: Wolf Alice
Album of the Week: Wolf Alice, My Love Is Cool


52.
St. Vincent - "Teenage Talk"

Theft of the Dial: St. Vincent
St. Vincent presents a glorious spectacle in Minneapolis
Album of the Week: St. Vincent, St. Vincent
St. Vincent performs in The Current studio (2011)
St. Vincent performs in The Current studio (2009)


51.
Tame Impala - "Eventually"

Theft of the Dial: Kevin Park and Jay Watson of Tame Impala
Album of the Week: Tame Impala, Currents


50.
Beirut - "No No No"

Interview: Zach Condon of Beirut


49.
Ben Folds - "Phone in a Pool"

Ben Folds performs for a private audience at the Turf Club in St. Paul
Ben Folds performs in the studio


48.
Modest Mouse - "The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box"

Album of the Week: Modest Mouse, Strangers to Ourselves
How Modest Mouse became my all-time favorite band forever and ever


47.
Spoon - "They Want My Soul"

Album of the Week: Spoon, They Want My Soul
Theft of the Dial: Britt Daniel and Rob Pope of Spoon
Spoon perform in The Current studio (2010)
Spoon perform in The Current studio (2007)
Why I Love Spoon and You Should, Too


46.
Alessia Cara - "Here"

Alessia Cara talks about "Here," YouTube, and Taylor Swift


45.
Hippo Campus - "Souls"

Hippo Campus perform in The Current studio
Hippo Campus run a victory lap with First Avenue headlining debut
First Listen: Hippo Campus, Bashful Creatures


44.
Cold War Kids - "First"

Cold War Kids perform in The Current studio (2013)
Cold War Kids perform in The Current studio (2011)
Cold War Kids perform in The Current studio (2009)
Theft of the Dial: Cold War Kids


43.
The Chemical Brothers - "Go" feat. Q-Tip

Album of the Week: The Chemical Brothers, Born in the Echoes


42.
Ryan Adams - "Bad Blood"

Ryan Adams on covering Taylor Swift's '1989': 'It was an unpretentious thing to do'
No Blank Space, Baby: Taylor Swift Is The Soul Of Ryan Adams
Review: Why Ryan Adams's cover of Taylor Swift's album 1989 is so great


41.
Doomtree - "Gray Duck"

Doomtree perform in MPR's Forum
Doomtree Zoo is colorful, sometimes wild at CHS Field
Album of the Week: Doomtree, All Hands


40.
Leon Bridges - "Coming Home"

Leon Bridges explains his ties to the Mississippi River
Leon Bridges shares the love at First Avenue


39.
Jamie xx - "Loud Places" feat. Romy


38.
Charlie Parr - "Over the Red Cedar"

Charlie Parr performs in The Current studio


37.
Jason Isbell - "24 Frames"

Album of the Week: Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free


36.
Kendrick Lamar - "i"


35.
Low - "No Comprende"

Low perform in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Low, Ones and Sixes
The Current's Guitar Collection: Low's Alan Sparhawk, Danelectro Convertible


34.
Atmosphere - "Finer Things" feat. deM atlaS

Atmosphere perform in The Current studio


33.
BORNS - "10,000 Emerald Pools"

BORNS performs in The Current studio
Theft of the Dial: BORNS


32.
Courtney Barnett - "Nobody Really Care If You Don't Go to the Party"

Courtney Barnett performs in The Current studio
Courtney Barnett performs at Rock the Garden 2015
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett performs at the SXSW Public Radio Day Stage
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, A Sea of Split Peas


31.
Father John Misty - "The Ideal Husband"

Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2015)
Father John Misty performs in MPR's Forum
Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2012)
Album of the Week: Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear


30.
Brandi Carlile - "The Eye"

Brandi Carlile performs in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher's Daughter
Outside at the Cabooze, Brandi Carlile made Minnesota her home


29.
Modest Mouse - "Lampshades on Fire"

Album of the Week: Modest Mouse, Strangers to Ourselves
How Modest Mouse became my all-time favorite band forever and ever


28.
EL VY - "Return to the Moon"

EL VY's Matt Berninger and Brent Knopf on collaborating in the 21st century
Album of the Week: EL VY, Return to the Moon


27.
Dawes - "All Your Favorite Bands"

Dawes perform in The Current studio (2015)
Interview: Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes
Dawes, Lake Street Dive, and the Lone Bellow rock the Cabooze Plaza
The Current's Guitar Collection: Wylie Gelber of Dawes and his homemade bass, the 'Model 2'
Dawes perform in MPR's Forum (2013)


26.
Mark Ronson - "Uptown Funk" feat. Bruno Mars


25.
Belle and Sebastian - "The Party Line"

Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian on their new record, his love for female characters, and Rock the Garden
Album of the Week: Belle and Sebastian, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance


24.
Houndmouth - "Sedona"

Houndmouth perform in The Current studio


23.
Cloud Cult - "No Hell"

Cloud Cult perform live at the Fitzgerald Theater


22.
Florence and the Machine - "Ship to Wreck"

Album of the Week: Florence and the Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful


21.
BORNS - "Electric Love"

BORNS performs in The Current studio
Theft of the Dial: BORNS


20.
CHVRCHES - "Leave a Trace"

CHVRCHES perform in The Current studio (2015)
CHVRCHES perform in The Current studio (2013)
Album of the Week: CHVRCHES, Every Open Eye


19.
The Decemberists - "Make You Better"

The Decemberists perform in The Current studio
Album of the Week: The Decemberists, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World


18.
Elle King - "Ex's and Oh's"

Elle King performs in The Current studio


17.
Courtney Barnett - "Depreston"

Courtney Barnett performs in The Current studio
Courtney Barnett performs at Rock the Garden 2015
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett performs at the SXSW Public Radio Day Stage
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, A Sea of Split Peas


16.
Sufjan Stevens - "Should Have Known Better"

Album of the Week: Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell
The Eaux Claires Festival brings all the feelings to the Chippewa Valley


15.
Father John Misty - "Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)"

Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2015)
Father John Misty performs in MPR's Forum
Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2012)
Album of the Week: Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear


14.
Kurt Vile - "Pretty Pimpin"

Kurt Vile performs in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Kurt Vile, b'lieve i'm goin down...


13.
Father John Misty - "Bored in the USA"

Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2015)
Father John Misty performs in MPR's Forum
Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2012)
Album of the Week: Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear


12.
Brandi Carlile - "Wherever Is Your Heart"

Brandi Carlile performs in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher's Daughter
Outside at the Cabooze, Brandi Carlile made Minnesota her home


11.
Tame Impala - "Let It Happen"

Theft of the Dial: Kevin Park and Jay Watson of Tame Impala
Album of the Week: Tame Impala, Currents


10.
Alabama Shakes - "Gimme All Your Love"

Alabama Shakes and Father John Misty kick off the summer concert season at Hall's Island
Alabama Shakes give Paisley Park all they've got


9.
Hippo Campus - "South"

Hippo Campus perform in The Current studio
Hippo Campus run a victory lap with First Avenue headlining debut
First Listen: Hippo Campus, Bashful Creatures


8.
Courtney Barnett - "Pedestrian at Best"

Courtney Barnett performs in The Current studio
Courtney Barnett performs at Rock the Garden 2015
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett performs at the SXSW Public Radio Day Stage
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, A Sea of Split Peas


7.
Kendrick Lamar - "King Kunta"


6.
Bad Bad Hats - "Midway"

Bad Bad Hats perform in The Current studio


5.
Beck - "Dreams"


4.
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats - "S.O.B."

Album of the Week: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats perform in The Current studio
Why and when The Current will play the song, "S.O.B."


3.
Adele - "Hello"

Album of the Week: Adele, 25
Adele performs in The Current studio


2.
Hippo Campus - "Suicide Saturday"

Hippo Campus perform in The Current studio
Hippo Campus run a victory lap with First Avenue headlining debut
First Listen: Hippo Campus, Bashful Creatures


1.
Alabama Shakes - "Don't Wanna Fight"

Alabama Shakes and Father John Misty kick off the summer concert season at Hall's Island
Alabama Shakes give Paisley Park all they've got

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