Thank you for voting in The Current’s Top 89 countdown! We’ll air your favorite songs of 2021 on Dec. 31 from 5 p.m. to midnight and again on Jan. 1 from noon to 7 p.m. In the meantime, enjoy The Current’s Best Local Songs of 2021. For further music discovery, explore our staff’s Top 89 lists.

Best Local Songs of 2021

Bad Bad Hats – “Detroit Basketball”
Low – “Days Like These”
Charlie Parr – “817 Oakland Avenue”
Lizzo ft. Cardi B – “Rumors”
Kiss The Tiger – “Hold On To Love”
Gully Boys – “Russian Doll”
Dessa – “Rome”
The Hold Steady – “Heavy Covenant”
Low Rats – “Cryin’ and Moanin’”
PaviElle French – “Rights”
King Pari ft. Velvet Negroni – “Mary”
Hippo Campus – “Bad Dream Baby”
Dua Saleh – “Fitt (with Amaarae)”
Mason Jennings – “On The Brink”
Miloe – “Winona (with Jamila Woods & Vagabon)”