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Coffee Break: 2013

Sonny Knight (center, left) performing with the Valdons at The Current's eighth birthday party at First Avenue in 2013.
Sonny Knight (center, left) performing with the Valdons at The Current's eighth birthday party at First Avenue in 2013.Nate Ryan/MPR

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by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala

January 15, 2025

We’ve made it to the 20-teens! In 2013, the show 30 Rock aired its final episode, the selfie rose in popularity (and was even Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year!) and you voted Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” as your favorite song.  

From The Current: Top 89 songs of 2013

As we go through the Top 89 Countdowns of years past — all in honor of The Current’s 20th Anniversary — let’s zero in on the first teen year of the 2000s and craft a playlist full of 2013 jams.

So, for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from The Current’s Top 89 Songs Countdown from 2013 would you like to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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