100+ Favourite Songs of 2025

 

I did my best to find what I consider good music in 2025. I was able to do so (but it's taking more work each year). I humbly offer the following 120+ songs for your consideration.

1. “Anti-Superstar” – Haute and Freddy
2. “Spike Island” – Pulp
3. “Run Free” – Soulwax
4. “Cold. Hard. Love” – the Bug Club
5. “No One Leaves This Discotheque Alive” – Rialto
6. “Aerial Troubles” – Stereolab
7. “White Horses” – Wolf Alice
8. “davina mccall” – Wet Leg
9. “Punkrocker” – Teddybears featuring Iggy Pop
10. “It’s Amazing to Be Young” – Fontaines D.C.
11. “Horses” – Mallrat
12. “Stay” – Sea Lemon
13. “Dancing in the Club” – This Is Lorelei featuring MJ Lenderman
14. “catch these fists” – Wet Leg
15. “Lovebomb” – the Neighborhood
16. “Lonsdale Slipons” – the Bug Club
17. “Looking Back” – Lord Huron
18. “Inept Apollo” – Nation of Language
19. “Metal” – the Beths
20. “Good People Do Bad Things” – the Ting Tings
    
    
21. “UFO” – UFOs featuring Phoenix, Braxe + Falcon
22. “Dies Irae” – Patrick Wolf
23. “Lucky Dimes” – the Temper Trap
24. “cpr” – wet leg
25. “Appropriate Emotions” – the Bug Club
26. “She Cleans Up” – Father John Misty
27. “Palm Readers” – Palmyra
28. “Thorns” – Wolf Alice
29. “undressed” – sombr
30. “Lovers and Strangers” – a Flock of Seagulls
31. “Love” – OK Go  [best music video of 2025]
32. “Problems” – Being Dead
33. “The Wolf” – Witch Post
34. “Final Days” – Lucius
35. “The Scythe” – the Last Dinner Party
36. “Taxes” – Geese
37. “God Knows” – Tunde Adebimpe
38. “Bonnet of Pins” – Matt Berninger
39. “Hooked” – Franz Ferdinand
40. “Year of the Snake” – Arcade Fire
    
    
41. “Running Out of Heartbeats” – My Life Story
42. “Beta Fish” – Vundabar
43. “Forever” – Mother Mother
44. “Driver” – Soccer Mommy
45. “This Is the Killer Speaking” – the Last Dinner Party
46. “What Do I Know” – Deep Sea Diver
47. “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday
48. “Undertow” – the Hidden Cameras
49. “Begin Here” – Goon
50. “The Great Unknown” - Ivy
51. “Scantily Clad” – Haute and Freddy
52. “Cathode Ray” – Folk Bitch Trio
53. “Time of Your Life” – Bob Moses
54. “Shovel” – Deep Sea Diver
55. “Polaroid” – Cloth
56. “Shy Girl” – Haute and Freddy
57. “We’re Both Idiots” – Shrink the Giant
58. “safeandsound” – Parcels
59. “I Love America and She Hates Me” – the Wombats
60. “Colors” – Eastern Souvenirs
    
    
61. “Ankles” – Lucy Dacus
62. “Bang Bang Bang” – Sports Team
63. “Wristwatch” – MJ Lenderman
64. “I Know You Are Watching Me” – the Dream Eaters
65. “This Hate Hurts” – Pinc Louds
66. “Running/Planning” – CMAT
67. “Him” – a Flock of Seagulls
68. “Ghost” – Delivery Service
69. “Empty Words” – Radio Free Alice
70. “Love to Death” – Mother Mother
71. “Nothing I Need” – Lord Huron
72. “Reverberotic” – Alison Goldfrapp
73. “Wait & See” – Saint Motel
74. “Eyes Full of Animal” – Midlake
75. “The Happy Dictator” – Gorillaz featuring Sparks
76. “Lord, Let That Tesla Crash” – CMAT
77. “Magnetic” – Tunde Adebimpe
78. “As Alive as You Need Me to Be” – Nine Inch Nails
    
79. “As Good as It Gets” – Katie Gavin and Mitski
80. “Dinner @ Brasserie Zédel” – Luvcat
    
    
81. “Try to Sleep” – Chrissy Hynde featuring Debbie Harry
82. “Days Gone By” - Midlake
83. “mangetout” – Wet Leg
84. “Dracula” – Tame Impala
85. “Porcupine” – Sparks
86. “Break Right” – Hotline TNT
87. “Bag of Bones” – Lord Huron
88. “Now That You’re Gone” – Nation of Language
89. “I Can’t Escape Myself” – the Dare
90. “I Believe in You” – Ladytron
91. “I Want You” – Rialto
92. “5 Years Time” – Noah and the Whale
93. “Cradle the Pain” – Morgan Nagler
94. “The Actor” – Folk Bitch Trio
95. “Build It Up” – Franz Ferdinand
96. “Nightcall” – Kavinsky, Angèle, Phoenix
97. “Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga
98. “Basic Being Basic” – Djo
99. “Fashion Over Function” – Haute and Freddy
100. “A Stone Only Rolls Downhill” – OK Go
     
     
101. “Legalize Living” – the Hives
102. “Ticket to Explode” – He’s Dead Jim
103. “Wreck” – Neko Case
104. “Crash” – Leathers
105. “Cant’ Do Without You” – Pink Turns Blue
106. “Cherry Bomb” – Circa Waves
107. “Fades” – Warfield
108. “Inland Ocean” – Matt Berninger
109. “I hate this tune” – Royel Otis
110. “Enough” – Jeff Tweedy
111. “Drown in a Sea of Tears” – Sparks
112. “Private” – the Neighbourhood
113. “When Your Heart Is Broken” – Bob Mould
114. “Devotion” – Hot Chip
115. “The Traveller” – Art d’Ecco
116. “Neon and Ghost Signs” – Rialto
117. “Freaks” – Haute and Freddy
118. “Do Things My Own Way” – Sparks
119. “Incomprehensible” – Big Thief
120. “Watch Me Go” – Lord Huron
121. “Surprise Surprise” – Alkaline Trio
122. “In This Twilight” – Raven Numan
123. “Dancing with the Europeans” – Suede
124. “Who Laughs Last” – Lord Huron
125. “Champagne” – Declan McKenna
126. “We’re All Made of Stars” – Miami Horror featuring Telenova
127. “I Am the Fear” – IST IST