The addition of Spotify in my life has made constructing this list so much more easier. Every year, we count down my favorite songs and in previous years we have had 50, but last year we upped it to 60 and I saw no reason to bring it back down to 50 again. 2013 was an incredible year for music all across the board. I was pleasantly surprised by artists and bands that returned onto the scene and was excited to listen to a new batch of musicians as well. Though I no longer work within music, it is something that continues to be a huge part of my life. This year, Yow Yow! earned passes under our blog name for Capitol Hill Block Party and Bumbershoot – an opportunity that I never thought I would have. I didn’t do anything differently this year with my passes like interviewing artists or bands, but it’s this kind of opportunity that sets the tone for where I want to take Yow Yow! If I want to do that in years to come, I can look into it.
I’m excited to share with you all my top 60 songs of 2013 and as always, these are in no particular order:
1. Hey Marseilles – Bright Stars Burning
2. Carousel – Stay Awake
3. Fifth Harmony – Miss Movin’ On
4. Olympic Ayres – The View
5. Robert Raimon Roy – Axela
6. Wintersleep – Dead Letter & The Infinite Yes
7. Hannah Georgas – Enemies
8. Calvin Harris, Ayah Marar – Thinking About You
9. Ivan & Alyosha – Running For Cover
10. Young Wonder – To You
11. Toro y Moi – Touch
12. Inc. – The Place
13. The 1975 – Chocolate
14. Dustin Tavella – Everybody Know (Douchebag)
15. Local Natives – Bowery
16. Ariana Grande, Mac Miller – The Way
17. MDNT – Dream Catcher
18. Fiona Apple – Valentine
19. Kaskade, Marcus Bently – Let Me Go
20. Robin Thicke, T.I. Pharrell – Blurred Lines
21. AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It
22. Mariah Carey, Miguel – #Beautiful
23. Laura Izibor – Ring
24. Justin Bieber – Take You
25. Michael Franti & The Spearhead – I’m Alive (Life Sounds Like)
26. Bad Rabbits – Can’t Fool Me
27. Estelle – Love The Way We Used To
28. Pharrell Williams – Happy
29. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Schoolboy Q and Hollis – White Walls
30. Small Black – Breathless
31. The Flavr Blue – In My Dream
32. High Highs – Open Season
33. Mayer Hawthorne – Reach Out Richard
34. Drake ft. Majid Jprdan – Just Hold On We’re Going Home
35. Phantogram – Black Out Days
36. Sampha – Without
37. Lorde – A World Alone
38. Phoenix and R. Kelly – Trying to Be Cool (Remix)
39. Zak Waters – Sleeping in my T-Shirt
40. Yuna – I Want You Back
41. Blood Orange – You’re Not Good Enough
42. Lord Huron – Ends of the Earth
43. Lemaitre – Cut to Black
44. States – I Hope You Stay Gone
45. Seven Lions, Myon & Shane 54, Tove Lo – Strangers
46. Banks – What You Need (The Weeknd cover)
47. Jessie Ware – Sweet Talk
48. Justin Timberlake – Pusher Love Girl
49. Campfire OK – When You Have Arrived
50. Ra Ra Riot – Keep It Quiet
51. Sam Smith – Lay Me Down
52. The Flavr Blue – We Can Go Blind
53. RAC – Let Go ft. Kele and MDNR (Sir Sly remix)
54. Katie Noonan – Crazy (Gnarls Barkley cover)
55. Lorde vs. Biggie – Can I Get Witcha Love Club (Carter Mashup)
56. Caught A Ghost – Sleeping At Night
57. Body Language – The First
58. Emma Louise – Temporary Friend
59. Colorama – Old Fashioned Girl
60. Ariana Grande – Honeymoon Avenue
