No One Tells You the Cost of Paradise: The 100 Best Songs of 2023
Peggy Gou would've been #101, honest
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100. Nellie McKay, “Make a Wish”
99. Mitski, “My Love Mine All Mine”
98. Asake: "2:30"
97. Chris Farren, “Cosmic Leash”
96. Fifty Fifty, “Cupid”
95. Fiddlehead, “Going to Die”
94. Lexie Liu, “delulu”
93. underscores feat. Gabby Start, “Locals (Girls Like Us)”
92. Lil Yachty, “Running Out of Time”
91. Mannequin Pussy, “I Got Heaven”
90. Overmono, “Good Lies”
89. Miguel feat. Lil Yachty, “Number 9”
88. Yaeji, “For Granted”
87. The Chisel, “Cry Your Eyes Out”
86. TisaKorean, “UHhH HuH”
85. The Smile, “Bending Hectic”
84. Maxo Kream feat. Bfb Da Packman, “Fatt Blacc Twins”
83. Greg Mendez, “Maria”
82. Green Day, “Dilemma”
81. Certified Trapper, “Trapper of the Year”
80. Sad13, “Boycott Scream 7”
79. Earl Sweatshirt, “Making the Band (Danity Kane)”
78. Aespa, “Hold on Tight”
77. HiTech feat. DJKillaSquid, “Zooted”
76. Monaleo, “Ass Kickin’”
75. Sampha, “Spirit 2.0”
74. Karol G & Shakira, “TQG”
73. Jelly Roll, “Hungover in a Church Pew”
72. Lil Yachty, “The Ride”
71. Sleater-Kinney, “Say It Like You Mean It”
70. Nourished by Time, “Shed That Fear”
69. Hatchie feat. Liam Benzvi, “Rooftops”
68. Kylie Minogue, “Padam Padam”
67. Grupo Frontera x Bad Bunny, “Un X100to”
66. Kaliii, “Area Codes”
65. Elle King feat. Dierks Bentley, “Worth a Shot”
64. Brakence, “Hypochrondriac”
63. Bizarrap feat. Shakira, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”
62. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Psychedelic Switch”
61. Everything But the Girl, “Nothing Left to Lose”
60. Jack Harlow, “Gang Gang Gang”
59. PJ Harvey, “A Child’s Question, August”
58. Yeule, “Ghosts”
57. Kvelertak, “Krøterveg Te Helvete”
56. Aphex Twin, “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f”
55. Beyoncé, “My House”
54. Dawn Richard, “Bubblegum”
53. Liv.e, “Wild Animals”
52. Dean Blunt, “Rinsed”
51. City Girls, “Face Down”
50. The Rolling Stones, “Angry”
49. Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion, “Bongos”
48. underscores, “Cops and Robbers”
47. Remi Wolf, “Prescription”
46. Overmono, “So U Kno”
45. Bully feat. Soccer Mommy, “Lose You”
44. PinkPantheress feat. Ice Spice, “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2”
43. Lankum, “Go Dig My Grave”
42. SWAGGERBOYZ, “Peter Griffin”
41. Militarie Gun, “Never Fucked Up Once”
40. Dolly Parton feat. Rob Halford, “Bygones”
39. Nettspend, “Shine n Peace (Performance)”
38. Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar, “The Hillbillies”
37. Pest Control, “Enjoy the Show”
36. Big Thief, “Born for Loving You”
35. Brandy Clark, “Tell Her You Don’t Love Her”
34. Fever Ray, “Carbon Dioxide”
33. Ghostface Killah feat. Remy Ma, “Yupp!”
32. Queens of the Stone Age, “Emotion Sickness”
31. Caroline Polachek, “Sunset”
30. Alex Lahey, “You’ll Never Get Your Money Back”
29. MJ Lenderman and the Wind, “Under Control” (Live)
28. Paramore, “Running Out of Time”
27. Peso Pluma feat. Gabito Ballesteros & Junior H, “Lady Gaga”
26. Ruth Garbus, “Mono No Aware”
25. Big Thief, “Vampire Empire”
24. Dolly Parton feat. Kevin Cronin, “Keep on Loving You”
23. Jessie Ware, “Free Yourself”
22. That Mexican OT feat. Paul Wall & Drodi, “Johnny Dang”
21. Björk x Rosalía, “Oral”
20. Charly Bliss, “You Don’t Even Know Me Anymore”
19. AyooLii, “Shmackin Town”
18. Margo Price, “Radio”
17. Bully, “Change Your Mind”
16. Sarah Mary Chadwick, “Shitty Town”
15. Lil Wayne feat. TheNightAftr, “Tity Boi”
14. Tinashe, “Needs”
13. Militarie Gun, “Do It Faster”
12. Olivia Rodrigo, “Can’t Catch Me Now”
11. Troye Sivan, “Rush”
10. Rosalía, “LLYLM”
9. Paramore feat. Remi Wolf, “You First (Re: Remi Wolf)”
8. Megan Moroney, “Tennessee Orange”
7. Victoria Monét, “Good Bye”
6. Doechii feat. Kodak Black, “What It Is (Block Boy)”
5. NewJeans, “Super Shy”
4. Latto feat. Cardi B, “Put It on Da Floor Again”
3. U.S. Girls, “Only Daedalus”
2. Olivia Rodrigo, “Vampire”
1. Ava Max, “One of Us”