Music Lists Are Us: Favorite 2010s Songs by year with brief comments
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Favorite songs of the 2010s, by year
2019
You Are Not Alone by Emeli Sande'
From Out of Nowhere by Jeff Lynne's ELO
Light by Michael Kiwanuka
Hold You Now by Vampire Weekend
The Highwomen by The Highwomen & Yola
Dark Places by Beck
Long Way Home by Durand Jones & The Indications
Used to Be Lonely by Whitney
Like Sugar by Chaka Khan
You'll Need a New Backseat Driver by New Pornographers
Barbados by Our Native Daughters (Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla & Allison Russell)
Ride Me Back Home by Willie Nelson
Love Overdue by Tamika Charles
White Collar by Fastball
Lonely the Night by Yola
2018
Jealousy by Macy Gray
I Let the Sun Go Down by Elvis Costello
The Joke by Brandi Carlile
The Day Will Be Mine by Sloan
Bet Ain't Worth the Hand by Leon Bridges
Butterflies by Kacey Musgraves
12 Little Spells by Esperanza Spalding
Africa by Weezer
Make Me Feel by Janelle Monae
Show Us the Way by Kamasi Washington
Future Me Hates Me by The Beths
Oh Baby by Alexis Taylor
Man of the Woods by Justin Timberlake
Space Cowboy by Kacey Musgraves
2017
Colors by Beck
Here Come the Girls by Trombone Shorty
Birmingham Sunday by Rhiannon Giddens
Mexican Fender by Weezer
Red Sun by Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie
Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens
Blue Magic (Waikiki) by Son Little
In Undertow by Alvvays
Rules of the Game by Jules Shear
Face Your Fear by Curtis Harding
I Will Never Let You Down by Fastball
Stuck in the Past by Aimee Mann
High Ticket Attraction by New Pornographers
Don't Give Up On Love by Don Bryant
Cherry Heart by The Shins
Searching for a New Day by Sharon Jones
Restart by BNQT
2016
Be Your Man by Aaron Neville
I Wanna Prove to You by The Lemon Twigs
I'm In Love by Teenage Fanclub
Hallelujah by Alicia Keys
California Kids by Weezer
Call Off Your Dogs by Lake Street Dive
This Fire by Pete Yorn
Don't Lose Your Steam by Gregory Porter
She Makes Me Laugh by The Monkees
Try Everything by Shakira
Aunt Peg's New Old Man by Robbie Fulks
Changes by Charles Bradley
Exes and Oh's by Elle King
One of Us by Dawes
Goodbye to You by Ben Harper
You Bring the Summer by The Monkees
2015
All Across This Land by Blitzen Trapper
Walking by Flashlight by The Maria Schneider Orchestra
Re Run Home by Kamasi Washington
When I Was a Boy by Jeff Lynne's ELO
Shake Sugaree by Rhiannon Giddens
Biscuits by Kacey Musgraves
Lilly by Toro y Moi
Nobody's Empire by Belle & Sebastian
Poquito Para Aqui by Los Lobos
Better Man by Leon Bridges
My Darlin' by Tiwa Savage
Goodbye Barcelona by Pokey LaFarge
Nee quelque part by Anggun & Angelique Kidjo
I Want to Run by Mates of State
Nice Dreams by Son Little
Should Have Known Better by Sufjan Stevens
2014
Happy by Pharrell Williams
County Down by Beck (He made 3 of his best albums in the '10s--imo)
Chandelier by Sia
Good Day Bad by Meshell Ndegeocello
DaVinci by Weezer
Empire by Shakira
You Go Down Smooth by Lake Street Dive
Beautiful People by Curtis Harding
Blue Murder by The Feeling
The Man by Aloe Blacc
Jerk Ribs by Kelis
Just One of the Guys by Jenny Lewis
Happy Idiot by TV on the Radio
Slow Down Love by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Marching Orders by New Pornographers
Holding on for Life by Broken Bells
Cool Kids by Echosmith
2013
Say This to Say That by Trombone Shorty
Electric Lady by Janelle Monae
Wake Me Up by Avicii & Aloe Blacc
The Real Thing by Phoenix
Just Give Me a Reason by Pink & Nate Ruess
Follow Your Arrow by Kacey Musgraves
Little Girl Blue by Laura Mvula
Ting a Ling by Aaron Neville
Ya Hey by Vampire Weekend
Cups (When I'm Gone) by Anna Kendrick
Gimme Your Love by Morcheeba
Strictly Reserved for You by Charles Bradley
Circular Karate Chop by They Might Be Giants
Get Lucky by Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
Brave by Sara Bareilles
Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker
If I Was a Bird by Fantasia Barrino
Wakin' On a Pretty Day by Kurt Vile
Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
2012
Real Love by Ryan Shaw
November Sun by Susanna Hoffs
Hold On by Alabama Shakes
Carry On by fun
Emmylou by First Aid Kit
I'll Get Along by Michael Kiwanuka
Radio Song by Esperanza Spalding
Thank You for Breaking My Heart by Ben Folds Five
I'll Be Waiting by Lenny Kravitz
We Are Young by fun & Janelle Monae
That's Why God Made the Radio by The Beach Boys
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go by Miley Cyrus
Most of the Time by Bettye LaVette
Jericho by Rufus Wainwright
2011
Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye & Kimbra
Second Song by TV on the Radio
Feeling Good by Jennifer Hudson
Anna Lee by The Bangles
Heart of Gold by Charles Bradley
Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars
Rabiosa by Shakira & El Cata
Palamino by Mates of State
Green Gardens, Cold Montreal by Sloan
The Light of the Sun by Jill Scott
This is Why We Fight by The Decemberists
Don't Give Up On Me Now by Ben Harper
Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
Movin' Down the Line by Raphael Saadiq
She Walks the Night by Matthew Sweet
Southern Freeez by Beverley Knight
Smile by Smith Westerns
2010
Hurricane Season by Trombone Shorty
Better Things to Do by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Write About Love by Belle & Sebastian with Carey Mulligan
Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) by Shakira
October by Broken Bells
This Too Shall Pass by Ok Go
You Run Away by Barenaked Ladies
Morning Bird by Sade
Silver Jenny Dollar by New Pornographers
Take My Hand by Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Run Away by Weezer
Angel Dance by Robert Plant (written by Hidalgo & Perez from Los Lobos)
O Ateneu by Milton Nascimento
Satisfied by Cee Lo Green (so much better than his big hit single in 2010)
It's All Right by Apples in Stereo
Good Things by Aloe Blacc
Thinkin' About Something by Hanson
City With No Children by Arcade Fire