Welcome to 2022, everyone! Our annual tradition is a little bit late this year due to me succumbing to the busybodying that consumes everyone come January. My enthusiasm however is as huge as ever for what remains my favourite tradition of the music calendar (the other listicles can’t touch us). I think this year’s list is one of the more surprising ones on record, with contributions both high and low on the list that managed to sneak by me and I’m all the more grateful that I get to explore these songs—something that I maintain is one of the best things about these lists, in that it gives people a chance to discover, and rediscover, songs from the year that they may never have got the chance to otherwise. I’ll be compiling the list of the 50 topmost songs that didn’t quite make the list that will be featured in our Bubbling Under 50 playlist you can find along with our normal Top 100 playlists on the subreddit Spotify account and linked at the end. Some of the honorable mentions are listed below.
*The other perhaps obvious thing to say is that our list has 101 songs this year! One for good luck perhaps (and mostly because there was a vote numbers tie, and it was worth keeping them all).
As always, I’d like to offer my hugest thanks to all the writing contributors this year — there are more this year than ever before, so I hope you take the time to read everyone’s much appreciated work. In addition, thanks to all of the people on the subreddit who submitted for the list, and for being such a wonderful community.
Honorable Mentions
100 gecs — mememe
ABBA — Don’t Shut Me Down
Adele — Oh My God
Agnes — 24 Hours
Bo Burnham — That Funny Feeling
Kacey Musgraves — justified
Kehlani — Altar
Lucy Dacus — Triple Dog Dare
Bree Runway — HOT HOT
CHVRCHES — Good Girls
Kacey Musgraves — Breadwinner
OnlyOneOf — libidO
Rebecca Black — Worth it for the feeling
Silk Sonic — Skate
SOPHIE — UNISIL
TOMORROW X TOGETHER — 0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) (feat. Seori)
