The 40 Best Singles of 2016 (Part One): 40 – 21

You may have been keeping up with our recent ‘Best of 2016’ series over the last week and as we get stuck into a year of new music, we take a final look back at the songs that made our year.

Throwing voting open to our contributors, we’ve compiled 40 of the best songs that have been released by some of our favourite artists and discoveries – hit play on the Spotify link below!

40. Brendan Maclean “Free to Love”
Appears Onfunbang1

39. The Lonely Boys – “Murray Island”

38. Tash Sultana “Jungle”
Appears On: Notion

37. Tigertown “Lonely Cities”
Appears On: Lonely Cities

36. Confidence Man “Boyfriend (Repeat)”

35. Drake ft. Wizkid and Kyla “One Dance”
Appears On: Views

34. Grouplove “Welcome To Your Life”
Appears On: Big Mess

33. Margaret Glaspy “You and I”
Appears On: Emotions and Math

32. NGAIIRE “Diggin’”
Appears On: Blastoma

31. Glass Animals “Life Itself”
Appears On: How to Be a Human Being

30. Camp Cope “Done”
Appears On: Camp Cope

29. Amy Shark “Adore”

28. Kanye West “Famous”
Appears On: The Life of Pablo

27. Gang of Youths “Native Tongue”
Appears On: Let Me Be Clear

26. Violent Soho “Viceroy”
Appears On: WACO

25. Bruno Mars “24k Magic”
Appears On: 24k Magic

24. Solange “Cranes in the Sky”
Appears On: A Seat At The Table

23. Frank Ocean “Nikes”
Appears On: Blonde

22. Ceres “Happy In Your Head”
Appears On: Drag It Down On You

21. Rihanna “Kiss It Better”
Appears On: 
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