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 On: funbang1
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: ANTI
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