It took me a while to narrow my list down to fifty songs this year. Tons of great music came out, and the quality reached across all kinds of genres. Spotify has been a huge help in creating and sharing playlists, but like anything it isn’t perfect. There were two songs that I really wanted to include in my playlist but they aren’t available in the program yet. So, right at the top allow me to present to you “Banana Clipper” by Killer Mike & El-P featuring Big Boi

and Odetta Hartman’s “End Of The World,” which would have been near the top of the list for me.

Hope you enjoyed those. Now, here’s my top 50 tracks of 2013, starting with Chicago’s own The Oarsman at number 50 (I know it lists that song at number 1, that’s just the way the system works if you want to work your way down to number 1, which will say number 50).

For those who don’t have Spotify, or are in a foreign country and can’t play the songs, here it is in written form:

50. The Oarsman-“Porch Light”

49. Lyn Saga-“Runaway”

48. Lou Doillon-“Questions And Answers”

47. Editors-“A Ton Of Love”

46. Frankie Rose-“Requiem”

45. Elephant Stone-“A Silent Moment”

44. The Welcome-“Acetaminophen”

43. John Grant-“GMF”

42. Terriers-“Sad Situation”

41. Kitten-“Doubt”

40. Umberto-“Night Fantasy”

39. The Great American Novel-“Wish You Were Beer”

38. Free Energy-“Love Sign”

37. Jay Z-“Holy Grail”

36. Fort Frances-“Truths I Used To Know”

35. Matt Costa-“Good Times”

34. J. Cole-“Let Nas Down”

33. Smith Westerns-“3AM Spiritual”

32. Foxygen-“No Destruction”

31. Arcade Fire-“Here Comes The Night Time”

30. The National-“Demons”

29. FIDLAR-“Cheap Beer”

28. Golden Bloom-“Flying Mountain”

27. K. Flay-“The Cops”

26. Christopher Owens-“Lysandre”

25. The Thermals-“Born To Kill”

24. H.D. Harmsen-“Papoose”

23. Night Terrors Of 1927-“Fall Into You”

22. Justin Timberlake-“Drink You Away”

21. Frontier Ruckus-“Junk-Drawer Sorrow”

20. Camera Obscura-“This Is Love (Feels Alright)”

19. The All-About-“Jessie”

18. Willis Earl Beal-“Too Dry To Cry”

17. Daft Punk-“Get Lucky”

16. Deltron 3030-“Do You Remember”

15. Jamaican Queens-“Sharkteeth”

14. Tegan And Sara-“Closer”

13. Gloom Balloon-“Fix The Sunshine”

12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs-“Sacrilege”

11. Portugal. The Man-“Modern Jesus”

10. Sir Sly-“Ghost”

9. Okkervil River-“Pink-Slips”

8. Islands-“Becoming The Gunship”

7. Prince-“Screwdriver”

6. Of Montreal-“Hegira Emigre”

5. Ezra Furman-“Day Of The Dog”

4. Josh Ritter-“Hopeful”

3. Kanye West-“New Slaves”

2. Janelle Monae-“Q.U.E.E.N.”

1. Justin Timberlake-“Mirrors”