With the top ten or so songs listed for every year of my existence, it’s time for the year-end review of my favorite songs of 2013.
For previous year-end lists of previous years check out my lists for 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009.
I’ve featured many of this songs in my Song of the Week posts this year. If you see a link from a song title it will take you back to the Song of the Week post for that song.
San Francisco – Foxygen
…That’s ok, I was bored anyway…
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GMF – John Grant
…You could be laughing 65% more of the time…
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.Number 9 – Moon Hooch
…Please stand away from the platform edge…
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A Tattered Line of String – The Postal Service
…In the glow of the nights golden hue…
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Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins) – Shad
…Now when you’re Third World born, but First World formed/
Sometimes you feel pride, sometimes you feel torn…
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White Foxes – Susanne Sundfør
…For the gravy of your soul…
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Indians From All Directions – A Tribe Called Red feat. Das Racist
…To the L to the L to the L to the Ella…
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Delicate Cycle – The Uncluded
…And my heart started with a quarter…
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Step – Vampire Weekend
…The truth is she doesn’t need me to protect her…
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Slyd – !!!
…No, that’s weird…
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Honorable Mentions:
Song Most Often Played at the Request of My 5 y.o. Son:
Feel this Moment – Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera
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Funniest Viral Song that You Can Dance To:
The Fox – Ylvis
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Best Boston History Lesson Set to Music:
The Great Boston Molasses Flood – The Dead Milkmen
[Listen on The Dead Milkmen website]
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Best Drunken Barroom Sing-a-Long of a Traditional American Folk Song:
Shenandoah – Tom Waits w/ Keith Richards
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Scariest Song You Can Dance To:
The Terror – Flaming Lips
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Best Song That I Was A Part Of Creating With a Video That’s Not Safe For Work:
The Wolf is on the Hill – Beck (arranged by Krissy Skare, performed by a 50 voice chorus, choreography by Sugar Dish)
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Let me know what you think of these songs in the comments, and of course, let me know you’re favorites for 2013
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