Top Songs of 2009


Rank All Time Rank Artist Song Genres
1
161
Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind East Coast Hip Hop, Pop Rap
2
185
Animal Collective My Girls Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
3
278
Grizzly Bear Two Weeks Indie Pop
4
363
Phoenix 1901 Indie Pop, Synthpop
5
473
The xx Crystalised Indie Pop
6
600
Phoenix Lisztomania Indie Pop
7
626
Bat for Lashes Daniel Art Pop
8
669
Lady Gaga Bad Romance Dance-Pop, Electropop
9
811
Dirty Projectors Stillness Is the Move Art Pop, Indie Pop
10
960
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Zero Alternative Dance, Electropop
11
1273
Dizzee Rascal feat. Armand Van Helden Bonkers Fidget House, Hip House, UK Hip Hop
12
1291
The Horrors Sea Within a Sea Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Punk
13
1548
Animal Collective Summertime Clothes Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop, Synthpop
14
1736
La Roux Bulletproof Electropop, Synthpop
15
1752
Joy Orbison Hyph Mngo Future Garage, UK Bass
16
1861
The Big Pink Dominos Alternative Dance, Indie Rock, Indietronica
17
1874
The Drums Let's Go Surfing Indie Pop, Post-Punk Revival
18
1892
La Roux In for the Kill Electropop, Synthpop
19
1910
Atlas Sound feat. Noah Lennox Walkabout Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
20
1965
Grizzly Bear While You Wait for the Others Indie Rock, Psychedelic Folk, Psychedelic Pop
21
2122
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Heads Will Roll Alternative Dance, Synthpop
22
2194
Japandroids Young Hearts Spark Fire Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Noise Rock
23
2351
Arctic Monkeys Cornerstone Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
24
2362
Animal Collective Brother Sport Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
25
2384
The xx Islands Indie Pop
26
2392
Camera Obscura French Navy Chamber Pop, Twee Pop
27
2551
Gossip Heavy Cross Dance-Punk, Indie Rock
28
2801
Benjamin Biolay La Superbe Chamber Pop, French Pop, Nouvelle chanson française
29
3026
Destroyer Bay of Pigs Ambient Pop, Art Pop, Indietronica
30
3148
Arnaud Fleurent-Didier France Culture Baroque Pop, Nouvelle chanson française, Spoken Word
31
3263
Frightened Rabbit Swim Until You Can't See Land Indie Rock
32
3355
Julian Casablancas 11th Dimension Synthpop
33
3375
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Young Adult Friction Twee Pop
34
3543
Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé Telephone Dance-Pop, Electropop
35
3579
HEALTH Die Slow Electro-Industrial, Noise Rock
36
3652
Neko Case This Tornado Loves You Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
37
3692
Drake Best I Ever Had Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap
38
3825
The Very Best feat. Ezra Koenig Warm Heart of Africa East African Music
39
3866
Passion Pit The Reeling Electropop, Indietronica
40
3905
Yeasayer Ambling Alp Electropop, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
41
3965
Fuck Buttons Surf Solar Electronic, Neo-Psychedelia
42
3980
Beach House Norway Dream Pop, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
43
4098
U2 Moment of Surrender Pop Rock
44
4344
Broken Bells The High Road Indie Pop
45
4374
Hot Chip One Life Stand Electropop, Indietronica
46
4395
Four Tet Love Cry Microhouse
47
4416
Burial + Four Tet Moth Future Garage, Microhouse
48
4479
Major Lazer feat. Vybz Kartel Pon de Floor Dancehall, Dutch House
49
4689
Hello Seahorse! Bestia Dream Pop, Indie Pop
50
4890
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Higher Than the Stars Dream Pop, Twee Pop
51
5110
Natalia Lafourcade Azul Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Twee Pop
52
5115
Jay Electronica Exhibit C Conscious Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop
53
5123
Sleigh Bells Crown on the Ground Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Noise Pop
54
5164
Dirty Projectors and David Byrne Knotty Pine Chamber Pop
55
5210
Fever Ray When I Grow Up Art Pop, Indietronica
56
5268
Bon Iver Blood Bank Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
57
5291
Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling Dance-Pop, Electropop
58
5379
Major Lazer feat. Mr Lexx and Santigold Hold the Line Ragga
59
5450
Soap&Skin Spiracle Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter
60
5698
Vampire Weekend Cousins Indie Pop, Indie Rock
61
5703
Basement Jaxx Raindrops Electro House, Funky House
62
5941
Muse Uprising Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
63
5965
Arctic Monkeys Crying Lightning Post-Punk Revival
64
5972
Mumford & Sons The Cave Alt-Country, Indie Folk
65
6141
The Big Pink Velvet Indie Rock, Indietronica
66
6383
Sade Soldier of Love Neo-Soul, Trip Hop
67
6506
Editors Papillon Electronic, Post-Punk Revival
68
6717
Neon Indian Deadbeat Summer Chillwave, Hypnagogic Pop, Synthpop
69
6824
The Flaming Lips feat. Karen O Watching the Planets Krautrock, Neo-Psychedelia
70
6873
Kasabian Fire Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
71
6961
Shakira She Wolf Dance-Pop, Electropop
72
6993
Fuck Buttons Olympians Electronic
73
7069
Pearl Jam The Fixer Alternative Rock
74
7070
Animal Collective What Would I Want? Sky Art Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Progressive Pop
75
7081
Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow Dance-Pop, Pop Rap
76
7177
Florence + The Machine Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) Art Pop, Chamber Pop
77
7231
Washed Out Feel It All Around Chillwave, Synthpop
78
7282
The Roots How I Got Over Conscious Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop, Neo-Soul
79
7331
Big Boi feat. Gucci Mane Shine Blockas Southern Hip Hop
80
7430
Surfer Blood Swim (To Reach the End) Indie Pop, Noise Pop, Power Pop
81
7512
Delorean Seasun Balearic Beat, Indietronica
82
7553
Neko Case People Got a Lotta Nerve Alt-Country, Americana, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
83
7618
Mastodon Oblivion Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal
84
7712
Miike Snow Animal Indietronica, Synthpop
85
7855
Vampire Weekend Horchata Indie Pop
86
7921
College feat. Electric Youth A Real Hero Synthpop, Synthwave
87
7959
Avi Buffalo What's in It For? Indie Pop
88
8178
El Perro del Mar Change of Heart Dream Pop, Twee Pop
89
8481
Miranda Lambert The House That Built Me Contemporary Country
90
8489
The Joy Formidable Whirring Indie Rock, Shoegaze
91
8724
Doves Kingdom Of Rust Indie Pop, Indie Rock
92
8846
YACHT Psychic City (Voodoo City) Indietronica
93
8869
Franz Ferdinand No You Girls Dance-Punk, Post-Punk Revival
94
8967
Lily Allen Not Fair Country Pop
95
9090
Local Natives Airplanes Chamber Pop, Indie Folk
96
9144
Raekwon feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, & Method Man House of Flying Daggers East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
97
9180
The Flaming Lips Silver Trembling Hands Experimental Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
98
9396
Gaëtan Roussel Help Myself (Nous ne faisons que passer) Alternative Dance
99
9449
Spoon Written in Reverse Indie Rock
100
9505
Jay-Z feat. Rihanna & Kanye West Run This Town East Coast Hip Hop, Pop Rap
101
9639
Jon Hopkins Light Through the Veins Ambient, Electronic
102
9645
Antony and The Johnsons Another World Chamber Pop
103
9934
The Avett Brothers I and Love and You Americana, Piano Rock
104
9984
Drake feat. Trey Songz & Lil Wayne Successful Pop Rap

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Silversun Pickups Panic Switch Indie Rock
The Prodigy Omen Big Beat, Hardcore Breaks
Azari & III Reckless with Your Love Chicago House
Telepathe So Fine Electropop, Indietronica
Pet Shop Boys Love Etc. Dance-Pop, Synthpop
Joker Digidesign Purple Sound
Lily Allen Fuck You Pop
Simian Mobile Disco Audacity of Huge Electroclash, Electropop
Two Door Cinema Club Something Good Can Work Indie Pop
The xx VCR Dream Pop, Indie Pop
Röyksopp feat. Robyn The Girl and the Robot Dance-Pop, Electropop, Synthpop
Ke$ha TiK ToK Dance-Pop, Electropop
Kasabian Where Did All the Love Go? Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Wild Beasts Hooting & Howling Art Pop, Indie Pop
Rita Indiana y los Misterios La hora de volvé Latin Alternative
La Bien Querida De momento abril Chamber Pop
jj Ecstasy Balearic Beat, Indie Pop
Bigott She Is My Man Folk Pop
Jay-Z D.O.A. (Death of Auto Tune) Boom Bap, East Coast Hip Hop
Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West & Common Make Her Say Hip Hop
Metric Gimme Sympathy Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Power Pop
Burial Fostercare Future Garage
Lady Antebellum Need You Now Country Pop, Pop Rock
Rihanna Rude Boy Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
The Cribs Cheat On Me Post-Punk Revival, Power Pop
Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem Forever Pop Rap
Florence + The Machine Drumming Song Art Pop
Moderat Rusty Nails 2-Step, IDM
Golden Silvers True Romance (True No. 9 Blues) Alternative Dance, Psychedelic Pop
Patrick Wolf Vulture Electropop, Synthpop
The Decemberists feat. Shara Worden The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid Indie Rock
Darkstar Aidy's Girl's a Computer Future Garage
The Antlers Two Art Rock, Indie Rock
Matias Aguayo Rollerskate A cappella, Art Pop
Here We Go Magic Fangela Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Best Coast When I'm With You Indie Pop, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Noise Pop
Clipse feat. Kanye West Kinda Like a Big Deal Southern Hip Hop
Jack Peñate Tonight's Today Singer/Songwriter
Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo Knock You Down Contemporary R&B, Electropop
M. Ward Hold Time Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Little Boots Remedy Dance-Pop, Electropop
Matt & Kim Daylight Indie Pop
Midlake Acts of Man Indie Folk
Patrick Wolf Hard Times Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
The Decemberists The Rake's Song Indie Rock
DJ Kaos Love the Nite Away House
St. Vincent The Strangers Art Pop, Chamber Pop
Mos Def feat. Slick Rick Auditorium East Coast Hip Hop
Bill Callahan Too Many Birds Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
White Rabbits Percussion Gun Indie Rock
Cass McCombs Dreams-Come-True-Girl Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Local Natives Sun Hands Indie Rock
Dinosaur Jr. Pieces Indie Rock
White Lies To Lose My Life Post-Punk Revival
Gold Panda Quitters Raga Glitch Hop
The Raveonettes Last Dance Indie Pop
Morrissey I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris Indie Pop, Jangle Pop
Kasabian Underdog Indie Rock
St. Vincent Actor Out of Work Indie Pop
Antony and The Johnsons Aeon Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Major Lazer feat. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze Keep It Goin' Louder Dance-Pop, Electropop
Biffy Clyro That Golden Rule Alternative Rock
Memory Tapes Bicycle Chillwave
Röyksopp Happy Up Here Electropop, Synthpop
Kindness Swingin' Party Synthpop
Future of the Left Arming Eritrea Post-Hardcore
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson Relator Folk Pop, Indie Pop
Joker & Ginz Purple City Purple Sound
Mastodon Divinations Progressive Metal
Depeche Mode Wrong Electropop, Synthpop
Glasser Apply Indietronica, Synthpop
The Soft Pack Answer to Yourself Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
The Drums Down by the Water Indie Pop, Jangle Pop, Post-Punk Revival
Friendly Fires Kiss of Life Alternative Dance, Electropop, Indietronica
The Antlers Bear Art Rock, Indie Rock
Ana Tijoux 1977 Conscious Hip Hop, Latin Rap
Delorean Moonson Balearic Beat, Indietronica
Jamie T Sticks 'n' Stones Indie Rock
Wild Beasts We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues Indie Pop, Indie Rock
PJ Harvey & John Parish Black Hearted Love Alternative Rock, Art Rock
Mount Kimbie Maybes Dubstep
House of House Rushing to Paradise Deep House
Stornoway Zorbing Indie Folk
Fever Ray Seven Art Pop, Synthpop
St. Vincent Marrow Art Pop, Indie Pop, Noise Pop
White Lies Farewell to the Fairground Post-Punk Revival
McEnroe Los Valientes Indie Pop, Slowcore