It might be hard to believe, but we’re already wrapping up the SECOND decade of the 2000s. So the music nerds at Pitchfork.com have put together a list of the 200 best songs of the 2010s.
Here are the Top 20:
1. “Alright”, Kendrick Lamar, 2015
2. “Oblivion”, Grimes, 2012
3. “Dancing on My Own”, Robyn, 2010
4. “Formation”, Beyoncé, 2016
5. “Thinkin Bout You”, Frank Ocean, 2012
6. “212”, Azealia Banks, 2011
7. “Your Best American Girl”, Mitski, 2016
8. “Cranes in the Sky”, Solange, 2016
9. “Video Games”, Lana Del Rey, 2011
10. “XO TOUR Llif3”, Lil Uzi Vert, 2017
11. “Riding for the Feeling”, Bill Callahan, 2011
12. “Everything Is Embarrassing”, Sky Ferreira, 2012
13. “I Don’t Like”, Chief Keef, 2012
14. “Shut Up Kiss Me”, Angel Olsen, 2016
15. “Work”, Rihanna, 2016
16. “Love It If We Made It”, The 1975, 2018
17. “Gosh”, Jamie xx, 2015
18. “Runaway”, Kanye West, 2010
19. “Hannah Hunt”, Vampire Weekend, 2013
20. “Midnight City”, M83, 2011
(Pitchfork.com has the full Top 200. And you can read more about their process, here. By the way, “Old Town Road” did NOT make the cut.)