This list serves as the 28th and final edition of several in this 2016 best (and worst of) list. See you in 2017, in which the scheduling hopefully reverts to normal. Until then, keep on f**king those chickens.
Top 360 Songs of 2016 Recap
On-Deck:
400 The Revivalists "Wish I Knew You"
399 Mondo Cozmo "Shine"
398 Lεpsley “Love Is Blind”
397 Christina Aguilera “Change”
396 Little Big Town “Better Man”
395 CRX “Ways To Fake It”
394 DMA's “Too Soon”
393 The xx "On Hold"
392 Pentatonix/Jason DeRulo “If I Ever Fall In Love”
391 3 Doors Down “The Broken”
390 Robert DeLong “Jealousy”
389 Alicia Keys/A$AP Rocky "Blended Family (What You Do For Love)"
388 Chris Young/Cassadee Pope “Think Of You”
387 John Mayer "Love On The Weekend"
386 The Band Perry “Comeback Kid”
385 Dierks Bentley/Elle King “Different For Girls”
384 Citizen Zero “Go (Let Me Save You)”
383 JoJo “When Love Hurts”
382 Theory of a Deadman “Blow”
381 Rob Thomas “Hold On Forever”
380 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “Wasting Time”
379 M83 “Do It, Try It”
378 Jake Bugg “Gimme The Love”
377 Declan McKenna “Isombard”
376 Starset “Monster”
375 Dreamers “Sweet Disaster”
374 Chris Stapleton “Nobody To Blame”
373 The All-American Rejects “There's A Place”
372 Daughtry “Torches”
371 Lukas Graham “You're Not There”
370 JoJo/Wiz Khalifa "F**k Apologies”
369 Zack De La Rocha “Digging For Windows”
368 The Veronicas “In My Blood”
367 A Great Big World “Oasis”
366 Taylor Swift "Style"
365 Fall Out Boy "Uma Thurman"
364 The Strokes “Oblivius”
363 Bishop Briggs “Wild Horses”
362 Sundara Karma “Loveblood”
361 Warpaint “New Song”
Top 360
360 Silversun Pickups “Latchkey Kids”
359 Justin Timberlake "Drink You Away"
358 Meg Myers "Sorry"
357 Sum 41 “War”
356 Run River North “Run or Hide”
355 AudioDamn! “Radar”
354 Tor Miller “Carter and Cash”
353 The Neighbourhood “Cry Baby”
352 Pop Evil “If Only For Now”
351 American Authors “What We Live For”
350 Imagine Dragons "Shots"
349 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite”
348 Wolf Alice "Moaning Lisa Smile"
347 Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
346 Maroon 5 "Sugar"
345 Kelly Clarkson "Heartbeat Song"
344 Slipknot “Goodbye”
343 Wolfmother “Victorious”
342 Mumford and Sons/Baaba Maal “There Will Be Time”
341 Nick Fradiani “Get You Home”
340 Hillary Scott and The Scott Family “Thy Will”
339 The Joy Formidable “The Last Thing On My Mind”
338 AFI “Snow Cats”
337 Rihanna “Kiss It Better”
336 Oh Wonder “Lose It”
335 The Heavy “Since You Been Gone”
334 Trapt “It's Over”
333 Holy White Hounds “Blind”
332 Dinosaur Pile-Up “11:11”
331 Sixx:A.M. “We Will Not Go Quietly”
330 AFI “White Offerings”
329 Korn “Take Me”
328 Bleeker “Highway”
327 Transviolet “New Bohemia”
326 Milky Chance “Cocoon”
325 Adele “Water Under The Bridge”
324 Alicia Keys “In Common”
323 Shakira “Try Everything”
322 Rihanna “Sledgehammer”
321 Adam Lambert “Another Lonely Night”
320 Kenny Chesney “Noise”
319 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Jamila Woods “White Privilege II”
318 Good Charlotte “Makeshift Love”
317 Bring Me The Horizon “Avalanche”
316 Radiohead “Burn The Witch”
315 Alabama Shakes “Sound and Color”
314 Zac Brown Band/Chris Cornell "Heavy Is The Head"
313 Finish Ticket “Color”
312 Young The Giant “Silvertongue”
311 Joseph "White Flag"
310 Night Riots “Nothing Personal”
309 Banks “Gemini Feed”
308 The Fray “Singing Low”
307 The Mowgli's “Bad Thing”
306 YG/G-Eazy/Macklemore "FDT Part 2"
305 Stitched Up Heart “Finally Free”
304 El Vy “Return to the Moon”
303 Lucius “Born Again Teen”
302 The Dirty Heads “Oxygen”
301 Kongos “The World Would Run Better”
300 Meg Myers “Lemon Eyes”
299 Imagine Dragons “Not Today”
298 Atlas Genius “Stockholm”
297 Miike Snow “My Trigger”
296 The Band Perry “Live Forever”
295 Broseph E. Lee “Right Where She Wants Me”
294 Jack Garratt “Worry”
293 We The Kings “The Story Of Tonight”
292 Chef'Special “In Your Arms”
291 M83/Mai Lan “Go!”
290 Rihanna “Needed Me”
289 Fergie “M.I.L.F. $”
288 Tove Lo “Cool Girl”
287 Adam Lambert/Laleh “Welcome To The Show”
286 Calum Scott "Dancing On My Own"
285 Simple Plan “Singing In The Rain”
284 Two Door Cinema Club “Bad Decisions”
283 Zipper Club “Going The Distance”
282 Lewis Del Mar “Painting (Masterpiece)”
281 Third Eye Blind “Cop vs. Phone Girl”
280 Death Cab For Cutie "Black Sun"
279 The Naked and Famous “Higher”
278 Sick Puppies “Where Do I Begin”
277 Adelitas Way “Ready For War (Pray For Peace)”
276 Hellyeah “I Don’t Care Anymore”
275 Breaking Benjamin “Never Again”
274 Foo Fighters "Something From Nothing"
273 American Authors “Pride”
272 Panic! At The Disco “Hallelujah”
271 O.A.R. “I Go Through”
270 Andy Grammer "Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah)"
269 Demi Lovato “Body Say”
268 Zella Day “Hypnotic”
267 Of Monsters and Men “Wolves Without Teeth”
266 Dreamers “Drugs”
265 Kurt Vile “Pretty Pimpin”
264 Tegan and Sara “Boyfriend”
263 Cassadee Pope “Summer”
262 Brothers Osborne “Stay A Little Longer”
261 Lauren Alaina “Road Less Traveled”
260 Ellie Goulding “Still Falling For You”
259 LΙON “Tired of Talking”
258 Goo Goo Dolls “Over and Over”
257 Halsey “New Americana”
256 Garbage “Empty”
255 Pierce The Veil “Circles”
254 Bear Hands “Boss”
253 Tori Kelly “Hollow”
252 Bon Jovi “This House Is Not For Sale”
251 Beyoncι “Formation”
250 Train “Play That Song”
249 Demi Lovato “Stone Cold”
248 Zac Brown Band “Beautiful Drug”
247 Breaking Benjamin “Ashes Of Eden”
246 Ghost “Cirice”
245 Sixx:A.M. “Rise”
244 A Day To Remember “Naivety”
243 Florence + The Machine “Delilah”
242 Band Of Horses “Casual Party”
241 Saint Motel "My Type"
240 Tim McGraw “Humble and Kind”
239 Goo Goo Dolls “So Alive”
238 Gwen Stefani “Misery”
237 Lady Gaga “Million Reasons”
236 Gavin DeGraw “She Sets The City On Fire”
235 Capital Cities “Vowels”
234 BΨRNS “American Money”
233 Chris Cornell “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart”
232 Sheryl Crow “Woman In The White House”
231 Death Cab For Cutie “Good Help (Is So Hard To Find)”
230 Miranda Lambert “Vice”
229 Florida Georgia Line/Tim McGraw "May We All"
228 Maddie and Tae “Shut Up and Fish”
227 Walk The Moon “Work This Body”
226 Foo Fighters “Outside”
225 Saint Asonia “Let Me Live My Life”
224 Three Days Grace "Human Race"
223 Breaking Benjamin "Failure"
222 Florence + The Machine "What Kind Of Man"
221 AWOLnation "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)"
220 CHVRCHES "Clearest Blue"
219 Fall Out Boy “Irresistible (Album Version)”
218 Sixx:A.M. “Prayers For The Damned”
217 Weathers “Happy Pills”
216 The Hunna “You and Me”
215 The 1975 “Love Me”
214 Switchfoot “Float”
213 Blue October “Home”
212 Saint Motel “Cold Cold Man”
211 Lukas Graham “Mama Said”
210 Rihanna “Love On The Brain”
209 Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners “This Girl”
208 Elle King “Good Girls”
207 Coleman Hell "2 Heads"
206 The Avett Brothers “Ain’t No Man”
205 Royal Blood "Little Monster"
204 AWOLnation “I Am”
203 Halestorm “I Am The Fire”
202 Tame Impala “The Less I Know The Better”
201 Beck "Dreams"
200 Gwen Stefani “Used To Love You”
199 Fitz and The Tantrums “Roll Up”
198 Empire Of The Sun “High And Low”
197 The Strumbellas “We Don't Know”
196 Metallica “Atlas, Rise!”
195 CHVRCHES/Hayley Williams “Bury It”
194 Elle King “Under The Influence”
193 Rob Thomas “Pieces”
192 Wrabel “11 Blocks”
191 Prophets Of Rage “Prophets Of Rage”
190 Five Finger Death Punch “Wash It All Away”
189 Red Sun Rising “Amnesia”
188 OneRepublic “Kids”
187 Volbeat “Seal The Deal”
186 Rihanna/Drake “Work”
185 Ingrid Michaelson “Hell No”
184 Gwen Stefani “Make Me Like You”
183 Taylor Swift “Wildest Dreams”
182 Mumford and Sons "Believe"
181 Walk The Moon "Shut Up and Dance"
180 Maren Morris “80s Mercedes”
179 Brad Paisley/Demi Lovato “Without A Fight”
178 Carrie Underwood “Dirty Laundry”
177 Cam “Burning House”
176 Five Finger Death Punch “I Apologize”
175 Holy White Hounds “Switchblade”
174 Andy Grammer “Fresh Eyes”
173 Walk The Moon "Different Colors"
172 Foo Fighters "Congregation"
171 Taylor Swift "Bad Blood"
170 Chevelle “Door To Door Cannibals”
169 Shinedown “How Did You Love”
168 Twenty|one|pilots "Tear In My Heart"
167 BΨRNS “10,000 Emerald Pools”
166 Catfish And The Bottlemen "7"
165 Kelsea Ballerini “Peter Pan”
164 Kenny Chesney/P!nk "Setting The World On Fire"
163 Ellie Goulding “Army”
162 Taylor Swift “Out Of The Woods”
161 The Struts “Put Your Money On Me”
160 Halsey “Colors”
159 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “I Need Never Get Old”
158 888 “Critical Mistakes”
157 Lewis Del Mar “Loud(y)”
156 Disclosure/Lorde “Magnets”
155 Broods “Free”
154 Muse "Mercy"
153 BΨRNS “Electric Love”
152 A Day To Remember “Paranoia”
151 Papa Roach “Falling Apart”
150 Panic! At The Disco “Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time”
149 Imagine Dragons “Roots”
148 The Lumineers “Cleopatra”
147 Pop Evil “Ways To Get High”
146 Highly Suspect “My Name Is Human”
145 Alter Bridge “Show Me A Leader”
144 Florence + The Machine “Ship To Wreck”
143 Death Cab For Cutie “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive”
142 Mumford and Sons "The Wolf"
141 Disturbed “The Light”
140 Nothing More “Here's To The Heartache”
139 Red Sun Rising “Emotionless”
138 Adelitas Way “Bad Reputation”
137 Sick Puppies “Stick To Your Guns”
136 Seether “Save Today”
135 Bring Me The Horizon “Happy Song”
134 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Fire Escape”
133 St. Lucia “Dancing On Glass”
132 Bob Moses “Tearing Me Up”
131 DNCE “Cake By The Ocean”
130 Maroon 5/Kendrick Lamar “Don’t Wanna Know”
129 Taylor Swift “New Romantics”
128 Elle King "Ex's and Oh's"
127 Bruno Mars “24K Magic”
126 Ghost “From The Pinnacle To The Pit”
125 Pop Evil “Take It All”
124 The Struts "Could Have Been Me"
123 3 Doors Down “Still Alive”
122 Breaking Benjamin “Angels Fall”
121 Foals “What Went Down”
120 Pop Evil “Footsteps”
119 Disturbed “Open Your Eyes”
118 K.Flay “Blood In The Cut”
117 Coin “Talk Too Much”
116 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “High Dive”
115 The Wombats “Give Me A Try”
114 Kaleo “No Good”
113 Rachel Platten "Fight Song"
112 Highly Suspect "Lydia"
111 Elle King “America’s Sweetheart”
110 Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”
109 Sam Hunt “Make You Miss Me”
108 Maren Morris “My Church”
107 Carrie Underwood “Heartbeat”
106 Thomas Rhett “Die A Happy Man”
105 Korn "Rotting In Vain"
104 CHVRCHES "Leave A Trace"
103 Bear Hands “2AM”
102 X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons "Low Life"
101 Barns Courtney “Fire”
100 Ellie Goulding “On My Mind”
99 Rachel Platten “Stand By You”
98 Ghost “Square Hammer”
97 Halestorm “Mayhem”
96 Five Finger Death Punch “My Nemesis”
95 Deftones “Phantom Bride”
94 Disturbed "The Vengeful One"
93 Foo Fighters “Saint Cecilia”
92 Silversun Pickups “Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)”
91 Joywave “Destruction”
90 Coldplay “Up&Up”
89 Mumford and Sons “Ditmas”
88 Shinedown “State Of My Head”
87 Vance Joy “Fire and The Flood”
86 James Bay “Let It Go”
85 Demi Lovato “Confident”
84 Rachel Platten "Better Place"
83 Glass Animals "Life Itself"
82 The Head and The Heart “All We Ever Knew”
81 Miike Snow “Genghis Khan”
80 James Bay "Hold Back The River"
79 Carrie Underwood "Church Bells"
78 OneRepublic "Wherever I Go"
77 Ben Rector “Brand New”
76 Lady Gaga "Perfect Illusion"
75 Ellie Goulding “Something In The Way You Move”
74 Katy Perry "Rise"
73 JR JR "Gone"
72 The Dirty Heads "That's All I Need"
71 Three Days Grace “Fallen Angel”
70 Judah and The Lion "Take It All Back"
69 AWOLnation “Woman Woman”
68 The Pretty Reckless "Take Me Down"
67 Adele "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
66 Thrice "Black Honey"
65 Panic! At The Disco “Victorious”
64 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Go Robot"
63 Blink-182 "She's Out Of Her Mind"
62 The 1975 "The Sound"
61 Muse "Dead Inside"
60 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “S.O.B.”
59 Saint Motel “Move”
58 Avenged Sevenfold “The Stage”
57 Weezer "Thank God For Girls"
56 Nothing But Thieves "Wake Up Call"
55 Shinedown "Asking For It"
54 Silversun Pickups "Nightlight"
53 Deftones "Prayers/Triangles"
52 Metallica "Moth Into Flame"
51 Justin Timberlake "Can't Stop The Feeling"
50 Volbeat "The Devil's Bleeding Crown"
49 Young The Giant "Something To Believe In"
48 Grouplove "Welcome To Your Life"
47 Coldplay/Beyoncι "Hymn For The Weekend"
46 The 1975 "Somebody Else"
45 Declan McKenna "Brazil"
44 Kongos "Take It From Me"
43 P!nk "Just Like Fire"
42 Adele "When We Were Young"
41 Cold War Kids "First"
40 X Ambassadors “Unsteady”
39 Lukas Graham "7 Years"
38 Muse “Reapers”
37 Empire Of The Sun "Walking On A Dream"
36 Green Day "Still Breathing"
35 Skillet "Feel Invincible"
34 3 Doors Down "In The Dark"
33 Cage The Elephant "Trouble"
32 Shinedown "Cut The Cord"
31 X Ambassadors "Renegades"
30 YG/Nipsey Hussle “FDT (F**k Donald Trump)”
29 Beck "Wow"
28 Jimmy Eat World "Sure and Certain"
27 Catfish and The Bottleman "Soundcheck"
26 Phantogram "You Don’t Get Me High Anymore"
25 Fitz and The Tantrums "HandClap"
24 Highly Suspect “Bloodfeather”
23 Kelly Clarkson “Piece By Piece”
22 Adele “Hello”
21 Weezer "King Of The World"
20 The Struts "Kiss This"
19 Twenty|one|pilots "Stressed Out"
18 Bishop Briggs "River"
17 The Strumbellas "Spirits"
16 Coldplay “Adventure Of A Lifetime”
15 Foals "Mountain At My Gates"
14 Cage The Elephant “Mess Around”
13 Twenty|one|pilots "Heathens"
12 Chevelle "Joyride (Omen)"
11 The Lumineers "Ophelia"
10 Metallica "Hardwired"
9 Blink-182 "Bored To Death"
8 Bastille "Good Grief"
7 Kings of Leon "Waste A Moment"
6 Disturbed "The Sound Of Silence"
5 Kaleo "Way Down We Go"
4 Green Day "Bang Bang"
3 Nothing But Thieves "Trip Switch"
2 Twenty|one|pilots "Ride"
1 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dark Necessities"
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