The 22nd (and final) edition of several in this 2013 best (and worst of) list.
See you in December 2015 when the ATRL Best of... season rolls around yet again. Until then, go f**k some more chickens!!
Top 350 Songs of 2014 Recap
On-Deck:
380 Soundgarden “Storm”
379 We As Human/Lacey Sturm “Take The Bullets Away”
378 Kelly Clarkson “Wrapped In Red”
377 Michael Jackson/Justin Timberlake “Love Never Felt So Good”
376 Sheppard “Geronimo”
375 Conchita Wurst “Rise Like a Phoenix”
374 Gwen Stefani “Spark The Fire”
373 O.A.R. “Peace”
372 Young Guns “I Want Out”
371 Metric “Synthetica”
370 The Smashing Pumpkins “Being Beige”
369 Angels and Airwaves “The Wolfpack”
368 Daughtry “Long Live Rock and Roll”
367 AC/DC “Rock or Bust”
366 The Black Keys “Weight of Love”
365 Beck “Blue Moon”
364 The Airborne Toxic Event “Wrong”
363 Foo Fighters “Congregation”
362 The Griswolds “Beware The Dog”
361 Demi Lovato "Heart Attack"
360 Atlas Genius “If So”
359 AFI “I Hope You Suffer”
358 Weird Al Yankovic “Tacky”
357 Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk”
356 Paramore "Now"
355 Alt-J “Every Other Freckle”
354 Mumford and Sons “I Will Wait”
353 Sam Hunt “Leave The Night On”
352 CHVRCHES “Recover”
351 The Lumineers "Ho Hey"
Top 350
350 The Gaslight Anthem “Get Hurt”
349 Spoon “Do You”
348 Fergie “L.A. Love (La La)”
347 Maroon 5 “Love Somebody”
346 A Perfect Circle “By And Down”
345 The Killers “Shot At The Night”
344 AWOLnation “ThisKidsNotAlright”
343 Young the Giant “Crystallized”
342 Twenty|one|pilots "Holding On To You"
341 Shinedown "I'll Follow You"
340 The Smashing Pumpkins “One and All”
339 Linkin Park "Burn It Down"
338 Lenny Kravitz “Dirty White Boots”
337 Three Days Grace "Chalk Outline"
336 Sons of the Sea “Come Together”
335 Robert DeLong “Long Way Down”
334 AWOLnation "Sail"
333 Eric Church “Give Me Back My Hometown”
332 Jerrod Niemann “Drink to That All Night”
331 The Kooks “Bad Habit”
330 Hilary Duff “All About You”
329 Fall Out Boy "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
328 Skillet “Sick of It”
327 Weezer “Da Vinci”
326 Queens of the Stone Age “My God Is the Sun”
325 Haim “Don’t Save Me”
324 Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud”
323 Hilary Duff “Chasing The Sun”
322 MisterWives “Reflections”
321 Eminem “Berzerk”
320 Avril Lavigne “Hello Kitty”
319 Vampire Weekend “Step”
318 311 “Five of Everything”
317 Morning Parade ”Alienation”
316 Ingrid Michaelson “Afterlife”
315 Maroon 5 “Lucky Strike”
314 The Veronicas “You Ruin Me”
313 Lights “Up We Go”
312 Papa Roach ”Face Everything And Rise”
311 Glass Animals “Gooey”
310 Haim “The Wire”
309 Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite”
308 Coldplay “Ink”
307 The Chain Gang of 1974 “Sleepwalking”
306 Weird Al Yankovic “Inactive”
305 Godsmack “Something Different”
304 The Dirty Heads “Sound Of Change”
303 The Colourist “Little Games”
302 Sick Puppies “Die To Save You”
301 Sir Sly “Gold”
300 Nickelback “Million Miles An Hour”
299 Linkin Park/Daron Malakian “Rebellion”
298 Queens of the Stone Age “Smooth Sailing”
297 Three Days Grace “The High Road”
296 The Orwells “Who Needs You”
295 Brantley Gilbert “Bottoms Up”
294 Birdy “Skinny Love”
293 George Ezra “Budapest”
292 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Mary Lambert "Same Love"
291 U2 “Every Breaking Wave”
290 NONONO "Pumpin Blood"
289 Twin Atlantic “Heart And Soul”
288 Gwen Stefani “Baby Don't Lie”
287 Taylor Swift/Gary Lightbody “The Last Time”
286 Anna Kendrick “Cups (Pitch Perfect’s When I’m Gone)”
285 P!nk/Lily Allen “True Love”
284 Phantogram “Black Out Days”
283 Weird Al Yankovic “Handy”
282 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/ScHoolboyQ/Hollis “White Walls”
281 Lady Gaga “G.U.Y.”
280 Pop Evil “Trenches”
279 Birds of Tokyo “Lanterns”
278 Luke Bryan “Roller Coaster”
277 Carrie Underwood “Something In The Water”
276 OK Go “The Writing's on the Wall”
275 Tegan and Sara “I Was a Fool”
274 Nothing More “Mr. MTV”
273 Live “The Way Around Is Through”
272 Catfish and The Bottlemen “Kathleen”
271 Daft Punk/Julian Casablancas “Instant Crush”
270 Halestorm “Here's to Us”
269 The Eeries “Cool Kid”
268 Capital Cities “Kangaroo Court”
267 Vampire Weekend “Diane Young”
266 MAGIC! “Let Your Hair Down”
265 Demi Lovato “Made in the USA”
264 Avril Lavigne “Give You What You Like”
263 Weird Al Yankovic “Foil”
262 Nico Vega “I Believe (Get Over Yourself)”
261 My Chemical Romance “Fake Your Death”
260 Beyoncé “Pretty Hurts”
259 Shinedown “Adrenaline”
258 Sixx:A.M. “Gotta Get It Right”
257 Avril Lavigne/Chad Kroeger “Let Me Go”
256 Chevelle “An Island”
255 Train “Cadillac, Cadillac”
254 Bruno Mars “Treasure”
253 U2 “Invisible”
252 The Pretty Reckless “Follow Me Down”
251 Rise Against “Tragedy + Time”
250 Matt Nathanson “Kinks Shirt”
249 Phillip Phillips “Where We Came From”
248 Miranda Lambert/Carrie Underwood “Somethin' Bad”
247 Mary Lambert “She Keeps Me Warm”
246 Shakira “Empire”
245 Neon Trees “Text Me In The Morning”
244 Beyoncé “Partition”
243 Charli XCX “Boom Clap”
242 Starset “My Demons”
241 Sick Puppies “Gunfight”
240 Bear Hands “Agora”
239 Bleachers “Rollercoaster”
238 Haim “If I Could Change Your Mind”
237 Pop Evil “Beautiful”
236 Bruno Mars “Gorilla”
235 Slipknot “The Devil in I”
234 The 1975 “Girls”
233 Kaiser Chiefs “Coming Home”
232 Switchfoot “When We Come Alive”
231 Adelitas Way “Dog On A Leash”
230 Bruno Mars “Young Girls”
229 Neon Trees “First Things First”
228 Hunter Hayes “Invisible”
227 Of Monsters and Men “Dirty Paws”
226 Foster the People “Are You What You Want to Be?”
225 New Politics "Harlem"
224 Muse "Madness"
223 The Fray “Break Your Plans”
222 The Ting Tings “Wrong Club”
221 Ellie Goulding “Beating Heart”
220 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Ray Dalton "Can't Hold Us"
219 Shakira “Dare (La La La)”
218 Sick Puppies "There's No Going Back"
217 Ellie Goulding “Goodness Gracious”
216 Daft Punk/Pharrell Williams "Get Lucky"
215 The 1975 “Chocolate”
214 The Neighbourhood “Let It Go”
213 The Band Perry “Chainsaw”
212 Zedd/Foxes “Clarity”
211 Five Finger Death Punch “House of the Rising Sun”
210 Beyoncé “XO”
209 Flyleaf “Set Me On Fire”
208 Paramore “Daydreaming”
207 Eminem/Nate Ruess “Headlights”
206 AFI “A Deep Slow Panic”
205 Five Finger Death Punch “Battle Born”
204 Halestorm “Mz. Hyde”
203 Rihanna “What Now”
202 Gavin DeGraw “Fire”
201 Alter Bridge “Addicted To Pain”
200 Cassadee Pope “I Wish I Could Break Your Heart”
199 Stone Sour “Tired”
198 Maddie & Tae “Girl In A Country Song”
197 Ms Mr "Hurricane"
196 Lana Del Rey “Summertime Sadness”
195 AC/DC “Play Ball” / Andy Grammer “Back Home”
194 Seether “Weak”
193 Haim “Forever”
192 Weird Al Yankovic “Word Crimes”
191 OneRepublic “Something I Need”
190 Grouplove “I'm With You”
189 Phillip Phillips “Gone, Gone, Gone”
188 Priory “Weekend”
187 Alice In Chains “Stone”
186 Cage the Elephant “Cigarette Daydreams”
185 Phoenix "Trying To Be Cool"
184 Korn "Never Never"
183 Christina Perri “Burning Gold”
182 Broods “Bridges”
181 Kings of Leon “Family Tree”
180 Gavin DeGraw “Make A Move”
179 Panic! At The Disco/Lolo “Miss Jackson”
178 Taylor Swift “Blank Space”
177 Pearl Jam “Lightning Bolt”
176 Shakira/Rihanna “Can't Remember to Forget You”
175 Broken Bells “Holding On For Life”
174 Justin Timberlake “Not a Bad Thing”
173 Godsmack “1000hp”
172 Lady Gaga/R. Kelly “Do What U Want”
171 30 Seconds to Mars "Up in the Air"
170 Panama Wedding “All Of The People”
169 Lorde “Glory and Gore”
168 Eminem/Rihanna “The Monster”
167 Kings of Leon “Temple”
166 Kelly Clarkson "People Like Us"
165 Five Finger Death Punch “Wrong Side of Heaven”
164 U2 “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)”
163 Volbeat “Doc Holliday”
162 Korn “Hater”
161 Lorde “Yellow Flicker Beat”
160 Skillet “Not Gonna Die”
159 AFI “17 Crimes”
158 Seether “Same Damn Life”
157 Vampire Weekend “Unbelievers”
156 Cassadee Pope “Wasting All These Tears”
155 Korn “Spike In My Veins”
154 Ms Mr “Think of You”
153 Skillet “Rise”
152 American Authors “Believer”
151 New Politics “Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens)”
150 The Madden Brothers “We Are Done”
149 Pop Evil “Torn To Pieces”
148 John Newman “Love Me Again”
147 Idina Menzel “Let It Go”
146 Florida Georgia Line/Luke Bryan “This Is How We Roll”
145 Twenty|one|pilots "House Of Gold”
144 Theory of a Deadman “Drown”
143 Fitz and the Tantrums “Fools Gold”
142 Kacey Musgraves “Follow Your Arrow”
141 Colbie Caillat “Try”
140 Twenty|one|pilots “Car Radio”
139 Sara Bareilles “Brave”
138 Gavin DeGraw “Best I Ever Had”
137 Greek Fire “Top of the World”
136 Lady Gaga “Applause”
135 A Great Big World/Christina Aguilera “Say Something”
134 Alice in Chains “Voices”
133 Daughtry “Battleships”
132 Volbeat “Lola Montez”
131 Kongos “I'm Only Joking”
130 Switchfoot "Who We Are" / SomeKindaWonderful “Reverse”
129 Bush “The Only Way Out”
128 The Script “Superheroes”
127 Crosses “The Epilogue”
126 Capital Cities “One Minute More”
125 The Black Keys “Gotta Get Away”
124 Three Days Grace "Misery Loves My Company"
123 Lady Antebellum “Compass”
122 The Airborne Toxic Event “Hell And Back”
121 Luke Bryan “Play It Again”
120 Queens of the Stone Age “I Sat by the Ocean”
119 Passenger “Let Her Go”
118 Panic! at the Disco “This Is Gospel”
117 Ed Sheeran “Don’t”
116 Death From Above 1979 “Trainwreck 1979”
115 30 Seconds To Mars “City of Angels”
114 Fitz And The Tantrums "Out of My League"
113 Daughtry “Waiting for Superman”
112 Grouplove “Shark Attack”
111 Katy Perry “Unconditionally”
110 OneRepublic “I Lived”
109 Banks “Beggin For Thread”
108 Linkin Park/Steve Aoki "A Light That Never Comes”
107 Joywave/KOPPS “Tongues”
106 The Pretty Reckless “F**ked Up World”
105 Arctic Monkeys “R U Mine?”
104 Imagine Dragons “I Bet My Life”
103 Colbie Caillat “Hold On”
102 Maroon 5 “Animals”
101 Katy Perry “Birthday”
100 CHVRCHES “The Mother We Share”
99 Bastille “Flaws”
98 Lady Antebellum “Bartender”
97 Volbeat “Dead But Rising”
96 You Me At Six “Room To Breathe”
95 Phantogram “Fall in Love”
94 Nico & Vinz “Am I Wrong”
93 J. Roddy Walston And The Business “Take It As It Comes”
92 Chevelle “Hunter Eats Hunter”
91 Avenged Sevenfold "Hail To The King"
90 Katy Perry “This Is How We Do”
89 Imagine Dragons “On Top of the World”
88 Train “Angel In Blue Jeans”
87 Meg Myers “Desire”
86 Walk The Moon “Shut Up And Dance”
85 Kings of Leon “Supersoaker”
84 Young The Giant “Mind Over Matter”
83 Sara Bareilles “I Choose You”
82 Ingrid Michaelson “Girls Chase Boys”
81 Avenged Sevenfold “This Means War”
80 Lana Del Rey "West Coast"
79 Pearl Jam "Mind Your Manners"
78 New Politics “Tonight You're Perfect”
77 J. Roddy Walston And The Business “Heavy Bells”
76 Wild Cub “Thunder Clatter”
75 Avenged Sevenfold “Shepherd Of Fire”
74 Linkin Park "Final Masquerade"
73 MAGIC! "Rude"
72 Cage the Elephant “Take It Or Leave It”
71 Grouplove "Ways To Go"
70 Jack White "Lazaretto"
69 Arctic Monkeys "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"
68 Lorde "Tennis Court"
67 Nothing More "Now Is The Time (Ballast)"
66 Coldplay "Magic"
65 Zedd/Hayley Williams “Stay The Night”
64 Kings of Leon "Wait For Me"
63 Capital Cities "Safe and Sound"
62 The Dirty Heads "My Sweet Summer"
61 Ed Sheeran "Sing"
60 Royal Blood "Out Of The Black"
59 30 Seconds To Mars "Do or Die"
58 Christina Perri "Human"
57 Seether "Words As Weapons"
56 Fall Out Boy "Centuries"
55 Demi Lovato "Neon Lights"
54 Pharrell Williams "Happy"
53 Three Days Grace "I Am Machine"
52 Foster The People "Best Friend"
51 Paramore "Still Into You"
50 Pearl Jam "Sirens"
49 Tove Lo "Habits (Stay High)"
48 Taylor Swift “Shake It Off”
47 Ellie Goulding “Burn”
46 Maroon 5 "Maps"
45 OneRepublic "Love Runs Out"
44 Hozier "Take Me To Church"
43 Alt-J "Left Hand Free"
42 The Neighbourhood "Afraid"
41 Vance Joy "Riptide"
40 Katy Perry "Roar"
39 Nickelback “Edge Of A Revolution”
38 Silversun Pickups "Cannibal"
37 The Pretty Reckless "Heaven Knows"
36 Bear Hands "Giants"
35 American Authors "Best Day Of My Life"
34 The Neighbourhood "Sweater Weather"
33 Coldplay "A Sky Full Of Stars"
32 Neon Trees "Sleeping With A Friend"
31 Bad Suns "Cardiac Arrest"
30 Milky Chance "Stolen Dance"
29 Bastille "Pompeii"
28 Imagine Dragons "Radioactive"
27 Linkin Park "Until It's Gone"
26 Lorde "Royals"
25 Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd "Really Don't Care"
24 Young The Giant "It's About Time"
23 The Fray "Love Don't Die"
22 Echosmith "Cool Kids"
21 Foster The People "Coming of Age"
20 Big Data/Joywave "Dangerous"
19 Katy Perry/Juicy J “Dark Horse”
18 Royal Blood "Figure It Out"
17 Imagine Dragons "Demons"
16 Bleachers "I Wanna Get Better"
15 Cage The Elephant "Come A Little Closer"
14 Fitz and The Tantrums “The Walker”
13 Linkin Park/Rakim "Guilty All The Same"
12 Bastille "Bad Blood"
11 Weezer "Back To The Shack"
10 The Black Keys "Fever"
9 Rise Against "I Don't Wanna Be Here Anymore"
8 Arctic Monkeys “Do I Wanna Know?”
7 Chevelle "Take Out The Gunman"
6 Three Days Grace "Painkiller"
5 Foo Fighters "Something From Nothing"
4 Lorde "Team"
3 Paramore "Ain't It Fun"
2 OneRepublic "Counting Stars"
1 Kongos "Come With Me Now"
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