The 25th and final edition in this 2015 best (and worst of) list.
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Top 350 Songs of 2015 Recap
Wannabees
390 Justin Timberlake "Drink You Away"
389 We Are Harlot “Dancing On Nails”
388 Matt Nathanson “Gold In The Summertime”
387 The Neighbourhood “Cry Baby”
386 Lacey Sturm “Impossible”
385 Joywave 'Destruction”
384 Cam “Burning House”
383 AudioDamn! “Radar”
382 10 Years 'From Birth to Burial”
381 The War on Drugs “Under The Pressure”
380 Hozier “Work Song”
379 Ingrid Michaelson “Afterlife”
378 Of Monsters and Men “Wolves Without Teeth”
377 Big Grams “Lights On”
376 Against The Current “Paralyzed”
375 Sublime With Rome/The Dirty Heads “Sirens”
374 I Prevail “Blank Space”
373 Trans-Siberian Orchestra/Lzzy Hale “Forget About The Blame”
372 Hunter Hayes “21”
371 Trapt “Passenger”
370 Leona Lewis “Fire Under My Feet”
369 Haerts “Wings”
368 Grizfolk “Troublemaker”
367 AWOLnation “Woman Woman”
366 St. Lucia “Dancing On Glass”
365 David Cook “Criminals”
364 Adam Lambert “Another Lonely Night”
363 Thomas Rhett “Die A Happy Man”
362 Brothers Osborne “Stay A Little Longer”
361 Melanie Martinez “Soap”
360 Smallpools “Karaoke”
359 Family Of The Year “Make You Mine”
358 Common “Glory (From the Motion Picture Selma)”
357 BØRNS “10,000 Emerald Pools”
356 Kelsea Ballerini “Love Me Like You Mean It”
355 Pop Evil “Ways To Get High”
354 Tori Kelly “Hollow”
353 Good Charlotte “Makeshift Love”
352 Muse “Reapers”
351 Bullet for My Valentine “You Want A Battle? (Here's A War)”
Top 350
350 Maddie and Tae “Fly”
349 Meg Myers “Desire”
348 Bon Jovi “Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning”
347 Chet Faker/Banks “1989”
346 Nothing More “Here's To The Heartache”
345 Sixx: A.M. “Stars”
344 LunchMoney Lewis “Bills”
343 Lights “Up We Go”
342 Carrie Underwood “Heartbeat”
341 Simple Plan/Nelly “I Don't Wanna Go To Bed”
340 Miranda Lambert/Little Big Town “Smokin' and Drinkin'”
339 Zac Brown Band “Homegrown”
338 Years and Years “Desire”
337 Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer”
336 Apocalyptica “Cold Blood”
335 Imagine Dragons “Demons”
334 Bastille “Pompeii”
333 Charli XCX “Boom Clap”
332 Cage The Elephant “Take It or Leave It”
331 Godsmack “Something Different”
330 Foo Fighters “Saint Cecilia”
329 Bring Me The Horizon “Throne”
328 Mumford and Sons “Ditmas”
327 The Wombats “Greek Tragedy”
326 Neon Trees “Songs I Can't Listen To”
325 MS MR “Criminals”
324 O.A.R. “Two Hands Up”
323 MuteMath “Monument”
322 The Orwells “The Righteous One”
321 Rihanna “Bitch Better Have My Money”
320 Cassadee Pope “I Am Invincible”
319 Florida Georgia Line “Sun Daze”
318 Young The Giant “Crystallized”
317 AC/DC “Rock The Blues Away”
316 Nickelback “Get ‘Em Up”
315 Mickey Guyton “Better Than You Left Me”
314 Bear Hands “Giants”
313 Kongos “I Want To Know”
312 Ingrid Michaelson “Time Machine”
311 Odesza/Zyra “Say My Name”
310 Lana Del Rey “High By The Beach”
309 Tove Lo “Moments”
308 Hilary Duff “Sparks”
307 Hailee Steinfeld “Love Myself”
306 Life of Dillon “Overload”
305 New Politics “Girl Crush”
304 TV On The Radio “Happy Idiot”
303 Phases “I'm In Love With My Life”
302 Brandon Flowers “Can't Deny My Love”
301 Miranda Lambert “Little Red Wagon”
300 James Bay “Let It Go”
299 Paramore/Joy Williams “Hate to See Your Heart Break”
298 Young Guns “I Want Out”
297 Godsmack “What’s Next?”
296 Nothing More “Mr. MTV”
295 Linkin Park “Final Masquerade”
294 Adelitas Way “I Get Around”
293 Carly Rae Jepsen “I Really Like You”
292 Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness “High Dive”
291 Civil Twilight “Holy Dove”
290 Foo Fighters “The Feast and The Famine”
289 Madonna “Ghosttown”
288 Coldplay “Magic”
287 My Morning Jacket “Big Decisions”
286 Blake Shelton “Sangria”
285 Nick Fradiani “Beautiful Life”
284 HØØNCH “Top”
283 Alesso/Tove Lo “Heroes (We Could Be)”
282 Glass Animals “Black Mambo”
281 Audien/Lady Antebellum “Something Better”
280 Gwen Stefani “Spark The Fire”
279 Family of the Year “Hero”
278 Atreyu “Do You Know Who You Are?”
277 Nickelback “She Keeps Me Up”
276 Fitz and The Tantrums “Fools Gold”
275 Lady Antebellum 'Freestyle”
274 Third Eye Blind “Everything Is Easy”
273 El Vy “Return To The Moon”
272 Mark Ronson/Kevin Parker “Daffodils”
271 Ryan Adams “Bad Blood”
270 Theory of a Deadman “Blow”
269 Bleachers “Like A River Runs”
268 Kacey Musgraves “Biscuits”
267 JR JR “Gone”
266 Bastille “Bad Blood”
265 Ed Sheeran “Don't”
264 Lorde “Team”
263 Katy Perry/Juicy J “Dark Horse”
262 Metric “The Shade (I Want It All)”
261 You Me At Six “Win Some, Lose Some”
260 Ghost “Cirice”
259 Five Finger Death Punch “Wash It All Away”
258 10 Years “Miscellanea”
257 Panic! At The Disco “Victorious”
256 Chet Faker “Gold”
255 The Temperance Movement “Take It Back”
254 Train “Bulletproof Picasso”
253 The Script “No Good in Goodbye”
252 The Veronicas “You Ruin Me”
251 Rudimental/Ed Sheeran “Lay It All On Me”
250 Ex Cops “Black Soap”
249 Weezer “Da Vinci”
248 Death From Above 1979 “Virgins”
247 P.O.D. “This Goes Out To You”
246 Of Monsters and Men “Empire”
245 The Mowgli's “I'm Good”
244 Nate Ruess “Great Big Storm”
243 Linkin Park/Rakim “Guilty All The Same”
242 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Eric Nally/Melle Mel/Kool Moe Dee/Grandmaster Caz “Downtown”
241 Dreamers “Wolves (You Got Me)”
240 The Griswolds “If You Wanna Stay”
239 Glass Animals “Gooey”
238 Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato “Irresistible”
237 Andy Grammer “Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah)”
236 Colbie Caillat “Try”
235 Big Data/White Sea “The Business of Emotion”
234 Duran Duran/Janelle Monáe/Nile Rodgers “Pressure Off”
233 Greek Fire “Top of the World”
232 NEEDTOBREATHE “Brother”
231 Zella Day “Hypnotic”
230 Sara Bareilles “She Used To Be Mine”
229 Lady Antebellum “Bartender”
228 MAGIC! “Rude”
227 Milky Chance “Flashed Junk Mind”
226 Kid Rock “First Kiss”
225 The Pretty Reckless “Heaven Knows”
224 New Politics “Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens)”
223 R. City/Adam Levine “Locked Away”
222 Fitz and The Tantrums “The Walker”
221 The Rua “Fight For What's Right”
220 Ms Mr “Painted”
219 Muse “Psycho”
218 Nothing More “Jenny”
217 Yelawolf “Till It’s Gone”
216 Coheed and Cambria “You Got Spirit, Kid”
215 Nate Ruess “Nothing Without Love”
214 Rob Thomas “Hold On Forever”
213 Young Rising Sons “High”
212 The Script “Superheroes”
211 Pentatonix “Can't Sleep Love”
210 Gwen Stefani “Used To Love You”
209 Rachel Platten 'Stand By You”
208 The Kooks “Bad Habit”
207 Peking Duk/Bejamin Joseph “Say My Name”
206 Jamie Lawson “Wasn't Expecting That”
205 U2 “Every Breaking Wave”
204 The Dirty Heads “Sound Of Change”
203 Houndmouth “Sedona”
202 Matt and Kim “Get It”
201 Linkin Park “Until It's Gone”
200 Echosmith “Cool Kids”
199 Carrie Underwood “Smoke Break”
198 Disclosure/Lorde “Magnets”
197 Wolf Alice “Bros”
196 Rihanna “American Oxygen”
195 Maroon 5 “This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like A Motherf**ker”
194 U2 “Song for Someone”
193 A Great Big World “Hold Each Other”
192 Kelly Clarkson “Piece By Piece”
191 Leona Lewis “Thunder”
190 Highly Suspect “Bloodfeather”
189 The Struts “Kiss This”
188 Chevelle “An Island”
187 Seether “Nobody Praying For Me”
186 Passion Pit “Lifted Up (1985)”
185 Saint Motel “Cold Cold Man”
184 Maroon 5 “Feelings”
183 Echosmith “Let's Love”
182 The Neighbourhood “R.I.P. 2 My Youth”
181 The Moth and The Flame “Young and Unafraid”
180 In The Valley Below “Peaches”
179 MisterWives “Reflections”
178 Chevelle “Take Out The Gunman”
177 Three Days Grace “Painkiller”
176 Royal Blood “Out Of The Black”
175 Arctic Monkeys “Do I Wanna Know?”
174 Imagine Dragons “Roots”
173 OneRepublic “Counting Stars”
172 Alt-J “Hunger of the Pine”
171 Fall Out Boy “Irresistible (Album Version)”
170 Sheppard “Geronimo”
169 Bastille “Flaws”
168 Vance Joy “Fire and The Flood”
167 American Authors “Go Big Or Go Home”
166 Slipknot “Killpop”
165 The Dead Weather “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)”
164 Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd “Really Don't Care”
163 The Pretty Reckless “F**ked Up World”
162 Major Lazer/MØ/DJ Snake “Lean On”
161 Tove Lo “Habits (Stay High)”
160 Rise Against “Tragedy + Time”
159 Red Sun Rising “The Otherside”
158 Seether “Save Today”
157 The Dirty Heads “My Sweet Summer”
156 OneRepublic “I Lived”
155 Night Riots “Contagious”
154 Catfish And The Bottlemen “Cocoon”
153 Sublime With Rome “Wherever You Go”
152 Alt-J “Every Other Freckle”
151 Bleachers “I Wanna Get Better”
150 Chris Cornell “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart”
149 The Black Keys “Fever”
148 Adam Lambert “Ghost Town”
147 Tori Kelly “Should’ve Been Us”
146 The Band Perry “Live Forever”
145 Carrie Underwood “Little Toy Guns”
144 Halestorm “I Am The Fire”
143 Bush “The Only Way Out”
142 The Wombats “Give Me A Try”
141 Atlas Genius “Molecules”
140 George Ezra “Blame It on Me”
139 Ellie Goulding “On My Mind”
138 Rihanna/Kanye West/Paul McCartney “FourFiveSeconds”
137 Ed Sheeran “Photograph”
136 OneRepublic “Love Runs Out”
135 Rob Thomas “Trust You”
134 Joywave “Now”
133 Seether Words As Weapons”
132 The Black Keys “Gotta Get Away”
131 The 1975 “Love Me”
130 Ella Henderson “Ghost”
129 Maroon 5 “Maps”
128 Echosmith “Bright”
127 Foals “Mountain At My Gates”
126 The Pretty Reckless “Follow Me Down”
125 Five Finger Death Punch “Wrong Side of Heaven”
124 Shinedown “State Of My Head”
123 Three Days Grace “Fallen Angel”
122 Disturbed “The Light”
121 Nickelback “Million Miles An Hour”
120 Demi Lovato “Confident”
119 Tove Lo “Talking Body”
118 New Politics “West End Kids”
117 Saint Asonia “Better Place”
116 Adele “Hello”
115 Carrie Underwood “Something In The Water”
114 Taylor Swift “Wildest Dreams”
113 Sam Hunt “Take Your Time”
112 X Ambassadors “Unsteady”
111 Lorde “Yellow Flicker Beat”
110 Coldplay “Adventure Of A Lifetime”
109 Cage The Elephant “Mess Around”
108 Kelly Clarkson “Invincible”
107 The Arcs “Outta My Mind”
106 Night Terrors of 1927/Tegan and Sara “When You Were Mine”
105 Big Data/Joywave “Dangerous”
104 Bleachers “Rollercoaster”
103 You Me At Six "Room To Breathe"
102 Five Finger Death Punch “Jekyll And Hyde”
101 Modest Mouse “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box”
100 Coldplay “A Sky Full of Stars”
99 Alt-J “Left Hand Free”
98 Robert DeLong “Don't Wait Up”
97 Demi Lovato "Cool For The Summer"
96 Pop Evil “Footsteps”
95 Papa Roach/Maria Brink “Gravity”
94 Foo Fighters “Outside”
93 Halestorm “Apocalyptic”
92 Lady Antebellum “Long Stretch of Love”
91 Little Big Town “Girl Crush”
90 Breaking Benjamin “Angels Fall”
89 Hozier “Someone New”
88 Vance Joy “Mess Is Mine”
87 Banks “Beggin For Thread”
86 Alabama Shakes “Don't Wanna Fight”
85 The Black Keys “Weight of Love”
84 Theory Of A Deadman "Angel"
83 AC/DC "Rock Or Bust"
82 Taylor Swift “Shake It Off”
81 Meg Myers “Lemon Eyes”
80 Papa Roach "Face Everything and Rise"
79 Paramore "Ain't It Fun"
78 Florence + The Machine “Ship to Wreck”
77 George Ezra "Budapest"
76 Panic! At The Disco “Hallelujah”
75 Halsey “New Americana”
74 Taylor Swift "Bad Blood"
73 BØRNS “Electric Love”
72 Halestorm "Amen"
71 Nickelback "Edge Of A Revolution"
70 Incubus "Absolution Calling"
69 Andy Grammer "Honey, I'm Good."
68 Ellie Goulding “Love Me Like You Do”
67 Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
66 Death Cab For Cutie “The Ghosts of Beverly Drive”
65 Joywave "Somebody New"
64 Coleman Hell "2 Heads"
63 Silversun Pickups “Nightlight”
62 Weezer "Back To The Shack"
61 Rise Against "I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore"
60 Highly Suspect "Lydia"
59 Of Monsters and Men "Crystals"
58 Muse "Mercy"
57 Mumford and Sons "The Wolf"
56 CHVRCHES "Leave A Trace"
55 James Bay "Hold Back The River"
54 AWOLnation “I Am”
53 Nothing But Thieves "Trip Switch"
52 Kongos "Come With Me Now"
51 The Offspring "Coming For You"
50 Twenty|one|pilots "Stressed Out"
49 Cage The Elephant "Cigarette Daydreams"
48 Imagine Dragons "Shots"
47 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “S.O.B.”
46 Fall Out Boy "Uma Thurman"
45 Seether "Same Damn Life"
44 Maroon 5 "Animals"
43 Rachel Platten "Fight Song"
42 Arctic Monkeys "R U Mine?"
41 Walk The Moon "Different Colors"
40 Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
39 Maroon 5 "Sugar"
38 Vance Joy "Riptide"
37 Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
36 Zac Brown Band/Chris Cornell "Heavy Is The Head"
35 Weezer "Thank God For Girls"
34 Wolf Alice "Moaning Lisa Smile"
33 Breaking Benjamin "Failure"
32 Florence + The Machine "What Kind Of Man"
31 Meg Myers "Sorry"
30 Saint Motel "My Type"
29 Kelly Clarkson "Heartbeat Song"
28 Hozier "Take Me To Church"
27 Milky Chance "Stolen Dance"
26 Catfish And The Bottlemen "Kathleen"
25 Mumford and Sons "Believe"
24 Taylor Swift "Style"
23 The Struts "Could Have Been Me"
22 Royal Blood "Figure It Out"
21 Three Days Grace "I Am Machine"
20 Fall Out Boy "Centuries"
19 Foo Fighters "Something From Nothing"
18 Beck "Dreams"
17 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite”
16 Robert DeLong "Long Way Down"
15 Death Cab For Cutie "Black Sun"
14 Cold War Kids "First"
13 Imagine Dragons "I Bet My Life"
12 Elle King "Ex's and Oh's"
11 Modest Mouse "Lampshades On Fire"
10 Royal Blood "Little Monster"
9 Three Days Grace "Human Race"
8 Foo Fighters "Congregation"
7 Disturbed "The Vengeful One"
6 Twenty|one|pilots "Tear In My Heart"
5 Shinedown "Cut The Cord"
4 AWOLnation "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)"
3 X Ambassadors "Renegades"
2 Muse "Dead Inside"
1 Walk The Moon "Shut Up and Dance"
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