The Best 125 Songs of 2011

A playlist of these songs can be accessed here: http://8tracks.com/notchocheesier/the-best-songs-of-2011/edit

Top Songs of 2011:

1. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
2. Countdown by Beyoncé
3. Someone Like You by Adele
4. Bizness by tUnE-yArDs
5. Born This Way by Lady Gaga
6. Holocene by Bon Iver
7. Strange Mercy by St. Vincent
8. Lippy Kids by Elbow
9. Lotus Flower by Radiohead
10. Art of Almost by Wilco
11. You Can Count on Me by Panda Bear
12. The Words That Maketh Murder by PJ Harvey
13. 1+1 by Beyoncé
14. Rolling in the Deep by Adele
15. The Otherside by The Roots Featuring Bilal & P.O.R.N.
16. Midnight City by M83
17. Paraty by Mia Doi Todd
18. Take Care by Drake Featuring Rihanna
19. I Follow Rivers by Lykke Li
20. N***** in Paris by Jay-Z & Kanye West
21. Bubble by King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
22. R4 Theme Song by Big K.R.I.T.
23. The Undiscovered First by Feist
24. Ritual Union by Little Dragon
25. Knots by Lisa Hannigan
26. Come on Baby by Saigon Featuring Swizz Beatz & Jay-Z
27. Rolled Together by the Antlers
28. Go Outside by Cults
29. Heart Attack by Raphael Saadiq
30. The Shrine/An Argument by Fleet Foxes
31. Home is a Fire by Death Cab for Cutie
32. Civilian by Wye Oak
33. Cruel by St. Vincent
34. Tree by the River by Iron & Wine
35. Real Slow by Megafaun
36. Tip the Scale by The Roots
37. An Argument with Myself by Jens Lekman
38. Separator by Radiohead
39. All and Everyone by PJ Harvey
40. Novacane by Frank Ocean
41. Honey Bunny by Girls
42. Cats and Dogs by the Head and the Heart
43. You Turn Clear in the Sun by Telekinesis
44. So Beautiful or So What by Paul Simon
45. Dead and Gone by the Black Keys
46. East Harlem by Beirut
47. We Found Love by Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
48. Ghetto Dreams by Common Featuring Nas
49. Romance by Wild Flag
50. Down by the Water by the Decemberists
51. Otis by Jay-Z & Kanye West (I refuse to acknowledge that this is “Featuring Otis Redding”)
52. Shake it Out by Florence & the Machine
53. Tennessee by Gillian Welch
54. Second Song by TV on the Radio
55. House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls by the Weeknd
56. Rigamortus by Kendrick Lamar
57. Dirty Rain by Ryan Adams
58. Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People
59. Middle Brother by Middle Brother
60. El Camino by Amos Lee
61. Estate Sale Sign by the Mountain Goats
62. Is This Power by the Field
63. Hurts Like Heaven by Coldplay
64. Gang (Starting Never Stopping) by And So I Watch You From Afar
65. Encanto by CLDSCP
66. Chicago by Tom Waits
67. Prizewinning by Julianna Barwick
68. Free Press and Curl by Shabazz Palaces
69. The Bump by Deer Tick
70. Vessel by Zola Jesus
71. Run the World (Girls) by Beyoncé
72. Montezuma by Fleet Foxes
73. Surgeon by St. Vincent
74. Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
75. Bats in the Attic by King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
76. Slow Motion by Panda Bear
77. Make Me Proud by Drake Featuring Nicki Minaj
78. Calgary by Bon Iver
79. The Bad in Each Other by Feist
80. Youth Knows No Pain by Lykke Li
81. Your Fake Name is Good Enough For Me by Iron & Wine
82. Grown Ocean by Fleet Foxes
83. Open Arms by Elbow
84. Oh My God by Cults
85. Rewrite by Paul Simon
86. The Invitation by Saigon Featuring Q-Tip and Fatman Scoop
87. My Baby Lives in Paris by Mia Doi Todd
88. Caught a Long Wind by Feist
89. Bloom by Radiohead
90. Looping State of Mind by the Field
91. Champagne Year by St. Vincent
92. My Country by tUnE-yArDs
93. Graveyard by Feist
94. Make My by the Roots Featuring Big K.R.I.T.
95. England by PJ Harvey
96. Cheerleader by St. Vincent
97. Perth by Bon Iver
98. Stone Rollin’ by Raphael Saadiq
99. Over My Dead Body by Drake Featuring Chantal Kreviazuk
100. End of Time by Beyoncé
101. Walking Far From Home by Iron & Wine
102. No Church in the Wild by Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean
103. Last Night at the Jetty by Panda Bear
104. Getting Ready for Christmas Day by Paul Simon
105. Enemies by Saigon
106. The Believer by Common Featuring John Legend
107. Skipping Stones by Mia Doi Todd
108. Lost in My Mind by the Head and the Heart
109. Killer Crane by TV on the Radio
110. Gotta Get it Right Now by Telekinesis
111. Abducted by Cults
112. I Don’t Want Love by the Antlers
113. The Afterlife by Paul Simon
114. The Greatest Story Never Told by Saigon
115. Bad as Me by Tom Waits
116. Give Up the Ghost by Radiohead
117. Sleep by the Roots Featuring Aaron Livingston
118. It’s Up There by the Field
119. Blue Sky by Common
120. How Come You Never Go There? By Feist
121. Surfer’s Hymn by Panda Bear
122. Get Some by Lykke Li
123. The Magic Place by Julianna Barwick
124. Half Moon by Iron & Wine
125. Jesus by Amos Lee