Marie Claire's Running Tally of the Best Songs of 2017
It's litty again.
We're nearing the end of 2017, and we're still going, "Would anybody listen if this were 578 songs long?" and "What if we just made an all-Migos playlist?"
But with nearly two scores of certifiable hits and many more eagerly anticipated albums (ILY, Beck!!!) on the way, maybe more music is what we need now to drown out the din—or better yet, to motivate us to do something about it. So the soundtrack to our lives, right here, right now, won't be hate speech or the rattle of chains, but the twinkly Swedish folksong-dubstep (really) of Skott or Father John Misty singing the blues. Or just "Bad and Boujee" on repeat forevermore. We won't judge.
1. "Lemon" - N.E.R.D., Rihanna
2. "Juice" - Chromeo
3. "Perfect Places" - Lorde
4. "Three Rings" - Grizzly Bear
5. "I Love You, Will You Marry Me" - Yungblud
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6. "Summer Bummer" - Lana Del Rey feat. A$AP Rocky
7. "Chanel" - Frank Ocean
8. "Big Fish" - Vince Staples
9. "Midnight" - Jessie Ware
10. "J-Boy" - Phoenix
11. "Dear Life" - Beck
12. "If You Need to, Keep Time on Me" - Fleet Foxes
13. "LMK" - Kelela
14. "Television Romance - Pale Waves
15. "New York" - St. Vincent
16. "Boys" - Charli XCX
17. "Hard to Be Myself" - Fickle Friends
18. "Confidently Lost" - Sabrina Claudio
19. "Forever Young" - Lil Yachty feat. Diplo
20. "Biking" - Frank Ocean feat. JAY Z and Tyler, the Creator
21. "The Bus Song" - Jay Som
22. "Never Been Wrong" - Waxahatchee
23. "Can't Get it Out" - Brand New
24. "HUMBLE." - Kendrick Lamar
25. "Heatstroke" - Calvin Harris feat. Young Thug, Pharrell, and Ariana Grande
26. "Say You Do" - Tei Shi
27. "Strangers" - Sigrid
28. "This Old Dog" - Mac Demarco
29. "Passionfruit" - Drake
30. "Underdog" - Banks
31. "Night Lies" - Mating Ritual feat. Lizzy Land
32. "Ballad of the Dying Man" - Father John Misty
33. "Land of the Free" - Joey Bada$$
34. "I Give You Power" - Arcade Fire feat. Mavis Staples
35. "Fallss" - Bayonne
36. "Romeo" - Yelle
37. "I Dare You" - The xx
38. "Sticks and Stones - Stripped" - FRND
39. "Phase Me Out" - VÉRITÉ
40. "Keep On" - Kehlani
41. "Cut to the Feeling" - Carly Rae Jepsen
42. "Deeper" - Riton, MNEK, House Gospel Choir
43. "Bad and Boujee" - Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert
44. "I'm Better" - Missy Elliott feat. Lamb
45. "Anymore" - Goldfrapp
46. "Hot Thoughts" - Spoon
47. "Wild Fire" - Laura Marling
48. "Baseball" - Hippo Campus
49. "Cool Your Heart" - Dirty Projectors
50. "Wild Thoughts" - DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller
51. "Despacito" - Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
52. "Drew Barrymore" - SZA
53. "Coke" - Bloxx
54. "(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" - Sampha
55. "Don't Delete the Kisses" - Wolf Alice
56. "Glitter and Gloss" - Skott
57. "Darling" - Real Estate
58. "Name For You" - The Shins
59. "Modern Act" - Cloud Nothings
60. "Virgo" - Rejjie Snow feat. Pell
Chelsea Peng is a writer and editor who was formerly the assistant editor at Marie Claire. She's also worked for The Strategist and Refinery29, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. On her tombstone, she would like a GIF of herself that's better than the one that already exists on the Internet and a free fro-yo machine. Besides frozen dairy products, she's into pirates, carbs, Balzac, and snacking so hard she has to go lie down.
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