2021 has been a very weird year. Not quite as weird as 2020—but not far off, either.

We can always count on the music, though. Artists came through like they always do.

Here are my picks for the best 50 songs of the year.

50. Lana Del Rey — “White Dress”

49. The Weather Station — “Tried To Tell You”

48. Coi Leray — “Twinnem”

47. Playboi Carti — “King Vamp”

46. Talking Body & Groovie Movin — “Feel So Good”

45. MohBad — “Feel Good”

44. Bladee — “Bby”

43. Pop Smoke & The Neptunes (feat. Pusha T, Travi, and Beam) — “Top Shotta”

42. Yu Su — “Xiu”

41. Kanye West (feat. Jay-Z and Francis and the Lights) — “Jail”

40. The War on Drugs — “Harmonia’s Dream”

39. Sofia Kourtesis — “By Your Side”

38. Eris Drew — “Quivering in Time”

37. Big Red Machine (feat. Naeem) — “Easy to Sabotage”

36. Don Toliver (feat. Travis Scott) — “Flocky Flocky”

35. Midwife — “Enemy”

34. Porches — “Lately”

33. Charlotte Day Wilson — “Strangers”

32. Rod Wave — “By Your Side”

31. Charley Crockett — “I Need Your Love”

30. Aesop Rock & Blockhead — “Wolf Piss”

29. Dijon — “Credits!”

28. Third Eye Blind — “Box of Bones”

27. Ann Marie (feat. Chris Brown) — “Check For Me”

26. Remi Wolf — “Anthony Kiedes”

25. Low — “Days Like These”

24. Rostam — “4Runner”

23. Doran — “Down the Road”

22. Mdou Moctar — “Tala Tannam”

21. Big Red Machine (feat. Ilsey) — “Mimi”

20. Blackstarkids — “Juno”

19. Fred Again.. — “Tate (How I Feel)”

18. Water From Your Eyes — ““Quotations””

17. Bleachers — “How Dare You Want More”

16. Black Marble — “Say It First”

15. Trace Mountains — “IDK”

14. Bo Burnham — “All Eyes On Me”

13. Young Thug and Gunna — “Ski”

12. Myriam Gendron — “Go Away From My Window”

11. Bleachers — “91”

10. Kacy Hill — “Mochi’s Interlude”

9. Drake — “TSU”

8. M Field — “Gargoyle”

7. Young Thug (feat. Unfoonk) — “Real”

6. Dijon — “Big Mike’s”

5. Aminé — “Van Gogh”

4. Msaki & Sun-El Musician (feat. Diplo) — “Tomorrow Silver”

3. M Field — “Andrew”

2. Kacy Hill — “I Couldn’t Wait”

1. Anz (feat. George Riley) — “You Could Be”

Well, that’s it. That’s the list.

Hope you enjoyed the year in music as much as I did. Here’s to an even better 2022!