George Stroumboulopoulos shares the 100 best songs of 2016.
George Stroumboulopoulos shares the 100 best songs of 2016.
In a two-part special, George Stroumboulopoulos shares the 100 best songs of 2016 with you, from Pussy Riot to Radiohead, A Tribe Called Red to PJ Harvey, Imarhan to Charlotte Day Wilson
You know the drill: Lock it. Crank it. Join the collective and start the debate.
Part 1
100. Sylvan Esso, "Radio"
99. Above Top Secret, "Bang (Ft. Lido Pimienta)"
98. Pussy Riot, "Make America Great Again"
97. Green Day, "Bang Bang"
96. The Dirty Nil, "Wrestle Yü To Hüsker Dü"
95. Tasha the Amazon, "Picasso Leaning"
94. The Cult, "Deeply Ordered Chaos (Strombo Sessions)"
93. NOFX, "Six Years on Dope"
92. Big Thief, "Masterpiece"
91. Heartstreets, "Cruising With You"
90. Lost Under Heaven, "I&I"
89. Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra, "Bade Zile"
88. Missy Elliott, "Pep Rally"
87. Brendan Canning, "Book it to Fresno"
86. Last Shadow Puppets, "Bad Habits"
85. BROS, "Tell Me"
84. Chairlift, "Moth to the Flame"
83. Nolay, "You Wasn't About"
82. M.I.A., "Foreign Friend"
81. Fatou Seidi Ghali & Alamanou Akrouni, "Achibaba"
80. Imarhan, "Tahabort"
79. Wintersleep, "Amerika"
78. Tegan and Sara, "Boyfriend"
77. Harrison, "So Far From Home (Ft. Young Guv)"
76. Drake, "One Dance"
75. Kate Tempest, "Lionmouth Door Knocker"
74. Tanya Tagaq, "Rape Me"
73. Blood Incantation, "Chaoplasm"
72. Jim James, "We Ain't Getting Any Younger, Pt. 2"
71. Kanye West feat. Chance the Rapper, "Ultralight Beam"
70. Bernice, "St. Lucia"
69. Justice, "Pleasure"
68. DIIV, "Under the Sun"
67. Bob Mould, "Voices in My Head"
66. Un Blonde, "On my Grind"
65. The Lonely Parade, "No AM"
64. Basia Bulat, "The Garden"
63. The Kills, "Doing it to Death (Strombo Sessions)"
62. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis, "Winter is Coming"
61. Rokia Traore, "Ne So"
60. Denzel Curry, "ULT"
59. Open Mike Eagle & Paul White, "Admitting the Endorphin Addiction"
58. White Lung, "Kiss Me When I Bleed"
57. Mannequin Pussy, "Emotional High"
56. Charlotte Cornfield, "City of Giants"
55. PJ Harvey, "The Orange Monkey"
54. Loscil, "Monument Builders"
53. Daniel Romano. "(Gone Is) All But a Quarry of Stone (Strombo Sessions)"
52. case/lang/veirs, "Behind the Armory"
51. Charles Bradley, "Changes (Strombo Sessions)"
50.5. Japanese Breakfast, "Everybody Wants To Love You"
50. Radiohead, "Daydreaming"
Part 2
49. Holy Fuck, "Xed Eyes"
48. Anohni, "Drone Bomb Me"
47. The Tragically Hip, "In Sarnia"
46. You Say Party, "Underside"
45. Die Antwoord, "We Have Candy"
44. Slotface, "Sponge State"
43. Andy Shauf, "The Magician"
42. Savages, "Adore"
41. DJ Shadow, "Nobody Speak (Ft. Run The Jewels)"
40. Jazz Cartier, "Opera (Strombo Sessions)"
39. Christine And The Queens, "Christine"
38. Zomba Prison Project, "Men Must Repent"
37. G.L.O.S.S., "Give Violence A Chance"
36. Kamaiyah, "How Does It Feel"
35. Arkells, "Private School (Strombo Sessions)"
34. Jenny Hval, "Conceptual Romance"
33. Parquet Courts, "Human Performance"
32. Jessy Lanza, "It Means I Love You"
31. John K. Samson, "Winter Wheat"
30 Leonard Cohen, "String Reprise / Treaty"
29. Warpaint, "New Song"
28. Deftones, "Prayers / Triangles"
27. BadBadNotGood, "In Your Eyes (Ft. Charlotte Day Wilson)"
26. Bon Iver, "8 Circle"
25. Francis and the Lights, "Friends (Ft. Bon Iver)"
24. Car Seat Headrest, "Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales"
23. Margo Price, "Tennessee Song"
22. Nick Cave, "I Need You"
21. Against Me!, "333"
20. Sheer Mag, "Can't Stop Fighting"
19. Darcys, "Miracle"
18. Anderson .Paak, "Am I Wrong (Ft. Schoolboy Q)"
17. Lady Leshurr, "Queen's Speech 4"
16. Roy Woods, "Down Girl"
15. Hannah Georgas, "Don't Go (Strombo Sessions)"
14. METALLICA, "Moth Into Flame"
13. Childish Gambino, "Me And Your Mama"
12. Mitski, "Your Best American Girl"
11. Angel Olsen, "Intern"
10. PUP, "DVP"
9. Skepta, "Man"
8. Serpentwithfeet, "Four Ethers"
7. Gord Downie, "Secret Path"
6. Kaytranada, "Lite Spots"
5. Charlotte Day Wilson, "Work"
4. Black Mountain, "Mothers Of The Sun"
3. A Tribe Called Quest, "We The People..."
2. A Tribe Called Red, "R.E.D."
1. David Bowie, "Lazarus"
For further musical exploration with George Stroumboulopoulos, tune in to The Strombo Show every Sunday night on CBC Radio 2 or CBC Music from 8 to 11 p.m. for three hours of uninterrupted music for music lovers.