The 100 Best Songs of 2020

It’s truly crazy knowing that the year that felt like it was never going to end is actually coming to a close. While it’s not easy to celebrate anything that happened this year, the team at Chicago Haze does want to celebrate all of the incredible music that dropped this year. Below is the team’s picks for the 100 best songs of the year, and each team’s 20 individual favorite songs of the year. We hope you find something new to listen to from this list: be sure to follow the playlist on Spotify. And be sure to stay tuned for The 50 Best Albums of 2020 post dropping soon! If you look closely, you may be able to see a pattern of songs that will give you some hints on which albums to expect.

Scroll through our list of 100 to see each contributor’s top 20 (ranked).

In alphabetical order:

1. Divorce – 070 Shake
2. Guilty Conscience – 070 Shake
3. Guilty Conscience (Tame Impala Remix) – 070 Shake
4. If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) – The 1975
5. Daydream – The Aces
6. love language – Ariana Grande
7. Want Me – Baby Queen
8. Internet Religion – Baby Queen
9. Boomer – Bartees Strange
10. Lucky Me – Big Sean
11. my future – Billie Eilish 
12. Blood Bank – Live from Ericsson Globe, Stockholm SE, Oct 31 2018 – Bon Iver
13. Horses – Brian Fallon 
14. Cheesin’ – Cautious Clay
15. Claws – Charli XCX
16. Gaslighter – The Chicks
17. Sleep At Night – The Chicks
18. BANG BANG – Chief Keef
19. People I’ve Been Sad – Christine and The Queens
20. Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle
21. Tick Tock – Clean Bandit
22. Hurt By You – Donna Missal
23. Cool – Dua Lipa
24. Levitating – Dua Lipa
25. Love Again – Dua Lipa
26. Physical – Dua Lipa
27. Love Is A Drug – Empress Of
28. Afterlife – Flatbush Zombies
29. Newspaper – Fiona Apple
30. Relay – Fiona Apple
31. Will You Return/When You Come Down – The Flaming Lips
32. My Way, Soon – Greta Van Fleet
33. Delete Forever – Grimes
34. Medicine – Gus Dapperton 
35. Dream, Girl  – Hailey Whitters
36. I Know Alone – HAIM
37. The Steps – HAIM
38. Up From A Dream – HAIM
39. Vanilla – Holly Humberstone
40. Sweet Nothing – Hotbed
41. Freedom – Illiterate Light ft. Devon Gilfillian
42. Are You Even Real? – James Blake
43. SULA (Paperback) – Jamila Woods
44. Overseas – Jason Isbell
45. Devilish – Jean Dawson
46. Save A Kiss – Jessie Ware
47. I Lied – Joyner Lucas
48. Dinner – Kacy Hill
49. Palladium – Kacy Hill
50. Caution – The Killers
51. Bodies – The Knocks, Muna
52. Houdini – KSI
53. Rain On Me – Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande
54. Held Down – Laura Marling
55. Over The Top – Lecrae
56. man i is – Logic
57. Every Color – Louis The Child ft. Foster The People
58. Blue World – Mac Miller
59. Hand Me Downs – Mac Miller
60. No Fear No More (Remix) – Madeon
61. Cry Dancing – NOTD, Nina Nesbitt
62. Moral Panic – Nothing But Thieves
63. Fire & Fury – Overcoats
64. I’ll Be Here A While – Pink Skies
65. Stay Gold – PVRIS
66. On the Floor – Perfume Genius
67. Chinese Satellite – Phoebe Bridgers
68. ICU – Phoebe Bridgers
69. I Know The End – Phoebe Bridgers
70. Moon Song – Phoebe Bridgers
71. Disco Man – Remi Wolf
72. Bad Friend – Rina Sawayama
73. Lifetime – Romy
74. Big Wheel – Samia 
75. Fit N Full – Samia
76. Space and Time – S.G. Goodman 
77. Footsteps in the Dark Pts. 1 & 2 – SiR
78. Bloodstream – Soccer Mommy 
79. Show Them The Way – Stevie Nicks
80. Selfless – The Strokes
81. Rewind – Live – Sylvan Esso
82. Is It True – Tame Impala
83. On Track – Tame Impala
84. Pretty Lady – Tash Sultana
85. Betty – Taylor Swift 
86. mirrorball – Taylor Swift
87. Limelight – Touché Amoré
88. Reminders – Touché Amoré
89. The Plan – Travis Scott
90. Take Yourself Home – Troye Sivan
91. Long Violent History – Tyler Childers
92. Every Time Around – Vansire
93. Pain (Live) – The War on Drugs
94. Save Your Tears – The Weekend
95. Clouds – Whethan ft. The Wombats
96. Pattern Doubt – Young Jesus
97. Lark – Young Jesus
98. Cool For A Second – Yumi Zouma
99. Lonely After – Yumi Zouma
100. Inside Out – Zedd ft. Griff
     

Brittany’s Top 20:

1. Cool For A Second – Yumi Zouma
2. Lonely After – Yumi Zouma
3. Dream, Girl  – Hailey Whitters
4. Rewind – Live – Sylvan Esso
5. Blood Bank – Live from Ericsson Globe, Stockholm SE, Oct 31 2018 – Bon Iver
6. Overseas – Jason Isbell
7. Pattern Doubt – Young Jesus
8. Lark- Young Jesus
9. Moon Song – Phoebe Bridgers
10. Sleep At Night – The Chicks
11. Limelight – Touché Amoré
12. Chinese Satellite – Phoebe Bridgers
13. Boomer – Bartees Strange
14. ICU – Phoebe Bridgers
15. Daydream – The Aces
16. Caution – The Killers
17. I Know Alone – HAIM
18. Love Again – Dua Lipa
19. Gaslighter – The Chicks
20. Reminders – Touché Amoré

Emma’s Top 20:

1. People I’ve Been Sad – Christine and The Queens
2. ICU – Phoebe Bridgers
3. Guilty Conscience – 070 Shake
4. Delete Forever – Grimes
5. Relay – Fiona Apple
6. Bloodstream – Soccer Mommy 
7. Medicine – Gus Dapperton 
8. On the Floor – Perfume Genius
9. Pretty Lady – Tash Sultana
10. Betty – Taylor Swift 
11. The Steps – HAIM
12. Show Them The Way – Stevie Nicks
13. Will You Return/When You Come Down – The Flaming Lips
14. Disco Man – Remi Wolf
15. Physical – Dua Lipa
16. Long Violent History – Tyler Childers
17. Dinner – Kacy Hill
18. Blue World – Mac Miller
19. Held Down – Laura Marling
20. Selfless – The Strokes

Kristin’s Top 20:

1. Internet Religion – Baby Queen
2. Fire & Fury – Overcoats
3. mirrorball – Taylor Swift
4. I Know The End – Phoebe Bridgers
5. Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle
6. If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) – The 1975
7. Up From A Dream – HAIM
8. Bodies – The Knocks, Muna
9. Cool – Dua Lipa
10. Sleep At Night – The Chicks
11. Lifetime – Romy
12. Claws – Charli XCX
13. Love Is A Drug – Empress Of
14. Fit N Full – Samia
15. I Want You To Love Me – Fiona Apple
16. Hurt By You – Donna Missal
17. Vanilla – Holly Humberstone
18. Rain On Me – Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande
19. Bad Friend – Rina Sawayama
20. Save A Kiss – Jessie Ware

Mitch’s Top 20:

1. Are You Even Real? – James Blake
2. Divorce – 070 Shake
3. Selfless – The Strokes
4. I Know The End – Phoebe Bridgers
5. BANG BANG – Chief Keef
6. My Way, Soon – Greta Van Fleet
7. SULA (PAPERBACK) – Jamila Woods
8. If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) – The 1975
9. Afterlife – Flatbush Zombies
10. Hand Me Downs – Mac Miller
11. Up From A Dream – HAIM
12. Delete Forever – Grimes
13. Want Me – Baby Queen
14. On Track – Tame Impala
15. Palladium – Kacy Hill
16. I’ll Be Here A While – Pink Skies
17. Bodies – The Knocks, MUNA
18. Cheesin’ – Cautious Clay, Remi Wolf, Sophie Meiers, Still Woozy, Claud, Melanie Faye
19. No Fear No More (Remix) – Madeon
20. Pain (Live) – The War On Drugs

Sean’s Top 20:

1. The Plan – Travis Scott
2. Inside Out – Zedd
3. Tick Tock – Clean Bandit
4. Sweet Nothing – Hotbed
5. man i is – Logic
6. Freedom – Illiterate Light
7. Lucky Me – Big Sean
8. Is It True – Tame Impala
9. Stay Gold – PVRIS
10. love language – Ariana Grande
11. Clouds – Whethan
12. Moral Panic – Nothing But Thieves
13. Guilty Conscience (Tame Impala Remix) – 070 Shake
14. Houdini – KSI
15. I Lied – Joyner Lucas
16. Over The Top – Lecrae
17. Take Yourself Home – Troye Sivan
18. Every Color – Louis The Child
19. Save Your Tears – The Weekend
20. Levitating – Dua Lipa