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:
- Divorce – 070 Shake
- Guilty Conscience – 070 Shake
- Guilty Conscience (Tame Impala Remix) – 070 Shake
- If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) – The 1975
- Daydream – The Aces
- love language – Ariana Grande
- Want Me – Baby Queen
- Internet Religion – Baby Queen
- Boomer – Bartees Strange
- Lucky Me – Big Sean
- my future – Billie Eilish
- Blood Bank – Live from Ericsson Globe, Stockholm SE, Oct 31 2018 – Bon Iver
- Horses – Brian Fallon
- Cheesin’ – Cautious Clay
- Claws – Charli XCX
- Gaslighter – The Chicks
- Sleep At Night – The Chicks
- BANG BANG – Chief Keef
- People I’ve Been Sad – Christine and The Queens
- Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle
- Tick Tock – Clean Bandit
- Hurt By You – Donna Missal
- Cool – Dua Lipa
- Levitating – Dua Lipa
- Love Again – Dua Lipa
- Physical – Dua Lipa
- Love Is A Drug – Empress Of
- Afterlife – Flatbush Zombies
- Newspaper – Fiona Apple
- Relay – Fiona Apple
- Will You Return/When You Come Down – The Flaming Lips
- My Way, Soon – Greta Van Fleet
- Delete Forever – Grimes
- Medicine – Gus Dapperton
- Dream, Girl – Hailey Whitters
- I Know Alone – HAIM
- The Steps – HAIM
- Up From A Dream – HAIM
- Vanilla – Holly Humberstone
- Sweet Nothing – Hotbed
- Freedom – Illiterate Light ft. Devon Gilfillian
- Are You Even Real? – James Blake
- SULA (Paperback) – Jamila Woods
- Overseas – Jason Isbell
- Devilish – Jean Dawson
- Save A Kiss – Jessie Ware
- I Lied – Joyner Lucas
- Dinner – Kacy Hill
- Palladium – Kacy Hill
- Caution – The Killers
- Bodies – The Knocks, Muna
- Houdini – KSI
- Rain On Me – Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande
- Held Down – Laura Marling
- Over The Top – Lecrae
- man i is – Logic
- Every Color – Louis The Child ft. Foster The People
- Blue World – Mac Miller
- Hand Me Downs – Mac Miller
- No Fear No More (Remix) – Madeon
- Cry Dancing – NOTD, Nina Nesbitt
- Moral Panic – Nothing But Thieves
- Fire & Fury – Overcoats
- I’ll Be Here A While – Pink Skies
- Stay Gold – PVRIS
- On the Floor – Perfume Genius
- Chinese Satellite – Phoebe Bridgers
- ICU – Phoebe Bridgers
- I Know The End – Phoebe Bridgers
- Moon Song – Phoebe Bridgers
- Disco Man – Remi Wolf
- Bad Friend – Rina Sawayama
- Lifetime – Romy
- Big Wheel – Samia
- Fit N Full – Samia
- Space and Time – S.G. Goodman
- Footsteps in the Dark Pts. 1 & 2 – SiR
- Bloodstream – Soccer Mommy
- Show Them The Way – Stevie Nicks
- Selfless – The Strokes
- Rewind – Live – Sylvan Esso
- Is It True – Tame Impala
- On Track – Tame Impala
- Pretty Lady – Tash Sultana
- Betty – Taylor Swift
- mirrorball – Taylor Swift
- Limelight – Touché Amoré
- Reminders – Touché Amoré
- The Plan – Travis Scott
- Take Yourself Home – Troye Sivan
- Long Violent History – Tyler Childers
- Every Time Around – Vansire
- Pain (Live) – The War on Drugs
- Save Your Tears – The Weekend
- Clouds – Whethan ft. The Wombats
- Pattern Doubt – Young Jesus
- Lark – Young Jesus
- Cool For A Second – Yumi Zouma
- Lonely After – Yumi Zouma
- Inside Out – Zedd ft. Griff
Brittany’s Top 20:
- Cool For A Second – Yumi Zouma
- Lonely After – Yumi Zouma
- Dream, Girl – Hailey Whitters
- Rewind – Live – Sylvan Esso
- Blood Bank – Live from Ericsson Globe, Stockholm SE, Oct 31 2018 – Bon Iver
- Overseas – Jason Isbell
- Pattern Doubt – Young Jesus
- Lark- Young Jesus
- Moon Song – Phoebe Bridgers
- Sleep At Night – The Chicks
- Limelight – Touché Amoré
- Chinese Satellite – Phoebe Bridgers
- Boomer – Bartees Strange
- ICU – Phoebe Bridgers
- Daydream – The Aces
- Caution – The Killers
- I Know Alone – HAIM
- Love Again – Dua Lipa
- Gaslighter – The Chicks
- Reminders – Touché Amoré
Emma’s Top 20:
- People I’ve Been Sad – Christine and The Queens
- ICU – Phoebe Bridgers
- Guilty Conscience – 070 Shake
- Delete Forever – Grimes
- Relay – Fiona Apple
- Bloodstream – Soccer Mommy
- Medicine – Gus Dapperton
- On the Floor – Perfume Genius
- Pretty Lady – Tash Sultana
- Betty – Taylor Swift
- The Steps – HAIM
- Show Them The Way – Stevie Nicks
- Will You Return/When You Come Down – The Flaming Lips
- Disco Man – Remi Wolf
- Physical – Dua Lipa
- Long Violent History – Tyler Childers
- Dinner – Kacy Hill
- Blue World – Mac Miller
- Held Down – Laura Marling
- Selfless – The Strokes
Kristin’s Top 20:
- Internet Religion – Baby Queen
- Fire & Fury – Overcoats
- mirrorball – Taylor Swift
- I Know The End – Phoebe Bridgers
- Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle
- If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) – The 1975
- Up From A Dream – HAIM
- Bodies – The Knocks, Muna
- Cool – Dua Lipa
- Sleep At Night – The Chicks
- Lifetime – Romy
- Claws – Charli XCX
- Love Is A Drug – Empress Of
- Fit N Full – Samia
- I Want You To Love Me – Fiona Apple
- Hurt By You – Donna Missal
- Vanilla – Holly Humberstone
- Rain On Me – Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande
- Bad Friend – Rina Sawayama
- Save A Kiss – Jessie Ware
Mitch’s Top 20:
- Are You Even Real? – James Blake
- Divorce – 070 Shake
- Selfless – The Strokes
- I Know The End – Phoebe Bridgers
- BANG BANG – Chief Keef
- My Way, Soon – Greta Van Fleet
- SULA (PAPERBACK) – Jamila Woods
- If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) – The 1975
- Afterlife – Flatbush Zombies
- Hand Me Downs – Mac Miller
- Up From A Dream – HAIM
- Delete Forever – Grimes
- Want Me – Baby Queen
- On Track – Tame Impala
- Palladium – Kacy Hill
- I’ll Be Here A While – Pink Skies
- Bodies – The Knocks, MUNA
- Cheesin’ – Cautious Clay, Remi Wolf, Sophie Meiers, Still Woozy, Claud, Melanie Faye
- No Fear No More (Remix) – Madeon
- Pain (Live) – The War On Drugs
Sean’s Top 20:
- The Plan – Travis Scott
- Inside Out – Zedd
- Tick Tock – Clean Bandit
- Sweet Nothing – Hotbed
- man i is – Logic
- Freedom – Illiterate Light
- Lucky Me – Big Sean
- Is It True – Tame Impala
- Stay Gold – PVRIS
- love language – Ariana Grande
- Clouds – Whethan
- Moral Panic – Nothing But Thieves
- Guilty Conscience (Tame Impala Remix) – 070 Shake
- Houdini – KSI
- I Lied – Joyner Lucas
- Over The Top – Lecrae
- Take Yourself Home – Troye Sivan
- Every Color – Louis The Child
- Save Your Tears – The Weekend
- Levitating – Dua Lipa
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