Best of 2022: Listener Poll Results
Public Radio rocks because WE listen to YOU. When you vote in our annual listener poll, comment on our social media posts, or request songs for the Question of the Day — we're listening. We asked you to vote for your favorite songs and albums of the year, and to pick a band that's your new discovery for 2022. Here's what you, and your friends and neighbors, had to say.
See: Top 90 Songs | Top 50 Albums | New Discoveries | Spotify Playlist
Top 90 Songs of 2022
- Fontaines D.C., "Jackie Down The Line"
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Burning"
- Wet Leg, "Wet Dream"
- LCD Soundsystem, "New Body Rhumba"
- Lizzo, "About Damn Time"
- Big Thief, "Simulation Swarm"
- Death Cab For Cutie, "Here To Forever"
- Allison Russell (w/Brandi Carlile), "You're Not Alone"
- First Aid Kit, "Out Of My Head"
- Harry Styles, "As It Was"
- Florence + The Machine, "Free"
- Spoon, "The Hardest Cut"
- Father John Misty, "Goodbye Mr. Blue"
- Regina Spektor, "Becoming All Alone"
- Harry Styles, "Matilda"
- Stephen Sanchez, "Until I Found You"
- Phoebe Bridgers, "Sidelines"
- Spoon, "My Babe"
- The Black Keys, "Wild Child"
- Maggie Rogers, "That's Where I Am"
- Mitski, "Love Me More"
- Steve Lacy, "Bad Habit"
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs (w/Perfume Genius), "Spitting Off The Edge Of The World"
- Tedeschi Trucks Band, "Sweet Soul Song"
- The Linda Lindas, "Oh!"
- Arctic Monkeys, "There'd Better Be a Mirrorball"
- Charley Crockett, "I'm Just a Clown"
- The National (w/Bon Iver), "Weird Goodbyes"
- Harry Styles, "Music for a Sushi Restaurant"
- Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, "Edge of the Edge"
- Phoenix, "Alpha Zulu"
- Soccer Mommy, "Shotgun"
- Wet Leg, "Angelica"
- Spoon, "Wild"
- Vieux Farka Toure and Khruangbin, "Tongo Barra"
- Maggie Rogers, "Want Want"
- Mt. Joy, "Lemon Tree"
- Sharon Van Etten, "Mistakes"
- The 1975, "Part of the Band"
- Florence + The Machine, "My Love"
- Alvvays, "Easy On Your Own?"
- Beabadoobee, "The Perfect Pair"
- Big Thief, "Certainty"
- Bomba Estéreo and Manu Chao, "Me Duele"
- Gorillaz, "Cracker Island"
- Lizzo, "2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)"
- Phoenix (w/Ezra Koenig), "Tonight"
- Plains, "Problem With It"
- Angel Olsen, "Big Time"
- Bonnie Raitt, "Made Up Mind"
- Foals, "2am"
- Lucy Dacus, "Kissing Lessons"
- Nikki Lane, "First High"
- The Killers, "Boy"
- Allison Ponthier, "Hollywood Forever Cemetery"
- Broken Bells, "Saturdays"
- Cuco (w/Kacey Musgraves and Adriel Favela), "Sitting In The Corner"
- Eddie Vedder, "Brother The Cloud"
- Orville Peck, "Daytona Sand"
- The 1975, "I'm In Love With You"
- The Head and The Heart, "Virginia (Wind in the Night)"
- Arlo Parks, "Softly"
- Dehd, "Bad Love"
- Fontaines D.C., "Roman Holiday"
- Portugal. The Man, "What, Me Worry?"
- Say She She, "Prism"
- The Heavy Heavy, "Miles and Miles"
- Beach House, "Superstar"
- MUNA, "Anything But Me"
- Father John Misty, "Funny Girl"
- Margo Price, "Change Of Heart"
- SAULT, "Stronger"
- The 1975, "All I Need To Hear"
- The Smile, "You Will Never Work In Television Again"
- Amanda Shires, "Hawk For The Dove"
- Bartees Strange, "Heavy Heart"
- Craig Finn, "Birthdays"
- Lucius, "Next To Normal"
- Marcus King, "Blood On The Tracks"
- Parquet Courts, "Watching Strangers Smile"
- Alex G, "Runner"
- Arctic Monkeys, "I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am"
- Diana Ross and Tame Impala, "Turn Up the Sunshine"
- Momma, "Speeding 72"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Heart Part 5"
- Lizzo, "If You Love Me"
- Wilco, "Falling Apart (Right Now)"
- Lucius, "Dance Around It"
- Sunflower Bean, "Who Put You Up to This?"
- Marcus King, "Hard Working Man"
Top 50 Albums of 2022
- Wet Leg, Wet Leg
- Spoon, Lucifer On The Sofa
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cool It Down
- Lizzo, Special
- Harry Styles, Harry's House
- Florence + The Machine, Dance Fever
- Mitski, Laurel Hell
- Big Thief, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
- First Aid Kit, Palomino
- Death Cab For Cutie, Asphalt Meadows
- The 1975, Being Funny In a Foreign Language
- Maggie Rogers, Surrender
- Fontaines D.C., Skinty Fia
- The Black Keys, Dropout Boogie
- Father John Misty, Chloe and The Next 20th Century
- Arctic Monkeys, The Car
- Tedeschi Trucks Band, I Am The Moon
- Phoenix, Alpha Zulu
- Wilco, Cruel Country
- Sharon Van Etten, We've Been Going About This All Wrong
- Lucius, Second Nature
- Regina Spektor, Home, Before and After
- Beach House, Once Twice Melody
- Elvis Costello, The Boy Named If
- Soccer Mommy, Sometimes, Forever
- The Smile, A Light For Attracting Attention
- Jack White, Entering Heaven Alive
- The Head and The Heart, Every Shade of Blue
- Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers
- The Linda Lindas, Growing Up
- Beyoncé, Renaissance
- Marcus Mumford, (Self-Titled)
- MUNA, MUNA
- Marcus King, Young Blood
- Andrew Bird, Inside Problems
- Bartees Strange, Farm To Table
- Beabadoobee, Beatopia
- Alvvays, Blue Rev
- Angel Olsen, Big Time
- Charley Crockett, The Man From Waco
- Bruce Springsteen, Only The Strong Survive
- Amanda Shires, Take It Like a Man
- Danger Mouse & Black Thought, Aquamarine
- Orville Peck, Bronco
- Steve Lacy, Gemini Rights
- Weyes Blood, And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
- Nikki Lane, Denim & Diamonds
- Sylvan Esso, No Rules Sandy
- Sunflower Bean, Headful Of Sugar
- Say She She, Prism
Top Discoveries of 2022
- The Linda Lindas
- Say She She
- Stephen Sanchez
- The Heavy Heavy
- Momma