Best song for every year

[NatalieZaki]

I've been posting videos of the best song for every year online, and I wanted to see what kind of list you guys could come up with. I've been going through music from every year and picking my personal favourite and I'm interested in seeing other people's personal pics :) I also wanted to share my list but i cant post my video on here so uhhhhhhhhhh
So far my list from my videos is as follows (note i am very biased and this list is completely subjective please feel free to be mean to me, also the genres are based on whatever RYM said so get angry at them, not me):

2026: Genesis Owusu - Life Keeps Going (Experimental Hip Hop)
2025: Black Country, New Road - Nancy Tries to Take the Night (Progressive Folk)
2024: Xiu Xiu - Veneficium (Psychedelic Rock)
2023: Asia Menor - La Naturaleza (Post-Punk)
2022: Alvvays - After the Earthquake (Jangle Pop)
2021: Injury Reserve - Outside (Experimental)
2020: Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End (Singer-Songwriter)
2019: Weyes Blood - Andromeda (Psychedelic Pop)
2018: Kero Kero Bonito - You Know How It Is (Noise Pop)
2017: Lorde - Green Light (Dance Pop)
2016: Kendrick Lamar - untitled 05 | 09.21.2014 (Jazz Rap)
2015: Clarence Clarity - Porn Mountain (Alternative R&B)
2014: Alvvays - Atop a Cake (Twee Pop)
2013: The Knife - A Tooth for an Eye (Art Pop)
2012: Lil Ugly Mane - )))____◎◎◎◎█████ (Experimental Hip Hop)
2011: Oneohtrix Point Never - Sleep Dealer (Broken Transmission)
2010: Flying Lotus - Satelllliiiiiiiteee (Wonky)
2009: Sweet Trip - Your World is Eternally Complete (Indie Pop)
2008: Candy Claws - Exploder Falls (Neo-Psychedelia)
2007: Animal Collective - Fireworks (Neo-Psychedelia)
2006: Javiera Mena - Esquemas Juveniles (Indie Pop)
2005: Xiu Xiu - Bog People (Avant-Folk)
2004: Madvillain - RAID (Abstract Hip Hop)
2003: Sweet Trip - Dsco (Noise Pop) <------ also my all time favourite song
2002: Xiu Xiu - Homonculus (Experimental Rock)
2001: The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2 (Slacker Rock)
2000: Boris - Flood (Post-Rock)
1999: Stereolab - The Free Design (Chamber Pop)
1998: Board of Canada - Rue The Whirl (Downtempo)
1997: Los Tres - La Torre De Babel (Rockabilly)

 

[MorriganW0lf]

Can't think of a specific one for every year but the ones i can remember from the top of my head that i was obsesed with are:
2006: Three Days Grace- Animal I have become
2007: Linkin Park-What i've Done
2008: Cryoshell-Creeping on my soul
2009: Rammstein-Ich Tu Dir Weh
2012: Garbage-Blood For Poppies
2021: Cryoshell-Faux
2025: Marylin Manson-Raise The Red Flag
& so far as 2026 is going i've been obsesed with The Warning-Ritual.
I've been obsesed with other songs & artists over the years but these are the ones i listened to the year they came out.

 

[monina]

Good list, thought I would focus on non-english speaking music for some more diveristy.
2000: Flood - boris (it is just that good)
2001: 踵鳴る - Eastern Youth
2002: [untitled] (#3) - Sigur Rós (Honorable mention to Num-Ami-Dabutz - Number Girl)
2003: feedbacker, pt. 2 - boris (Honorable mention to 意識 - 椎名林檎)
2004: Images - 渋さ知らズ/La muerte fosiliza el recuerdo, el grito cristaliza la agonía - Corea, they are both pretty close imo.
2005: もう一度会えたなら - 頭士奈生樹
2006: Part 6 - 미연, 강태환, 박재천
2007: 声を聞きたいのですが、聞こえないのです - ミドリ (Honorable Mention to the entire album Rock Dream - Boris With Merzbow, left out due to being a live album.)
2008: 이웃에 방해가 되지 않는 선에서 - 브로콜리너마저
2009: Matsuri - susquatch
2010: いかれたNeet - 神聖かまってちゃん (Honorable mention to Huomioita kävelystä veden päällä - Ruger Hauer)
2011: Tango suicida - Extremoduro
2012: Я люблю людей (на расстоянии метра) - Птицу ЕМЪ
2013: 機械仕掛乃宇宙 - 青葉市子
2014: Queimando a língua - Juçara Marçal
2015: Regarde tes cadavres car il ne te permettra pas qu'on les enterre - VI
2016: ゲロゲリゲゲゲ - ザ・ゲロゲリゲゲゲ
2017: まいちゃん全部ゆめ - 神聖かまってちゃん
2018: テリフリアメ - 青葉市子
2019: 中学生 - betcover!!
2020: Porcelain - 青葉市子
2021: 狐 - betcover!!
2022: キメラ - 明日の叙景
2023: 風船 - ひとひら
2024: Everithing Around Me - Polus
2025: ゴーゴースチーム - betcover!!
2026: Panqui - La Estrategia del Caracol

most of the list is japanese music but its the thought that counts