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Top 89 of 2015: Songs

The results are in for The Current's Top 89 songs of 2015
The results are in for The Current's Top 89 songs of 2015MPR Graphic

January 04, 2016

2015 was an incredible year for music. Each month saw a barrage of new singles and albums from a wide array of artists. We played the songs and you responded to each of them. Now, we're counting the songs down based on your votes in our annual Top 89 poll.

As the Top 89 countdown aired, results were revealed online. Follow along and join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #Top89!

Explore the results of our bonus categories, plus The Current staff picks:

Top 89 Songs of 2015

Results for the Top 89 songs of 2015 will post below as they are revealed on Thursday, Dec. 31 starting at 5 p.m. CT.

The Staves perform in The Current studio

Theft of the Dial: Mumford and Sons
Album of the Week: Mumford and Sons, Wilder Mind
Mumford and Sons perform in The Current studio (2010)

Album of the Week: Beach House, Depression Cherry
Beach House play an immersive second night at First Avenue
Beach House perform in The Current studio (2010)

From Lizzo, with love: A conversation with Minneapolis's reigning queen of hip-hop
Lizzo performs in The Current studio (2015)
The O.K. Show, Episode 9: Lizzo on self-acceptance and falling in love with herself
Lizzo performs in The Current studio (2013)

Brandi Carlile performs in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher's Daughter
Outside at the Cabooze, Brandi Carlile made Minnesota her home

Album of the Week: Florence and the Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

Album of the Week: D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Black Messiah

Album of the Week: Wilco, Star Wars

Album of the Week: Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell
The Eaux Claires Festival brings all the feelings to the Chippewa Valley

Wolf Alice perform in The Current studio
Theft of the Dial: Wolf Alice
Album of the Week: Wolf Alice, My Love Is Cool

Cage the Elephant, Foals and J. Roddy Walston and the Business at Myth

Lana Del Rey on paranoia, Father John Misty, Nina Simone and Honeymoon
Lana Del Rey performs in The Current studio (2012)
Theft of the Dial: Lana Del Rey

Alabama Shakes and Father John Misty kick off the summer concert season at Hall's Island
Alabama Shakes give Paisley Park all they've got

Matt and Kim perform at Rock the Garden 2014
Theft of the Dial: Matt and Kim
Album of the Week: Matt and Kim, New Glow
Matt and Kim perform in The Current studio (2012)

Dawes perform in The Current studio (2015)
Interview: Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes
Dawes, Lake Street Dive, and the Lone Bellow rock the Cabooze Plaza
The Current's Guitar Collection: Wylie Gelber of Dawes and his homemade bass, the 'Model 2'
Dawes perform in MPR's Forum (2013)

Theft of the Dial: Hot Chip
Hot Chip perform in The Current studio (2012)
Hot Chip perform in The Current studio (2010)
Hot Chip perform in The Current studio (2008)

Interview: Dan Auerbach of the Arcs
Album of the Week: The Arcs, Yours, Dreamily

Theft of the Dial: The 1975
The 1975 at Myth: Looking for connection in the here and now

Leon Bridges explains his ties to the Mississippi River
Leon Bridges shares the love at First Avenue

CHVRCHES perform in The Current studio (2015)
CHVRCHES perform in The Current studio (2013)
Album of the Week: CHVRCHES, Every Open Eye

From Lizzo, with love: A conversation with Minneapolis's reigning queen of hip-hop
Lizzo performs in The Current studio (2015)
The O.K. Show, Episode 9: Lizzo on self-acceptance and falling in love with herself
Lizzo performs in The Current studio (2013)

Album of the Week: Florence and the Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

JD McPherson performs at Rock the Garden 2015
JD McPherson performs in The Current studio (2015)
JD McPherson performs in The Current studio (2014)
Talking 'Bout the All-American: JD McPherson

Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss on Lizzo and 'A New Wave' of empowerment
Album of the Week: Sleater-Kinney, No Cities to Love

Courtney Barnett performs in The Current studio
Courtney Barnett performs at Rock the Garden 2015
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett performs at the SXSW Public Radio Day Stage
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, A Sea of Split Peas

Glass Animals perform in The Current studio
Theft of the Dial: Glass Animals
The Current's Guitar Collection: Dave Bayley of Glass Animals

Hozier talks Morris Day and the Time, Jucy Lucys and Annie Lennox
Album of the Week: Hozier, Hozier

Theft of the Dial: Disclosure
Album of the Week: Disclosure, Caracal

Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard performs in The Current studio (2015)
Nostalgia and novelty: Death Cab for Cutie deliver both at Northrop
Album of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie, Kintsugi
Death Cab for Cutie perform in The Current studio (2008)

Album of the Week: TV on the Radio, Seeds
Local group RONiiA join TV On The Radio at First Avenue

Theft of the Dial: Kevin Park and Jay Watson of Tame Impala
Album of the Week: Tame Impala, Currents

Album of the Week: The Chemical Brothers, Born in the Echoes

Low perform in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Low, Ones and Sixes
The Current's Guitar Collection: Low's Alan Sparhawk, Danelectro Convertible

Bully frontwoman Alicia Bognanno talks about her Minnesota roots and primal scream
Five highlights from Pitchfork Music Festival 2015

Leon Bridges explains his ties to the Mississippi River
Leon Bridges shares the love at First Avenue

Wolf Alice perform in The Current studio
Theft of the Dial: Wolf Alice
Album of the Week: Wolf Alice, My Love Is Cool

Theft of the Dial: St. Vincent
St. Vincent presents a glorious spectacle in Minneapolis
Album of the Week: St. Vincent, St. Vincent
St. Vincent performs in The Current studio (2011)
St. Vincent performs in The Current studio (2009)

Theft of the Dial: Kevin Park and Jay Watson of Tame Impala
Album of the Week: Tame Impala, Currents

Interview: Zach Condon of Beirut

Ben Folds performs for a private audience at the Turf Club in St. Paul
Ben Folds performs in the studio

Album of the Week: Modest Mouse, Strangers to Ourselves
How Modest Mouse became my all-time favorite band forever and ever

Album of the Week: Spoon, They Want My Soul
Theft of the Dial: Britt Daniel and Rob Pope of Spoon
Spoon perform in The Current studio (2010)
Spoon perform in The Current studio (2007)
Why I Love Spoon and You Should, Too

Alessia Cara talks about "Here," YouTube, and Taylor Swift

Hippo Campus perform in The Current studio
Hippo Campus run a victory lap with First Avenue headlining debut
First Listen: Hippo Campus, Bashful Creatures

Cold War Kids perform in The Current studio (2013)
Cold War Kids perform in The Current studio (2011)
Cold War Kids perform in The Current studio (2009)
Theft of the Dial: Cold War Kids

Album of the Week: The Chemical Brothers, Born in the Echoes

Ryan Adams on covering Taylor Swift's '1989': 'It was an unpretentious thing to do'
No Blank Space, Baby: Taylor Swift Is The Soul Of Ryan Adams
Review: Why Ryan Adams's cover of Taylor Swift's album 1989 is so great

Doomtree perform in MPR's Forum
Doomtree Zoo is colorful, sometimes wild at CHS Field
Album of the Week: Doomtree, All Hands

Leon Bridges explains his ties to the Mississippi River
Leon Bridges shares the love at First Avenue

Charlie Parr performs in The Current studio

Album of the Week: Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free

Low perform in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Low, Ones and Sixes
The Current's Guitar Collection: Low's Alan Sparhawk, Danelectro Convertible

Atmosphere perform in The Current studio

BORNS performs in The Current studio
Theft of the Dial: BORNS

Courtney Barnett performs in The Current studio
Courtney Barnett performs at Rock the Garden 2015
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett performs at the SXSW Public Radio Day Stage
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, A Sea of Split Peas

Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2015)
Father John Misty performs in MPR's Forum
Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2012)
Album of the Week: Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear

Brandi Carlile performs in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher's Daughter
Outside at the Cabooze, Brandi Carlile made Minnesota her home

Album of the Week: Modest Mouse, Strangers to Ourselves
How Modest Mouse became my all-time favorite band forever and ever

EL VY's Matt Berninger and Brent Knopf on collaborating in the 21st century
Album of the Week: EL VY, Return to the Moon

Dawes perform in The Current studio (2015)
Interview: Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes
Dawes, Lake Street Dive, and the Lone Bellow rock the Cabooze Plaza
The Current's Guitar Collection: Wylie Gelber of Dawes and his homemade bass, the 'Model 2'
Dawes perform in MPR's Forum (2013)

Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian on their new record, his love for female characters, and Rock the Garden
Album of the Week: Belle and Sebastian, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

Houndmouth perform in The Current studio

Cloud Cult perform live at the Fitzgerald Theater

Album of the Week: Florence and the Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

BORNS performs in The Current studio
Theft of the Dial: BORNS

CHVRCHES perform in The Current studio (2015)
CHVRCHES perform in The Current studio (2013)
Album of the Week: CHVRCHES, Every Open Eye

The Decemberists perform in The Current studio
Album of the Week: The Decemberists, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World

Elle King performs in The Current studio

Courtney Barnett performs in The Current studio
Courtney Barnett performs at Rock the Garden 2015
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett performs at the SXSW Public Radio Day Stage
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, A Sea of Split Peas

Album of the Week: Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell
The Eaux Claires Festival brings all the feelings to the Chippewa Valley

Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2015)
Father John Misty performs in MPR's Forum
Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2012)
Album of the Week: Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear

Kurt Vile performs in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Kurt Vile, b'lieve i'm goin down...

Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2015)
Father John Misty performs in MPR's Forum
Father John Misty performs in The Current studio (2012)
Album of the Week: Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear

Brandi Carlile performs in The Current studio
Album of the Week: Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher's Daughter
Outside at the Cabooze, Brandi Carlile made Minnesota her home

Theft of the Dial: Kevin Park and Jay Watson of Tame Impala
Album of the Week: Tame Impala, Currents

Alabama Shakes and Father John Misty kick off the summer concert season at Hall's Island
Alabama Shakes give Paisley Park all they've got

Hippo Campus perform in The Current studio
Hippo Campus run a victory lap with First Avenue headlining debut
First Listen: Hippo Campus, Bashful Creatures

Courtney Barnett performs in The Current studio
Courtney Barnett performs at Rock the Garden 2015
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett performs at the SXSW Public Radio Day Stage
Album of the Week: Courtney Barnett, A Sea of Split Peas

Bad Bad Hats perform in The Current studio

Album of the Week: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats perform in The Current studio
Why and when The Current will play the song, "S.O.B."

Album of the Week: Adele, 25
Adele performs in The Current studio

Hippo Campus perform in The Current studio
Hippo Campus run a victory lap with First Avenue headlining debut
First Listen: Hippo Campus, Bashful Creatures

Alabama Shakes and Father John Misty kick off the summer concert season at Hall's Island
Alabama Shakes give Paisley Park all they've got