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Top 89 of 2022: David Safar's top 30 songs

Top 89 of 2022 - David Safar
Top 89 of 2022 - David SafarSara Fish for MPR/Artwork by MPR

by David Safar

December 16, 2022

The end of the year is upon us, and it's time to reflect on your favorite music of 2022! Here are David Safar's favorite songs of the year. Once you've made your own list, vote in The Current's Top 89 poll by December 19, and we'll count down your Top 89 of 2022 on Sunday, Jan. 1, and Monday, Jan. 2.

Top 30 Songs of 2022

Alvvays - Pharmacist

Angel Olsen - Big Time

Arctic Monkeys - There'd Better Be A Mirrorball

Caroline Polachek - Sunset

DEHD - Bad Love

Durry - Losers Club

Ethel Cain - American Teenager

Grace Cummings - Raglan

Gully Boys - See You See

Hermanos Gutierrez - El Bueno Y El Malo

Joe Rainey - Bezhigo

Kendrick Lamar - N95

Liam Gallagher - Everything's Electric

Lizzo - About Damn Time

Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker

Nilufer Yanya - Midnight Sun

ODESZA - Last Goodbye feat. Bettye LaVette

Phoenix - Tonight feat. Ezra Koenig

Plains - Problem With It

Ravyn Lenae - M.I.A.

Rosa Linn - SNAP

Rosalia - SAOKO

Sam Fender - Spit of You

Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

SZA - I Hate You

The 1975 - Part of the Band

Vieux Farka Toure and Khruangbin - Tongo Barra

Weyes Blood - Grapevine

White Reaper - Pages

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting Off the Edge of the World feat. Perfume Genius

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