A few weeks ago, we launched the Pitchfork 2024 Readers’ Poll. Thousands of readers voted on the best songs and albums of the half-decade, and here are the results. (Thanks for voting!)
Compare your picks with Pitchfork’s own lists of the best songs and best albums of 2024, and check out all of Pitchfork’s 2024 wrap-up coverage here.
The 100 Best Songs of 2024, According to Pitchfork Readers
100. A$AP Rocky: “Highjack” [ft. Jessica Pratt]
99. Adrianne Lenker: “Once a Bunch”
98. Mannequin Pussy: “Loud Bark”
97. Charli XCX / Robyn / Yung Lean: “360 featuring robyn and yung lean”
96. MGMT: “Nothing to Declare”
95. Kacey Musgraves: “Deeper Well”
94. Waxahatchee: “Much Ado About Nothing”
93. Caribou: “Come Find Me”
92. SZA: “Saturn”
91. Addison Rae: “Aquamarine”
90. Jane Remover: “Magic I Want U”
89. JADE: “Angel of My Dreams”
88. Cassandra Jenkins: “Delphinium Blue”
87. Julia Holter: “Spinning”
86. Dua Lipa: “Training Season”
85. Cassandra Jenkins: “Only One”
84. Maggie Rogers: “Don’t Forget Me”
83. FKA twigs: “Drums of Death”
82. Ariana Grande: “eternal sunshine”
81. Magdalena Bay: “Cry for Me”
80. Charli XCX: “Apple”
79. Panda Bear: “Defense” [ft. Cindy Lee]
78. Porter Robinson: “Cheerleader”
77. Charli XCX: “Spring Breakers”
76. Vampire Weekend: “Connect”
75. Mannequin Pussy: “I Got Heaven”
74. Vampire Weekend: “Hope”
73. Sabrina Carpenter: “Juno”
72. Charli XCX: “Guess”
71. Caroline Polachek: “Spring Is Coming With a Strawberry in the Mouth”
70. Ariana Grande: “yes, and?”
69. Nourished by Time: “Hell of a Ride”
68. Lady Gaga: “Disease”
67. Billie Eilish: “CHIHIRO”
66. Los Campesinos!: “Feast of Tongues”
65. Laura Marling: “Patterns”
64. Charli XCX / Bon Iver: “I think about it all the time featuring bon iver”
63. Caroline Polachek: “Starburned and Unkissed”
62. Lady Gaga / Bruno Mars: “Die With a Smile”
61. Father John Misty: “Screamland”
60. Charli XCX / Shygirl: “365 featuring shygirl”
59. Waxahatchee: “Bored”
58. Billie Eilish: “LUNCH”
57. Vampire Weekend: “Classical”
56. Jessica Pratt: “The Last Year”
55. Beyoncé: “II MOST WANTED” [ft. Miley Cyrus]
54. Tinashe: “Nasty”
53. Beyoncé: “II HANDS II HEAVEN”
52. Mk.gee: “Are You Looking Up”
51. Jamie xx: “Life” [ft. Robyn]
50. Addison Rae: “Diet Pepsi”
49. Father John Misty: “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All”
48. MJ Lenderman: “Joker Lips”
47. Mannequin Pussy: “Nothing Like”
46. Future / Metro Boomin: “Like That” [ft. Kendrick Lamar]
45. Mk.gee: “Alesis”
44. Charli XCX: “B2B”
43. Kendrick Lamar: “Meet the Grahams”
42. St. Vincent: “Broken Man”
41. Jamie xx: “Baddy on the Floor” [ft. Honey Dijon]
40. Vampire Weekend: “Mary Boone”
39. The Smile: “Friend of a Friend”
38. Bon Iver: “S P E Y S I D E”
37. Beth Gibbons: “Floating on a Moment”
36. Beyoncé : “TEXAS HOLD ’EM”
35. Charli XCX: “Sympathy is a knife”
34. Kim Gordon: “BYE BYE”
33. Clairo: “Sexy to Someone”
32. Kendrick Lamar: “euphoria”
31. Beyoncé: “16 CARRIAGES”
30. Beyoncé: “YA YA”
29. Cindy Lee: “If You Hear Me Crying”
28. Charli XCX / Caroline Polachek: “Everything is romantic featuring caroline polachek”
27. Sabrina Carpenter: “Please Please Please”
26. Clairo: “Juna”
25. Vampire Weekend: “Gen-X Cops”