The 2016 Playlist: Tracks of the Year

Amidst all the strife of 2016 we always have music to turn to.

Chunks of life and artistic expression to take three of four minutes at a time.

Some able to articulate the sadness of everything going on around them, some able to allow you to forget and just dance or jump for joy.

Music is always here and here’s the 40 best nuggets of the year:

NB. Only songs released on albums or as singles in 2016 counted here (no singles from 2015 albums) and, in the main, I've limited songs to one per artist.

40. The 1975 – The Sound

39. Johnny Lloyd – Pilgrims

38. Arthur Beatrice – Real Life

37. Jamie T – Power Over Men

36. Radiohead – Burn The Witch

35. The Stone Roses – Beautiful Thing

34. Declan McKenna – Isombard

33. Disciples – Daylight

32. Viola Beach – Boys That Sing

31. Busted – On What You’re On

30. Rag N’ Bone Man - Human

29. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – All I Ever Wonder

28. The Chainsmokers - Closer

27. Warpaint – New Song

26. Beyonce (Feat. Jack White) – Don’t Hurt Yourself

25. Spring King - Rectifier

24. Blossoms - Charlemagne

23. The Lemon Twigs – I Wanna Prove To You

22. Gallant – Weight In Gold

21. Bank & Steelz (Feat. Florence Welch) – Wild Season

20. Drake – One Dance

19. The 1975 – A Change Of Heart

18. Bon Iver – 22 (Over Soon)

17. Alexandra Savior - Shades

16. Beck - Wow

15. Iggy Pop - Sunday

14. Rationale – Something For Nothing

13. Major Lazer (Feat. Justin Bieber) – Cold Water

12. Biffy Clyro – Animal Style

11. Glass Animals – Life Itself

10. Major Lazer (Feat. Nyla and Fuse ODG) – Light It Up

9. Honeyblood – Ready For The Magic

8. Whitney – No Woman

7. The Chainsmokers – Don’t Let Me Down

6. Kings Of Leon – Waste A Moment

5. Kanye West - Fade

4. Phantogram – You Don’t Get Me High Anymore

3. Black Honey – Spinning Wheel

2. The Last Shadow Puppets – Sweet Dreams, TN

1. Chance The Rapper – All Night