iPod Top 100: 2018

The name makes increasingly less sense as time goes on, and iPods join Walkmen as museum pieces, but the name is traditional at this point.

1. “Glue Sniffer” – Daddy Issues
2. “Make Me Feel” – Janelle Monáe
3. “Best Friend” – Sofi Tukker
4. “When the Tequila Runs Out” – Dawes
5. “Lucky Penny” – JD McPherson
6. “Hope the High Road” – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
7. “Wild and Reckless” – Blitzen Trapper
8. “Bikini” – Caroline Rose
9. “Kill of the Night” – Gin Wigmore
10. “Oldest Surfer on the Beach” – Jimmy Buffett
11. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” – Metalachi
12. “Island Song” – Adventure Time and Ashley Ericksson
13. “Hunt You Down” – The Hit House
14. “Flower of the Universe” – Sade
15. “Today is the Day” – The Eels
16. “Run to Your Mama” – Goat
17. “California Love” – 2Pac
18. “You Will Be Free” – The Thermals
19. “Matador” – The Buttertones
20. “Jenny Loves the Sun” – Dead Coast
21. “Bomb (Girly-Sound Version)” – Liz Phair
22. “Livin’ On a Prayer” – Metalachi
23. “Kelp Monster” – Babewatch
24. “Swedish Fish” – Bombón
25. “Suckerfish (Girly-Sound Version)” – Liz Phair

26. “Toxic” – The Surfrajettes
27. “Dance Just Like Annette” – Bombón
28. “Summertime Magic” – Childish Gambino
29. “Don’t Wanna Be Anywhere” – La Luz
30. “Wild-Thing (Girly-Sound Version)” – Liz Phair
31. “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding” – Los Straitjackets
32. “Ace of Spades” – Metalachi
33. “Midnight Rider” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
34. “Matter of Time” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
35. “No Sayers” – The True Loves
36. “La Sirena” – Bombón
37. “Tinseltown Swimming in Blood” – Destroyer
38. “Tuck ‘N’ Roll” – Durand Jones & The Indications
39. “Anymore” – Goldfrapp
40. “Gigolo (Girly-Sound Version)” – Liz Phair
41. “Immigrant Song” – Metalachi
42. “Blood Keeper” – Speedy Ortiz
43. “Magazin” – White Denim
44. “The Stack” – White Reaper
45. “Castaway” – Zac Brown Band
46. “Dancing is the Best Revenge” – !!!
47. “We All Need Somethin'” – André Cymone
48. “Somebody Told Me” – Bombón
49. “Space Truckin'” – Deep Purple
50. “Beer in Mexico” – Kenny Chesney

51. “Soap Star Joe (Girly-Sound Version)” – Liz Phair
52. “Chase the Devil” – Max Romeo
53. “Hot for Teacher” – Metalachi
54. “Mi Buen Amor” – Mon Laferte
55. “Quick Fix” – Sam Morrow
56. “Your Dog” – soccer mommy
57. “O Me O My” – Son Little
58. “The Boys are Back in Town” – Thin Lizzy
59. “Joy to the World” – Three Dog Night
60. “Cosmic Surf” – Bombón
61. “Gravediggin'” – The Buttertones
62. “Feels Like Summer” – Childish Gambino
63. “Starman” – David Bowie
64. “When My Time Comes” – Dawes
65. “Here is the News” – Electric Light Orchestra
66. “All the Way Live” – The Go! Team
67. “Rocky Mountain Way” – Joe Walsh
68. “Life in Pink” – Kate Nash
69. “Love Song (Girly-Sound Version)” – Liz Phair
70. “Perfect Places” – Lorde
71. “Here I Go Again” – Metalachi
72. “Shake Your Groove Thing” – Peaches & Herb
73. “Cool” – soccer mommy
74. “Get It Together” – Babewatch
75. “Pow Wow” – Bombón

76. “21st Century Man” – Electric Light Orchestra
77. “I Will Survive” – Gloria Gaynor
78. “The Man Comes Around” – Johnny Cash
79. “Don’t Stop Me Now” – Queen
80. “Ghost of a Chance” – Rancid
81. “Witch-Hunt” – Stories From Shamehill
82. “Witching Hour” – The Volcanics
83. “Top 8” – Who Is She?
84. “Mel’s Garage” – Babewatch
85. “El Cowboy” – Bombón
86. “Drift Away” – Dobie Gray
87. “Happily Ever After” – Gin Wigmore
88. “Teen Challenge” – Great Granpa
89. “So You Are a Star” – Hudson Brothers
90. “I-89” – I’m With Her
91. “Walk Away” – James Gang
92. “Nobody From Nowhere” – Jimmy Buffett
93. “Summertime” – Kenny Chesney
94. “GIRLSGIRLSGIRLS (Girly-Sound Version)” – Liz Phair
95. “Neighbors” – Lucius
96. “Robert Frost” – Mal Blum
97. “Crazy Train” – Metalachi
98. “Rubberband Man” – The Spinners
99. “Party Line” – The Surfrajettes
100. “Wasted Time” – Babewatch

Previous top 100 lists can be found here: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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