What was your best song of this year, the one you streamed on repeat? We’ve chosen 20 of the top songs from 2022 for our list of favourites.

We present the top songs of the year for 2022! Our collection of songs released this year moves from rapper JID’s smooth flows to Willow Kayne’s inventive pop, via heavy metal gods Slipknot and the clever indie art-pop of Everything Everything.

Did any of your favourite artists make our top 20 chosen by RouteNote staff? Scroll on to discover the best songs of 2022.


Louie Zong & BDG – Breezy Slide


Hagop Tchaparian – Right to Riot


The 1975 – Happiness


Polyphia – Ego Death feat. Steve Vai


S.O. – PEACE OF MIND


K Motionz & Emily Makis – Only You


Slipknot – Medicine For The Dead


brakence – introvert


The Beatpack – Black Sea Tobacco Pose


Everything Everything – Bad Friday


JID – 151 Rum


Louis Cole – Failing in a Cool Way


Meshuggah – Phantoms


Knucks ft. SL – Nice & Good


Willow Kayne – Faces Change


DOMi & JD BECK – SMiLE


Ethel Cain – Gibson Girl


Olen – Off Switch


Pete & Bas – Windowframe Cypher Part II ft. The Snooker Team


Caroline Polachek – Billions


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