Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Songs of 2023

Rolling Stone recently dropped their list of the 100 Best Albums of 2023, and they’ve followed it today with their picks for the 100 Best Songs of 2023. Like the album list, it has a lot of genre diversity, from pop to indie rock to K-pop to Latin music to hip hop and beyond.

The top 50 includes songs from Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem, Dua Lipa, Paramore, Katie Von Schleicher, Billie Eilish, Peso Pluma and Eslabon Armado, Doja Cat, Big Thief, Taylor Swift, Margo Price, Pink Pantheress and Ice Spice, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Beths, Olivia Rodrigo, Bad Bunny, Luke Combs, Beyoncé, Indigo De Souza, Mannequin Pussy, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Boygenius, Sexyy Red, NewJeans, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey, The Beatleslast song ever, and more. See that below, and find the full list of 100, commentary included, on Rolling Stone.

ROLLING STONE’S 50 BEST SONGS OF 2023
50 Stormzy feat. Fredo, ‘Toxic Trait’
49 Katie Von Schleicher, ‘Cranked’
48 BLP Kosher and BabyTron, ‘Mazel Tron’
47 Seventeen, ‘Super’
46 Allison Russell, ‘The Returner’
45 Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar, ‘The Hillbillies’
44 The Beths, ‘Watching the Credits’
43 Young Thug feat. Drake, ‘Oh U Went’
42 Margo Price, ‘County Road’
41 Indigo De Souza, ‘Smog’
40 Central Cee and Dave, ‘Sprinter’
39 Beyoncé, ‘Cuff It (Wetter Remix)’
38 Ayra Starr, ‘Sability’
37 Skrillex, Fred again.., and Flowdan, ‘Rumble’
36 Dua Lipa, ‘Houdini’
35 Big Thief, ‘Vampire Empire’
34 Quavo feat. Takeoff, ‘Patty Cake’
33 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, ‘Cast Iron Skillet’
32 Rosalía and Ruaw Alejandro, ‘Vampiros’
31 Reneé Rapp feat. Coco Jones, ‘Tummy Hurts (Remix)’
30 Luke Combs, ‘Fast Car’
29 Omar Apollo, ‘3 Boys’
28 Karol G and Shakira, ‘TQG’
27 MJ Lenderman, ‘Knockin’
26 Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘Shy Boy’
25 Doja Cat, ‘Paint the Town Red’
24 Paramore, ‘This Is Why’
23 Sexyy Red, ‘Skeeyee’
22 Megan Moroney, ‘Sleep on My Side’
21 Grupo Frontera and Bad Bunny, ‘un x100to’
20 Kylie Minogue, ‘Padam Padam’
19 Taylor Swift, ‘Is It Over Now?’
18 Chappell Roan, ‘Red Wine Supernova’
17 Davido feat. Musa Keys and Latto, ‘Unavailable’
16 SZA feat. Doja Cat, ‘Kill Bill (Remix)’
15 Latto feat. Cardi B, ‘Put It on Da Floor Again’
14 Mannequin Pussy, ‘I Got Heaven’
13 Boygenius, ‘Not Strong Enough’
12 Miley Cyrus, ‘Flowers’
11 The Beatles, ‘Now and Then’
10 Victoria Monét, ‘On My Mama’
9 Billie Eilish, ‘What Was I Made For?’
8 Lil Yachty, ‘Strike (Holster)’
7 Olivia Rodrigo, ‘Get Him Back!’
6 NewJeans, ‘Super Shy’
5 Shakira and Bizarrap, ‘Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53’
4 Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves, ‘I Remember Everything’
3 Lana Del Rey, ‘A&W’
2 PinkPantheress feat. Ice Spice, ‘Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2’
1 Peso Pluma and Eslabon Armado, ‘Ella Baila Sola’