Here’s our full recap (recap-ITATION if you will) of the Simple Minded Entertainment Top 100 Songs of 2020. We are also including breakdowns by album, geography and language just to make things a little more informative and interesting. Enjoy.
SIMPLE MINDED TOP 100 SONGS OF 2020
1. “War” – IDLES – (Ultra Mono)
2. “Canter” – Gerry Cinnamon – (The Bonny)
3. “My Own Soul’s Warning” – The Killers – (Imploding The Mirage)
4. “On The Floor” – Perfume Genius – (Set My Heart On Fire Immediately)
5. “Overkill” – Holly Humberstone – (Falling Asleep At The Wheel)
6. “I’m So Happy I Cry” – Fantastic Negrito with Tarriona “Tank” Ball – (Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?)
7. “Satan, Luella And I” – HMLTD – (West Of Eden)
8. “WTD?” – Sad13 – (Haunted Painting)
9. “Daiitoku-Myoo No Odaiko” – Neptunian Maximalism – (Eons)
10. “Care” – Beabadoobee – (Fake It Flowers)
11. “Searching For Captain Save A Hoe” – Fantastic Negrito with E-40 – (Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?)
12. “Grounds” – IDLES – (Ultra Mono)
13. “Blank Slate” – HMLTD – (West Of Eden)
14. “Sin In My Heart” – Gulch – (Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress)
15. “Denk Maar Niet Aan Morgen” – Bazart
16. “Gospel For A New Century” – Yves Tumor – (Heaven To A Tortured Mind)
17. “LOADED” – HMLTD – (West Of Eden)
18. “Kill Them With Kindness” – IDLES – (Ultra Mono)
19. “Witness” – Catholic Action – (Celebrated By Strangers)
20. “War Song Soldier” – Gerry Cinnamon – (The Bonny)
21. “Thief” – Cult Loveless – (Beloved)
22. “Club Cougar” – Nadine Shah – (Kitchen Sink)
23. “Reigns” – IDLES – (Ultra Mono)
24. “Apparition” – Cult Loveless – (Beloved)
25. “Worth It” – Beabadoobee – (Fake It Flowers)
26. “Kids” – Orville Peck – (Show Pony)
27. “Kitchen Floor” – Jess Cornelius – (Distance)
28. “Walking In The Snow” – Run The Jewels – (RTJ4)
29. “All That” – Sparks – (A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip …)
30. “Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress” – Gulch – (Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress)
31. “Sports!” – Dream Wife – (So When You Gonna …)
32. “Do You Read Me?” – Field Music – (Making A New World)
33. “Nganga” – Neptunian Maximalism – (Eons)
34. “f a m e” – Jeff Rosenstock – (No Dream)
35. “Sun Queen” – Gerry Cinnamon – (The Bonny)
36. “Summertime” – Orville Peck – (Show Pony)
37. “Right Round The Clock” – Sorry – (925)
38. “Maker” – Anjimile – (Giver Taker)
39. “Grange Hell (South London In D)” – Catholic Action – (Celebrated By Strangers)
40. “Connect To Consume” – A. Swayze & The Ghosts – (Paid Salvation)
41. “Your Reply” – Frances Quinlan – (Likewise)
42. “Hysterical” – Sad13 – (Haunted Painting)
43. “Hollywood” – LA Vision with Gigi D’Agostino
44. “Without You” – Perfume Genius – (Set My Heart On Fire Immediately)
45. “Mr. Motivator” – IDLES – (Ultra Mono)
46. “What’s In Store” – The Homesick – (The Big Exercise)
47. “The West Is Dead” – HMLTD – (West Of Eden)
48. “Pig Feet” – Denzel Curry, Terrace Martin, Daylyt, Kamasi Washington and G Perico
49. “There Must Be More Than Blood” – Car Seat Headrest – (Making A Door Less Open)
50. “Don’t Start Now” – Dua Lipa – (Future Nostalgia)
51. “Claws” – Charli XCX – (How I’m Feeling Now)
52. “Dark Days” – Gerry Cinnamon – (The Bonny)
53. “Say So” – Doja Cat – (Hot Pink)
54. “Limelight” – Touche Amore – (Lament)
55. “Mikey’s Song” – HMLTD – (West Of Eden)
56. “Ruby Wand” – Sad13 – (Haunted Painting)
57. “To The Door” – HMLTD – (West Of Eden)
58. “KLK” – Arca – (KiCk i)
59. “My Religion Is You” – The Flaming Lips – (American Head)
60. “Gonna Find Me A Genie With A Magic Bikini”
61. “Drive Me, Crazy” – Orville Peck – (Show Pony)
62. “If You Think This Is Real Life” – Blossoms – (Foolish Loving Spaces)
63. “Ms. California” – Beach Bunny – (Honeymoon)
64. “The Bonny” – Gerry Cinnamon – (The Bonny)
65. “Barre” – Songhoy Blues – (Optimisme)
66. “All Along The Uxbridge Road” – Chubby And The Gang – (Speed Kills)
67. “One For The Ages” – Sparks – (A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip …)
68. “Jos Mulla Ei Ois Sua, Mulla Ei Ois Mitaan” – Maustetytot – (Eivat Enkelitkaan Ilman Slipia Lenna)
69. “The Biggest Tits In History” – The Magnetic Fields – (Quickies)
70. “Mother Please Don’t Be Sad” – The Flaming Lips – (American Head)
71. “Hex Valeria” – Melt Citizen – (Dullard EP)
72. “How Long?” – Fantastic Negrito – (Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?)
73. “Neon Skyline” – Andy Shauf – (The Neon Skyline)
74. “Forgotten Days” – Pallbearer – (Forgotten Days)
75. “White Fruit” – Crackups – (Greetings From Earth)
76. “Caution” – The Killers – (Imploding The Mirage)
77. “Hey, Bus Driver!” – Tami Neilson – (CHICKABOOM!)
78. “Gaslighter” – The Chicks – (Gaslighter)
79. “Ooh La La” – Run The Jewels with Greg Nice and DJ Premier – (RTJ4)
80. “I Wonder” – Shamir – (Shamir)
81. “Exile” – Taylor Swift – (Folklore)
82. “Vajrabhairava: The Great Wars of Quaternary Era Against Ego” – Neptunian Maximalism – (Eons)
83. “Loading” – Central Cee
84. “Believe” – Sparta – (Trust The River)
85. “Under The Table” – Fiona Apple – (Fetch The Bolt Cutters)
86. “The Coming Of The Strange Ones” – Shabaka And The Ancestors – (We Are Sent Here By History)
87. “A Hero’s Death” – Fontaines D.C. – (A Hero’s Death)
88. “Head & Heart” – Joel Corry with MNEK
89. “True Romantic” – Ziemba – (True Romantic)
90. “Visage Pale” – Benjamin Biolay – (Grand Prix)
91. “Blinding Lights” – The Weeknd – (After Hours)
92. “The Valley” – Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou – (May Our Chambers Be Full)
93. “Memento Mori” – Lamb Of God – (Lamb Of God)
94. “Anthems” – Charli XCX – (How I’m Feeling Now)
95. “Donkey Long” – The Glitter Tacos – (They’re Afraid Of The Tacos)
96. “Kompass Zur Sonne” – In Extremo – (Kompass Zur Sonne)
97. “En Mis Pies” – La Elite – (A 180)
98. “WAP” – Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion
99. “34 + 35” – Ariana Grande – (Positions)
100. “Righteous” – Juice WRLD – (Legends Never Die)
TOP ALBUMS OF 2020 (In order by number of songs on list)
TOP ALBUM OF 2020
West Of Eden by HMLTD (6 Songs In Top 100)
7. “Satan, Luella And I”
13. “Blank Slate”
17. “LOADED”
47. “The West Is Dead”
55. “Mikey’s Song”
57. “To The Door”
OTHER TOP 2020 ALBUMS / RECORDS WITH MULTIPLE SONGS IN SIMPLE MINDED TOP 100
Ultra Mono by IDLES (5 Songs In Top 100)
1. “War”
12. “Grounds”
18. “Kill Them With Kindness”
23. “Reigns”
45. “Mr. Motivator”
The Bonny by Gerry Cinnamon (5 Songs In Top 100)
2. “Canter”
20. “War Song Soldier”
35. “Sun Queen”
52. “Dark Days”
64. “The Bonny”
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? By Fantastic Negrito (3 Songs In Top 100)
6. “I’m So Happy I Cry”
11. ‘Searching For Captain Save A Hoe”
72. “How Long?”
Haunted Painting by Sad13 (3 Songs In Top 100)
8. “WTD?”
42. “Hysterical”
56. “Ruby Wand”
Eons by Neptunian Maximalism (3 Songs In Top 100)
9. “Daiitoku-Myoo No Odaiko”
33. “Nganga”
82. “Vajrabhairava: The Great Wars of Quaternary Era Against Ego”
Show Pony by Orville Peck (3 Songs In Top 100)
26. “Kids”
36. “Summertime”
61. “Drive Me, Crazy”
Imploding The Mirage by The Killers (2 Songs In Top 100)
3. “My Own Soul’s Warning”
76. “Caution”
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius (2 Songs In Top 100)
4.. “On The Floor”
44. “Without You”
Fake It Flowers by Beabadoobee (2 Songs In Top 100)
10. “Care”
25. “Worth It”
Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress by Gulch (2 Songs In Top 100)
14. “Sin In My Heart”
30. “Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress”
Celebrated By Strangers by Catholic Action (2 Songs In Top 100)
19. “Witness”
39. “Grange Hell (South London In D)”
Beloved by Cult Loveless (2 Songs In Top 100)
21. “Thief”
24. “Apparition”
RTJ4 by Run The Jewels (2 Songs In Top 100)
28. “Walking In The Snow”
79. “Ooh La La”
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip … by Sparks (2 Songs In Top 100)
29. “All That”
67. “One For The Ages”
How I’m Feeling Now by Charli XCX (2 Songs In Top 100)
51. “Claws”
94. “Anthems”
American Head by The Flaming Lips (2 Songs In Top 100)
59. “My Religion Is You”
70. “Mother Please Don’t Be Sad”
Dullard EP by Melt Citizen (2 Songs In Top 100)
60. “Gonna Find Me A Genie With A Magic Bikini”
71. “Hex Valeria”
TOP 100 GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN (ARTISTS IN TOP 100 BY COUNTRY AND REGION)
47 Artists
NORTH AMERICA
9 North America – Los Angeles / Ariana Grande, Daylyt, Doja Cat, Emma Ruth Rundle, G Perico, Kamasi Washington, Sparks, Terrace Martin, Touche Amore
7 North America – New York / Cardi B, DJ Premier, Fiona Apple, Greg Nice, Jeff Rosenstock, Run The Jewels, Sad13
6 North America – Paso Del Norte / Cult Loveless, La Elite, Melt Citizen, Sparta, The Glitter Tacos, Ziemba
2 North America – Boston / Anjimile, The Magnetic Fields
2 North America – Chicago / Beach Bunny, Juice WRLD
2 North America – Las Vegas / Shamir, The Killers
2 North America – Oakland / E-40, Fantastic Negrito
1 North America – Atlanta / Run The Jewels
1 North America – Baton Rouge / Thou
1 North America – Dallas / The Chicks
1 North America – Houston / Megan Thee Stallion
1 North America – Leesburg, VA / Car Seat Headrest
1 North America – Little Rock / Pallbearer
1 North America – Miami / Denzel Curry
1 North America – Nashville / Taylor Swift
1 North America – New Orleans / Tarriona “Tank” Ball
1 North America – Oklahoma City / The Flaming Lips
1 North America – Philadelphia / Frances Quinlan
1 North America – Regina, SK / Andy Shauf
1 North America – Richmond, VA / Lamb Of God
1 North America – San Jose / Gulch
1 North America – Seattle / Perfume Genius
1 North America – Toronto / The Weeknd
1 North America – Vancouver / Orville Peck
16 Artists
ENGLAND
12 England – London / Beabadoobee, Central Cee, Charli XCX, Chuggy And The Gang, Dream Wife, Dua Lipa, HMLTD, Joel Corry, MNEK, Nadine Shah, Shabaka And The Ancestors, Sorry
1 England – Bristol / IDLES
1 England – Grantham / Holly Humberstone
1 England – Manchester / Blossoms
1 England – Newcastle upon Tyne / Field Music
3 Artists
BELGIUM
1 Belgium – Antwerp / Crackups
1 Belgium – Brussels / Neptunian Maximalism
1 Belgium – Ghent / Bazart
ITALY
2 Italy – Turin / Gigi D’Agostino, Yves Tumor
1 Italy – Milan / LA Vision
2 Artists
AUSTRALIA
1 Australia – Melbourne / Jess Cornelius
1 Australia – Tasmania / A. Swayze & The Ghosts
SCOTLAND
2 Scotland – Glasgow / Catholic Action, Gerry Cinnamon
1 ARTIST
FINLAND
1 Finland – Helsinki / Maustetytot
FRANCE
1 France – Lyon / Benjamin Biolay
GERMANY
1 Germany – Berlin / In Extremo
IRELAND
1 Ireland – Dublin / Fontaines D.C.
MALI
1 Mali – Bamako / Songhoy Blues
NETHERLANDS
1 Netherlands – Dokkum / The Homesick
NEW ZEALAND
1 New Zealand – Auckland / Tami Neilson
VENEZUELA
1 Venezuela – Caracas / Arca
TOP 100 LANGUAGE BREAKDOWN (SONGS IN TOP 100 BY LANGUAGE)
89 Songs
English
4 Songs
Instrumental
2 Songs
Spanish
1 Song
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
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