In December, we asked music critics from across the industry to participate in a new music critics survey, in the hope of bridging together the community to see how our tastes overlap and differ. The response we received was staggering, with nearly 200 critics participating and selecting more than 800 songs. The expected choices were there, but also so much more, reflecting the writers’ interests in hip-hop, electronic, metal, pop, rock, and country. It revealed musical interests as idiosyncratic as the personalities that participated, where No. 1 singles from Childish Gambino and Travis Scott can share a space with under-the-radar tracks from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Neko Case along with numerous entries from Kacey Musgraves and Pusha T. But mostly it affirmed the vitality present in the current music world, both in the artists that create it and the people who’ve dedicated their lives to discussing it.

Uproxx Music Critics Poll 2018: Songs

Songs with additional votes

11
King’s Dead 85 pts
12
The Middle 80 pts
14
Me & My Dog 78 pts
15
High Horse 78 pts
16
Apesh*t 75 pts
17
Honey 71 pts
18
Pristine 69 pts
19
All The Stars 65 pts
21
Boo’d Up 58 pts
22
Space Cowboy 56 pts
23
Mo Bamba 53 pts
24
Your Dog 51 pts
25
Venice B*tch 50 pts
26
Heat Wave 48 pts
27
Geyser 48 pts
28
Shallow 47 pts
29
Pynk 47 pts
30
Missing U 47 pts
31
32
How Simple 42 pts
33
Bad Luck 40 pts
35
Powerglide 35 pts
36
37
Drip Too Hard 33 pts
38
39
Shoota 31 pts
40
41
42
Mr. Tillman 30 pts
43
45
Bodys 29 pts
47
Golden Hour 27 pts
48
Womp Womp 26 pts
49
50
Stir Fry 26 pts
51
My, My, My! 26 pts
54
God’s Plan 26 pts
55
Freebird II 26 pts
56
SAD! 25 pts
57
In My Blood 25 pts
58
High 25 pts
59
60
Slapstick 24 pts
61
Cool 24 pts
62
Noid 23 pts
63
New Light 23 pts
64
65
66
Boys 23 pts
68
Party For One 22 pts
69
Moon River 22 pts
72
73
Graffiti 21 pts
74
Django Jane 21 pts
75
Colossus 21 pts
76
Bassackwards 21 pts
77
Not Abel 20 pts
78
Mona Lisa 20 pts
79
Lucid Dreams 20 pts
81
Girlfriend 20 pts
83
Fallingwater 20 pts
84
Bad Bad News 20 pts
85
Hot Pink 19 pts
86
Be Careful 19 pts
87
Babylon 19 pts
88
Self Care 18 pts
90
Jewelry 18 pts
91
Gonna Love Me 18 pts
92
A$AP Forever 18 pts
93
Sticky 17 pts
94
R.E.M. 17 pts
95
Overtime 17 pts
96
Nont For Sale 17 pts
97
Lemon Glow 17 pts
98
Humility 17 pts
99
100
Work It 16 pts
101
102
The Opener 16 pts
103
Queen 16 pts
104
Ponyboy 16 pts
105
One Kiss 16 pts
106
107
Breathin 16 pts
108
You Worry Me 15 pts
109
Yes Indeed 15 pts
110
USA 15 pts
111
The Joke 15 pts
112
Ralphie 15 pts
113
114
115
Ghost Town 15 pts
116
119
Win 14 pts
120
121
122
Big Bank 14 pts
123
Ace 14 pts
124
San Marcos 13 pts
125
Nonstop 13 pts
126
127
Guitar 13 pts
128
129
Ever Again 13 pts
130
Bite The Hand 13 pts
131
Believe 13 pts
132
133
1999 13 pts
135
136
137
Self 12 pts
138
139
Mi Cama 12 pts
140
141
Dancing 12 pts
142
Bubblin 12 pts
143
144
145
Tints 11 pts
146
148
150
Happy Unhappy 11 pts
151
Bickenhead 11 pts
152
Anna Wintour 11 pts
153
1999 Wildfire 11 pts
154
Twist (2018) 10 pts
155
King Snake 10 pts
156
X 10 pts
157
Velvet 4 Sale 10 pts
158
Trippin’ 10 pts
159
160
163
164
Sure 10 pts
165
166
Soca Kingdom 10 pts
167
Sloane Ranger 10 pts
168
Sin Triangle 10 pts
169
Shimmer 10 pts
171
Rock On It 10 pts
172
Read My Mind 10 pts
173
Rap N***** 10 pts
174
Prior Things 10 pts
175
Obsessed 10 pts
176
Night And Day 10 pts
177
Miracle 10 pts
178
Miki Dora 10 pts
179
180
Look Alive 10 pts
183
In My View 10 pts
185
186
Human Being 10 pts
187
188
High Hopes 10 pts
189
Honeycomb 10 pts
190
Glue 10 pts
191
Fortnight 10 pts
193
Fists Of Fury 10 pts
194
Feel The Love 10 pts
195
End Game 10 pts
197
198
199
Dance To This 10 pts
201
Cocaine LA 10 pts
202
Comeback Kid 10 pts
203
204
Cannonball 10 pts
206
5 Left 10 pts
207
208
Chewing Gum 10 pts
209
Zone 6 9 pts
210
Poke It Out 9 pts
211
212
Wide Awake 9 pts
213
214
215
216
217
Trouble 9 pts
218
Tremolo 9 pts
219
Thug Life 9 pts
220
Thinning 9 pts
221
The Ringer 9 pts
223
The Fixer 9 pts
224
Taste (Rhye) 9 pts
226
Skeleton 9 pts
227
Sin Pijama 9 pts
228
229
231
Rollerskate 9 pts
232
233
Paramedic! 9 pts
234
Pearly Gates 9 pts
235
Open Again 9 pts
236
237
238
Linda 9 pts
239
Lifetime 9 pts
241
243
Infrared 9 pts
244
Idol 9 pts
245
Icon 9 pts
248
Higher 9 pts
249
Havana 9 pts
250
GTFO 9 pts
251
Gone Away 9 pts
254
255
Fate/Glory 9 pts
256
Faceshopping 9 pts
257
Faceplant 9 pts
259
Confirmation 9 pts
260
261
Bum 9 pts
262
Bambi 9 pts
263
265
60 & Punk 9 pts
266
267
1997 Diana 9 pts
268
269
Wull On 8 pts
270
Vizine 8 pts
271
Uproar 8 pts
272
Toys 8 pts
274
Thread 8 pts
275
276
277
The Palace 8 pts
278
280
281
Testify 8 pts
282
Tacoma 8 pts
283
Stargazing 8 pts
284
285
Skeletons 8 pts
286
Sister 8 pts
287
Silence 8 pts
288
Screwed 8 pts
289
290
Shadows 8 pts
291
Real Thing 8 pts
292
Poly Blue 8 pts
294
Opps 8 pts
295
Offence 8 pts
296
Only Acting 8 pts
297
New Breeze 8 pts
298
Next Of Kin 8 pts
299
301
Lives 8 pts
302
Lilo 8 pts
304
Ladders 8 pts
305
Keeping Up 8 pts
306
Joy. 8 pts
307
Infatuation 8 pts
308
I-89 8 pts
309
ICY GRL 8 pts
310
311
312
Hard Piano 8 pts
313
315
317
Fruity 8 pts
318
320
Elastic 8 pts
321
Erasure 8 pts
322
Emerald Rush 8 pts
323
Ekombe 8 pts
324
Don’t Go 8 pts
326
Dive 8 pts
327
328
Colonizer 8 pts
329
330
331
332
Catch It 8 pts
333
Black Moon 8 pts
334
Black Snow 8 pts
335
Better Off 8 pts
336
Best Hugs 8 pts
337
338
Amorfoda 8 pts
339
Accept 8 pts
340
342
Yr Throat 7 pts
343
Weekend 7 pts
344
Worth It 7 pts
348
Voilà 7 pts
349
350
The Bee 7 pts
352
Surface 7 pts
353
Sweetener 7 pts
354
Splinters 7 pts
355
Stay Down 7 pts
357
358
359
Scattershot 7 pts
360
Saturn 7 pts
361
Dreaming 7 pts
363
365
Pay No Mind 7 pts
367
Pain Killer 7 pts
368
Old Friend 7 pts
369
Obsession 7 pts
371
Nothing New 7 pts
372
Nice 7 pts
373
Money 7 pts
374
375
Lost 7 pts
376
377
Little Death 7 pts
379
380
I Lived It 7 pts
381
I Like That 7 pts
382
I Feel Free 7 pts
383
The Walk 7 pts
385
Good Form 7 pts
386
Goldrush 7 pts
387
Ghost 7 pts
388
389
FUN! 7 pts
390
Fly 7 pts
391
392
393
394
Drowning Man 7 pts
395
Egoísta 7 pts
396
397
DOTD 7 pts
398
399
Check 7 pts
400
401
402
Better Now 7 pts
403
Bad Boy 7 pts
404
Baby Luv 7 pts
406
Alquile 7 pts
407
Alas 7 pts
408
Go Bestie 7 pts
409
Sisi Maria 6 pts
410
WTP 6 pts
411
Woo 6 pts
412
413
415
416
417
Swearin’ 6 pts
418
Suspirium 6 pts
419
420
Stock Image 6 pts
421
St. 6 pts
422
Space Gun 6 pts
423
Solara 6 pts
425
Skrawberries 6 pts
426
Shy 6 pts
427
428
River 6 pts
429
431
Pollinate Me 6 pts
433
434
Party Of One 6 pts
437
Now Only 6 pts
438
No Secrets 6 pts
439
Nervous Mary 6 pts
440
Next Year 6 pts
442
443
Love Lies 6 pts
444
Jet Black 6 pts
445
Immaterial 6 pts
446
In The Park 6 pts
447
In Contempt 6 pts
448
Hunnybee 6 pts
449
I Do 6 pts
452
453
Hello 6 pts
454
Headstone 6 pts
455
456
Gap Year 6 pts
457
Get Up 10 6 pts
458
Ginger 6 pts
459
Ghost Song 6 pts
460
Generator 6 pts
461
Funeral 6 pts
462
For You Too 6 pts
463
First To Die 6 pts
465
467
Earth 6 pts
469
471
Dedicate 6 pts
472
Curious 6 pts
473
476
Bodies 6 pts
477
Beyond 6 pts
480
Back & Forth 6 pts
481
482
Accelerate 6 pts
483
5 Dollars 6 pts
484
485
Ginger (Alt) 5 pts
486
487
488
489
491
492
Unfair 5 pts
493
494
Ubala 5 pts
495
They Fade 5 pts
496
498
Still Clean 5 pts
499
500
Sore Loser 5 pts
501
Souvenir 5 pts
502
Some Birds 5 pts
503
Solar Eyes 5 pts
504
Sokah 5 pts
505
Show Me How 5 pts
506
Season 5 pts
507
Runnin’ 5 pts
509
511
Poor Sucker 5 pts
512
Pray for Me 5 pts
513
P*ssy Is God 5 pts
516
Not The Time 5 pts
517
No Rome 5 pts
518
Miasma 5 pts
519
520
Light On 5 pts
521
Light Luxury 5 pts
522
523
Lambert 5 pts
524
Johnny Cash 5 pts
525
Ketchum, ID 5 pts
526
Keeping Time 5 pts
529
530
HOOPTI 5 pts
531
532
Hands On You 5 pts
535
Go To Town 5 pts
536
Getaway 5 pts
538
Flex 5 pts
539
542
Etta James 5 pts
543
Eastside 5 pts
544
Drunk Girl 5 pts
547
548
Deliverance 5 pts
549
550
Cover Me 5 pts
551
Cry Pretty 5 pts
552
Come E Baza 5 pts
553
Chun-Li 5 pts
554
555
556
Bom Diggy 5 pts
558
Beamer 5 pts
559
Best Life 5 pts
560
Being Alive 5 pts
561
Basic Need 5 pts
563
564
Akwaaba 5 pts
565
Taste 4 pts
566
567
568
569
White Mist 4 pts
570
571
Wavey 4 pts
574
The Ways 4 pts
575
576
577
578
579
Spirit 4 pts
580
582
Revelation 4 pts
583
Puff Daddy 4 pts
584
Rainbow 4 pts
585
Racks Blue 4 pts
586
Pick Up 4 pts
587
PARAD(w/m)E 4 pts
588
On An Edge 4 pts
589
Ohio 4 pts
590
Money Bag 4 pts
591
MIA 4 pts
592
593
Love On Ice 4 pts
594
595
596
Lich Prince 4 pts
597
Jumbo 4 pts
598
600
Holiday Song 4 pts
601
Happy & Sad 4 pts
602
603
Good 4 pts
605
Golden Cage 4 pts
606
Gmail 4 pts
607
Glide 4 pts
608
Gelatin Mode 4 pts
609
610
Fools Gold 4 pts
611
Family Man 4 pts
612
613
Eureka 4 pts
614
Drunk In LA 4 pts
615
Dun Rich 4 pts
617
Deep End 4 pts
618
Dead Boys 4 pts
620
621
622
623
Coat Of Arms 4 pts
624
Charity 4 pts
625
Champagne 4 pts
626
Carpoolin’ 4 pts
627
Burning Man 4 pts
628
629
Bonetrees 4 pts
630
Breathing 4 pts
631
Better Boat 4 pts
632
Big Lie 4 pts
633
Avoidarama 4 pts
634
636
Anchors 4 pts
637
Ages Ago 4 pts
639
640
6 Summers 4 pts
641
90 Degrees 4 pts
642
8 Out Of 10 4 pts
643
1950 4 pts
644
648
Whether 3 pts
649
650
651
653
Uber Driver 3 pts
654
655
The Way I Am 3 pts
657
658
659
Symbol 3 pts
660
661
Spells 3 pts
662
Spacewoman 3 pts
664
Some Of It 3 pts
665
Sober Motel 3 pts
666
667
Sipsey 3 pts
668
Sinnerman 3 pts
669
Saving Face 3 pts
670
Savior 3 pts
671
672
Rorschach 3 pts
673
Reborn 3 pts
674
Piano 3 pts
675
Planetarium 3 pts
676
OTW 3 pts
677
Parade 3 pts
678
One More 3 pts
680
Nterini 3 pts
681
O’Lawd Oye 3 pts
682
684
Mother Maybe 3 pts
685
Nappy Wonder 3 pts
686
Mooo! 3 pts
687
689
Letting Go 3 pts
690
Lala Lala 3 pts
691
Lady 3 pts
692
Kingston 3 pts
693
694
696
697
In A River 3 pts
699
Huku 3 pts
700
Hi Haters 3 pts
701
Good As Gold 3 pts
702
Girl Front 3 pts
703
704
Folly Dolly 3 pts
705
Flight 22 3 pts
706
Estamos Bien 3 pts
707
Emotional 3 pts
709
710
Countin Up 3 pts
711
Cocaine 3 pts
713
Cheyenne 3 pts
714
Chains 3 pts
715
Calm Down 3 pts
716
Burn It 3 pts
717
718
719
Bloom 3 pts
720
Bastardizer 3 pts
721
Aje 3 pts
722
3 Nights 3 pts
723
23 3 pts
724
725
Gang Gang 2 pts
727
Waterfalls 2 pts
728
To The Boys 2 pts
729
Tir Ha Mor 2 pts
730
Test Drive 2 pts
731
Suffer 2 pts
734
Sirens 2 pts
735
Shine 2 pts
736
Say Sumn 2 pts
737
Sapling 2 pts
738
Sada Baby 2 pts
739
SA 2 pts
740
Ruins 2 pts
742
Potato Salad 2 pts
743
Pay Gap 2 pts
744
OSOM 2 pts
745
No Angel 2 pts
747
Marry Me 2 pts
748
Life Is Hard 2 pts
750
Language 2 pts
751
Last One 2 pts
752
Life In Pink 2 pts
753
La Di Da 2 pts
754
L-Over 2 pts
755
Kung Fu 2 pts
757
Iron Love 2 pts
758
759
760
I Did It! 2 pts
761
Hunter 2 pts
762
Hot Boy 2 pts
763
Horizon 2 pts
764
Higher Wire 2 pts
765
Heavenly 2 pts
766
767
Gold Star 2 pts
769
770
771
Ferris Wheel 2 pts
772
Faith 2 pts
773
774
Doh Doh 2 pts
775
Dicke Lippen 2 pts
777
Cute Thing 2 pts
778
779
Cherubim 2 pts
781
782
783
Big God 2 pts
785
786
Santeria 1 pts
788
Without Me 1 pts
789
You 1 pts
790
Wow 1 pts
791
792
With You 1 pts
794
795
Unfolding 1 pts
796
798
The Wolf 1 pts
800
The Distance 1 pts
801
Telescope 1 pts
802
Tape 1 pts
803
806
Soundboi 1 pts
809
810
Salaam 1 pts
811
Roses 1 pts
812
Run 1 pts
813
Reel It In 1 pts
814
Rats 1 pts
816
817
Pissed 1 pts
818
Paranoia 1 pts
819
820
On God 1 pts
821
Oom Sha La 1 pts
823
824
More I See 1 pts
825
Mob Ties 1 pts
826
Moonlight 1 pts
827
828
Masterpiece 1 pts
829
830
Luminary 1 pts
831
Lotus 1 pts
833
Logout 1 pts
835
836
837
In The Nest 1 pts
839
840
Humoresque 1 pts
841
Hold On 1 pts
842
Hello World 1 pts
843
844
Galveston 1 pts
845
Freelance 1 pts
847
848
Fire Drills 1 pts
849
850
February 3rd 1 pts
851
Fail Safe 1 pts
854
855
857
Dark Spring 1 pts
858
859
Clean Up 1 pts
860
Caramelize 1 pts
861
862
Blood Money 1 pts
863
Bad Dreams 1 pts
864
ATM 1 pts
865
866
867

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