What was the first song you listened to in 2013?
Two years ago, a friend of mine played Animal Collective right after the ball dropped, and I’m still pissed at him for it. This year, though, I made sure to hover near the laptop after the clock turned 12 a.m. and kisses were exchanged, just so I could put on “The Ice of Boston” by the Dismemberment Plan (“Pop open a bottle of bubbly, yeah/Here’s to another goddamn new year”) instead of, say, any of the songs list below, which according to the Short List, were the “most popular Spotify songs played on New Year’s Eve in [the U.K.].”
1. Gangnam Style – Psy
2. Diamonds – Rihanna
3. Don’t You Worry Child (Radio Edit) feat. John Martin – Swedish House Mafia
4. Scream & Shout – will.i.am feat. Britney Spears
5. Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
6. Impossible – James Arthur
7. Sweet Nothing – Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch
8. Candy – Robbie Williams
9. Troublemaker – Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida
10. Beneath Your Beautiful – Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande
11. Ho Hey – The Lumineers
12. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift
13. Ni**as In Paris – Jay-Z
14. Die Young – Ke$ha
15. Can You Hear Me? – JME & Ms D Wiley feat. Skepta
16. Titanium – David Guetta feat. Sia
17. One More Night – Maroon 5
18. Hall of Fame – The Script
19. Disclosure – Latch feat. Sam Smith
20. Gold Dust – DJ Fresh (Via)
Psy may have retired “Gangnam Style,” but it will never die.
