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A few weeks ago we launched the 2025 Reader Survey.Thousands of readers voted for the best songs and albums of the mid-decade, and here are the results.(Thanks for voting!)

Compare Cucumber's best songs and best albums of 2025 list, and check out our '2025' review coverage here.

The 100 best songs of 2025 according to readers

100. Powered by Time: "Maximum Potential"

99. Servors: "Luya"

98. Mordo: "Current affairs"

97. Wet Feet: "Davina McCall"

96. Persuus: "No incisors" [ft. Very difficult

95. Sabrina Remote: "Home Trip"

94. Oklo: "Take me by the hand" [ft.bladi]

93. Lorde: "Man of the Year"

92. Lorde: "Hammer"

91. Caroline: "The Great Euphoria"

90. Ethel Cain: "Dust Bowl"

89. Jane the Ripper: “Dancing with eyes closed”

88. Bon Iver: "From"

87. Jane Remover: "JRJRJR"

86. Nutrition by Time: "9 2 5"

85. Awice Wolf: “SOFA”

84. Smertz: «Feisty»

83. Deville: "Macnolia"

82. Adsonas Rae: „High Fashion“

81. Guntinga: "Ace Trumpets"

80. Rosalía: "God is the stalker"

79. Water from your eyes: "Playing classes"

78. Geese: "Islands come from people"

77. Let Go: "The Beginning"

76. I love myself: "iPod Touch"

75. Hayley Williams: "True Believer"

74. Tyler, the Creator: “Sugar on my tongue”

73. Dark world, new path: "Into the cold world"

72. Revolving door: "Burung"

71. Alex G: "June Guitar"

70. Deftones: "My mind is a mountain"

69. Lana Del Rey: "Henry, Ayuh"

68. Earl Streatshirt: «Tourmaline»

67. Ethel Kane: "Fuck Me Eyes"

66. Panda Bear: "Praise"

65. Bon Iver: "First Day"

64. Wednesday: "Wounded Here (by HOIN IN)"

63. Lady Gaga: “The perfect celebrity.”

62. Lady Gaga: "U batla'ng?"

61. Cameron in Winter: "Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed)"

60. Geese: "Trinity"

59. PinkPantheress: "Tonight"

58. Olivia Dean: "The Man I Need"

57. Big Thief: "Los Angeles"

56. Caroline: "Tell Me I Never Knew" [FT.Corle Pecache]

55. Public Larsson: "Instyle"

54. Robyn: "Dopamine"

53. Model/actress: "Cinderella"

52. Geese: "100 likes"

51. The Big Thief: "Unintelligible"

50. Lady Gaga: "Garden of Eden"

49. Blood orange: "farm"

48. FKA Branches: "Room of Fools"

47. Pulp: "Spike Island"

46. ​​Wet Foot: "Grab Those Ribs"

45. Blood Orange: "Loaded Mind" [ft.Caroline Polachek, Lorde e Mustafa]

44. Taylor Swift - "Ophelia's Fate"

43. Bad Bunny: "Nuviole"

42. Sabrina Carpenter: “Manchild”

41. Lily Allen: "pus kraton"

40. Lord: "David"

39. Gaz: "Here I Come"

38. Hayley Williams: Parachute

37. Oklu: "Harvest Sky" [FT.Underlines]

36. Geese: "Tane"

35. Lorelei / MJ Lenderman: "Sanctus in Club (MJ Lenderman Version)"

34. Perfume Genius: “It’s a Mirror”

33. FKA TIGS: "Death Barrels"

32. Pinkpantheress: "Ylegaal"

31 people.Owner: "Shadhrifate"

30. Dijon: "Yamaha"

29. Haim: "Get together"

28. Pinkpanfeless: "State"

27. Addison Rae: "Fame is a gun"

26. Lorde: "What Is That"

25.Rollia: "Pearl"

24. He: "Bripe."

Wednesday 23: "Cities"

22. OK: "Teralind"

21. Turstail: "Never Enough"

20. Clip: "be like that"

19. Daotan Bunny: "baile override"

18.Ryan Davis Etta Roadhouse Band: "New Threat From The Soul".

17. Smerz: "You have time, I have money"

16. Ethel Cain: "De Nettle"

15. Bon Iver: "All that is peace is love"

14. Geese: "Cobra"

13. Bad Bunny: "DTMF"

12. Rosalia: "My Christ cries with diamonds"

11. Cameron Winter: "Charity Soldier"

10. Chappell Ron: "Metro"

9. FKA Twigs: "Striptease"

8. Alex G: “Afterlife”

7. Edison Ray: "Headphones Are Working"

6. Geese: - "Bcokein Earth"

5. Rosalia: "The Relic"

4. Wednesday: "Elder Barry Summer"

3. Lady Gaga: "Abracadabra"

2. Goose: "Baj"

1. Rosalia: "Berghain" [ft.Björk සහ Yves Tumor]

100 times more by 2025, according to readers

100.Beths: Straight lines lie

99. James K: Friends

98. Maria Somerville: Lightning

97. Sharon Van Etten / Teoria e Atashimit: Sharon Van Etten & Teoria e Atashimit

96th month: fascinated!

95. Destroyer: Dan's Boogie

94. Ichiko Aoba: Luminescent creatures

93. Weekend: early tomorrow

92. DJ Koz: Music can hear us

91. Viagra Boy: Viagra Boy

90. SZA: SOS Deluxe: Lana

89. YHWH Nail Gun: £45

88. I am gray: I am

87. Horsegirl: Phoenix On and On

86. Japanese breakfast: for melancholic brunettes (and sad women)

85. DJ: Under Silence

84. Learn Kali: By heart,

83. Anna von Hausswolff: Iconoclasm

82. UJoanne Robertson: Blurrrrrr

81. FULL POSSIBILITY: FIVE

80. Anastasia: Reins

79. Wolf Alice: Cleaning

78. Other stereo recordings: current hologram on metal film

௭௭. Los Zinc: Los Zinc

76. Ethel Kaini: Deviation

75. Olivia Dean: The Art of Love

74. Model/Actress: Pirouette

I-73. IJeff Twady: I-Stifight

72. Pulp: excess

71. Haim: I stopped

70. Florence is in the car: everyone shouts

69. Nina Jirachi: I like computers

68. Your eyes water: It's a beautiful place

67. Deftones: Personal Music

66. Tyler, The Creator: Don't Break the Glass

65. Earl Sweathirt: Live, Laugh, Love

64.CMT: Euro-Naha

63. Casier: Erika of life

62. Perfume Genius: Glory

61. Amarae: black stars

60. Jane Remover: Revengeseekerz

59. Deafheven: Only people with power

58. Caroline: Caroline 2

57. Jade: That ass showbiz baby!

56. Rochelle Jordan: Through the Wall

55. Billy Woods: Goliwog

54. Sabrina Dulgar: Man's Best Friend

53. Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong

52. Smerz: City life

51. Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Gang: New Soul Threats

50. Ethel Kane: Willoughby Tucker, I will always love you

49. Twigs FKA: Eusexua Afterglow

48. Arth Panda: Sinister Grift

47. Lily Allen: West End Girl

46. ​​​​​​​​Wet leg: moisturizing

45. Sang Taronja: Essex Honey

44. Feeding on time: Enthusiasm

43. Alex G: By

42. Yola: My way

41. Hayley Williams: Ego Death at the Bachelorette Party

40. Zoe Basha: Gambling.

39. Ty dolla $ iog: tycoon

38. Always less: Everyone is talking!

37. Kesha:.

36. Ed Shearer: Play

35. Son of Burma.There is no name for the weakness

34. Reneé Rapp: Bite Me

33. Enemi Archi: The level is hot

32. Rufus Wainwright: Requiem for a Dream

31. Cameron Winter: Heavy Metal

30. Summer Walker: Finally over it

29. Khalid: After the Sun

28. Lil Tecca: Dopamine

27. Lok Katya Trio: Now would be a good time

26. Zara Larsson: Midnight Sun

25. Mereba: The wind wind burns

24. Bruce Springsteen: Music II: The Lost Scots

23. Military weapons: God save weapons

22. Gucci Mane: Episodes

21. Us: Scorebiz!

20. PinkPantheress: Fancy That

19. The Last Supper: from Pyre

18. DIjon: Child

17. Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl

16. Miley Cyrus: Beautiful

15. Bon Iver: Sable, Fable

14. Mali Simz: Lotus

13. Lorde: Virgo

12. Bad Bunny: I took more pictures

11. Sudan Archives: BPM

10. Addison Ray: Addison

9. Big Thief: Double Infinity

8 Wednesday: Bleeding

7. Oklu: drown enough

Left 6: NEVER ENOUGH

5.Clip: Let God Straighten It Out

4. Lady Gaga: Physical abuse

3. Birch tree: eusexua

2. Gases: kill

1. Rosalia: LUX