1. Courtney Barnett ‘Pedestrian At Best.’
2. Florence and the machine ‘What Kind Of Man.’
3. Libertines ‘Gunga Din.’
4. Chvrches ‘Leave A Trace.’
5. Go! Team ‘The Scene Between.’
6. Blur ‘Go Out.’
7. Pale Honey ‘Youth.’
8. My Morning Jacket ‘Big Decisions.’
9. Weeknd ‘Earned It.’
10. Sleater-Kinney ‘Bury our Friends.’
11. Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars ‘Uptown Funk.’
12. Women’s Hour ‘Dancing In The Dark.’
13. Chemical Brothers ‘Go.’
14. David Bowie ‘Black star.’
15. Julia Holter ‘Feel You.’
16. Kurt Vile ‘Pretty Pimpin’.’
17. Eagles Of Death Metal ‘Save A Prayer.’
18. Bjork ‘Stonemilker.’
19. Slow Riot ‘City Of Culture.’
20. Django Django ‘First Light.’
21. Midas Fall ‘Tramadol Baby.’
22. Mercury Rev ‘Central Park East.’
23. All We Are ‘Ebb/Flow.’
24. Pharrell Williams ‘Freedom.’
25. Zohara ‘Bass & drum.’
26. John Grant featuring Tracy Thorn ‘Disappointing.’
27. 1975 ‘Love Me.’
28. Low ‘What Part Of Me.’
29. Chvrches ‘Never Ending Circles.’
30. Kendrick Lamar ‘King Kunta.’
31. New Order ‘Restless.’
32. Lana Del Rey ‘High By The Beach.’
33. Wavves ‘Heavy Metal Detox.’
34. Jamie XX featuring Romy ‘Loud Places.’
35. Crystal Castles ‘Deicide.’
36. Sia ‘Alive.’
37. Adele ‘Hello.’
38. Foals ‘what Went Down.’
39. Sufjan Stevens ‘No Shadow In The Shade Of The Cross.’
40. Mercury Rev ‘Queen Of Swarms.’
41. Maccabees ‘Marks To Prove It.’
42. Sam Smith ‘The Writing’s On The Wall.’
43. Suede ‘Outsiders.’
44. Beirut ‘No No No.’
45. Skepta ‘Shut Down.’
46. Yo La Tengo ‘Friday I’m In Love.’
47. Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney ‘FourFiveSeconds.’
48. LA Priest ‘Learning To Love.’
49. FKA Twigs ‘Figure 8.’
50. Purity Ring ‘Begin Again.’

And if you haven’t heard (m)any of these songs, here’s a handily put together playlist which features all bar one of the songs (Woman’s Hour’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’ which you can stream here)

Lest we forget…
2014 St. Vincent ‘Digital Witness.’
2013 Daft Punk ‘Get Lucky.’
2012 Grimes ‘Genesis.’
2011 Hiatus featuring Linton Kwesi Johnson ‘Insurrection.’
2010 eagleowl ‘No Conjunction.’
2009 Peter Parker ‘Swallow The Rockets.’
2008 Wedding Present ‘The Trouble With Men.’
2007 Emma Pollock ‘Adrenaline.’
2006 Long Blondes ‘Weekend Without Make-up.’