Favorite songs of 2014; or, they're all singles to me

Bleak songs for a (politically not personally) bleak year. #1 is #1 because it's the only thing that makes me feel better after listening to #2.

1. Elizabeth Morris: “Optimism” (2013)
2. Lydia Loveless: “Everything’s Gone”
3. Meek Mill: “Lil N*gga Snupe” (2013)
4. Beatrice Eli: “Girls”
5. SISTAR: “Touch My Body”
6. Taylor Swift: “Blank Space”
7. John Grant: “GMF” (2013)
8. The Bombay Royale: “(Bring Me Back) My Bunty Bunty”
9. Courtney Barnett: “Avant Gardener” (2013)
10. Laura Cantrell: “All the Girls Are Complicated”
11. Kira Isabella: “Quarterback”
12. Jenny Lewis: “Love U Forever”
13. Paramore: “Ain’t It Fun” (2013)
14. John Fullbright: “Happy”
15. Old 97’s: “Longer Than You’ve Been Alive”
16. Dierks Bentley: “I Hold On” (2013)
17. Amel Larrieux: “A Million Sapphires” (2013)
18. Calle 13 ft. Julian Assange, Kamilya Jordan, & Tom Morello: “Multi_Viral”
19. Bonnie McKee: “American Girl” (2013)
20. QT: “Hey QT”
21. Luke James: “I Want You” (2012)
22. Jenny Scheinman: “The Littlest Prisoner”
23. Katy B: “Crying for No Reason”
24. Ace Wilder: “Busy Doin’ Nothin’”
25. Wayne J: “Chikungunya”
26. Gucci Mane & Young Thug: “Siblings”
27. Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord: “North Star”
28. Noura Mint Seymali: “El Madi”
29. T.I. ft. Young Thug: “About the Money”
30. Miranda Lambert: “Platinum”
31. Withered Hand: “Horseshoe”
32. Davido: “Skelewu” (2013)
33. Duke Dumont: “Won’t Look Back”
34. YG ft. Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan: “My N*gga” (2013)
35. Juanes: “La Luz”
36. Sofi de la Torre: “Vermillion”
37. Luke James: “Exit Wounds”
38. Corb Lund & Hayes Carll: “Bible on the Dash” (2013)
39. Matana Roberts: “Was the Sacred Day” (2013)
40. Marsha Ambrosius: “Shoes”
41. Orlando Julius with the Heliocentrics: “Buje Buje”
42. 2NE1: “Come Back Home”
43. Junglepussy: “Fuck Texting”
44. Rustie ft. Danny Brown: “Attak”
45. Mary Halvorson Septet: “Nairam” (2013)
46. Michael Jackson: “Do You Know Where Your Children Are”
47. Rosanne Cash: “When the Master Calls the Roll”
48. Jeremih ft. YG: “Don’t Tell ’Em”
49. Mlimani Park Orchestra: “Mtoto Akililia Wembe” (198x)
50. Childish Gambino: “Telegraph Ave. (Oakland by Lloyd)” (2013)
51. DJ Clent: “Clent’s Dog Catcher”
52. Migos ft. Cassius Jay: “Young Rich N*ggas”
53. TaeYang: “Eyes, Nose, Lips”
54. Kiesza: “Hideaway”
55. Miranda Lambert: “Bathroom Sink”
56. Golem: “Miskayt”
57. Angles 9: “Ubabba”
58. Holly Williams: “Waiting on June” (2013)
59. Big Freedia: “Explode”
60. Bob Dylan: “Pretty Saro” (2013)
61. BFlecha ft. Arufe: “Mundo Bizarro” (2013)
62. Crystal Kay: “Dum Ditty Dumb”
63. Childbirth: “I Only Fucked You As a Joke”
64. Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe: Silvestrov: “Two Pieces” (2013)
65. Built to Spill: “Jokerman”
66. Wussy: “Halloween”
67. Taylor Swift: “Style”
68. Azealia Banks: “Nude Beach a Go-Go”
69. Atmosphere: “Flicker”
70. Charli XCX: “Boom Clap”
71. Migos: “Handsome and Wealthy”
72. BTS: “So 4 More”
73. Indiana: “Solo Dancing”
74. Beyonce: “XO” (2013)
75. Dej Loaf: “Try Me”
76. Selena Gomez: “The Heart Wants What It Wants”
77. Moreno & L’Orch First Moja-One: “Sisili”
78. Tune-Yards: “Water Fountain”
79. Charles Lloyd/Jason Moran: “God Only Knows” (2013)
80. Talib Kweli ft. Rubix & Bajah: “High Life” (2013)
81. Ameriie: “What I Want”
82. Lee Ann Womack: “Same Kind of Different”
83. Miranda Lambert: “Little Red Wagon”
84. Kasai Allstars ft. Congotronics vs Rockers: “The Ploughman”
85. Shakira: “Empire”
86. Ariana Grande & Mika: “Popular Song” (2013)
87. Dada Life: “Born to Rage” (USA version, 2013)
88. Revolutionary Ensemble: “My Birds” (2013)
89. Young Thug: “#TwitterSong” (2011)
90. Dagens Ungdom: “Aldri vite”
91. Aphex Twin: “180db_[130]”
92. Inaya Day Allstars: “Good Feeling (A Director’s Cut Master)” (2013)
93. Tove Styrke: “Even If I’m Loud It Doesn’t Mean I’m Talking to You”
94. DJ Snake & Lil Jon: “Turn Down for What”
95. Polly Scattergood: “Subsequently Lost”
96. 4Minute: “Wait a Minute”
97. Young Thug/ASAP Ferg/Freddie Gibbs: “Old English”
98. Jacob Latimore ft. T-Pain: “Heartbreak Heard Around the World”
99. DJ Rashad ft. Gant-Man: “Somethin ’Bout the Things You Do”
100. Dal Shabet: “B.B.B. (Big Baby Baby)”
101. Paul Shapiro: “Halil”
102. FKA Twigs: “Two Weeks”
103. The Saturdays: “What Are You Waiting For?”
104. Lupe Fiasco ft. Ty Dolla Sign: “Next to It”
105. Rae Sremmurd: “No Flex Zone”
106. Taylor Swift: “New Romantics”
107. Simone Kermes: Monteverdi: “Si dolce e il tormento” (2013)
108. Joker: “Midnight”
109. Lydia Loveless: “The Only Man” (2010)
110. Wadada Leo Smith: “Gneiss”
111. Tori Amos: “Unrepentant Geraldines”
112. Against Me!: “I Was a Teenage Anarchist” (2010)
113. Rae Sremmurd: “No Type”
114. Paramore: “(One of Those) Crazy Girls” (2013)
115. Lil Durk: “Dis Ain’t What U Want” (2013)
116. Popcaan: “Number One Freak”
117. How to Dress Well: “Repeat Pleasure” (A.G. Cook remix)
118. Allie X: “Catch”
119. Lil Wayne & Drake: “Believe Me”
120. John Fullbright: “Never Cry Again”
121. Nicki Minaj: “Lookin Ass”
122. Toni Braxton: “I Wish”
123. Pallbearer: “Foundations”
124. Paul Shapiro: “Get Me to the Shul on Time”
125. Jenny Lewis: “Late Bloomer”
126. Kira Isabella: “Late Bloomer”
127. Akdong Musician: “200%”
128. Migos ft. Young Thug: “YRN”
129. Tessela: “Hackney Parrot” (2013)
130. Jerry Lee Lewis: “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”
131. Ernest Ranglin: “Bless Up”
132. Common ft. Lil Herb & Cocaine 80s: “The Neighborhood”
133. Toppdogg: “Arario”
134. Porter Robinson: “Flicker”
135. Royksopp & Robyn: “Do It Again”
136. Paramore: “Anklebiters” (2013)
137. Juicy J/Nicki Minaj/Lil Bibby/Young Thug: “Low”
138. Chumped: “Old and Tired”
139. Lady Antebellum: “Bartender”
140. Calibre 50: “El Inmigrante”
141. Bas ft. J Cole: “My N*gga Just Made Bail”
142. Dizzy Sunfist: “Sulley”
143. Maria Keohane: Handel: “Tu del ciel ministro eletto” (2013)
144. Tamar Braxton: “All the Way Home” (2013)
145. Tokyo Police Club: “Argentina (Parts I, II, III)”
146. Sevyn Streeter: “nEXt”
147. Vic Mensa: “Lovely Day” (2013)
148. Wilkinson & Detour City: “Too Close”
149. Free Nelson Mandoomjazz: “The Mask of the Red Death”
150. MyBaby: “Sida” (Boima & Giku remix) (2013)
151. Khaira Arby: “La Liberte” (2013)
152. Tune-Yards: “Real Thing”
153. Claire Chase: “Vermont Counterpoint” (2013)
154. Stitches: “Brick in Yo Face”
155. Herbert: “It’s Only” (DJ Koze remix, 2012)
156. Old Crow Medicine Show: “Marching Through Georgia” (2013)
157. Angel Haze: “Black Synagogue” (2013)
158. Daniela Spalla: “Pequeno Ladron”
159. Tiwa Savage ft. Don Jazzy: “Eminado” (2013)
160. Holy Ghost: “I Will Come Back” (Classixx remix, 2013)
161. Leonard Cohen: “Almost Like the Blues”
162. Young Thug ft. Nicki Minaj: “Danny Glover” (remix)
163. Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q: “2 On”
164. James Brandon Lewis: “No Wooden Nickels”
165. Marina and the Diamonds: “Froot”
166. Lil B: “No Black Person Is Ugly”
167. Toby Keith: “Drunk Americans”
168. Noura Mint Seymali: “Tzenni”
169. Golem: “Tanz”
170. Albert “Tootie” Heath: “The Charleston” (2013)
171. Dominique Young Unique: “Show My Ass” (2010)
172. Lobi Traore: “Dunuya” (2013)
173. Rich Gang: “Lifestyle”
174. Escort: “Actor Out of Work”
175. Old 97’s: “The Disconnect”
176. Objekt: “Strays”
177. Tweens: “Bored in the City”
178. Classixx ft. Nancy Whang: “All You’re Waiting For”
179. Parquet Courts: “Black and White”
180. Ingrid Michaelson: “Girls Chase Boys”
181. Leikeli47: “Fuck the Summer Up”
182. Run the Jewels: “Lie, Cheat, Steal”
183. Kiran Ahluwalia: “Mustt Mustt” (2013)
184. Luke James: “Trouble”
185. Lee Ann Womack: “Tomorrow Night in Baltimore”
186. Sonny Rollins: “Biji”
187. J. Cole ft. TLC: “Crooked Smile” (2013)
188. Grenier & Archie Pelago: “The Cartographer’s Wife”
189. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott: “D.I.Y”
190. Angaleena Presley: “Pain Pills”
191. After School: “Shh”
192. Drive-By Truckers: “The Part of Him”
193. Tori Amos: “Trouble’s Lament”
194. The Wonder Years: “Dismantling Summer” (2013)
195. Tensnake ft. Nile Rodgers & Fiora: “Love Sublime”
196. Les Ambassadeurs ft. Ousmane Dia: “Fatema” (197x)
197. EMA: “Satellites”
198. Klingande: “Jubel” (2013)
199. Suiyoubi no Campanella: “Momotaro”
200. Sun Kil Moon: “War on Drugs: Suck My Cock”

Obligatory Sp-t-fy thing (lots missing)