Every year, host Greg Kot makes a mixtape of new songs to express his feelings about the past year. Greg shares a selection of that mix and the rest of the show staff look at other top singles of 2023. Plus, the hosts remember a few other musicians we lost in 2023.
Though they pay tribute to many musicians throughout the year, there is never enough time to mention every notable artist we lose in a year. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot pay tribute to four more artists who died in 2023 including Shane MacGowan and Dwight Twilley.
Best Singles of 2023
Host Jim DeRogatis and the Sound Opinions producers share their favorite singles released in 2023.
Jim:
Olivia Rodrigo, "Vampire"
SZA feat. Doja Cat, "Kill Bill (Remix)"
Pink Pantheress feat. Ice Spice, "Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2"
Miley Cyrus, "Flowers"
Production Staff:
Alex: Dua Lipa, "Dance The Night"
Sol: XG, "LEFT RIGHT"
Andrew: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, "White Beretta"
The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
The Moody Blues, "Go Now!," The Magnificent Moodies, Decca, 1965
The Pogues, "Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)," If I Should Fall from Grace with God, Warner, 1988
The Del-Lords, "Burning In The Flame Of Love," Frontier Days, EMI, 1984
Dwight Twilley Band, "I'm On Fire," Sincerely, Shelter, 1976
Dua Lipa, "Dance The Night," Barbie The Album, Atlantic, Warner Bros., Mattel, 2023
SZA, "Kill Bill (feat. Doja Cat)," Kill Bill (feat. Doja Cat) (Single), Top Dawg, RCA, 2023
XG, "LEFT RIGHT," SHOOTING STAR - Single, XGALX, 2023
PinkPantheress & Ice Spice, "Boy's a liar, Pt. 2," Boy's a liar, Pt. 2 (Single), Warner Music, 2023
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, "White Beretta," Weathervanes, Southeastern, Thirty Tigers, 2023
Shame, "Fingers of Steel," Food for Worms, Dead Oceans, 2023
Miley Cyrus, "Flowers," Endless Summer, Columbia, 2023
Ratboys, "Crossed That Line," The Window, Topshelf, 2023
RVG, "Midnight Sun," Brain Worms, Fire, 2023
The Rain Parade, "Last Rays of a Dying Sun," Last Rays of a Dying Sun, Label 51, 2023
Sara Noelle, "Dry the Rain," Dry the Rain (Single), Sara Noelle, 2023
Ladytron, "City of Angels," Time's Arrow, Cooking Vinyl, 2023
Ric Wilson, Chromeo & A-Trak, "Everyone Moves To LA (feat. Felicia Douglass)," CLUSTERFUNK, Free Disco/Empire, 2023
Butcher Brown, "MOVE (RIDE) (feat. Jay Prince)," Solar Music, Concord, 2023
Avalon Emerson, "Sandrail Silouette," & The Charm, Another Dove/One House, 2023
Bob Dylan, "Tangled Up in Blue," Blood on the Tracks, Columbia, 1975
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