Music
21 Dec 22

50 Best Tracks of 2022

CMAT at 3Olympia Theatre, December 2022. Copyright Laura Klepeisz/hotpress.com

The Hot Press Newsdesk

The Hot Press critics give their verdict on 2022's top tracks...

1. CMAT - Nashville (AWAL)

2. Harry Styles - As It Was (Sony)

3. Wet Leg - Angelica (Domino Records)

4. Fontaines D.C. - I Love You (Partisan Records)

5. Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (Universal)

6. Angel Olsen - All The Good Times (Jagjaguwar)

7. James Vincent McMorrow - Hurricane (Faction Records)

8. Pillow Queens - Be By Your Side (Royal Mountain Records)

9. Kendrick Lamar - Count Me Out (Universal)

10. The Coronas - Don’t You Say You’re In Love (so far so good)

11. Big Thief - Spud Infinity (4AD)
12. Lizzo - About Damn Time (Nice Life Recording Company)
13. Charli XCX - Hot In It (Warner)
14. Beyoncé - America Has A Problem (Columbia Records)
15. Chameleon - Show Me Where Your Heart Is (Rubyworks)
16. Billie Eilish - TV (Interscope Records)
17. 49th & Main - Up To Something (Counter Records)
18. Belters Only - Don’t Stop Just Yet (Polydor)
19. The 1975 - Part Of The Band (Dirty Hit)
20. Steve Lacy - Bad Habit (RCA Records)

21. The Scratch - Another Round (Perrystown Music Ltd)
22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting Off The Edge Of The World (Secretly Canadian)
23. Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl (Republic Records)
24. Damien Dempsey - Fáilte Abhaile/Welcome Home (SoulSun)
25. Just Mustard - Still (Partisan Records)
26. Maggie Rogers - That’s Where I Am (Debay Sounds)
27. Rosalía - Despechá (Columbia Records)
28. Damien Rice - Astronaut (Collective Films)
29. Let’s Eat Grandma - Happy New Year (Transgressive Records)
30. Malaki - Nevermind (malaki)

31. Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin - Savanne (Dead Oceans)
32. Rachel Mae Hannon - Breathe (RMH)
33. Paolo Nutini - Acid Eyes (Warner)
34. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Universal)
35. PinkPantheress - Do You Miss Me? (Warner)
36. Two Door Cinema Club - Wonderful Life (PIAS)
37. Phoebe Bridgers - Sidelines (Dead Oceans)
38. Gilla Band - Backwash (Rough Trade Records)
39. Gorillaz - New Gold (Parlophone Records)
40. Mall Grab - Breathing (Looking For Trouble)

41. SOAK - Purgatory (Rough Trade Records)
42. Bad Bunny - Tití Me Preguntó (Rimas Entertainment)
43. Dermot Kennedy - Kiss Me (Universal)
44. Arctic Monkeys – There’d Better Be A Mirrorball (Domino Records)
45. New Pagans - Better People (Big Scary Monsters)
46. Burna Boy - Last Last (Atlantic)
47. Jamie xx – Let’s Do It Again (Young)
48. Dom Vallie - Been Himma (Awesome Productions)
49. Kynsy - Point of You (Kynsy)
50. Fia Moon - By Now (Fia Moon)