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Soooo much music that made our hearts go BOOM! Here our the best 75 songs of 2023…

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Listen to Sound of Pen’s favourite tracks of the year!

  • 75. Chelsea Cutler: ‘Loved By You’
  • 74. thrown: ‘guilt’
  • 73. Divine Fallacy: ‘Ghost In The Graveyard’
  • 72. Alan Walker feat. Sophie Stray: ‘Land Of The Heroes’
  • 71. venbee feat. Rudimental: ‘die young’
  • 70. Peach PRC: ‘F U Goodbye’
  • 69. Fred again… feat. Obongjayar: ‘adore u’
  • 68. Blood Command: ‘The Plague On Both Your Houses’
  • 67. Hot Milk: ‘BREATHING UNDERWATER’
  • 66. Trash Boat: ‘Delusions of Grandeur’
  • 65. Charli XCX feat. Sam Smith: ‘In The City’
  • 64. Calling All Captains: ‘Unlike Me’
  • 63. Love You Later: ‘Girl With Headphones’
  • 62. weknewnothing, phem & Baby E: ‘Meet Me After Dark’
  • 61. Currents: ‘Remember Me’
  • 60. Feeder: ‘ELF’
  • 59. Stephany Joanna: ‘Bleed For Me’
  • 58. The Streets: ‘Troubled Waters’
  • 57. Tove Lo: ‘Borderline’
  • 56. The Wonder Years: ‘GODDAMNITALL’
  • 55. Makeout: ‘Better Days’
  • 54. Dream State: ‘Chin Up Princess’
  • 53. Arm’s Length: ‘Up In Smoke’
  • 52. Graphic Nature: ‘Killing Floor’
  • 51. Olivia Rodrigo: ‘vampire’
  • 50. Bob Vylan: ‘Dream Big’
  • 49. Ardee & Cat Burns: ‘Home For My Heart’
  • 48. SLANDER w/ blackbear & Bring Me The Horizon: ‘Wish I Could Forget’
  • 47. VV: ‘Run Away From The Sun’
  • 46. Games We Play: ‘too young.’
  • 45. Prospa: ‘Will You Be Mine’
  • 44. One Step Closer: ‘T.T.S.P.’
  • 43. Avenged Sevenfold: ‘Nobody’
  • 42. Interlaker: ‘Bottomless Pit’
  • 41. Christopher: ‘A Beautiful Life’
  • 40. Delaire The Liar: ‘angel number.’
  • 39. Movements: ‘Tightrope’
  • 38. claud: ‘Every Fucking Time’
  • 37. Dagny: ‘Heartbreak In The Making’
  • 36. Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding: ‘Miracle’
  • 35. girli: ‘Imposter Syndrome’
  • 34. Sigrid: ‘The Hype’
  • 33. Brutus: ‘Love Won’t Hide The Ugliness’
  • 32. Our Hollow, Our Home feat. Samantha Bower: ‘Battle X City’
  • 31. Ava Max: ‘Diamonds & Dancefloors’
  • 30. Joshua Roberts: ‘Angel’
  • 29. Bring Me The Horizon: ‘LosT’
  • 28. Black Coast: ‘REAL (Are You Listening?)’
  • 27. NF: ‘Hope’
  • 26. David Guetta feat. Kim Petras: ‘When We Were Young’
  • 25. Bush: ‘Nowhere To Go But Everywhere’
  • 24. Mayday Parade: ‘Miracle’
  • 23. FEVER 333: ‘$wing’
  • 22. WARGASM feat. Fred Durst: ‘Bang Ya Head’
  • 21. Dua Lipa: ‘Houdini’
  • 20. Holding Absence: ‘Scissors’
  • 19. Ellie Goulding: ‘Like A Saviour’
  • 18. Against The Current: ‘good guy’
  • 17. Ankor: ‘Darkbeat’
  • 16. Ryan Cassata: ‘if you ever leave long island’
  • 15. YONAKA: ‘By The Time You’re Reading This’
  • 14. Thirty Seconds To Mars: ‘Seasons’
  • 13. You Me At Six: ‘God Bless The 90s Kids’
  • 12. Scene Queen: ’18+’
  • 11. YUNGBLUD: ‘Hated’
  • 10. Proper.: ‘Potential’
  • 09. Kim Petras w/ Nicki Minaj: ‘Alone’
  • 08. Linkin Park: ‘Lost’
  • 07. Taylor Swift feat: Hayley Williams: ‘Castles Crumbling’
  • 06. RORY: ‘the apology i’ll never receive’
  • 05. Enter Shikari: ‘A Kiss For The Whole World x’
  • 04. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness: ‘Nobody Tells You When You’re Young’
  • 03. PVRIS: ‘GODDESS’
  • 02. To Kill Achilles: ‘The Cave’
  • 01. Trophy Eyes: ‘Blue Eyed Boy’

ACTIVITY

Put together your own ‘Best of…’ list. It could be your best 20 songs of 2023, your best 100 albums of all time, best 5 Taylor Swift music videos – whatever!

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