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  1. 1.Flobots – Handlebars★ favorite

    747K Likes

    3:29

    Best comments

    1.“Guys... I'm starting to think this song isn't about bicycles.”

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    1. 2.“That went from 1 to 1984 real quick...”

  2. 2.Pulp – Common People★ favorite

    295K Likes

    4:05

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    1.“Violently British.”

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    1. 2.“I saw Jarvis in Sainsbury's yesterday. He was with someone, pushing a trolley. I was weirdly disappointed he wasn't inside the trolley.”
    2. 3.“He is so pretty – like if Winona Ryder was a man.”

  3. 3.Nada Surf – Popular★ favorite

    117K Likes

    3:39

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    1.“I'm the most popular person in my mother's basement.”

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    1. 2.“Nada Surf is what you get when you combine Weezer and a debilitating alcohol problem.”
    2. 3.“I remember downloading this video on Napster in 2000 with my 56k connection... took about 6 months.”

  4. 4.Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able★ favorite

    59K Likes

    4:32

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    1.“My teacher pulled this up in class as an example of stop-motion. We watched about a minute, then she turned it off. The room was dead silent. 'That was weird,' she said.”

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    1. 2.“Grizzly Bear is your favorite band's favorite band.”
    2. 3.“Radiohead recommended this.”

  5. 5.Girls – Hellhole Ratrace★ favorite

    9.3K Likes

    6:58

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    1.“RIP in peace, Girls – you were my favorite band ever for a while. I haven't enjoyed being sad this much since Psychocandy.”

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    1. 2.“You don't really get this song until you find yourself at rock bottom.”
    2. 3.“How does this not have a million views?”

  6. 6.TV on the Radio – Second Song★ favorite

    10K Likes

    4:22

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    1.“This video was made with the following ingredients: white chocolate, coffee, salt, red food dye, painted glass, paper shards, green food dye, cut-out paper rings... and space stuff.”

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    1. 2.“How is nobody talking about how amazing this animation is? Props to whoever did this!”

  7. 7.Ladyhawke – My Delirium★ favorite

    11K Likes

    4:20

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    1.“Doc: Stop playing with my DeLorean!”

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    1. 2.“If I shut my eyes, it's like I go back in time to when I was a teenager and didn't have a care in the world.”
    2. 3.“I shudder to imagine how *long* it took to get all the watercolor frames ready.”

  8. 8.Diane Coffee – Soon To Be, Won't To Be★ favorite

    1.5K Likes

    3:15

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    1.“Tame Impala mixed with Unknown Mortal Orchestra.”

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    1. 2.“Most hidden 14/8 time signature ever. Love this song.”
    2. 3.“I'll check this out next time I'm trippin'.”

  9. 9.Gossip – Heavy Cross★ favorite

    399K Likes

    4:04

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    1.“It's one of those songs everybody knows, but nobody knows what it's called...”

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    1. 2.“How many years I've been looking for this... thinking it was Adele.”
    2. 3.“OH MY GOD! HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, I FINALLY FOUND THIS SONG!”

  10. 10.Wild Child – Rillo Talk★ favorite

    25K Likes

    3:51

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    1.“Thanks to acid, I found this song.”

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    1. 2.“Why is everybody here on drugs?”
    2. 3.“Earlier I was laughing at all the 'getting high' jokes, but now... dammit, I'm high too!”

  11. 11.Escondido – Try★ favorite

    855 Likes

    3:58

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    1.“You just gained a fan in Escondido, CA, thanks to a referral from Tanita Tikaram.”

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    1. 2.“This is incredible. Beautifully shot, and a next-level song!”
    2. 3.“Rad video, guys – liked the underwater part.”

  12. 12.Capital Cities – Safe and Sound★ favorite

    6M Likes

    3:47

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    1.“We have to protect this song at all costs, before TikTok finds it.”

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    1. 2.“The dumbest wish as a kid was to be grown up.”
    2. 3.“I'm 58 and probably one of the oldest watching this, but I remember hearing this song coming from my son's room when he was a teenager. He's on his own now... and I miss those days.”

  13. 13.Miike Snow – My Trigger★ favorite

    56K Likes

    3:16

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    1.“Can these two men just be in every music video? Every cold war is stopped with the power of hot love.”

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    1. 2.“I kinda hope when aliens invade Earth, they find this video and think it's a historically accurate depiction of the end of the Cold War.”
    2. 3.“As someone who got a 5 on the AP US History exam, I can assure you this is a 100% accurate depiction of the Cuban Missile Crisis.”

  14. 14.Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better★ favorite

    152K Likes

    4:53

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    1.“Is nobody going to question the food choice at the beginning? Like, who eats ketchup on toast?”

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    1. 2.“'Your ketchup toast is ready.' Not only is that a violation of human health... that's a violation of human decency.”
    2. 3.“I used to listen to this song when I was heavily addicted to heroin. I'm three years clean and sober, and this song gives me chills. I got better.”

  15. 15.Ida Maria – I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked

    72K Likes

    3:07

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    1.“No one likes me better when I'm naked.”

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    1. 2.“If I was a male stripper, this would be my theme song.”
    2. 3.“I used to sing this song all the time when I was 13, and my mom would always freak out.”

  16. 16.Division of Laura Lee – Need to Get Some

    235 Likes

    3:26

    Best comment

    “The singer looks like Private Pile from Full Metal Jacket faked his death to become a rock star.”

  17. 17.Ugly Casanova – Things I Don't Remember

    2.6K Likes

    3:32

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    1.“Isaac told his assistant to make the video about kids and 'shit.' And this is what we got.”

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    1. 2.“I showed this video to my church youth group.”
    2. 3.“I like the song, but I hope this video someday finds its way onto the list of things I don't remember.”

  18. 18.The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Heart Attack

    25K Likes

    3:31

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    1.“A music video that is 100% Mette dancing... best music video ever!”

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    1. 2.“She is weed personified.”
    2. 3.“Do I like this because it reminds me of the early '70s... or because I'm in my early 60s?”

  19. 19.Grizzly Bear – While You Wait for the Others

    11K Likes

    4:27

    Best comments

    1.“I think the message of this song is essentially, 'Ya blew it! Now scram!' But I'm frequently wrong in my interpretations, so who knows.”

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    1. 2.“Directed by Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold's brother, Sean!”
    2. 3.“For some reason, this song calmed my firstborn down more than any other song. Just played it for my second newborn – exact same thing. The only problem is they get all worked up as soon as the song finishes.”

  20. 20.Plants and Animals – H.C.

    470 Likes

    1:28

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    1.“I meant to type 'h&m' into Google because I was looking for faux leather boots, but accidentally typed 'hc' and this came up... and I'm not disappointed at all. Now back to my boot search, haha.”

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    1. 2.“My phone fell on my keyboard and it typed 'hc,' and I randomly clicked this, lol.”
    2. 3.“This is amazing – we were all brought here because of a typo.”

  21. 21.Plants and Animals – Feedback in the Field

    888 Likes

    3:18

    Best comments

    1.“Why don't more people use pterodactyls in everything?”

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    1. 2.“They're hard to clean up after.”
    2. 3.“Why did the pterodactyl go unnoticed at the urinal? It had a silent pee. I'll just show myself out now...”

  22. 22.Girls – Lust for Life

    24K Likes

    2:28

    Best comments

    1.“I suddenly have the urge to go to American Eagle for some reason.”

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    1. 2.“Was this a music video or an American Apparel ad?”
    2. 3.“After 10 years – and crying to this song in a Walmart parking lot – I can confidently confirm this is one of my favorite songs of all time.”

  23. 23.Wampire – Spirit Forest

    37 Likes

    3:15

    Portland duo Wampire's second single from their 2013 debut Curiosity, produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra bassist Jake Portrait. Critics heard twitchy post-punk rhythms, cobwebbed organ and a hint of eeriness. Their first single was called The Hearse, so the afterlife theme runs deep.

  24. 24.Super Furry Animals – (Drawing) Rings Around the World

    443 Likes

    3:26

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    1.“Beach Boys meets Motörhead.”

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    1. 2.“If all else fails, there is Wales.”
    2. 3.“At 3½ minutes long, why does this sound like the shortest song ever made?”

  25. 25.Bahamas – Stronger Than That

    2.9K Likes

    3:12

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    1.“'For millennia, audiences have been completely dazzled and captivated by these larger-than-life characters, their pronounced packages, and their superhuman feats of strength.' LMFAO.”

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    1. 2.“Is it just me, or does that one man look like Danny DeVito on steroids?”
    2. 3.“Shooting this video was one of the most fun shoots I've done, except for the hundred-degree heat! Afie is a really sweet guy and a real trooper in some of the shots the director asked him to do – that bucket of water was ice cold!”

  26. 26.Bahamas – I Got You Babe

    6.9K Likes

    3:04

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    1.“I really thought this was gonna be a Sonny and Cher cover. I was pleasantly delighted.”

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    1. 2.“I'm in this video at 1:58. I'm so famous.”
    2. 3.“My dad's been listening to this on repeat. He busted through my door to go 'Bahamas, eh?' when I was listening to it.”

  27. 27.Niki & The Dove – Play It On My Radio

    5K Likes

    4:33

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    1.“If you find this song, do not tell anyone about it! Let this be our secret affair.”

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    1. 2.“This song was playing when I went to JCPenney, and I had to Shazam it.”
    2. 3.“I was shopping at Marshalls. They were playing obnoxious, frantic songs over the store speakers that had everyone on edge. Then this song came on, and the whole store chilled out and started to quiet down... So thank you, Marshalls, for scoring me a cute outfit and a new song.”

  28. 28.Murder by Death – Lost River

    7K Likes

    4:28

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    1.“When I saw the band name 'Murder by Death,' I was expecting some metal... but I like it.”

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    1. 2.“I punched my tears in the face, and they still came out. God damn you, Murder by Death. Stop (not) being so good.”
    2. 3.“I met a girl at a Subway on my lunch break – one of the rare times I had it in me to talk to a stranger. I picked her up later that night on my motorcycle and took her to a bridge by a little peninsula in a river. We talked by the water for four or five hours. She showed me this beautiful song. Nothing came of it after that night, but it's such a fond memory.”

  29. 29.The Shins – The Great Divide

    5.7K Likes

    4:03

    Best comments

    1.“New music from Tame Impala, The Strokes and now The Shins? This is keeping 2020 together at the seams.”

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    1. 2.“This kind of song convinced me we've reached the Blade Runner timeline.”
    2. 3.“This song started playing on Spotify, and when 3:02 came up, I legit thought I was listening to a Shins x Donkey Kong Country mashup.”

  30. 30.OK Go – The One Moment

    307K Likes

    4:13

    Best comments

    1.“Whenever people ask me what my favorite table salt commercial is, this is generally my go-to answer.”

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    1. 2.“From their website: 'Did you really blow up all those guitars? Yes, but they were already being scrapped by Fender for not meeting quality control standards. No playable guitars were harmed in the making of this video.'”
    2. 3.“Cleaning staff: 'I really hate this band...'”

  31. 31.Wild Child – Crazy Bird

    230K Likes

    4:02

    Best comments

    1.“He looks like a mix of Ron Swanson and Michael Cera.”

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    1. 2.“Such a waste of good bananas. Great song, though.”
    2. 3.“Still personally offended by the bananas.”

  32. 32.The Preatures – Is This How You Feel?

    32K Likes

    3:38

    Best comments

    1.“Hi, my name is David, and I'm responsible for 500,000 of these views.”

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    1. 2.“Good to see Lucy Lawless making a comeback.”
    2. 3.“Probably the best song I've heard that no one else I know has heard.”

  33. 33.The Preatures – Manic Baby

    1.4K Likes

    2:30

    Best comments

    1.“When's the next album coming out? I thought I was watching a clip from Solid Gold!”

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    1. 2.“Why wasn't this a #1 hit all around the world?”

  34. 34.Walk off the Earth – Little Boxes

    130K Likes

    2:26

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    1.“My sister was singing this at breakfast: 'There's a pink one, and a green one, and a gay one, and a yellow one.' I swear I choked on my juice.”

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    1. 2.“Beard guy is like: 'Step away from my dollhouse.'”
    2. 3.“This song was written by Malvina Reynolds, a musician and political activist born in 1900. She wrote it at 62, in response to the striking sight of the little boxes of Daly City, outside San Francisco.”

  35. 35.Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks

    2.5M Likes

    4:15

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    1.“This is one of those songs most people have heard in their life, but never knew the name of.”

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    1. 2.“This song makes me want to curl my mustache, wear a flannel shirt and suspenders, smoke a pipe, quit my job and become an artisanal cheesemaker.”
    2. 3.“2012: Nice song. 2016: Oh, I didn't know this song was actually really tragic. 2020: I'm feeling so nostalgic for this song. 2026: $25 burger with $8 truffle Parmesan fries theme song.”

  36. 36.Pure Bathing Culture – Dream the Dare

    4.1K Likes

    4:13

    Best comments

    1.“Tickles me right in the Cocteau Twins!”

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    1. 2.“This sounds like it would be played in a slow-motion gory killing scene in a movie... or a drug trip.”
    2. 3.“Heard this song on 2K and couldn't stop listening. Turns out it's my most played song on Spotify this year, wtf. Gotta keep hiding this gem from the homies, though.”

  37. 37.Bahamas – Bitter Memories

    1.6K Likes

    2:29

    Best comments

    1.“This reminded me of 'Take On Me'... look at it and you'll say the same thing.”

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    1. 2.“I have to hit the X button on my browser, because I've listened to this like 15 times already.”

  38. 38.Sunflower Bean – Moment In The Sun

    36K Likes

    3:26

    Best comments

    1.“I heard this in my local Starbucks in Japan, of all places. Most of what they play is just background noise, but this song really caught my ear. Holy cow, this is a good song.”

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    1. 2.“I just feel like living and falling in love when I listen to this.”

  39. 39.POLIÇA – Lay Your Cards Out

    18K Likes

    4:05

    Best comments

    1.“Joe Manganiello's answer to the question 'What is your favorite baby-making music?' brought me here!”

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    1. 2.“This is where the sex happens.”
    2. 3.“I worked on this intimate video – it was only the director, Channy and me, a skeleton crew. Must have heard 'Lay Your Cards Out' 50 times in a row! Justin Vernon from Bon Iver popped by the studio that shoot, as I recall.”

  40. 40.Glass Animals – Hazey

    232K Likes

    4:03

    Best comments

    1.“If a lava lamp could sing, it would sound exactly like this.”

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    1. 2.“I swear I feel more flexible while listening to this song.”
    2. 3.“I mean, I can touch my toes, so that's the same thing.”

  41. 41.Tessa Violet – I Like (the idea of) You

    253K Likes

    2:53

    Best comments

    1.“I lowkey feel like I'm watching an '80s exercise video.”

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    1. 2.“Ah, yes. Sweaters and nylons. My true sexuality.”
    2. 3.“I once told a girl she doesn't like me, just the idea of me. We'll have been married 15 years this Valentine's Day. Ideas can last a long freaking time.”

  42. 42.Of Monsters and Men – King and Lionheart

    386K Likes

    4:36

    Best comments

    1.“Jesus, reading the comments, you'd think this song is the soundtrack to every tragedy that ever was.”

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    1. 2.“People say they cry when this song plays, but it always makes me feel brave. Like I'm ready to draw my sword and face whatever comes.”

  43. 43.tUnE-yArDs – Bizness

    43K Likes

    4:25

    Best comments

    1.“I feel like I just took a semester of art school.”

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    1. 2.“Saw this when I was 16 and was like, wtf. Now I'm 22 and still like, wtf... but I love it.”
    2. 3.“It's so trippy to see my best friend in this (she's the one with the orange feathers).”

  44. 44.Miike Snow – Genghis Khan

    496K Likes

    4:08

    Best comments

    1.“Miike Snow: 'I need you to make a video for Genghis Khan.' Ninian Doff: '...Did you say Gay James Bond?' Miike Snow: '...YES.'”

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    1. 2.“I love how it hits 5 o'clock and evil activities just stop... Guess the minions have a good union.”
    2. 3.“'So, agent, how did you stop him this time?' 'I... uh... married him, sir.' '...Well, congratulations.'”

  45. 45.Mumford & Sons – Slip Away

    6.5K Likes

    4:57

    Best comments

    1.“If it were up to me, I would've made the lyrics smaller.”

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    1. 2.“Me before listening: not going to cry. Me: ended up crying like a baby at the jellyfish part until the end of the track. Whyyyy?”
    2. 3.“They're so great, they'll make you cry to a jellyfish!”

  46. 46.Melody's Echo Chamber – I Follow You

    44K Likes

    4:08

    Best comments

    1.“This is in English, and yet it's the most French song I've ever heard.”

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    1. 2.“Dude, how can she be underwater for so long?!”
    2. 3.“Evidence that mermaids exist.”

  47. 47.Cate Le Bon – Are You With Me Now?

    5.6K Likes

    4:40

    Best comments

    1.“This is the strangest pottery-making tutorial I have ever seen.”

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    1. 2.“Are the cups for sale?”
    2. 3.“Patrick Swayze is there!”

  48. 48.MGMT – Little Dark Age

    2.6M Likes

    5:11

    Best comments

    1.“It's like watching a bunch of art students celebrate Halloween on mass amounts of LSD.”

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    1. 2.“He looked so offended when she bit into that apple.”
    2. 3.“So cool to see Edward Scissorhands finally drop his debut single. Always knew he could pull it off.”

  49. 49.The Shins – Simple Song

    192K Likes

    4:36

    Best comments

    1.“For those who don't know, this video was directed by Daniels, who went on to be nominated for a shit-ton of Oscars for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Edit: Yeah, they won everything.”

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    1. 2.“The other son's cake said 'Happy Belated Birthday.' Me as a parent, honestly.”
    2. 3.“In 2017, I was at a Shins concert in Portland, Maine, with my girlfriend. It started pouring so badly they had to cut the show short and play one last song – this was it. I had no ring and no intention of proposing that night, but suddenly I knew with my whole spirit it was time. We were soaked, cold and shivering... and happier than we'd ever been. We're still together.”

  50. 50.Modest Mouse – Float On

    829K Likes

    3:35

    Best comments

    1.“Fun fact: this almost became the theme song for The Office!”

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    1. 2.“I love how the inspiration for this song was just that the lead singer was tired of writing depressing songs and wanted to write a happy one for a change of pace.”
    2. 3.“A few years back, I lost where I was staying, the girl I was seeing and my job in the span of two days. Got a pack on Craigslist and set off to hitchhike to Colorado. A friend dropped me off on the side of the road out in the boonies, and after the first bend this song came on my headphones. I cried my eyes out, feeling the weight of those years slide off me – and all the potential of a new adventure in front of me.”

  51. 51.Y La Bamba – Ojos Del Sol

    13K Likes

    4:33

    Best comments

    1.“I don't know how to accurately articulate that I would straight up die for someone who sang like this to me.”

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    1. 2.“Holy wow... I thought this was a song made in the 1940s, and I'm blown away it's from 2016.”
    2. 3.“I'm not fluent in Spanish, so learning the story in this song is a bit like unwrapping a gift – one wrapped so beautifully you almost don't want to tear the paper. Each time I listen, it blooms into another layer.”

  52. 52.Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal

    263K Likes

    2:28

    Best comments

    1.“I always thought this song was less 'Christmas song' and more 'oblique murder ballad.'”

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    1. 2.“Why is no one discussing the clay art? Fools.”
    2. 3.“A month after I first saw this video in 2009, I was at a friend's art showing in Seattle and asked a guy what he did for a living. 'Stop-motion animation,' he said. 'No way – I recently saw this video by Fleet Foxes!' I went on about how amazing it was... and he said, 'Thanks, I made it.' We've been really good friends ever since.”

  53. 53.Wolf Alice – No Hard Feelings

    14K Likes

    2:37

    Best comments

    1.“This song got me through my divorce, and I haven't even gotten married yet.”

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    1. 2.“Wolf Alice saved my marriage. My wife and I were an argument or two away from cutting it off. Long ago, we'd dated at 16 and broken up – a good breakup, no hard feelings – before getting back together at 20. When this came out, I sent it to her on a whim (we were barely talking at that point) and said it captured how I felt when we were young. We listened together, cried together... and THAT was the moment that changed our energy toward each other. Wolf Alice saved my marriage.”

  54. 54.First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining

    398K Likes

    3:51

    Best comments

    1.“How do two young women from Sweden make better country-folk music than country musicians in the U.S.? I don't care – just keep on keepin' on...”

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    1. 2.“As a multilinguist, I can't stress enough how impressive it is that not only is their English perfect, they absolutely nail a Southern U.S. accent!”
    2. 3.“My girlfriend said this song sucked. Now she's single.”

  55. 55.Cut Worms – Castle in the Clouds

    921 Likes

    4:23

    Best comments

    1.“If John Lennon were a cowboy, he'd sound like this.”

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    1. 2.“Dwight Yoakam's been phoning it in for decades. Now I'm Team Cut Worms.”

  56. 56.Birdy – Wings

    1.2M Likes

    4:25

    Best comments

    1.“People here: 'Vampire Diaries!' Me: 'Depressed.'”

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    1. 2.“The kinda music I listen to when the homies aren't around.”
    2. 3.“If this isn't played at my funeral, I'm not dying.”

  57. 57.Cage the Elephant – Cigarette Daydreams

    628K Likes

    5:28

    Best comments

    1.“This song means a lot to me because 12 years ago I went to the gas station for a Snickers, and the clerk told me they were all out.”

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    1. 2.“So I got an anti-smoking ad on this video. Not sure what to say.”
    2. 3.“That's Matt's actual wife, Juliette.”

  58. 58.Mitski – Your Best American Girl

    237K Likes

    3:34

    Best comments

    1.“I wanna be Mitski's left hand.”

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    1. 2.“Day 236 without sex: hand started looking just fine.”
    2. 3.“'I wasn't trying to send a message. I was in love. I loved somebody so much, but I also realized I could never be what would fit into their life.' – Mitski, on this song”

  59. 59.Richard Hawley – I Still Want You

    4.3K Likes

    4:06

    Best comments

    1.“What's with all these happy couples? This can't possibly be a true reflection of society.”

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    1. 2.“Definitely not actors in this video – real couples. My husband and I are the ones on the sofa!”
    2. 3.“Just sitting here hoping someone still wants me.”

  60. 60.Of Monsters and Men – Phantom

    46K Likes

    4:47

    Best comments

    1.“My dog's name is Phantom. We played this for him on his birthday yesterday. He likes it.”

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    1. 2.“This is one of their old unreleased songs – so glad they're getting back to the old Icelandic folk vibe.”
    2. 3.“No matter how fearsome their creature designs look, the music makes them all seem impossibly gentle.”

  61. 61.PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old I Dying

    18K Likes

    3:11

    Best comments

    1.“Music to either sadly look back upon life... or conjure up an ethereal forest creature.”

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    1. 2.“I want my life to be directed by David Lynch and soundtracked by PJ Harvey.”
    2. 3.“Watched this with my 5-year-old daughter. She asked why the fire didn't protect the man from dying. She also thought the dog peeing on the bones was hilarious.”

  62. 62.alt-J – Deadcrush

    231K Likes

    4:59

    Best comments

    1.“When I forget the name of this song and try to sing it to people, they think I'm smoking crack.”

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    1. 2.“Lee Miller, Anne Boleyn and Sylvia Plath – the 'dead crushes' of each band member – conjured up by a supercomputer in a post-apocalyptic world.”
    2. 3.“Thanks to this music, I now have a 2-year-old son.”

  63. 63.Guided By Voices – If We Wait

    901 Likes

    2:56

    A fan upload, posted in 2014 with a dedication to a friend. The song is a Robert Pollard tune that floated around on 1993 split singles before landing on Guided by Voices' 1996 Matador EP Sunfish Holy Breakfast, a ten-song blast of outtakes from the Under the Bushes Under the Stars sessions.

  64. 64.Wussy – Halloween

    129 Likes

    3:45

    A Lisa Walker song from Wussy's Attica!, which Robert Christgau named the best album of 2014. It looks back at her teenage years with dreams out of reach and regret settling in. Lincoln Messerly made the video, with Riley Bachman filming a shootout in a parking lot and Mark Messerly shooting the rest.

  65. 65.Dawes – I Will Run

    994 Likes

    5:47

    Best comments

    1.“Came here for the goodest boy in the thumbnail.”

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    1. 2.“I've had the single since the album came out, and I'm just now realizing it's about dogs.”
    2. 3.“My dog wouldn't run!”

  66. 66.Everything Everything – Cough Cough

    38K Likes

    3:42

    Best comments

    1.“I literally typed 'cough song' in the search bar as a joke and this came up?! I'm shook, because this is actually fucking decent!”

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    1. 2.“This song is not helping my cold.”
    2. 3.“This is a ridiculously hot video. And I'm not talking about the lava.”

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