Grimes tops Pitchfork's "200 Best Tracks Of The Decade So Far" list

18 August 2014, 14:53 | Written by Luke Morgan Britton

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The music industry loves a good list. Albums of the Year lists, Ones to Watch lists, and even lists compiling the best tracks of the first half of a decade. And now Pitchfork have unveiled theirs.

The countdown, featuring songs released from 2010-2014, includes all the names you might expect: Kanye West, Drake, Frank Ocean, Daft Punk, Bon Iver, Azealia Banks and more. But number one spot has been reserved for Grimes’ “Oblivion”, released in 2012.

Check out Pitchfork‘s top 50 below, with the full list of 200 here.

50. EMA – ‘California’
49. Drake – ‘Marvins Room’
48. Bon Iver – ‘Holocene’
47. Rihanna – ‘We Found Love’ [ft. Calvin Harris]
46. Frank Ocean – ‘Thinkin Bout You’
45. Mac DeMarco – ‘Ode to Viceroy’
44. Beyoncé – ‘Drunk in Love’ [ft. Jay Z]
43. Destroyer – ‘Bay of Pigs’
42. Cass McCombs – ‘County Line’
41. Waka Flocka Flame – ‘Hard in Da Paint’
40. The-Dream – ‘Yamaha’
39. Ciara – ‘Body Party’
38. Bat For Lashes – ‘Laura’
37. Deerhunter – ‘Desire Lines’
36. Jay Z / Kanye West – ‘Niggas in Paris’
35. Katy Perry – ‘Teenage Dream’
34. Crystal Castles – ‘Not in Love’ [ft. Robert Smith]’
33. Miguel – ‘Adorn’
32. Jai Paul – ‘Jasmine (Demo)’
31. Kendrick Lamar – ‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’
30. Autre Ne Veut – ‘Play by Play’
29. Robyn – ‘Call Your Girlfriend’
28. Japandroids – ‘The House That Heaven Built’
27. M.I.A. – ‘Bad Girls’
26. Vampire Weekend – ‘Hannah Hunt’
25. Disclosure – ‘Latch’ [ft. Sam Smith]
24. Drake – ‘Worst Behavior’
23. Solange – ‘Losing You’
22. Arcade Fire – ‘Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)’
21. Real Estate – ‘It’s Real’
20. Daft Punk – ‘Get Lucky’ [ft. Pharrell]
19. Beach House – ‘Zebra’
18. Kanye West – ‘Monster’ [ft. Justin Vernon, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Nicki Minaj]
17. LCD Soundsystem – ‘Dance Yrself Clean’
16. Todd Terje – ‘Inspector Norse’
15. Nicki Minaj – Super Bass’ [ft. Ester Dean]
14. Sky Ferreira – ‘Everything Is Embarrassing’
13. Usher – ‘Climax’
12. Beyoncé – ‘Countdown’
11. Tame Impala – ‘Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’
10. Drake – ‘Hold On We’re Going Home’
9. Deerhunter – ‘Helicopter’
8. Frank Ocean – ‘Pyramids’
7. Azealia Banks – ‘212’ [ft. Lazy Jay]
6. Robyn – ‘Dancing on My Own’
5. Kendrick Lamar – ‘Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe’
4. M83 – ‘Midnight City’
3. Kanye West – ‘Runaway’ [ft. Pusha T]
2. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – ‘Round and Round’
1. Grimes – ‘Oblivion’