Top 10 Favorite Tracks of All Time: 2016 Edition

ByBrian Murnion Music

Since I was 20 years old, I have compiled a list of the top 10 tracks of all time. This has been an annual occurrence, simply to gauge how my listening habits change from year to year. For the last, almost 10 years now, my top track of all time has always been “Sometimes” by My Bloody Valentine and this year, it’s being bumped.

My #1 track this year, when played, nearly paralyzes my being. If driving and the song comes on, I have to pull over and let it finish before I can resume driving. It has a power that very few pieces of pop culture possess. Will this track stand the test of time and rank #1 10 years from now?

Before You Judge the Mix: If you’re looking for a Billboard-certified recap or a playlist curated by an algorithm owned by a record label, you’re in the wrong corner of the internet. This list isn’t that. It’s personal, instinctive, and happily unqualified. It’s free from label politics, trend forecasts, or influencer math. Take it with a grain of salt. Not the iodized kind that clumps in a diner shaker, but the grey, mineral-rich stuff pulled from the coast of Brittany. The kind that actually makes things taste better.

Top 10 Tracks:

10. You Got It – Roy Orbison

09. Temptation (7″ Version) – New Order

08. New Age – The Velvet Underground

07. Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles

06. Tired of Being Alone – Al Green

05. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) – Talking Heads

04. Fantino – Sebastien Tellier

03. I Found a Reason – Cat Power

02. Sometimes – My Bloody Valentine

01. Boots of Spanish Leather – Bob Dylan

Brian Murnion

Brian Murnion is a filmmaker, creative director, poet, and self-proclaimed intellectual scrub from Billings, Montana. He spends an unreasonable amount of time obsessing over the connective tissue between music, film, literature, and whatever else seems culturally or aesthetically significant at any given moment. His curation process is equal parts curiosity, fixation, and blind luck, driven by the irrational hope that brilliance is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the chaos.

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