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CinemaChords’ Best Singles of the Year 2025

End-of-year lists are rarely about consensus and more about habit. Some of these songs hit instantly; others revealed their qualities over time. In every case, they earned their place through sheer staying power.

You can also revisit our weekly Noteworthy Nods Section, collecting every one of the hundreds of singles we highlighted across 2025. But now, without further ado, the 30 tracks that defined our listening at CinemaChords this year speak for themselves below.


30 ‘Around the Wrekin’ – Fitzroy Holt

29 ‘Outside Nothing’ – Eades

28 ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ – Kula Shaker

27 ‘Down & Out’ – Meet Arthur

26 ‘Paranoid’ – PUP

25 ‘Bruiser’ – Pop Will Eat Itself

24 ‘Fun People’ – Ash, Graham Coxon

23 ‘Tight Wound Teddy’ – Cottons

22 ‘The Fall’ – The Murder Capital

21 ‘Thelma and Louise’ – GIRLBAND!


20 ‘Monkey See Monkey Do’ – STONE

19 ‘Dirt and Gold’ – The Lottery Winners, Frank Turner

18 ‘CPR’ – Wet Leg

17 ‘People Ruin Paintings’ – Manic Street Preachers

16 ‘Rat Race’ – The Kairos

15 ‘Turkey Dinosaurs’ – King No-One

14 ‘Nothing’s As It Seems’ – The Clause

13 ‘Night After Night’ – The Amazons

12 ‘Dancing With The Europeans’ – Suede

11 ‘Rhythm of Yourself’ – The Molotovs


10 ‘Trouble’ – The Enemy

9 ‘Deep End’ – The Lemonheads

8 ‘Rabbit Hole’ – Kid Kapichi

7 ‘Taxes’ – Geese

6 ‘Good Money’ – Kula Shaker


5 ‘Spike Island’ – Pulp

4 ‘Shivers’ – The Royston Club

3. ‘Limbo’ – Crocodylus

2 ‘In the Margin’ – The Lemonheads

1. ‘Do The Gruesome’ – Dead Freights

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