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CinemaChords’ Best Singles of the Year 2025

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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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