We’re well into the the sticky end of the year, and it’s been a good one. As putting together our top 25 videos of the year proved, picking the best of the best is a painstaking process. Especially when you’re faced with picking the 50 best songs of the year. The Happy team put their heads together to compile this list. There were tears, there were late nights and last minute alterations. Our list became 55. Then 60, at which point we ramped this process into YOLO territory and doubled that original number to 100. Now we’re here, a list that boasts the best of what Australian music had to offer this year. It’s been a cracker, and we can’t wait to do it again in 2016.
What were the best songs of the year? We’ve dug deep to find the tracks that stuck in our heads. Here is the Happy Top 100 songs of 2015.
100. Say My Name – Peking Duk
99. Ghost Porn – The Ruminaters
98. Eye To Eye – Wild Honey
97. My Future Wife – The Walking Who
96. Piss In My Pockets – Hunch
95. Loose People – Sans Parents
94. Baby Blue – Noire
93. Fuckin’ and Rollin – Phantastic Ferniture
92. Another Life – I Know Leopard
91. My Heart – High-tails
90. Gundagai – Retiree
89. Dead – Space Monk
88. Codeine – Jody
87. Black Skeleton – Jenny Broke the Window
86. Golden – Morning TV
85. Beeping – Polish Club
84. King of the Internet – The Stiffys
83. Summer – Grenadiers
82. Not That Easy – Lime Cordiale
81. Avocado Galaxy – World Champion
80. Clip My Wings – Montaigne
79. U Don’t Know – Alison Wonderland
78. Taken Blame – Gordi
77. Just A Story – Okenyo
76. Blur Me Out – Summer Flake
75. Cab Deg – Good Morning
74. Hell Boy – Seth Sentry
73. Wait – Big Strong Brute
72. Fade – Catlips
71. How Long – Papa Pilko and the Binrats
70. Fire – Ivan Ooze
69. Fun – Skegss
68. Don’t Cry Those Tears – Jack Colwell
67. Hold Me Closer – LANKS
66. Jewels Are Just Lumps – Alyx Dennison
65. Look Who’s Back – Hedge Fund
64. For The Morning – Food Court
63. If I Have To Wait – The Pinheads
62. Adolescence – The Murlocs
61. Black Panda – Koi Child
60. Altair – Planete
59. River of Longing – Blank Realm
58. Bulimic – Spookyland
57. In The Fog, In The Flame – Bec Sandridge
56. Anhedoniac – Andrei Eremin
55. Kill It Yourself – Jess Ribeiro
54. Talkin’ Bout It – Young Franco
53. You, Me & Everyone In Between – Death Bells
52. Fractures – Wells
51. The Buzz – Hermitude
50. Bad Apple – Palms
49. Crashing And Burning Pt II – Philadelphia Grand Jury
48. Glue – A.D.K.O.B
47. Salt Shaker – Jaala
46. Multi-Love – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
45. I for an Eye – WAAX
44. Can’t Have Them – Hockey Dad
43. Foolish – Alpine
42. Ecstatic Electricity – Richard In Your Mind
41. Get Mine – L-Fresh The Lion
40. Oh Loretta! – Sex On Toast
39. Golden – Mezko
38. Nights – Totally Mild
37. Home – Little May
36. Fake Beach – Day Ravies
35. Only Friend – Cub Sport
34. M.O.B – Tkay Maidza
33. Holy Holy – Owen Rabbit
32. I Don’t Think You Like Me – Tired Lion
31. I Don’t Mind – Twerps
30. Burnout – The Lulu Raes
29. Open Yourself Up To The Sky – Upskirts
28. Cycle As The Deal Goes Down – YEEVS
27. Same Old Thing – You Beauty
26. Hole In The Wall – Moses Gunn Collective
25. Down For The Count – Angie
24. Organism – Big Scary
23. Zodiac K – The Laurels
22. My House – Mangelwurzel
21. Sunshower – Flowertruck
20. Take It All Back – Sui Zhen
19. Cuffed and Collared – Bad//Dreems
18. Pretend You’re Mine – Pearls
17. Dare – GRRL PAL
16. Rabbit Run – City Calm Down
15. Rivermouth – Shining Bird
14. The River – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
13. Transparency – Good Boy
12. Life as a Gun – Gold Class
11. Secrets – Le Pie
10. Dinosaur City – Big White
9. Radioface – Gang of Youths
8. Lay Down – DMA’s
7. Westward Bound – Darts
6. Carolina – Royal Headache
5. Easy – Tiny Little Houses
4. Golden – Szymon
3. Depreston – Courtney Barnett
2. Let it Happen – Tame Impala
1. Twilight Driving – Methyl Ethel
