Zane Lowe lists his 100 “Hottest Records” of 2013
Every single day of the week, Zane Lowe manages to pick a “Hottest Record in the World” for his BBC Radio 1 show and now, with the end of year list beginning to flood the news feeds once again, he’s whittled them down to a top 100 for the year.
In no particular order, Zane’s list includes the likes of Arcade Fire, Chvrches, Savages, FIDLAR, The Weeknd, Warpaint and more. He’s giving listeners the chance to choose the winner, with that announced on Thursday 19 December.
Check out the full list below and vote on your favourite here.
Wild For The Night (feat. Skrillex) – A$AP Rocky
Attracting Flies – AlunaGeorge
Echelon (It’s My Way) – Angel Haze
Afterlife – Arcade Fire
Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High – Arctic Monkeys
Love More Worry Less – Bipolar Sunshine
Carry Me – Bombay Bicycle Club
Shadow Moses – Bring Me The Horizon
Carry Me On (feat. Chrom3) – Brookes Brothers
Rango – Catfish And The Bottlemen
Be Your Toy – Cerebral Ballzy
Lost And Not Found (feat. Louis M^ttrrs) – Chase & Status
The Mother We Share – CHVRCHES
Get Away – Circa Waves
You & I – Crystal Fighters
Human – Daughter
Baby I Call Hell – Deap Vally
White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge) – Disclosure
You & Me (feat. Eliza Doolittle) (Baauer Remix) – Disclosure
Earthquake (feat. Dominique Young Unique) – DJ Fresh & Diplo
Bloodsports – Drenge
Headlights (feat. Nate Ruess) – Eminem
Alive – Empire Of The Sun
The Paddington Frisk – Enter Shikari
The Phoenix – Fall Out Boy
Awkward – FIDLAR
Recovery – Frank Turner
Cool Like Me – Fryars
Hate Or Glory – Gesaffelstein
Ready For Your Love (feat. MNEK) – Gorgon City
The Wire – HAIM
Call Me In The Afternoon – Half Moon Run
Isis – Hot Natured
Messiah – I See MONSTAS
Man I Need – Jagwar Ma
What Doesn’t Kill You – Jake Bugg
Retrograde – James Blake
Holy Grail (feat. Justin Timberlake) – Jay Z
Run (feat. Pusha T) – Joel Compass
My Yout (feat. Maverick Sabre) – Joey Bada$$
Love Me Again – John Newman
The War – Josh Record
Crying For No Reason – Katy B
Easy Easy – King Krule
Beautiful War (Radio 1 Session) – Kings Of Leon
EDM Death Machine – Knife Party
Master Hunter – Laura Marling
Calling – Lewis Watson
Salient Sarah (feat. Sampha) – Lil Silva
Strong – London Grammar
Backroads – Lonely The Brave
Bring The Noize – M.I.A.
Oblivion – M83
Beggars – Mallory Knox
Bath In Black – Marika Hackman
I’m Aquarius – Metronomy
Don’t Forget Who You Are – Miles Kane
Panic Station (Madeon Remix) – Muse
Come Back Haunted – Nine Inch Nails
There Will Come A Time – Noah & The Whale
I Found Love – Palma Violets
Follow Baby – Peace
Entertainment – Phoenix
Chain My Name – Poliça
My God Is The Sun – Queens Of The Stone Age
Waiting All Night (feat. Ella Eyre) – Rudimental
Walk Like A Man – Ruen Brothers
Young Blood – Saint Raymond
Nirvana – Sam Smith
Too Much – Sampha
She Will – Savages
Reload (Original i.e. Non Vocal Version) – Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash
Booyah (feat. We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson) – Showtek
Elastic Heart (feat. The Weeknd & Diplo) – Sia
Rollercoaster (feat. Sam Frank) – Skream
Turn It Around (feat. Kele) – Sub Focus
Get Down Low – TC
Chocolate – The 1975
Fly – The Child of Lov
Shot At The Night – The Killers
Hearts Like Ours – The Naked And Famous
One Way Trigger – The Strokes
Blue Collar Jane – The Strypes
Melody Calling – The Vaccines
Kiss Land – The Weeknd
Your Body Is A Weapon – The Wombats
Sunset (Jamie XX Edit) – The XX
Fragment Two – These New Puritans
Children Of The Sun (feat. John Martin) – Tinie Tempah
Hold Me – Tom Odell
Holding On To You – Twenty One Pilots
Changing Of The Seasons – Two Door Cinema Club
Diane Young – Vampire Weekend
Love Is To Die – Warpaint
There Goes Our Love Again – White Lies
Afterglow – Wilkinson
Blackout (feat. Shakka) – Wretch 32
Sacrilege – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Lived A Lie – You Me At Six
Middle Sea – Yuck
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