Here is the Pitchfork Top Twenty singles of the 2010s, the grades are my opinion, and I missed one out because I don’t know it. When I’ve felt like it, I’ve added an opinion to the grade…
1. Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” – A- – Nah, not this one. I’d go with “Swimming Pools” before
2. Grimes – “Oblivion” – B+
3. Robyn – “Dancing on My Own” – A – This would definitely be in my top ten, I might also add “Tell Your Girlfriend”
4. Beyonce – “Formation” – B
5. Frank Ocean – “Thinkin Bout You” – A
6. Azealia Banks – “212” – A – A game changing masterpiece birth of the stripper rapper.
7. Mitski – “Your Best American Girl” – B+
8. Solange – “Cranes in the Sky” – B+
9. Lana Del Rey – “Video Games”- A-
10. Lil Uzi Vert – “XO TOUR Llif3″ – A – One of the greatest uses of a sample ever
11. Bill Callahan – “Riding for the Feeling”
12. Sky Ferreira – “Everything Is Embarrassing” – B
13. Chief Keef – “I Don’t Like” (ft. Lil Reese) – B+
14. Angel Olsen – “Shut Up Kiss Me” – B+
15. Rihanna – “Work” (ft. Drake) – B+
16. The 1975 – “Love It If We Made It” – B+ – Blew me away in concert at Gov Ball earlier this year, a clever piece of agitprop.
17. Jamie xx – “Gosh” – B
18. Kanye West – “Runaway” (ft. Pusha T) – A+ – My number one of the decade
19. Vampire Weekend – “Hannah Hunt” – B+
20. M83 – “Midnight City” – B+