Drowned In Sound's 40 Favourite Songs of 2014 / In Depth //

Blimey, that went quickly!
The end of 2014 is nigh, and we’ve heard some cracking songs in its oh so brief existence. From Future Islands to ‘Fancy’, everyone’s got their favourite and they’re all completely different from each other. To find some order in the chaos, we asked over 30 Drowned In Sound staffers to vote for their top five singles of the year, then added up the results and made a list of the 40 most popular choices.
Read on for the final, definitive compendium and then subscribe to our Spotify playlist to listen to all the tracks in order.

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