Songs that hit hard in 2025
16 December - 39 mins
Podcast Series
All Songs Considered
NPR listeners share the one song that hit them the hardest this year, and tell us why they laughed, cried, or simply couldn’t stop listening to it.
Featured songs and artists:
1. Annie DiRusso: "Back In Town," from Super Pedestrian
2. Tunde Adebimpe: "Drop," from Thee Black Boltz
3. Brandi Carlile: "You Without Me," from Returning To Myself
4. Bad Bunny: "DtMF," from DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
5. Of Monsters And Men: "The End," from All Is Love And Pain In The Mouse Parade
6. Eph See: "Malachi The Uber Driver" (unreleased single)
7. Audra McDonald: "Rose's Turn," from Gypsy
8. Big Thief: "Los Angeles," from Double Infinity
9. Flock Of Dimes: "Afraid," from The Life You Save
10. Ben Rect...
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