Alt Nation’s #ALT36 – 2016’s Top Tracks

After 52 weeks of dishing out the top trending songs in the alt scene, 36 songs emerged as the biggest of 2016. The year had a little bit of everything — longtime acts like Green Day, Blink 182, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jimmy Eat World putting out new tracks and newer artists like Bishop Briggs making their way onto our radar. Read on below to find out where your favorites ranked and take a stroll down 2016’s memory lane.

36) Bear Hands – “2 AM”
35) Green Day – “Bang Bang”
34) Chvrches – “Bury It”
33) Ra Ra Riot – “Water”
32) Jimmy Eat World – “Sure And Certain”
31) The Hunna – “You & Me”
30) Blink 182 – “Bored To Death”
29) Jr. Jr. – “Gone”
28) Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dark Necessities”
27) 888 – “Critical Mistakes”
26) Twenty One Pilots – “Ride”
25) Dreamers – “Sweet Disaster”
24) Bishop Briggs – “Wild Horses”
23) Andrew McMahon – “Fire Escape”
22) Cage The Elephant – “Mess Around”
21) Judah & The Lion – “Take It All Back”
20) Kings Of Leon – “Waste A Moment”
19) X Ambassadors – “Unsteady”
18) Grouplove – “Welcome To Your Life”
17) The Struts – “Kiss This”
16) The Head And The Heart – “All We Ever Knew”
15) The Strumbellas – “Spirits”
14) Twenty One Pilots – “Heathens”
13) Tame Impala – “The Less I Know The Better”
12) Pop Etc. – “What Am I Becoming”
11) M83 – “Go!”
10) Saint Motel – “Move”
9) Bastille – “Good Grief”
8) The 1975 – “Somebody Else”
7) Declan McKenna – “Brazil”
6) Coin – “Talk To Much”
5) Glass Animals – “Life Itself”
4) Fitz & The Tantrums – “Handclap”
3) The Lumineers – “Ophelia”
2) Young The Giant – “Something To Believe In”
1) Miike Snow – “Genghis Khan”