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All Songs Considered

Our No. 1 songs: 2010

All Songs Considered

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Music

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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It was a year of both soaring euphoria and quiet calm, with lots of sonic adventures.

Note: This is a recurring feature in celebration of the show's 25th anniversary. A shorter version of this episode ran earlier in the year.

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0:00.0

These days, with all the information coming at you, it can be hard to know what's accurate,

0:05.4

what's not, and what's worth your time. Here to help you navigate it all is 1A. Five days a week,

0:11.0

the 1A podcast provides a forum for Curate's minds to explore different angles on the biggest

0:15.9

headlines and give you a more balanced take on what's happening. Listen to the 1A podcast from NPR and WAMU.

0:23.9

It's All Songs Considered, and we're celebrating our 25th anniversary. Stephen Thompson, back now. Hey,

0:30.0

Stephen. It's good to be here, Robin. So we're up to 2010, and we're looking at the number one songs from across the past 25 years of all songs considered.

0:38.4

And maybe it's worth reminding people that these are not the number one billboard songs or the

0:43.3

Hot 100 or whatever. These are songs that, you know, matter to us, matter to the show that take us back to

0:50.0

that time when we were working on all songs considered. What do you think of when you think of 2010?

0:56.3

I mean, 2010 is such a fascinating year just for me in my life.

1:00.6

It was a year of massive, massive tidal shifts in my life.

1:04.2

And when I think of the music that stood out, it only makes sense that what has bubbled to the top is songs that reflect a state

1:13.0

of pure euphoria.

1:19.2

Kishi Bashi.

1:20.2

Oh, no, no.

1:22.9

Yonzi.

1:23.6

Yonzi.

1:24.2

Yonzi.

1:25.4

I was thinking, 150, is it 115?

1:27.7

You were thinking of like bright whites by Kishi Bashi.

1:29.7

That's not until 2012.

1:30.9

Yeah. Go sing too loud Make your voice break

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