Our no. 1 songs: 2014

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🗓️ 20 October 2025

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A new synth-pop duo comes out of the gate with a perfect song and country gets metaphysical, but a surprise drop from the tail end of 2013 dominates the year.

Note: This is a recurring series in celebration of All Songs Considered’s 25th anniversary. A shorter version of this episode ran earlier in the year.

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0:00.0	It's All Songs Considered. I'm Robin Hilton, Stephen Thompson here to talk about our number one songs from 2014, our ongoing series and celebration of the show's 25th anniversary.
0:10.3	Welcome back, Stephen.
0:11.5	Thanks for having me, Robin.
0:13.0	You know, we're up to 2014, and one of the things that we've been doing along the way is we look back at each year is we've been trying to stump the chump.
0:21.4	We've been playing a song for each other and seeing if the other person can remember it. In this case, I'm willing to guess what you're going to pick. I think I already know what it's going to be. I bet you do. Do you want to hit it and I'll tell you if I'm right or do you want me to do it for you? Tell you what, you will say what it is as I'm pushing play.
0:38.1	Right.
0:38.5	Three.
0:38.9	One.
0:40.7	This is right. me to do it for you. Tell you what, you will say what it is as I'm pushing play.
0:38.1	Right.
0:38.5	Three.
0:38.9	One.
0:40.7	This is radio, Steve.
0:42.5	When do you go,
0:43.1	one, two, three.
0:45.4	No, I'm going to count to 15.
0:47.2	What's wrong?
0:48.3	All right, well, wait.
0:49.1	Three, two, one.
0:51.0	Coffee.
0:52.2	My Sylvanesso.
0:53.1	So. one. Coffee. By Sylvanesso.
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