The Top Singles of 2021 & Greg's Mixtape

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🗓️ 7 January 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Some songs can define our memory of a year when we look back. Host Jim DeRogatis and production staff share the songs that defined 2021 for them. Plus, host Greg Kot shares his 2021 mixtape and pays tribute to musicians who died in 2021.

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Featured Songs:

Lizzo, "Rumors (feat. Cardi B)," Rumors (Single), Atlantic, 2021

Sophie, "Bipp," Product, Numbers, 2015

The Marvelettes, "Please Mr. Postman," Please Mr. Postman, Motown, 1961

Return to Forever, "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy," Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy, Polydor, 1973

Cabaret Voltaire, "Nag, Nag, Nag," Nag, Nag, Nag (Single), Rough Trade, 1979

Muna, "Silk Chiffon (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)," Silk Chiffon (Single), Saddest Factory, 2021

Emotional Oranges, "All That (feat. Channel Tres)," The Juicebox, Avant Garden, 2021

Caroline Polachek, "Bunny Is a Rider," Bunny Is a Rider (Single), Perpetual Novice, 2021

Kaytranada, "Intimidated (feat. H.E.R.)," Intimidated, RCA, 2021

Beach Bunny, "Oxygen," Oxygen (Single), Mom+Pop, 2021

Mannequin Pussy, "Control," Perfect, Epitaph, 2021

City Girls, "Twerkulator," Twerkulator (Single), Quality Control, 2021

Bo Burnham, "That Funny Feeling," Inside (The Songs), Republic, 2021

Yotuel, Gente de Zona & Descemer Bueno, "Patria y Vida (feat. Maykel Osorbo & El Funky)," Patria y Vida (Single), Chancleta, 2021

Sparks, Adam Driver & Marion Cotillard, "So May We Start (feat. Simon Helberg) [From "Annette"]," So May We Start (feat. Simon Helberg) [From: "Annette"] (Single), CG Cinema International, 2021

Turnstile, "MYSTERY," GLOW ON, Roadrunner, 2021

Wet Leg, "Chaise Longue," Chaise Longue (Single), Domino, 2021

Horsegirl, "Billy," Billy (Single), Matador, 2021

Ric Wilson, "Pull A James Baldwin," Pull A James Baldwin (Single), Free Disco / EMPIRE, 2021

Jelani Aryeh, "Marigold," I've Got Some Living To Do, No Matter, 2021

The Quivers, "You're Not Always On My Mind," Golden Doubt, Ba Da Bing!, 2021

Prince, "Hot Summer," Welcome 2 America, Legacy, 2021

Nick Waterhouse, "Vincentine," Promenade Blue, Innovative Leisure, 2021

Cocktail Slippers, "She Devil (Shout It out Loud!)," She Devil (Shout It out Loud!), Wicked Cool, 2021

Robert Finley, "Sharecropper's Son," Sharecropper's Son, Easy Eye, 2021

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0:00.0	Hey Sound opinions listeners if you support us on Patreon you get to listen to our podcast ad-free on
0:07.0	Patreon.
0:09.0	Hello Chicago! Oh! Oh, You're listening to sound opinions and this week we're taking a last look at
0:39.4	2021 with our top singles and tributes to musicians and tributes to musicians we lost last year.
0:47.0	I'm Jim De Regottis.
0:48.0	And I'm Greg Kott. I'll also share my annual mixtape summing up the year in music but first let's honor those
0:55.0	we lost in 2021. Yeah it's sad Greg but it's something we have to do putting
1:01.4	2021 behind us.
1:03.7	Over the course of that endlessly long year,
1:07.6	we paid tribute in the show to Sylvain,
1:10.8	Phil Specter, Bismarcky, Charlie Watts, Lee Scratch Perry, Jim Steinman, and then
1:17.4	we did a bunch of bonus episodes.
1:19.2	You were on a real run there doing the Desert Island jukebox tributes.
1:22.6	It was crazy.
1:24.2	So many notable artists, Mary Wilson of the Supremes,
1:27.4	one of our favorite interviews ever on the show,
1:30.6	passed away.
1:31.8	Purvis Staples, near and dear to my heart. The Staples
1:35.2	Singers, Dusty Hill, the great bass is for ZZ Top. Don Everly, the other half of
1:39.9	the Everly brothers, Phil died a few years ago. Joe Cassidy, an artist I'm particularly
1:46.5	found on Chicago scene for years and years. Robbie Shakespeare, the great bassist, Michael
1:51.4	Nesmith, one of the original monkeys, and the great writer,
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