Concluding my look at the top songs of 2025…
Drake shows up at #24 on the year-end list with ‘Nokia,’ and while I’m sure he’s glad to be in the top 25, this is a far cry from the upper echelons of the chart he’s used to occupying. It’s been more thane two years since Drake last had a #1 hit on the Hot 100.
On the other hand, the #25 song, ‘Golden,’ by fictional band Huntrix, spent five weeks at #1, becoming the best-performing single by an animated band (move over, Chipmunks, the KPop Demon Hunters are here).
That means this year-end wrap-up closes out with #26, Billie Eilish’s ‘Wildflower.’ This melancholy ballad entered the chart at #17 and hung around for 72 weeks, becoming the longest charting song by a female solo artist in history.
This is a lovely song on an album I haven’t listened to nearly enough. I love ‘Birds of a Feather,’ the other Eilish song on the year-end list, and I recall being impressed with the whole record on my first listen.
Things fall apart
And time breaks your heart
I wasn’t there, but I know
She was your girl
You showed her the world
But fell out of love and you both let go
[Pre-Chorus]
She was cryin’ on my shoulder
All I could do was hold her
Only made us closer until July
Now, I know that you love me
You don’t need to remind me
I should put it all behind me, shouldn’t I?
[Chorus]
But I see her in the back of my mind all the time
Like a fever, like I’m burning alive, like a sign
Did I cross the line?
[Post-Chorus]
(Mm) Hmm
[Verse 2]
Well, good things don’t last (Good things don’t last)
And life moves so fast (Life moves so fast)
I’d never ask who was better (I’d never ask who was better)
‘Cause she couldn’t be (Couldn’t)
More different from me (Different)
Happy and free in leather (Happy)
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know that you love me (You love me)
You don’t need to remind me (Remind me)
Wanna put it all behind me, but baby
[Chorus]
I see her in the back of my mind (Back of my mind) all the time (All the time)
Feels like a fever (Like a fever), like I’m burning alive (Burning alive), like a sign
Did I cross the line?
[Bridge]
You say no one knows you so well (Oh)
But every time you touch me, I just wonder how she felt
Valentine’s Day, cryin’ in the hotel
I know you didn’t mean to hurt me, so I kept it to myself
[Chorus]
And I wonder
Do you see her in the back of your mind in my eyes?
[Outro]
You say no one knows you so well
But every time you touch me, I just wonder how she felt
Valentine’s Day, cryin’ in the hotel
I know you didn’t mean to hurt me, so I kept it to myself
Meet Me In Montauk 
Lovely song. Thanks for the top songs of 2025 review.
I like her voice and this song. Nice to end on this note no pun intended 😊