Closing out this year’s look at the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll is #20 on that list, ‘Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck)’ by Run the Jewels.

This song was originally recorded by Frank Sinatra for his somber saloon song classic, Only the Lonely, but was inexplicably cut from the album just before its release. It was later performed by such artists as Carole King, Joan Baez and John Denver.

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