Birthday playlists

I’ve made myself a birthday playlist nearly every year since 2002. The playlists are meant to played in order, not on random. (Pre-2012 Spotify playlists probably have broken links to the copies of the songs on my computer.) Where certain tracks aren’t available on Tidal, I added a link to a YouTube video in the track listing.

Jump to: 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | Meta-analysis

2022

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Track listing

1. Heaven by C Duncan
2. Meateater by ALASKALASKA
3. Lust by The Raveonettes
4. Scatter the Scars by Ritual Howls
5. Shoom by TR/ST
6. Adult Goth by Gang Gang Dance
7. Goodbye (feat. Lyse) – Slow Version by Feder, Lyse
8. Vessel by Zola Jesus
9. Such a Whore (Baddest Remix) by JVLA
10. Walkman by SebastiAn
11. Attica by Linea Aspera
12. The Motor by The Wants
13. Say Hello to the Angels by Interpol
14. Okay by Holy Ghost!
15. Dear Miami by Róisín Murphy
16. Clovers by Barrie
17. Lovely 2 C U by Goldfrapp
18. All Work by Fever High
19. Steam by Peter Gabriel
20. I Feel the Transition by The Zolas
21. The Breaks by Planningtorock
22. What Do You Want by Nico Vega
23. Attack by Conway
24. Clouds by Pastel Ghost
25. SIMMER DOWN by ionnalee
26. Us by So Below
27. Buchla by Rich Aucoin
28. Obey by Maximum Love
29. Plastic Wrap by Joy Downer
30. can’t stop me from dying by Ada Lea
31. Harsh Realm by Widowspeak

Breakdown of included tracks by release date:

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2021

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Track listing

1. lucy by Jay Som
2. Roscoe by Midlake
3. Oino by LA Priest
4. Vampires by Bat For Lashes
5. Two Hearts by Zola Blood
6. Play Out by Zola Blood
7. Bone by So Below
8. I Saw You Close Your Eyes by Local Natives
9. Fire for You by Cannons
10. Bad Times by Ra Ra Riot
11. From Nowhere by Dan Croll
12. You Used to Love Me (feat. Denitia) by Quantic, Denitia
13. Small Town by Zipper Club
14. Dimension Shifter by Karl Casey
15. Soldiers by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
16. I Won’t Let You Down by OK Go
17. Electricity (Rush) by FMLYBND
18. Reset – EP Version by Mutemath
19. The Winds of Change by St. Lucia
20. Partners in Motion by Wild Nothing
21. Banned From Living by Gloomcvlt
22. Vide Noir by Lord Huron
23. Move – Tensnake Remix by Milo Greene, Tensnake
24. Hush by The The Marías
25. Re (Visit) by Fee Lion

Breakdown of included tracks by release date:

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2020

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Track listing

1. Sea Salt & Caramel by Dent May
2. Lost In Yesterday by Tame Impala
3. Your Letter by Paul Cherry
4. Feel It All Around by Washed Out
5. The Suburbs by Mr Little Jeans
6. I Dreamt We Spoke Again by Death Cab for Cutie
7. The Well by Campdogzz
8. 30% Off! by Best Frenz, Joywave, Jason Suwito
9. The Rover (DJDS Remix) by Interpol, DJDS
10. Feel It by Georgia
11. Into Happiness by Phantogram
12. Glitches by Jax Anderson
13. Patience by Tame Impala
14. It Might Be Time by Tame Impala
15. 61 Cygni Ave by Neon Indian
16. Amabutho by Kususa, DJ Merlon, De Cave Man
17. Scavenger by Scattle
18. Apocalyptical by Puscifer
19. In A Spiral by Phantogram
20. Friends – Psychemagik Remix by Dido, Psychemagik
21. Slumlord by Neon Indian
22. The Reeling by Passion Pit
23. Borderline by Tame Impala
24. Night Running by Cage The Elephant, Beck
25. Feather by Little Dragon
26. One More Hour by Tame Impala
27. Deadly Valentine by Charlotte Gainsbourg
28. Magnetism by Vacationer
29. Solitude – Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation by M83
30. Devils And Angels (Hatred) by Rufus Wainwright
31. Breathe Deeper by Tame Impala
32. Feel The Way I Want by Caroline Rose
33. I Could Use A Miracle by Dent May
34. Anxious by Holy Ghost!
35. Pluma by Caravan Palace
36. Good Luck by Broken Bells

Breakdown of included tracks by release date:

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2019

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Track listing

1. Battlefields by Misun
2. In Private by b.i.g.s.h.r.i.m.p, Haley
3. Invite Me In by Wild Ones
4. You Used to Love Me (feat. Denitia) by Quantic, Denitia
5. Love Me Again by CRX
6. Loan Shark Blues by Yeasayer
7. Put Me to Work by Big Data
8. You’re Mine by Phantogram
9. Hott by KOPPS, Joywave
10. More Like You by Brave Shores
11. Glass Island (feat. Lacey Guthrie) by Wax Fang, Lacey Guthrie
12. Egowerk by The Faint
13. Dam Girl by Frills
14. You’ve Changed by Ladytron
15. Confide In Me (triple j Like A Version) by Tame Impala
16. Journal of Ardency by Class Actress
17. Afterglow by Pet Fangs
18. Hardware by Street Cleaner
19. main by deadmau5
20. Call It Home by Ginger Root
21. The Wave – Instrumental by Akira The Don
22. Favorite Lover (Dead Astronauts Theme) – Original Mix by Dead Astronauts

Breakdown of included tracks by release date:

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2018

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Track listing

1. When I Get Home by Post Animal
2. Gods in Heat by TOBACCO
3. Stoned – Yoke Lore Remix by Blondage, Yoke Lore
4. I Never Knew by The Toxic Avenger
5. Friends by Brick + Mortar
6. &Run by Sir Sly
7. Nighttalk by Giant Party
8. Sincere by Bayonne
9. Face Down In The Gutter Of Your Love by Dent May
10. If U C My Enemies by Rubblebucket
11. Forget – Radio Edit by Boxed In
12. Be Afraid by So Much Light
13. Ready Aim Fire – Owl Vision Remix by Blue Stahli, Owl Vision
14. Terror by Steady Holiday
15. warpaint by mossy.
16. Stone Men by Dappled Cities
17. NY by Weekend Wolves
18. Nevermind by Dennis Lloyd
19. Little Dark Age by MGMT
20. My Trigger by Miike Snow

Breakdown of included tracks by release date:

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2015

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Track listing

1. Nightcall by Kavinsky
2. All Your Light (Times Like These) by Portugal. The Man
3. The Sting by Nick Diamonds
4. Pity the Free Man by Abney Park
5. Yellow Flicker Beat by Lorde
6. Beat And The Pulse by Austra
7. Killing Strangers by Marilyn Manson
8. Rampage by Kavinsky
9. Arabella by Arctic Monkeys
10. Fresh Blood by Eels
11. Ain’t Gonna Drown by Elle King
12. Truth by Alex Ebert
13. Renegades by X Ambassadors
14. Heartbreaker (feat. John Legend) by MSTRKRFT, John Legend
15. Paddling Out by Miike Snow
16. White Lies – EP Version by Max Frost
17. Last of Our Kinds by Yuksek, Oh Land
18. My Type by Saint Motel
19. Shades Of Black by Breakbot
20. Embody by SebastiAn
21. Dangerous (feat. Joywave) by Big Data, Joywave
22. R U Mine? by Arctic Monkeys
23. Tear You Apart by She Wants Revenge
24. Change (In the House of Flies) – Acoustic; 2005 Remaster by Deftones
25. West Coast by Lana Del Rey
26. Boom by Anjulie
27. Purple Yellow Red and Blue by Portugal. The Man
28. Peaches by In The Valley Below
29. I’m On Fire – From “Fifty Shades Of Grey” Soundtrack by AWOLNATION

Breakdown of included tracks by release date:

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2014

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Track listing

1. If I Had A Heart by Fever Ray
2. Scheherazade by Abney Park
3. Deserts by The Comettes
4. Happy Home by Wild Belle
5. Alarm Call by The Correspondents
6. Mercy Street by Fever Ray
7. West Coast by Lana Del Rey
8. Shotgun Vision by Islands
9. Brief Encounters by Franz Ferdinand
10. Fire by Kasabian
11. Come with Me Now by KONGOS
12. Dangerous (feat. Joywave) by Big Data, Joywave
13. Odessa by Caribou
14. Evil Eye by Franz Ferdinand
15. Death Drive by Islands
16. Modern Jesus by Portugal. The Man
17. Stolen Dance by Milky Chance
18. Bad Blood by Bastille
19. Fear & Delight by The Correspondents
20. R U Mine? by Arctic Monkeys

Breakdown of included tracks by release date:

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2013

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Track listing

1. Can’t Play Dead by The Heavy
2. Dollars In the Night by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
3. Gold Rush Pt. II by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
4. Winged Beat Drums by Islands
5. Carried Away by Passion Pit
6. Hold the Night by Lyre Le Temps
7. Second Chance by Peter Bjorn and John
8. Talking in Your Sleep by The Romantics
9. Hallways by Islands
10. What’s Happened to Soho? by The Correspondents
11. Girls by MARINA
12. In For The Kill by La Roux
13. Evil Eye by Franz Ferdinand
14. Blowing Off Steam by Abney Park
15. Cheating With You by The Correspondents
16. Backslider by Wild Belle
17. Deserts by The Comettes
18. Bones by MS MR
19. Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie
20. Quicksand by La Roux
21. Take a Walk by Passion Pit
22. Safe and Sound by Capital Cities
23. Disparate Youth by Santigold
24. Keep You by Wild Belle
25. Death Drive by Islands
26. Hurricane by MS MR
27. Signs by Bloc Party
28. Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears

Breakdown of included tracks by release date:

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2012

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Track listing

1. Driving My Escort Cosworth To The Cake Circus by Jim Noir
2. Happy Up Here by Röyksopp
3. Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men
4. Sunny by Jim Noir
5. It Don’t Move Me by Peter Bjorn and John
6. Satin Chic by Goldfrapp
7. Never Go Solo by Islands
8. I Need A Dollar by Aloe Blacc
9. JJC Sports by Jim Noir
10. I Want You! by Peter Bjorn and John
11. Options by Gomez
12. Hallways by Islands
13. No You Girls by Franz Ferdinand
14. Automaton by Abney Park
15. Too Close by Alex Clare
16. Tiny Man by The Dears
17. Ambulances by Ladytron
18. What’s A Girl To Do? – Edit by Bat For Lashes
19. Midnight City by M83
20. Last Night by Peter Bjorn and John
21. Jealousy by Abney Park
22. Half Life by Sneaker Pimps
23. Röyksopp Forever by Röyksopp
24. Keep The Streets Empty For Me by Fever Ray

Breakdown of included tracks by release date:

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2011

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Track listing

1. Ulysses by Franz Ferdinand
2. The Ghost Inside by Broken Bells
3. Triangle Walks by Fever Ray
4. Happy Up Here by Röyksopp
5. Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People
6. Ace of Hz (Album Version) by Ladytron
7. This Too Shall Pass by OK Go
8. White Collar Boy by Belle & Sebastian
9. Four Winds by Bright Eyes
10. Rolling In The Deep by Adele
11. No You Girls by Franz Ferdinand
12. Rox In The Box by The Decemberists
13. Fell on Black Days by Soundgarden
14. Stick W/ Me Kid by The Dears
15. Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
16. Tighten Up by The Black Keys
17. Victorian Vigilante by Abney Park
18. Mirage by Ladytron
19. It Makes Me Wonder by Suzanne Vega
20. Two Against One (feat. Jack White) by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi

2010

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Track listing

1. Like A Pen by The Knife
2. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
3. Closer [Explicit] by Nine Inch Nails
4. Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5. Candy Flip by Gram Rabbit
6. Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes by Modest Mouse
7. Crystalised by The Xx
8. Fire In Freetown by K’naan
9. Ships And Clouds by Jim Noir
10. Bullet With Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins
11. Until the Day You Die by Abney Park
12. Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
13. Lithium (Nirvana Cover) by The Polyphonic Spree
14. Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins
15. Crisis 1 & 2 by The Dears
16. One Hit by The Knife
17. Up on the Roof by The Les Claypool Frog Brigade

2009

Listen on: Tidal | Spotify (I suspect this one should be played on random)

Track listing

1. Crisis 1 & 2 by The Dears
2. The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning [Explicit] by The Smashing Pumpkins
3. Willful Suspension Of Disbelief by Modest Mouse
4. Devout by Islands
5. You’re The Good Things by Modest Mouse
6. Electric Feel by MGMT
7. Mykonos by Fleet Foxes
8. Neonland by Detektivbyrån
9. Diamond Dave by The Bird and the Bee
10. Red And Purple by The Dodos
11. Won’t Want for Love (Margaret In the Taiga) by The Decemberists
12. Over The Falls by Primus
13. Up on the Roof by The Les Claypool Frog Brigade
14. We Share Our Mothers’ Health by The Knife
15. Sugar by Ladytron
16. Marble House by The Knife
17. Forest Families by The Knife
18. Predict The Day by Ladytron
19. Time To Pretend by MGMT
20. Love Letter To Japan by The Bird and the Bee
21. Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode
22. Big Time by Peter Gabriel
23. Silent Shout by The Knife
24. Shake Hands With Beef [Extended Version] by Primus
25. Southbound Pachyderm by Primus
26. Paralyzer by Finger Eleven
27. The Arm by Islands
28. Runaway by Ladytron
29. Ragged Wood by Fleet Foxes
30. Blue Ridge Mountains by Fleet Foxes
31. Flesh & Bone by Brendan Benson
32. Gold Into Straw by Brendan Benson
33. Candy Shop by Andrew Bird’s Bowl Of Fire
34. Tea & Thorazine by Andrew Bird’s Bowl Of Fire
35. Lights Off by the Dears
36. Your Protector by Fleet Foxes

2008

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Track listing

1. Aly, Walk With Me by The Raveonettes
2. Neonland by Detektivbyrån
3. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk
4. Paralyzer by Finger Eleven
5. Heartbeats by The Knife
6. Creeper by Islands
7. Generation Celebration by Detektivbyrån
8. Ragged Wood by Fleet Foxes
9. The Arm by Islands
10. Revenge of the Number by Portishead
11. In the Rushes by Islands
12. Crazy [Album Version] by Gnarls Barkley

2007

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Track listing

1. Silence is a Burden by Voxtrot
2. El Camino Del Che by John Jorgenson
3. Damned If I Do by The Alan Parsons Project
4. The Doubtful Guest by Michael Mantler
5. Half A Person by The Smiths
6. In Liverpool by Suzanne Vega
7. We Danced Together by The Rakes
8. Never Destroy Us by The Dears
9. Heat Dies Down by Kaiser Chiefs
10. People Are People by Depeche Mode
11. New Black Day by Abney Park
12. Fett’s Vette by MC Chris
13. Everywhere You Turn by Longwave
14. Smoke and Mirrors by RJD2
15. In The House – In A Heartbeat by John Murphy
16. A Beautiful Morning by The Rascals
17. When I Grow Up by Garbage
18. Detroit Swing 66 by Gomez
19. So I Fall Again by Phantom Planet

2006

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Track listing

1. Holy Shit by Mindless Self Indulgence
2. Cocaine and Toupees by Mindless Self Indulgence
3. We All Fall Down by Unknown
4. Equus by Blonde Redhead
5. Noir Désir by Vive La Fête
6. Light & Magic by Ladytron
7. Strangers by Portishead
8. Slippage by Goldfrapp
9. Every Planet We Reach is Dead by Gorillaz
10. Faggot by Mindless Self Indulgence
11. Time Is Running Out by Muse
12. Paper Heart by Gram Rabbit
13. Ocean Breathes Salty by Modest Mouse
14. This is Hardcore by Pulp
15. Friend is a Four-Letter Word by Cake
16. Bukowski by Modest Mouse
17. New York’s Not My Home by Jim Croce
18. The One You Love by Rufus Wainwright
19. outsiders by Franz Ferdinand

2005

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Track listing

1. Oxygene I by Jean-Michel Jarre
2. Mad Man Moon by Genesis
3. Even Song by Gomez
4. devil’s playground by Gram Rabbit
5. Side by Travis
6. Cherries by Brendan Benson
7. The Prize Fighter by The Velvet Teen
8. Snowden by Doves
9. dirty horse by Gram Rabbit
10. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra
11. I’ve Got More by Ambulette
12. Cherry Lips (go Baby Go!) by Garbage
13. Train by Goldfrapp
14. Destroy Everything You Touch by Ladytron
15. Fight Fire With Fire by Kansas
16. A Hazy Shade of Winter by Simon & Garfunkel
17. Memory Lane by Elliott Smith
18. Knock Yourself Out by Jon Brion

2004

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Track listing

1. Foreplay/Long Time by Boston
2. Refugee by Tom Petty
3. Song 2 by Blur
4. Blue Monday [Single Mix] by Orgy
5. Anything for Your Love by Eric Clapton
6. Lines in the Suit by Spoon
7. Melancholia by The Who
8. Writing to Reach You by Travis
9. L’Amour est Bleu by Claudine Longet
   
10. Survival by Yes
11. Still in Love Song by The Stills
12. Satin in a Coffin by Modest Mouse
13. Sunrise by The Who
14. Thank You by Led Zeppelin
15. Hey You by Pink Floyd
16. In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins

2003

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Track listing

1. Livin’ Thing by Electric Light Orchestra
2. Tonight She Comes by The Cars
3. Baba O’Riley by The Who
4. Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) by John Williams
5. Valley by Doves
6. He’s Simple, He’s Dumb He’s The Pilot by Grandaddy
7. Are You A Hypnotist by The Flaming Lips
8. Emma J by Brendan Benson
9. The General by Dispatch
10. Date With the Night by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
11. There’s No Home for You Here by The White Stripes
12. The Crystal Lake by Grandaddy
13. Pestilent Muse by Legubitron
14. Bad Company by Bad Company
15. No, Not Now by Hot Hot Heat
16. I Hung My Head by Sting
17. AM180 by Grandaddy
18. Jerk It Out by The Caesars
19. Not Coming Home by Maroon 5
20. Island In The Sun by Weezer
21. Russians by Sting
22. Standin’ in the Rain by Electric Light Orchestra
23. Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues
24. From the Beginning by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
25. Lonely Day by Phantom Planet
26. Jed The Humanoid by Grandaddy

2002

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Track listing

1. What You Need by INXS
2. Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh
3. Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards
4. Right Down the Line by Gerry Rafferty
5. Hold The Line by Toto
6. Will It Go Round In Circles by Billy Preston
7. No Time by The Guess Who
8. Life’s Been Good by Joe Walsh
9. Have a Cigar by Pink Floyd
10. I’d Love To Change The World by Ten Years After
11. Roundabout by Yes
12. Perfectly Good Guitar by John Hiatt
13. Use Me by Bill Withers

Meta-analysis

This is just me having fun. 😁

Relative length of playlist by year:

Distribution of release dates of included songs from 2012-2022 playlists (songs released before 2009 omitted for space):

Diversity of release years by playlist year (i.e. number of years songs were released), 2012-2022:

Distribution of 34 repeat artists by number of songs included from 2012-2022 playlists (an additional 140 artists appeared once):

Top six appearing artists (2012-2022 playlists):

1. Islands
2. Tame Impala
3. Abney Park
4. The Correspondents
5. Peter, Bjorn and John
6. Franz Ferdinand

Distribution of 72 repeat artists by number of songs included from 2002-2022 playlists (an additional 208 artists appeared once):

Top nine appearing artists (2002-2022 playlists):

1. Islands
2. Ladytron
3. Abney Park
4. The Knife
5. Tame Impala
6. Franz Ferdinand
7. The Dears
8. Modest Mouse
9. Fleet Foxes

How I compiled this page.