CDClub Songbook 2023

The 2023 CDClub Songbook is a collection of songs compiled throughout the year as part of the on-going CDClub Songbook chronology project.
This was the second year the project was incorporated into The Hellhole with a maintained playlist on YouTubeCDClub Songbook 2023. The first entry was "Last Train to Trancentral" by The KLF on January 1st, 2023, and the final entry was "Must Be Santa", a polka cover of a 1960 Mitch Miller song by Bob Dylan, on December 25th, 2023.
A total of one-hundred and thirty-nine songs featured on this year's list, down thirty-six from the previous year. There were seventeen new releases from 2023, up significantly from 2022. The earliest entry was "Boo-Hoo", released by Russ Morgan in 1937. The most represented years were 1991 and 2023 with ten entries each. Pet Shop Boys were the most featured artist with four songs, while Caroline Polachek also recorded three and a featured guest spot.
Although the list is compiled with no conceited plan or methodology, themes of melancholy and nostalgia provided a notable undercurrent amidst periods of personal mourning. This was also a year for discovery and re-discovery, with a strong representation for new releases.
# 	Song 	Artist 	Year
1 	Last Train to Trancentral 	The KLF 	1991
2 	One Perfect Sunrise 	Orbital 	2004
3 	Synchronicity II 	The Police 	1983
4 	The Boys of Summer 	Don Henley 	1984
5 	Hot Computer (Gerling Summa Laptop Remix) 	Gerling 	2001
6 	Enter Space Capsule 	Gerling 	1998
7 	Bad Moon Rising 	The Reels 	1986
8 	A Violent Yet Flammable World 	Au Revoir Simone 	2007
9 	Le Soleil est près de moi 	Air 	1997
10 	Forever Blue 	Swing Out Sister 	1989
11 	Breakout 	Swing Out Sister 	1986
12 	Steppin' Out 	Joe Jackson 	1982
13 	Maze 	MTRL 	2019
14 	Summer 	Machine Gun Fellatio 	2000
15 	Wavy Gravy 	Sasha 	2002
16 	Music Sounds Better With You 	Stardust 	1998
17 	Perpetual Dawn 	The Orb 	1991
18 	Let Forever Be 	The Chemical Brothers 	1999
19 	Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right) 	Björk 	2004
20 	Adam In Chains 	Billy Idol 	1993
21 	Shock to the System 	Billy Idol 	1993
22 	Tomorrow People 	Billy Idol 	1993
23 	November Rain 	Guns 'n' Roses 	1992
24 	House of Love 	East 17 	1992
25 	On Your Shore 	Enya 	1988
26 	The Box 	Orbital 	1996
27 	Shadow 	Chromatics 	2015
28 	Ghosts Again 	Depeche Mode 	2023
29 	Questions in a World of Blue 	Julee Cruise 	1992
30 	Memories of Green 	Vangelis 	1982
31 	Windswept 	Johnny Jewel 	2017
32 	The Downtown Lights 	The Blue Nile 	1989
33 	Boadicea 	Enya 	1992
34 	Bedtime Story 	Madonna 	1995
35 	Wonderful Life 	Black 	1987
36 	Kool Nuit 	M83 feat. Kaela 	2023
37 	Stripped 	Rammstein 	1998
38 	Miracles 	Pet Shop Boys 	2003
39 	Found a Job 	Talking Heads 	1978
40 	Billions 	Caroline Polachek 	2022
41 	Welcome to My Island 	Caroline Polachek 	2022
42 	I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 	Fine Young Cannibals 	1989
43 	Destroy Everything You Touch 	Ladytron 	2005
44 	Destroy 	The Japanese Popstars feat. Jon Spencer 	2010
45 	The Mercy Seat 	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 	1988
46 	Passion Babe 	Aldous Harding 	2022
47 	Blend 	Aldous Harding 	2017
48 	Smoke 	Caroline Polachek 	2023
49 	No More Mosquitoes 	Four Tet 	2001
50 	Hatrid Mun Sigra 	Hatari 	2019
51 	Sunchyme 	Dario G 	1997
52 	Sunset (Bird of Prey) 	Fatboy Slim 	2000
53 	Rainbowarriors 	CocoRosie 	2007
54 	Boo-Hoo 	Russ Morgan 	1937
55 	Spalarkle (Alys) 	felicita feat. Caroline Polachek 	2023
56 	5 Dollars 	Christine and The Queens 	2018
57 	Miracle of Love 	Eurythmics 	1986
58 	Dreams 	The Cranberries 	1992
59 	Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want 	The Dream Academy 	1986
60 	Tattoo 	Loreen 	2023
61 	Nightswimming 	R.E.M. 	1993
62 	Bored 	Monnie 	2023
63 	Don't Let Me Down 	Gus Dapperton & Benee 	2023
64 	On & On (Again) 	Confidence Man & Daniel Avery 	2023
65 	Go West 	Pet Shop Boys 	1993
66 	Summer Glass 	Julie Byrne 	2023
67 	Tears Can Be So Soft 	Christine and The Queens 	2023
68 	Good Beat 	Deee-Lite 	1991
69 	Insomnia 	Faithless 	1995
70 	Another Day 	This Mortal Coil 	1984
71 	As It Was 	Harry Styles 	2023
72 	Avalyn I 	Slowdive 	1991
73 	The New Pollution 	Beck 	1997
74 	Loser 	Beck 	1994
75 	Don't Come Around Here No More 	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 	1985
76 	Love is a Battlefield 	Pat Benatar 	1983
77 	Where the Wild Roses Grow 	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds feat. Kylie Minogue	1995
78 	Avalon 	Juliet 	2005
79 	Alright 	Jamiroquai 	1997
80 	Them Bones 	Alice in Chains 	1992
81 	Torch Song 	Yoko Kanno 	1994
82 	We Have Explosive 	The Future Sound of London 	1997
83 	Pulse of Life 	Way Out West 	2004
84 	Welcome to the Opera 	Anyma & Grimes 	2023
85 	Turquoise Hexagon Sun 	Boards of Canada 	1997
86 	Fly To You 	Caroline Polachek feat. Grimes & Dido 	2023
87 	Dreams Made Flesh 	This Mortal Coil 	1984
88 	Kiss Them For Me 	Siouxsie and The Banshees 	1991
89 	Building Steam with a Grain of Salt 	DJ Shadow 	1996
90 	Bachelorette 	Björk 	1997
91 	Milk 	Garbage 	1996
92 	Shadows 	Au Revoir Simone 	2009
93 	The Rhythm Divine 	Yellow feat. Shirley Bassey 	1987
94 	Hub-Tones 	Kamasi Washington 	2018
95 	Troy 	Sinead O'Connor 	1987
96 	Rush 	Big Audio Dynamite 	1991
97 	The Fly 	U2 	1991
98 	Unreal 	UNKLE 	1998
99 	Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 	U2 	1995
100	Twilight 	Electric Light Orchestra 	1981
101	Express Yourself 	Madonna 	1989
102	Enjoy the Silence 	Depeche Mode 	1990
103	Suburbia 	Pet Shop Boys 	1986
104	Being Boring 	Pet Shop Boys 	1990
105	Weightlessness (Gravity Edit) 	Skunkhour 	1997
106	A Distinctive Sound 	Gotye 	2006
107	Relax 	Frankie Goes to Hollywood 	1983
108	Frontier Psychiatrist 	The Avalanches 	2000
109	Whole Wide World 	Wreckless Eric 	1974
110	Let It All Hang Out 	A.D.O.R 	1992
111	Jazz (We've Got) / Buggin Out 	A Tribe Called Quest 	1991
112	Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) 	Digable Planets 	1992
113	Becalmed 	Brian Eno 	1975
114	All Exhale 	Luke Slater 	2000
115	Into The Trees 	Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions 	2016
116	The Prophecy 	DJ Shadow 	2023
117	Fleeting Youth (An Audible Life) 	DJ Shadow 	2023
118	Aries 	Gorillaz feat. Peter Hook & Georgia 	2020
119	Unfinished Sympathy 	Massive Attack 	1991
120	Break in the Weather 	Jenny Morris 	1991
121	A Night to Remember 	Beabadoobee, Laufey 	2023
122	What U Waitin 4? 	Jungle Brothers 	1990
123	All Together Now 	The Farm 	1990
124	Machine Gun 	Portishead 	2008
125	Above the Rim 	Bel Biv Devoe 	1993
126	I Believe in You 	Kylie Minogue 	2004
127	I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a "Rap" Album but This is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me...	André 3000 	2023
128	Sheep in Black and White 	Nils Frahm 	2022
129	Deep Blue Day 	Brian Eno 	1983
130	Perverted Undertone 	Prefuse 73 	2003
131	Maneater 	Hall & Oates 	1982
132	Runaway (Extended Video Version) 	Kanye West feat. Pusha T 	2010
133	A State Nearby 	NTEIBINT & Stella 	2018
134	Burning Down the House 	Talking Heads 	1983
135	The Gift 	Midge Ure 	1985
136	One Love 	The Prodigy 	1993
137	Neighbourhood 	Space 	1996
138	Never Let Me Down Again 	Depeche Mode 	1987
139	Must Be Santa 	Bob Dylan 	2009
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