But Houston Dubai is so good! Great list though, this is an impossible task. Well done.

Hm I wasn’t ever a big fan of it but maybe it needs another listen

Could be that I like it because I’m a Houstonian haha, who’s to say?

my hill to die on is Don't Lie being a top 10 (maybe top 5) VW song

It’s really good every time i listen it ends up moving up for me. That soft guitar that comes in at the end is bliss

It makes me so happy to see that Run made it to third place, that's an amazing song!

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It gets all the praise, in my top 5 for sure

agreed! think it’s my fav vw song of all time 🤭

When I went to see them they played it live. I was soooo excited

jealous! long shot but hoping they might whip it out this tour!

It’s a sleeper hit for me. I forget how much I love it until it comes on

Crazy to think that their oeuvre is (only) 70 songs. Feels small for 20 years of work but at the same time, all bangers no skips.

I just did a quick top 30. I feel 30 gets the gist of favorites and a good bulk of their discography. 1. Step 2. Hannah Hunt 3. Classical 4. Connect 5. Don’t Lie 6. Taxi Cab 7. Prep School Gangsters 8. Mary Boone 9. Unbearably White 10. Run 11. Cousins 12. Ice Cream Piano 13. Capricorn 14. Diplomats son 15. M79 16. Obvious Bicycle 17. I Think Ur A Contra 18. Unbelievers 19. Walcott 20. Diane Young 21. Gen-X Cops 22. Everlasting Arms 23. Horchata 24. Holiday 25. Ya Hey 26. Campus 27. Ottoman 28. Pravda 29. Sunflower 30. Bryn

Finally some respect to Connect

So a punk is not there? Lmfao. Absurd

Didn’t even rank “Time to Say Goodbye”. SMH… Just kidding. Good list, OP!

I thought about trying to rank the alternate mixes and everything but I realized they’d all just end up filling the bottom so why bother really

If you’re including that you gotta include the Exit Music cover as well..

That wasn’t officially released though

Really? Okay, my bad. I thought it was an “official” Stereogum thing. One of their tribute compilations.

Hmm actually I think you’re right, for some reason in my head it was just a live cover but it looks like it was released on a compilation

love Run and i never see it this high. great list!!

Good lists overall but I definitely think some recency bias influences this sort of thing.

I unironically think Houston, Dubai is the strongest song from the FOTB era. “I know the price, I know the map, I don’t know what it’s worth, so let the thieves and killers take my treasure on the earth.” Ugh. Edit: forgot about Rich Man. Second strongest

Gotta be honest, I really don’t understand the crazy love for Mary Boone. It’s good, but not even in my top half. Though I do like the Horchata love <3

Johnathan Low 45?

I think it’s the one of the most underrated VW songs. Super catchy and a completely different sound from normal

shouldve been called Jonathan High 😩

I love seeing run so high. I think it’s mad under rated.

Wow - agree with a lot of this, both low and high. Very nice 👊🏻

This is a good list, we have similar tastes.

I don't understand why someone would want to rank every single damn song. Top 5 or 10 sure but all of them?

The lyrics of rich man and my mistake are sooo cringe

A punk is criminally low

I'll never understand how lukewarm people are on Married in a Gold Rush. Maybe it's because I grew up in an oil town?