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Best downtempo songs of the 2020s

It opened with nobody able to tour, so records got finished in bedrooms and discovery moved to a feed. Drill turned up in every city with a postcode, and Afrobeats and Latin pop went mainstream worldwide without waiting to be translated.

Songs from the downtempo albums of the 2020s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

Oblivion cover№ 1BreatheRomare · Oblivion4.0Weighted score3.0 avg · 3 ratings
  1. 2nothing is real, part XXIII coverclosure songmy head is empty · nothing is real, part XXIII2 ratings
  2. 3Mere Mortals coverMovement 1 - FireFloating Points · Mere Mortals2 ratings
  3. 4All Visible Objects coverRefugeMoby · All Visible Objects2 ratings
  4. 5Cascade coverVocoder [Club Mix]Floating Points · Cascade1 rating
  5. 6nothing is real, part XXIII coveru will be your downfallmy head is empty · nothing is real, part XXIII1 rating
  6. 7Cascade coverBirth4000Floating Points · Cascade1 rating
  7. 8Cascade coverKey103Floating Points · Cascade1 rating
  8. 9Mere Mortals coverMovement 3 - Rage of the GodsFloating Points · Mere Mortals1 rating
  9. 10My Soft Machine coverRoom (Red Wings)Arlo Parks · My Soft Machine1 rating
  10. 11Be Right Back coverBurnJorja Smith · Be Right Back1 rating
  11. 12Be Right Back coverAddictedJorja Smith · Be Right Back
  12. 13My Soft Machine coverDevotionArlo Parks · My Soft Machine
  13. 14My Soft Machine coverImpuritiesArlo Parks · My Soft Machine
  14. 15Be Right Back coverHomeJorja Smith · Be Right Back
  15. 16Homosexual coverBirthDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  16. 17Homosexual coverHomosexual (Act Two)Darren Hayes · Homosexual
  17. 18Homosexual coverWe Are AlchemistsDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  18. 19Homosexual coverAll You Pretty ThingsDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  19. 20Homosexual coverFeels Like It's OverDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  20. 21Homosexual coverNocturnal AnimalDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  21. 22Homosexual coverEuphoric EquationDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  22. 23Homosexual coverMusic VideoDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  23. 24Homosexual coverHomosexual (Act One)Darren Hayes · Homosexual
  24. 25Homosexual coverHey MattDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  25. 26Homosexual coverPoison BloodDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  26. 27Homosexual coverA Little DeathDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  27. 28Homosexual coverDo You Remember?Darren Hayes · Homosexual
  28. 29Homosexual coverLet's Try Being In LoveDarren Hayes · Homosexual
  29. 30Promises coverMovement 9 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)Floating Points · Promises
  30. 31Promises coverMovement 8 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)Floating Points · Promises
  31. 32Promises coverMovement 7 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)Floating Points · Promises
  32. 33Promises coverMovement 6 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)Floating Points · Promises
  33. 34Promises coverMovement 5 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)Floating Points · Promises
  34. 35Promises coverMovement 4 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)Floating Points · Promises
  35. 36Promises coverMovement 3 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)Floating Points · Promises
  36. 37Promises coverMovement 2 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)Floating Points · Promises
  37. 38Promises coverMovement 1 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)Floating Points · Promises
  38. 39Artifact coverDystopiaParov Stelar · Artifact
  39. 40Artifact coverThe ForestParov Stelar · Artifact
  40. 41Artifact coverThe Fortune TellerParov Stelar · Artifact
  41. 42Artifact coverWalking On CloudsParov Stelar · Artifact
  42. 43Artifact coverMaybe TomorrowParov Stelar · Artifact
  43. 44Artifact coverAbsentis MaterParov Stelar · Artifact
  44. 45Artifact coverIn Between (feat. Karafizi)Parov Stelar · Artifact
  45. 46Artifact coverArt Deco (Parov Stelar Artifact Version)Parov Stelar · Artifact
  46. 47Artifact coverFalling Into TimeParov Stelar · Artifact
  47. 48Artifact coverInterlude OneParov Stelar · Artifact
  48. 49Artifact coverHyper BodyParov Stelar · Artifact
  49. 50Artifact coverRebel LoveParov Stelar · Artifact

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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