The best indie songs for New Year's Eve
22 December 2023, 14:01 | Updated: 17 December 2024, 15:06
Let our list of indie club bangers and dancefloor fillers take you right through into 2025.
Whether you're spending NYE with your family, your housemates, or if you're on your own, it doesn't mean you can't celebrate.
Let Radio X help you welcome in the New Year with our playlist of absolute indie bangers!
Get our rundown on some of the biggest NYE bangers below
- Get Chris Moyles get the party started from 4pm with a special Platinum Hour playlist
- And then listen to the Radio X Indie Night, live from 7pm!
Listen to Radio X on New Year's Eve on Global Player
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The Killers - Mr Brightside
We may be dancing, but inside we're crying.
The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Official Music Video)
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Justice Vs Simian- We Are Your Friends
If you haven't danced to this one in a sweaty indie club, than have you even lived?
Justice Vs Simian - We Are Your Friends
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Jamie T - Sticks & Stones
The classic floor-filler from Mr Jamie Treays.
Jamie T - Sticks 'n' Stones (Official Video)
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Oasis - Supersonic
Tambourine-shaking optional.
Oasis - Supersonic (Official Video - UK Version)
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Bloc Party - Helicopter
You need to be on the danceflorr within a split second of this tune starting.
Bloc Party - Helicopter
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The Stone Roses - Waterfall
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1989.
The Stone Roses - Waterfall
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Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
Blissed out synth-pop from the Aussie duo.
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Official Video)
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Courteeners - Not Nineteen Forever
Get your hand off my thigh!
The Courteeners - Not Nineteen Forever
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The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division
Let's dance to Let's Dance To Joy Division.
The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
Woo-hoo-hoo!
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
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Pulp - Disco 2000
Was 2000 really that long ago? Yes. Yes, it was. Is it even an NYE playlist without a song that mentions the turn of the millennium? Nah.
Pulp - Disco 2000
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The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
Time to hang onto your best mate for dear life.
The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun (Official Video)
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Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Get ready for the moshpit.
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Blur - There's No Other Way
Baggy shuffle par excellence
Blur - There's No Other Way
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Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Big intro then crafty time change. Don't get caught out!
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Official Video)
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Kasabian - Club Foot
Tom 'n' Serge, we love you.
Kasabian - Club Foot
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The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
Feel that groovy Hammond organ sound.
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
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The Strokes - Last Nite
The skinny-jeaned strut.
The Strokes - Last Nite
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Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Storm the dancefloor now! (Safely)
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (Official Video)
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Foals - My Number
Absolute banger that has us looking forward to the summer festival season already.
Foals - My Number
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Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
Nothing quite gets the indie dancefloor party started like Standing In The Way of control
Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control (Official Music Video)
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Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
One of the most brilliant intros ever.
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
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Happy Mondays - Step On
Baggy wonderment.
Happy Mondays - Step On
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New Order - Blue Monday
Seven minutes of sour-faced dancing. Tsst tsst tsst tsst!
New Order - Blue Monday 88 (Official Music Video)
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
There's a few indie bangers you could choose from the New York indie rockers; Date With The Night and Sacrilege to name a few. However with the lyrics "Of with your head/dance 'til your dead" Heads Will Roll just pips them to the post in our list of NYE fillers.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (Official Music Video)
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Blur - Song 2
It's a second appearance from Blur and granted, it's a bit of an obvious one, but nothing quite gets the dancefloor heaving like Song 2.
Blur - Song 2 (Official Music Video)
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The Smiths - This Charming Man
You need to flail around the dancefloor to this one, hand across the forehead.
The Smiths - This Charming Man (Official Music Video)
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The Walkmen - The Rat
The stomp-tastic indie banger would be welcome on any indie New Year's Eve playlist. If its intro and infectious riff doesn't get your head banging then we fear you might just be dead inside...
The Walkmen The Rat
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Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Love
There's nothing quite like a euphoric dance to look back at the year. It might have a slower tempo, but it's no less impactful
Florence + The Machine - You've Got the Love
