List of tracks awarded Pitchfork Best New Track in 2009

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The online music magazine Pitchfork Media began awarding songs Best New Track (BNT) in its track reviews in 2009 as part of its Best New Music section. A total of 98 tracks, which the source reviewed album-only cuts, singles, remixes, a-sides and b-sides of singles and so forth, were given the title in its first year. All BNTs have a rating of 8/10 or higher, although not all tracks awarded 8/10 were titled BNT. Only two tracks were awarded a perfect 10/10 score in 2009: "While You Wait for the Others" (Grizzly Bear) and "What Would I Want? Sky" (Animal Collective). This list does not contain tracks that were included on Pitchfork's best-of-year lists but did not receive BNT.

TrackArtistRatingDate of reviewAlbum
"Knotty Pine" [1] Dirty Projectors and David Byrne 8January 15 Dark Was the Night
"Sunlight" [2] tUnE-yArDs 8February 23 Bird-Brains
"The Breeze/My Baby Cries" [3] Bill Callahan (original song by Kath Bloom)8February 25Loving Takes This Course
"Black Lake" [4] Real Estate 8 Real Estate
"My Girls" [5] Animal Collective 9February 27 Merriweather Post Pavilion
"Wind Phoenix" [6] Cymbals Eat Guitars 8March 2 Why There Are Mountains
"Young Hearts Spark Fire" [7] Japandroids 9March 4 Post-Nothing
"Glass" [8] Bat for Lashes 8March 5 Two Suns
"1901" [9] Phoenix 8March 8 Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
"Skeletons" [10] Yeah Yeah Yeahs 8March 13 It's Blitz!
"Is She There?" [11] Nodzzz8March 18Nodzzz
"Rain On" [12] Woods 8March 27 Songs of Shame
"It Gets Your Body Movin'" [13] Suckers 8March 31-
"Daniel" [14] Bat for Lashes9April 6Two Suns
"Die Slow" [15] Health 8April 10 Get Color
"my life, my swag" [16] jj 8April 13"jj n° 1"
"Stillness Is the Move" [17] Dirty Projectors9April 16 Bitte Orca
"Freeway" [18] Kurt Vile 8April 17 Constant Hitmaker
"Raindrops" [19] Basement Jaxx 8April 24 Scars
"Lisztomania" [20] Phoenix8April 27Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
"Young Adult Friction" [21] The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 8April 29 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
"Velvet" (Gang Gang Dance remix) [22] Remix of a song originally by The Big Pink 8May 4 A Brief History of Love (Limited edition)
"I Want You to Know" [23] Dinosaur Jr. 8May 7 Farm
"Moth's Wings" [24] Passion Pit 8May 11 Manners
"Two Weeks" [25] Grizzly Bear 9May 13 Veckatimest
"Version (Test Mixxx)" [26] patten 8May 14-
"While You Wait for the Others" [27] Grizzly Bear10May 22Veckatimest
"Chi Don't Dance" [28] BBU 8Fear of a Clear Channel Planet
"Northern Lights" [29] Bowerbirds 8May 26 Upper Air
"Bode" [30] Julianna Barwick 8May 27Florine
"Dream City" [31] Free Energy 8May 28 Stuck on Nothing
"Divinations" [32] Mastodon 9May 29 Crack the Skye
"It Ain't Gonna Save Me" [33] Jay Reatard 8June 1 Watch Me Fall
"Psychic City (Voodoo City)" [34] Y△CHT 9June 2 See Mystery Lights
"Love the Nite Away" (Tiedye remix) [35] Remix of a track originally by DJ Kaos9June 4-
"Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" (Wallpaper. remix) [36] Remix of a song originally by Das Racist 8June 8-
"Dreamer" [37] Tiny Vipers 8June 15 Life on Earth
"So Insane" [38] Discovery 8June 17 LP
"Valiant Brave" [39] Ganglians8June 18Monster Head Room
"Beggar's Bowl" [40] Polvo 8June 24 In Prism
"Tunguska" [41] Cymbals Eat Guitars8June 26...And the Hazy Sea/Tunguska
"Be My Girl" [42] Smith Westerns 8June 29 The Smith Westerns
"Keep It Goin' Louder" [43] Major Lazer featuring Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze9June 30 Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
"Coat of Arms" [44] Nosaj Thing 8July 6 Drift
"Ramona" [45] The Pains of Being Pure at Heart8July 7"Young Adult Friction / Ramona"
"Goth Star" [46] Pictureplane 8July 9 Dark Rift
"Ecstasy" [47] jj8July 10 jj n° 2
"I Am Leaving" [48] Blue Roses 8Blue Roses
"Vibrationz" [49] Javelin 8July 13Jamz n Jemz
"Big Wave Rider" [50] Rainbow Bridge8July 15-
"You Saved My Life" [51] Cass McCombs 9July 16 Catacombs
"Warm Heart of Africa" [52] The Very Best featuring Ezra Koenig 8July 17 Warm Heart of Africa
"Walkabout" [53] Atlas Sound featuring Noah Lennox 8July 20 Logos
"Way U Make Me Feel" [54] Guido8"Orchestral Lab/Way U Make Me Feel"
"Silver Trembling Hands" [55] The Flaming Lips 8July 21 Embryonic
"Space Ex" [56] Blue Daisy featuring LaNote8July 23-
"Seasun" [57] Delorean 9July 24 Ayrton Senna
"Deadbeat Summer" [58] Neon Indian 9 Psychic Chasms
"Digidesign" [59] Joker 8July 27"Digidesign/You Don't Know What Love Is"
"Sunshine" [60] John Talabot 9July 29-
"Here to Fall" [61] Yo La Tengo 8July 30 Popular Songs
"Quitters Raga" [62] Gold Panda 8July 31-
"Dominos" [63] The Big Pink 8August 4 A Brief History of Love
"K&G Beat" [64] Floating Points8August 5-
"House of Flying Daggers" [65] Raekwon ft. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, and Method Man8August 6 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
"Bay of Pigs" [66] Destroyer 9August 7 Bay of Pigs
"Despicable Dogs" [67] Small Black 8August 12Small Black EP
"Island, IS" [68] Volcano Choir 9August 14 Unmap
"Feel It All Around" [69] Washed Out 9August 25 Life of Leisure
"Hyph Mngo" [70] Joy Orbison 9August 27"Hyph Mngo/Wet Look"
"10 Bricks" [71] Raekwon8August 31Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
"All Yr Songs" [72] Diamond Rings 8September 2 Special Affections
"I Felt Stupid" [73] The Drums 8September 16 Summertime!
"The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future" [74] Los Campesinos! 8September 21 Romance Is Boring
"Shelia" [75] Atlas Sound8September 22Logos
"Surf Solar" (7" edit) [76] Fuck Buttons 8September 29 Tarot Sport
"11th Dimension" [77] Julian Casablancas 8October 1 Phrazes for the Young
"Lust for Life" [78] Girls 9October 2 Album
"Rollerskate" (radio edit) [79] Matias Aguayo8October 5Ay Ay Ay
"Baby Can't Stop" (Aeroplane remix) [80] Remix of a song by Lindstrøm and Christabelle8October 8 Real Life Is No Cool (bonus disc)
"Shine Blockas" [81] Big Boi featuring Gucci Mane 9October 14 Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
"IRM" [82] Charlotte Gainsbourg 8October 15 IRM
"Monster Island" [83] Claude VonStroke 8October 26Bird Brain
"Songs Remind Me of You" [84] Annie 8October 27 Don't Stop
"Crown on the Ground" [85] Sleigh Bells 9October 29 Treats
"Havin' My Baby" [86] Think About Life 8October 30 Family
"Empire State of Mind" [87] Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys 8November 4 The Blueprint 3
"Watching the Planets" [88] The Flaming Lips9November 5Embryonic
"Close Chorus" [89] A Sunny Day in Glasgow 8November 6 Ashes Grammar
"Love Cry" [90] Four Tet 8November 9 There Is Love in You
"Little Dreamer" (Jones Remix) [91] Remix of a song by Future Islands featuring Victoria Legrand 8November 11Post Office Wave Chapel
"A New Chance" (The Juan MacLean remix) [92] Remix of a song by The Tough Alliance 8November 16Prison Break
"Spring" (Air France remix) [93] Remix of a song by Saint Etienne 8November 17 London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne
"When I'm With You" [94] Best Coast 8November 19 Crazy for You
"Norway" [95] Beach House 9November 20 Teen Dream
"What Would I Want? Sky" [96] Animal Collective10November 23 Fall Be Kind
"Take It In" [97] Hot Chip 8November 25 One Life Stand
"When I Look at You" [98] Emalkay 8November 30-

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