Honorable mentions for Frank Ocean's "Bad Religion," Kendrick Lamar's "The Art of Peer Pressure," Mumford & Sons' "Below My Feet" and Imagine Dragons' "It's Time"
DISCLAIMER: These choices are no doubt controversial. Many thousands of songs were released this year, and narrowing them to just five was no easy task. If you feel something was wrongfully left out (or wrongfully included), voice your opinion with a comment below.