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Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996

The year-end countdown for 1996 from Q101 in Chicago, IL ranks 101 songs, with “Machinehead” by Bush at number one. The list features 71 different artists; The Smashing Pumpkins has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Machinehead Bush 78 #1
2 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 115 #2
3 Santa Monica Everclear 90 #3
4 Down 311 71 #1
5 Guilty Gravity Kills 20 #5
6 Spiderwebs No Doubt 56 #3
7 Pepper Butthole Surfers 76 #1
8 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 98 #4
9 What Do I Have To Do? Stabbing Westward 28 #9
10 Counting Blue Cars Dishwalla 36 #1
11 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 50 #1
12 Zero The Smashing Pumpkins 49 #3
13 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Primitive Radio Gods 44 #8
14 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 70 #5
15 In The Meantime Spacehog 60 #7
16 Swallowed Bush 42 #16
17 Champagne Supernova Oasis 91 #11
18 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden 55 #4
19 Don't Speak No Doubt 58 #3
20 Muzzle The Smashing Pumpkins 17 #20
21 Tahitian Moon Porno for Pyros 15 #9
22 Here in Your Bedroom Goldfinger 41 #12
23 Who Will Save Your Soul Jewel 20 #18
24 Big Bang Baby Stone Temple Pilots 44 #12
25 Novocaine for the Soul The Eels 39 #16
26 Pretty Noose Soundgarden 28 #6
27 Where It's At Beck 85 #2
28 Brain Stew Green Day 61 #8
29 Head Over Feet Alanis Morissette 13 #29
30 Shame Stabbing Westward 10 #30
31 Salvation The Cranberries 31 #22
32 Hail Hail Pearl Jam 16 #26
33 All Mixed Up 311 64 #10
34 Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden 34 #34
35 Mother Mother Tracy Bonham 26 #11
36 The Distance Cake 91 #1
37 What I Got Sublime 106 #1
38 The World I Know Collective Soul 38 #14
39 Stupid Girl Garbage 54 #4
40 Bound for the Floor Local H 59 #10
41 Naked Goo Goo Dolls 14 #41
42 Whoever You Are Geggy Tah 33 #20
43 Heaven Beside You Alice In Chains 56 #39
44 Ironic Alanis Morissette 35 #20
45 Sister The Nixons 10 #32
46 Only Happy When It Rains Garbage 69 #9
47 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
48 Devil's Haircut Beck 59 #29
49 Angry Johnny Poe 31 #11
50 Big Me Foo Fighters 48 #14
51 You Learn Alanis Morissette 20 #7
52 Too Much Dave Matthews Band 31 #7
53 Popular Nada Surf 29 #36
54 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 74 #1
55 Ready To Go Republica 40 #26
56 Cumbersome Seven Mary Three 59 #15
57 Sucked Out Superdrag 20 #29
58 Walking Contradiction Green Day 6 #58
59 If It Makes You Happy Sheryl Crow 25 #40
60 Photograph The Verve Pipe 23 #24
61 Aneurysm Nirvana 29 #12
62 Aeroplane Red Hot Chili Peppers 45 #28
63 I Was Wrong Social Distortion 36 #29
64 Free To Decide The Cranberries 14 #35
65 Banditos The Refreshments 30 #30
66 Scooby Snacks Fun Lovin' Criminals 24 #14
67 Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina) Sponge 9 #67
68 So Much To Say Dave Matthews Band 33 #13
69 Mint Car The Cure 15 #24
70 No Place to Hide Korn 7 #10
71 E-Bow the Letter R.E.M. 8 #71
72 Stinkfist Tool 73 #2
73 Peaches The Presidents of the United States of America 35 #26
74 I Got Id Pearl Jam 28 #20
75 Mable Goldfinger 3 #54
76 #1 Crush Garbage 40 #24
77 Possum Kingdom Toadies 69 #4
78 Mighty K.C. For Squirrels 11 #26
79 Happy Now No Doubt 9 #29
80 Angels of the Silences Counting Crows 14 #55
81 Ladykillers Lush 20 #21
82 6th Avenue Heartache The Wallflowers 26 #18
83 Jurassitol Filter 2 #83
84 Tattva Kula Shaker 15 #9
85 Who You Are Pearl Jam 23 #50
86 Shadowboxer Fiona Apple 17 #73
87 The 13th The Cure 4 #87
88 Flood Jars of Clay 25 #36
89 Gold Dust Woman Hole 10 #47
90 El Scorcho Weezer 31 #9
91 Caught A Lite Sneeze Tori Amos 22 #41
92 Alone + Easy Target Foo Fighters 10 #92
93 Stone Temple Pilots Lady Picture Show 1 #93
94 Fire Water Burn Bloodhound Gang 21 #31
95 Bittersweet Me R.E.M. 8 #47
96 Heartspark Dollar Sign Everclear 16 #11
97 Strange Attraction The Cure 1 #97
98 Israel's Son Silverchair 4 #98
99 Love Rollercoaster Red Hot Chili Peppers 33 #15
100 All I Know Screaming Trees 24 #5
101 Tiny Meat Ruby 5 #77

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Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 was broadcast by Q101 (Chicago, IL). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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