Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2003	33	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003	107
2003	1	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2003	91
2003	24	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003	106
2003	37	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003	101
2003	60	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003	100
2003	65	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003	92
2003	41	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2003	89
2003	47	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003	101
2003	8	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003	100
2003	36	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003	102
2003	70	The Bear Ottawa, ON	The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003	107
2003	71	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003	99
2003	12	Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003	105
2003	77	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003	100
2004	45	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004	106

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2003	1954	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	1954	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2004	410	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	500
2004	235	WXPN	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)	885
2005	1943	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2005	38	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005)	100
2005	78	Studio Brussel	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2005)	100
2005	270	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	500
2006	40	107.7 The End	The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006)	107
2006	396	Live 105	Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)	500
2006	75	Studio Brussel	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2006)	100
2006	126	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006)	500
2007	1419	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1567	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	98	WFNX	WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009)	101
2009	1580	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2009	76	Studio Brussel	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2009)	100
2009	242	WXPN	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)	885
2010	182	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium	200
2010	1614	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2010	46	Studio Brussel	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2010)	100
2011	1619	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2011	63	Studio Brussel	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2011)	100
2012	72	Studio Brussel	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2012)	100
2013	1514	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2013	42	WXPN	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)	885
2014	1483	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2014	669	WXPN	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)	885
2018	483	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs	892
2020	1383	WXPN	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time	2020
2024	52	WXPN	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)	885

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