Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1990	13	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990	107
1990	4	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 1990	91
1990	63	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990	105
1990	2	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990	90

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1991	90	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)	500
1991	165	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)	1002
1992	384	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)	500
1992	36	Live 105	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)	299
1994	363	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)	497
1994	168	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)	500
1995	396	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)	500
1995	219	Live 105	Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)	300
1996	156	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)	500
1996	223	Q101	Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)	500
1996	162	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)	498
1998	215	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)	488
1999	146	KROQ	KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999)	300
1999	276	WHFS	WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)	500
1999	292	91X	91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)	500
1999	141	Q101	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1017
1999	275	WLIR / WDRE	WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	300
1999	386	WFNX	WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)	500
1999	313	107.7 The End	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1077
1999	193	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)	500
1999	525	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
1999	741	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)	1002
2000	265	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)	500
2000	525	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	266	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)	498
2001	525	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2001	328	WBRU	WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)	500
2002	525	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	1075	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	64	91X	91X Top 91 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	91
2003	525	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2003	326	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)	2044
2004	359	107.7 The End	The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)	500
2004	525	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	525	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2006	491	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)	500
2007	352	KROQ	KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)	500
2007	168	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	366	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)	500
2008	125	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	384	Live 105	Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)	500
2009	131	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	129	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	127	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	128	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	126	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2019	545	KEXP	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time	627
2023	417	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s	893

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