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“I Will Buy You a New Life” by Everclear

From the album So Much for the Afterglow (1997)

“I Will Buy You a New Life” by Everclear appears on 35 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1998 and 2014. It was first released in 1997 on the album So Much for the Afterglow. Its best result is #4 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 alternative song of 1998, #1,662 alternative song of all time and #104 of the '90s.

35countdowns
12stations
#4best position
0#1 finishes
5top 10 finishes
1998–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 6 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 36 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 91
1998 14 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 4 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 28 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 5 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 102
1998 8 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 9 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 151 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 174 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 248 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 455 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 145 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1802 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 93 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 221 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1804 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 467 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1803 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 393 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1790 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 110 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2003 1770 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1770 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1772 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 267 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1378 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 488 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1441 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 434 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 1459 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1488 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1557 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1610 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1619 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: I Will Buy You A New Life.

Charting alongside it in 1998

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  3. 3Celebrity SkinHole
  4. 4Inside OutEve 6
  5. 5Father of MineEverclear
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