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Year-end countdown · Q101 · 1998

Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998

The year-end countdown for 1998 from Q101 in Chicago, IL ranks 101 songs, with “Intergalactic” by Beastie Boys at number one. The list features 71 different artists; Foo Fighters has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 93 #1
2 Inside Out Eve 6 65 #2
3 My Own Prison Creed 37 #3
4 I Will Buy You a New Life Everclear 54 #4
5 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
6 Ava Adore The Smashing Pumpkins 26 #6
7 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 92 #2
8 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 75 #1
9 Level on the Inside Dovetail Joint 5 #9
10 The Way Fastball 45 #6
11 Shimmer Fuel 46 #1
12 Closing Time Semisonic 57 #4
13 Perfect The Smashing Pumpkins 28 #9
14 Wishlist Pearl Jam 39 #10
15 What's This Life For Creed 12 #4
16 Father of Mine Everclear 56 #11
17 Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New 45 #1
18 One Week Barenaked Ladies 46 #3
19 Save Tonight Eagle Eye Cherry 25 #6
20 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 21 #4
21 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
22 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 50 #1
23 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz 93 #6
24 Push It Garbage 28 #7
25 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 45 #12
26 Brian Wilson Barenaked Ladies 15 #14
27 All The Kids Are Right Local H 17 #27
28 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 55 #1
29 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 49 #12
30 Jumper Third Eye Blind 35 #8
31 My Hero Foo Fighters 130 #9
32 What It's Like Everlast 81 #2
33 The Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim 57 #10
34 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 45 #17
35 Celebrity Skin Hole 54 #4
36 Everything to Everyone Everclear 59 #8
37 I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage 45 #10
38 Never There Cake 70 #3
39 Real World Matchbox 20 11 #37
40 Busy Child The Crystal Method 24 #17
41 Slide Goo Goo Dolls 38 #23
42 Zoot Suit Riot Cherry Poppin' Daddies 27 #6
43 Circles Soul Coughing 43 #8
44 In Hiding Pearl Jam 19 #44
45 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
46 Don't Drink the Water Dave Matthews Band 13 #26
47 The Dope Show Marilyn Manson 25 #20
48 Shelf in the Room Days of the New 7 #40
49 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
50 Can't Get Enough of You Baby Smash Mouth 6 #50
51 Dragula Rob Zombie 51 #15
52 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
53 The Mummer's Dance Loreena McKennitt 9 #53
54 Jump Right In The Urge 15 #39
55 I Know You Love Me Smoking Popes 1 #55
56 Brick Ben Folds Five 65 #6
57 The Down Town Days of the New 7 #24
58 Stay (Wasting Time) Dave Matthews Band 12 #34
59 Beautiful Disaster 311 47 #13
60 Polyester Bride Liz Phair 24 #37
61 Got You (Where I Want You) The Flys 28 #20
62 Heroes The Wallflowers 16 #46
63 Body Movin' Beastie Boys 31 #12
64 Lullaby Shawn Mullins 13 #29
65 Pure Morning Placebo 38 #21
66 Losing A Whole Year Third Eye Blind 19 #16
67 She Gave Me Love The Getaway People 1 #67
68 Walking After You Foo Fighters 12 #23
69 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 51 #3
70 Lucky Man The Verve 27 #31
71 Mouth Bush 27 #22
72 Truly, Truly Grant Lee Buffalo 27 #62
73 Long Day Matchbox 20 8 #20
74 Get 'Em Outta Here Sprung Monkey 11 #6
75 Doin' Time Sublime 45 #1
76 Baker Street Foo Fighters 17 #25
77 Sunday Shining Finley Quaye 2 #77
78 Torn Creed 9 #18
79 Thank U Alanis Morissette 8 #50
80 Song For The Dumped Ben Folds Five 23 #38
81 Pug The Smashing Pumpkins 4 #58
82 Singing In My Sleep Semisonic 12 #59
83 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 50 #1
84 All Around the World Oasis 12 #84
85 Leech Eve 6 7 #26
86 The Sweetest Thing (remix) U2 15 #2
87 Crush Dave Matthews Band 40 #19
88 What I Didn't Know Athanaeum 1 #88
89 Spark Tori Amos 25 #34
90 Got the Life Korn 51 #1
91 Fire Escape Fastball 8 #54
92 Touched VAST 17 #23
93 Saint Joe On The School Bus Marcy Playground 6 #25
94 Blue Monday Orgy 47 #6
95 Sunshower Chris Cornell 8 #58
96 Tropicalia Beck 21 #49
97 It's You The Specials 3 #73
98 Bittersweet Fuel 12 #73
99 Mungo City Spacehog 5 #96
100 Once in a While Dishwalla 4 #74
101 Save Yourself Stabbing Westward 36 #8

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Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 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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