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Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998

The year-end countdown for 1998 from Radio & Records in United States (national airplay chart) ranks 102 songs, with “Shimmer” by Fuel at number one. The list features 74 different artists; Everclear has the most entries with three songs. Position 75 is missing from the source list.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Shimmer Fuel 46 #1
2 Inside Out Eve 6 65 #2
3 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
4 Closing Time Semisonic 57 #4
5 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 75 #1
6 The Way Fastball 45 #6
7 Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day 36 #1
8 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 50 #1
9 I Will Buy You a New Life Everclear 54 #4
10 My Own Prison Creed 37 #3
11 One Week Barenaked Ladies 46 #3
12 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 49 #12
13 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
14 My Hero Foo Fighters 130 #9
15 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 45 #12
16 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 93 #1
17 Wishlist Pearl Jam 39 #10
18 Push It Garbage 28 #7
19 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 45 #17
20 Perfect The Smashing Pumpkins 28 #9
21 Father of Mine Everclear 56 #11
22 Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New 45 #1
23 What's This Life For Creed 12 #4
24 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
25 Jumper Third Eye Blind 35 #8
26 Celebrity Skin Hole 54 #4
27 Don't Drink the Water Dave Matthews Band 13 #26
28 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz 93 #6
29 Brick Ben Folds Five 65 #6
30 Save Tonight Eagle Eye Cherry 25 #6
31 Everything to Everyone Everclear 59 #8
32 Ava Adore The Smashing Pumpkins 26 #6
33 I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage 45 #10
34 Got You (Where I Want You) The Flys 28 #20
35 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 23 #27
36 St. Joe on the School Bus Marcy Playground 6 #36
37 Real World Matchbox 20 11 #37
38 Slide Goo Goo Dolls 38 #23
39 Jump Right In The Urge 15 #39
40 Zoot Suit Riot Cherry Poppin' Daddies 27 #6
41 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 21 #4
42 Never There Cake 70 #3
43 What I Didn't Know Anthenaeum 1 #43
44 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
45 Save Yourself Stabbing Westward 36 #8
46 Stay (Wasting Time) Dave Matthews Band 12 #34
47 Spark Tori Amos 25 #34
48 Wash It Away Black Lab 5 #37
49 Heroes The Wallflowers 16 #46
50 Losing A Whole Year Third Eye Blind 19 #16
51 Shelf in the Room Days of the New 7 #40
52 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
53 Get 'Em Outta Here Sprung Monkey 11 #6
54 Cut You In Jerry Cantrell 11 #45
55 Fire Escape Fastball 8 #54
56 Walking After You Foo Fighters 12 #23
57 Lullaby Shawn Mullins 13 #29
58 Sunshower Chris Cornell 8 #58
59 Beautiful Disaster 311 47 #13
60 Singing In My Sleep Semisonic 12 #59
61 Hooch Everything 5 #38
62 Circles Soul Coughing 43 #8
63 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 50 #1
64 The Down Town Days of the New 7 #24
65 Redundant Green Day 6 #50
66 Jump Jive An' Wail Brian Setzer Orchestra 16 #25
67 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 55 #1
68 From Your Mouth God Lives Underwater 9 #57
69 Truly, Truly Grant Lee Buffalo 27 #62
70 Brian Wilson Barenaked Ladies 15 #14
71 Lucky Man The Verve 27 #31
72 The Dope Show Marilyn Manson 25 #20
73 What It's Like Everlast 81 #2
74 Mouth Bush 27 #22
76 Got the Life Korn 51 #1
77 All The Kids Are Right Local H 17 #27
78 In Hiding Pearl Jam 19 #44
79 Brimful of Asha Cornershop 46 #1
80 High Feeder 11 #48
81 Uninvited Alanis Morissette 3 #79
82 Over Your Shoulder Seven Mary Three 2 #82
83 The Sweetest Thing (remix) U2 15 #2
84 Bittersweet Fuel 12 #73
85 Once in a While Dishwalla 4 #74
86 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 51 #3
87 Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan 23 #19
88 Thank U Alanis Morissette 8 #50
89 Time Ago Black Lab 2 #89
90 Song For The Dumped Ben Folds Five 23 #38
91 Space Lord Monster Magnet 14 #78
92 The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted) Big Wreck 7 #57
93 All Around the World Oasis 12 #84
94 I Will Still Be Laughing Soul Asylum 1 #94
95 Everything for Free K's Choice 1 #95
96 Mungo City Spacehog 5 #96
97 Wait Huffamoose 12 #97
98 You and Me and the Bottle Make 3 Tonight Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 6 #4
99 It's All Been Done Barenaked Ladies 6 #20
100 At the Stars Better Than Ezra 12 #75
101 Wrong Number The Cure 23 #20
102 Special Garbage 34 #11
103 You Get What You Give The New Radicals 45 #3

Position 75 is missing from the source list.

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About this countdown

Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 was broadcast by Radio & Records (United States (national airplay chart)). 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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