89X · Year-end countdown series
89X Top 89 Songs of the Year
RockLists has 13 editions of the 89X Top 89 Songs of the Year, from 1999 to 2015. Across all of them, the most successful song is “1901” by Phoenix, which appears in 2 editions.
13editions
1999–2015years
13different #1s
4missing years
Every edition and its number one
| Year | Countdown | Number one | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Top 89 Songs of 1999 | BawitdabaKid Rock | 89 |
| 2000 | Top 89 Songs of 2000 | OthersideRed Hot Chili Peppers | 89 |
| 2001 | Top 89 Songs of 2001 | OutsideStaind | 89 |
| 2002 | Top 89 Songs of 2002 | Lose YourselfEminem | 89 |
| 2003 | Top 89 Songs of 2003 | FaintLinkin Park | 89 |
| 2004 | Top 89 Songs of 2004 | A Decade Under the InfluenceTaking Back Sunday | 89 |
| 2005 | Top 89 Songs of 2005 | Mr. BrightsideThe Killers | 89 |
| 2006 | Top 89 Songs of 2006 | Miss MurderAFI | 89 |
| 2007 | Top 89 Songs of 2007 | StarlightMuse | 89 |
| 2009 | Top 89 Songs of 2009 | Feel Good DragAnberlin | 89 |
| 2010 | Top 89 Songs of 2010 | NightmareAvenged Sevenfold | 89 |
| 2011 | Top 89 Songs of 2011 | Up All Nightblink-182 | 89 |
| 2015 | Top 89 Songs of 2015 | Tear In My HeartTwenty One Pilots | 89 |
Missing from the archive: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014. Have one of these?
How the top songs moved between editions
Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.
| # | Song | '99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1901Phoenix | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 9 | – | – |
| 2 | Anna MollyIncubus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 15 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | My SacrificeCreed | – | – | 41 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | DOAFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Do You Want ToFranz Ferdinand | – | – | – | – | – | – | 43 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | HypnotizeSystem of a Down | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Kiss On The MouthOur Lady Peace | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Snow (Hey Oh)Red Hot Chili Peppers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 62 | 11 | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Brick By Boring BrickParamore | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 54 | – | – |
| 10 | Feeling Thisblink-182 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Shake Me DownCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 28 | – |
| 12 | JuiceboxThe Strokes | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | AgainFlyleaf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 35 | – | – |
| 14 | The PotTool | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | 37 | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | One ThingFinger Eleven | – | – | – | – | 50 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | PreciousDepeche Mode | – | – | – | – | – | – | 49 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Pardon MeIncubus | 83 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Into the OceanBlue October | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 73 | 12 | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | All Over MeDefault | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 51 | 34 | – | – |
| 20 | WarningGreen Day | – | 69 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Renegades of FunkRage Against the Machine | – | 71 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Only God Knows WhyKid Rock | 88 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Dance, DanceFall Out Boy | – | – | – | – | – | – | 63 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | OthersideRed Hot Chili Peppers | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | StarlightMuse | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Miss MurderAFI | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | FaintLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | A Decade Under the InfluenceTaking Back Sunday | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | Feel Good DragAnberlin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 30 | OutsideStaind | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Up All Nightblink-182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 32 | Lose YourselfEminem | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | NightmareAvenged Sevenfold | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 34 | Mr. BrightsideThe Killers | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | BawitdabaKid Rock | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | Tear In My HeartTwenty One Pilots | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 37 | CrawlingLinkin Park | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | Get UpKorn | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 39 | I Stand AloneGodsmack | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 40 | Have Faith in MeA Day To Remember | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 41 | Wake Me Up When September EndsGreen Day | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | Every MorningSugar Ray | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | RenegadesX Ambassadors | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 44 | BreathBreaking Benjamin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | Animal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46 | Last Train HomeLostprophets | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 47 | Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | Second ChanceShinedown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 49 | Ride To CaliforniaPaper Tongues | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 61 | 31 | – | – |
| 50 | Every Day is Exactly the SameNine Inch Nails | – | – | – | – | – | – | 81 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | I Cut Myself TooGob | – | – | – | – | 75 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | Steady, As She GoesThe Raconteurs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | MegalomaniacIncubus | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | Blue and YellowThe Used | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | SaviorRise Against | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 56 | Fat LipSum 41 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | RopeFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 58 | The CatalystLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 59 | Nice to Know YouIncubus | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |