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89X Top 89 Songs of the Year

RockLists has 10 editions of the 89X Top 89 Songs of the Year, from 1999 to 2015. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Anna Molly” by Incubus, which appears in 2 editions.

10editions
1999–2015years
10different #1s
7missing years

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
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
2015 Top 89 Songs of 2015 Tear In My HeartTwenty One Pilots 89

Missing from the archive: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 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'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'15
1 Anna MollyIncubus – – – – – – – 29 15 –
2 My SacrificeCreed – – 41 5 – – – – – –
3 DOAFoo Fighters – – – – – – 40 9 – –
4 Do You Want ToFranz Ferdinand – – – – – – 43 19 – –
5 HypnotizeSystem of a Down – – – – – – 50 21 – –
6 Kiss On The MouthOur Lady Peace – – – – – – – 68 4 –
7 Snow (Hey Oh)Red Hot Chili Peppers – – – – – – – 62 11 –
8 Feeling Thisblink-182 – – – – 32 45 – – – –
9 JuiceboxThe Strokes – – – – – – 47 31 – –
10 The PotTool – – – – – – – 45 37 –
11 One ThingFinger Eleven – – – – 50 33 – – – –
12 PreciousDepeche Mode – – – – – – 49 35 – –
13 Pardon MeIncubus 83 2 – – – – – – – –
14 Into the OceanBlue October – – – – – – – 73 12 –
15 WarningGreen Day – 69 18 – – – – – – –
16 Renegades of FunkRage Against the Machine – 71 17 – – – – – – –
17 Only God Knows WhyKid Rock 88 3 – – – – – – – –
18 Dance, DanceFall Out Boy – – – – – – 63 28 – –
19 A Decade Under the InfluenceTaking Back Sunday – – – – – 1 – – – –
20 FaintLinkin Park – – – – 1 – – – – –
21 OutsideStaind – – 1 – – – – – – –
22 OthersideRed Hot Chili Peppers – 1 – – – – – – – –
23 Lose YourselfEminem – – – 1 – – – – – –
24 Mr. BrightsideThe Killers – – – – – – 1 – – –
25 Tear In My HeartTwenty One Pilots – – – – – – – – – 1
26 StarlightMuse – – – – – – – – 1 –
27 Miss MurderAFI – – – – – – – 1 – –
28 BawitdabaKid Rock 1 – – – – – – – – –
29 Wake Me Up When September EndsGreen Day – – – – – – 2 – – –
30 RenegadesX Ambassadors – – – – – – – – – 2
31 BreathBreaking Benjamin – – – – – – – – 2 –
32 Animal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace – – – – – – – 2 – –
33 Every MorningSugar Ray 2 – – – – – – – – –
34 Last Train HomeLostprophets – – – – – 2 – – – –
35 Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes – – – – 2 – – – – –
36 CrawlingLinkin Park – – 2 – – – – – – –
37 I Stand AloneGodsmack – – – 2 – – – – – –
38 Every Day is Exactly the SameNine Inch Nails – – – – – – 81 12 – –
39 I Cut Myself TooGob – – – – 75 18 – – – –
40 Nice to Know YouIncubus – – – 3 – – – – – –
41 Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz – – – – – – 3 – – –
42 FirstCold War Kids – – – – – – – – – 3
43 DigIncubus – – – – – – – – 3 –
44 Steady, As She GoesThe Raconteurs – – – – – – – 3 – –
45 My Own Worst EnemyLit 3 – – – – – – – – –
46 MegalomaniacIncubus – – – – – 3 – – – –
47 Blue and YellowThe Used – – – – 3 – – – – –
48 Fat LipSum 41 – – 3 – – – – – – –
49 This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms RaceFall Out Boy – – – – – – – 48 46 –
50 The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press CoveragePanic! at the Disco – – – – – – – 4 – –
51 OneCreed 4 – – – – – – – – –
52 SchismTool – – 4 – – – – – – –
53 I Hate Everything About YouThree Days Grace – – – – 4 – – – – –
54 So Far So GoodThornley – – – – – 4 – – – –
55 Last ResortPapa Roach – 4 – – – – – – – –
56 Fell in Love With a GirlThe White Stripes – – – 4 – – – – – –
57 HelenaMy Chemical Romance – – – – – – 4 – – –
58 FailureBreaking Benjamin – – – – – – – – – 4
59 Adam's Songblink-182 – 5 – – – – – – – –
60 Famous Last WordsMy Chemical Romance – – – – – – – – 5 –