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99X Top 99 of the Year

RockLists has 2 editions of the 99X Top 99 of the Year, from 2001 to 2004. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Outside” by Aaron Lewis, which appears in 1 edition.

2editions
2001–2004years
2different #1s
2missing years

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2001 Top 99 Songs of 2001 Evolution Revolution LoveTricky 99
2004 Essential 99 of 2004 ChainThe Fire Theft 99

Missing from the archive: 2002, 2003. 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'01'04
1 OutsideAaron Lewis 1 –
2 Boulevard of Broken DreamsGreen Day – 1
3 Somebody Told MeThe Killers – 2
4 One Step CloserLinkin Park 2 –
5 Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)Train 3 –
6 Float OnModest Mouse – 3
7 SchismTool 4 –
8 Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand – 4
9 VertigoU2 – 5
10 The Space BetweenDave Matthews Band 5 –
11 Hanging By a MomentLifehouse 6 –
12 Fall to PiecesVelvet Revolver – 6
13 Are You Gonna Be My GirlJet – 7
14 How You Remind MeNickelback 7 –
15 DriveIncubus 8 –
16 The ReasonHoobastank – 8
17 Ch-Check It OutBeastie Boys – 9
18 Hash PipeWeezer 9 –
19 Love Song311 – 10
20 Smooth CriminalAlien Ant Farm 10 –
21 CrawlingLinkin Park 11 –
22 Breaking the HabitLinkin Park – 11
23 I Miss Youblink-182 – 12
24 For YouStaind 12 –
25 Loser3 Doors Down 13 –
26 VindicatedDashboard Confessional – 13
27 BrokenSeether – 14
28 SouthsideMoby 14 –
29 American IdiotGreen Day – 15
30 Fat LipSum 41 15 –
31 ControlPuddle of Mudd 16 –
32 SlitherVelvet Revolver – 16
33 Cold Hard BitchJet – 17
34 Clint EastwoodGorillaz 17 –
35 Chop SueySystem of a Down 18 –
36 MegalomaniacIncubus – 18
37 I Hate Everything About YouThree Days Grace – 19
38 My SacrificeCreed 19 –
39 YellowColdplay 20 –
40 I Believe in a Thing Called LoveThe Darkness – 20
41 So ColdBreaking Benjamin – 21
42 I Wish You Were HereIncubus 21 –
43 Until the Day I DieStory of the Year – 22
44 AliveP.O.D. 22 –
45 The Rock Showblink-182 23 –
46 FaintLinkin Park – 23
47 Feeling Thisblink-182 – 24
48 In the EndLinkin Park 24 –
49 Duck and Run3 Doors Down 25 –
50 Mr. BrightsideThe Killers – 25
51 Leaving New YorkR.E.M. – 26
52 FadeStaind 26 –
53 Hit ThatThe Offspring – 27
54 Giving InAdema 27 –
55 Flavor of the WeakAmerican Hi-Fi 28 –
56 Triple TroubleBeastie Boys – 28
57 Ocean AvenueYellowcard – 29
58 AgainLenny Kravitz 29 –
59 AwakeGodsmack 30 –
60 PainJimmy Eat World – 30