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CD101 Top 101 Songs of the Year
RockLists has 17 editions of the CD101 Top 101 Songs of the Year, from 2001 to 2020. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Dissolve” by Absofacto, which appears in 2 editions.
17editions
2001–2020years
17different #1s
3missing years
Every edition and its number one
Missing from the archive: 2008, 2017, 2018. 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 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | '19 | '20 |
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| 1 | DissolveAbsofacto | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 3 |
| 2 | Such Great HeightsThe Postal Service | – | – | – | 8 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Mountain At My GatesFoals | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 14 | – | – |
| 4 | Can't Be MyselfWatershed | 27 | 10 | – | – | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | TrampolineSHAED | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 5 |
| 6 | BulletFrank Black & The Catholics | 7 | 49 | – | – | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Dry Your EyesThe Streets | – | – | – | 1 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Last NiteThe Strokes | 4 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Float OnModest Mouse | – | – | – | 2 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 90 |
| 10 | The MiddleJimmy Eat World | 81 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53 |
| 11 | Clint EastwoodGorillaz | 3 | 59 | – | – | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 79 |
| 12 | Running Up That HillMeg Myers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 9 |
| 13 | CringeMatt Maeson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 40 |
| 14 | Hey Ya!Outkast | – | – | 2 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Johnny AppleseedJoe Strummer and the Mescaleros | 5 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | The HypeTwenty One Pilots | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 12 |
| 17 | Doin' TimeLana Del Rey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 26 |
| 18 | RunSnow Patrol | – | – | – | 13 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Darling NikkiFoo Fighters | – | – | 46 | 64 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)Pete Yorn | 1 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | 3 NightsDominic Fike | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 47 |
| 22 | Might Be RightWhite Reaper | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 18 |
| 23 | Lazy EyeSilversun Pickups | – | – | – | – | – | 64 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | MapsYeah Yeah Yeahs | – | – | – | 51 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 61 |
| 26 | Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 62 |
| 27 | Social CuesCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 24 |
| 28 | Walking With A GhostTegan and Sara | – | – | – | 66 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | My CocoStellastarr* | – | – | – | 14 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Mr. BrightsideThe Killers | – | – | – | 62 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 73 |
| 31 | Bad GuyBillie Eilish | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 41 |
| 32 | JuiceboxThe Strokes | – | – | – | – | 29 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | Coin-Operated BoyThe Dresden Dolls | – | – | – | 77 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | HurtJohnny Cash | – | – | 6 | – | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | I Wish You Were HereIncubus | 22 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | 10 AM AutomaticThe Black Keys | – | – | – | 58 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | Through The WallsRJD2 | – | – | – | 33 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | BlueA Perfect Circle | – | – | – | 9 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | NovocaineUnlikely Candidates | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39 | 6 |
| 40 | Combat BabyMetric | – | – | – | 40 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | Hash PipeWeezer | 2 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 71 |
| 43 | Back Against the WallCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 52 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 44 | Short Skirt/Long JacketCake | 6 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | Next StormFrank Turner | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 80 | 17 | – | – |
| 46 | RollercoasterBleachers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 69 | 28 | – | – | – |
| 47 | Use SomebodyKings of Leon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 81 |
| 48 | Sweet DispositionThe Temper Trap | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 91 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | Do You Realize?The Flaming Lips | – | 8 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | Bam ThwokThe Pixies | – | – | – | 10 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | Are You Gonna Be My GirlJet | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 77 |
| 52 | WaitingGreen Day | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | Somebody Told MeThe Killers | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 87 |
| 54 | Out of my LeagueFitz and the Tantrums | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | HomeEdward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | Take It Or Leave ItCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | Fell in Love With a GirlThe White Stripes | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 58 | WowBeck | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 59 | Howlin' for YouThe Black Keys | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | My TypeSaint Motel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |