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CFNY Top 102 Songs of the Year
RockLists has 18 editions of the CFNY Top 102 Songs of the Year, from 1990 to 2023. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana, which appears in 2 editions.
18editions
1990–2023years
18different #1s
16missing years
Every edition and its number one
Missing from the archive: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020. 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 | '90 | '91 | '92 | '01 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '17 | '21 | '22 | '23 |
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| 1 | Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana | – | 1 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Mysterious WaysU2 | – | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | You're Gonna Go Far, KidThe Offspring | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Jesus Built My HotrodMinistry | – | 17 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | UprisingMuse | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | NumbLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | 29 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Hey Ya!Outkast | – | – | – | – | 38 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Float OnModest Mouse | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | When You Were YoungThe Killers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | VertigoU2 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Are You Gonna Be My GirlJet | – | – | – | – | 31 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Bleed It OutLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 50 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Sunday MorningK-OS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | In ViewThe Tragically Hip | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Aint no Rest for the WickedCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | New FangThem Crooked Vultures | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Welcome to the Black ParadeMy Chemical Romance | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Feeling Thisblink-182 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | BreakThree Days Grace | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | These DaysFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 12 | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | The CatalystLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | The CaveMumford & Sons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Living in a DreamFinger Eleven | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | WheelsFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | The PretenderFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Kings & Queens30 Seconds to Mars | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers | – | 40 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | Hit ThatThe Offspring | – | – | – | – | 62 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | SubstitutionSilversun Pickups | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Rocket ManKate Bush | – | 37 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Inside The FireDisturbed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | This Song Was Written By A CommitteeHostage Life | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | Come AgainThornley | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | Thrash UnrealAgainst Me! | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | Waiting For The EndLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 65 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | Mcdonald's GirlBarenaked Ladies | – | 18 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | Red FlagBilly Talent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | No Not NowHot Hot Heat | – | – | – | – | 30 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | Brian WilsonBarenaked Ladies | – | 60 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 40 | OnlyNine Inch Nails | – | – | – | – | – | – | 59 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | No HeavenChampion | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | Ready to FallRise Against | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | Boulevard of Broken DreamsGreen Day | – | – | – | – | – | 81 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 44 | Shake Me DownCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 79 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | The Hardest Button to ButtonThe White Stripes | – | – | – | – | 27 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46 | Into Your HideoutPilate | – | – | – | – | 50 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 47 | One ThingFinger Eleven | – | – | – | – | 20 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | If I Had A Million DollarsBarenaked Ladies | – | 3 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | Tighten UpThe Black Keys | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | Getting Away With MurderPapa Roach | – | – | – | – | – | 56 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | Pork And BeansWeezer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | Hard SunEddie Vedder | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 81 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | So Far AwayStaind | – | – | – | – | 12 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | Bad MedicineDie Mannequin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 52 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | DOAFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | 71 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | CapableKo | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | Just BreathePearl Jam | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 67 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 58 | Somebody That I Used To KnowGotye | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 87 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 59 | The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | Snow (Hey Oh)Red Hot Chili Peppers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |