Q101 · Year-end countdown series
Q101 Top 101 Songs of the Year
RockLists has 18 editions of the Q101 Top 101 Songs of the Year, from 1992 to 2010. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Precious” by Depeche Mode, which appears in 2 editions.
18editions
1992–2010years
18different #1s
1missing years
Every edition and its number one
Missing from the archive: 2008. 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 | '92 | '93 | '94 | '95 | '96 | '97 | '98 | '99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '09 | '10 |
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| 1 | PreciousDepeche Mode | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 8 | – | – | – |
| 2 | UprisingMuse | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Boulevard of Broken DreamsGreen Day | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | AerialsSystem of a Down | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 26 | – | – | – |
| 6 | The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 36 | – | – | – |
| 7 | What It's LikeEverlast | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | The PotTool | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 26 | – | – |
| 9 | DOAFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 22 | – | – | – |
| 10 | All the Small Thingsblink-182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | When You Were YoungThe Killers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 35 | – | – |
| 12 | TalkColdplay | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 7 | – | – | – |
| 13 | When I Come AroundGreen Day | – | – | 28 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Welcome to the Black ParadeMy Chemical Romance | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 16 | – | – |
| 15 | Best of YouFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 40 | – | – | – |
| 16 | SouthsideMoby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Loser3 Doors Down | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | OnlyNine Inch Nails | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 21 | – | – | – |
| 19 | Fly AwayLenny Kravitz | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Sex and CandyMarcy Playground | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | In the EndLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | I Wish You Were HereIncubus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | EyesoreJanus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 23 |
| 24 | The RedChevelle | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | NumbLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | AliveP.O.D. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | Take a PictureFilter | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | DriveIncubus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | Kings & Queens30 Seconds to Mars | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 16 |
| 30 | I Hate Everything About YouThree Days Grace | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 44 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | HigherCreed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | Back Against the WallCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 26 |
| 33 | Re-ArrangedLimp Bizkit | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | The FixerPearl Jam | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | 21 |
| 35 | American IdiotGreen Day | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 48 | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | Beverly HillsWeezer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 50 | – | – | – |
| 37 | I Will Not BowBreaking Benjamin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 42 |
| 38 | Hemorrhage (In My Hands)Fuel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 51 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | You're Gonna Go Far, KidThe Offspring | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 38 |
| 40 | Everything to EveryoneEverclear | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | Last ResortPapa Roach | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | PrayerDisturbed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | You're Going DownSick Puppies | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 55 |
| 44 | Rollin'Limp Bizkit | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 58 | – | – |
| 46 | BreakThree Days Grace | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 40 |
| 47 | JarsChevelle | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 56 |
| 48 | EverlongFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | ButterflyCrazytown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | Little Black BackpackStroke 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | BlackPearl Jam | 41 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | No One KnowsQueens of the Stone Age | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 63 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | Touch, Peel, and StandDays of the New | – | – | – | – | – | 49 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | OthersideRed Hot Chili Peppers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 60 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | My SacrificeCreed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | Never ThereCake | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | Odd OneSick Puppies | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 69 | 1 |
| 58 | StellarIncubus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 59 | SlideGoo Goo Dolls | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | BlurryPuddle of Mudd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 69 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |