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WBRU Top 95 Songs of the Year

RockLists has 3 editions of the WBRU Top 95 Songs of the Year, from 2009 to 2011. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Brick By Boring Brick” by Paramore, which appears in 2 editions.

3editions
2009–2011years
3different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2009 Top 95.5 Songs of 2009 Panic SwitchSilversun Pickups 96
2010 Top 95 Songs of 2010 Little Lion ManMumford & Sons 95
2011 Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 Pumped up KicksFoster The People 96

How the top songs moved between editions

Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.

#Song'09'10'11
1 Brick By Boring BrickParamore 12 13 –
2 Sick Of YouCake – 26 4
3 New LowMiddle Class Rut – 15 38
4 My BodyYoung the Giant – 71 3
5 Mountain ManCrash Kings 48 30 –
6 Pumped up KicksFoster The People – – 1
7 Little Lion ManMumford & Sons – 1 –
8 Panic SwitchSilversun Pickups 1 – –
9 1901Phoenix 2 – –
10 Lonely BoyThe Black Keys – – 2
11 Fuck YouCee-Lo Green – 2 –
12 Aint no Rest for the WickedCage The Elephant 3 – –
13 AnimalNeon Trees – 3 –
14 Sometime Around MidnightThe Airborne Toxic Event 4 – –
15 Dog Days Are OverFlorence And The Machine – 4 –
16 UprisingMuse 5 – –
17 Punching in a DreamNaked and Famous – – 5
18 Waiting For The EndLinkin Park – 5 –
19 WhirringJoy Formidable – – 6
20 Use SomebodyKings of Leon 6 – –
21 LisztomaniaPhoenix – 6 –
22 (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You ToWeezer 7 – –
23 Shake It OutFlorence And The Machine – – 7
24 Sweet DispositionThe Temper Trap – 7 –
25 RopeFoo Fighters – – 8
26 Sink Into MeTaking Back Sunday 8 – –
27 Tighten UpThe Black Keys – 8 –
28 Help, Im AliveMetric 9 – –
29 ChangingThe Airborne Toxic Event – – 9
30 ImpossibleAnberlin – 9 –
31 Helena BeatFoster The People – – 10
32 Percussion GunWhite Rabbits 10 – –
33 HomeEdward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – 10 –
34 WalkFoo Fighters – – 11
35 Kings & Queens30 Seconds to Mars 11 – –
36 Undisclosed DesiresMuse – 11 –
37 ParadiseColdplay – – 12
38 This Too Shall PassOK Go – 12 –
39 Around My HeadCage The Elephant – – 13
40 SleepyheadPassion Pit 13 – –
41 No You GirlsFranz Ferdinand 14 – –
42 Long TimeCake – – 14
43 Yeah Yeah YeahNew Politics – 14 –
44 A Heavy AbacusJoy Formidable – – 15
45 I've Got FriendsManchester Orchestra 15 – –
46 Grapevine FiresDeath Cab for Cutie 16 – –
47 You are a TouristDeath Cab for Cutie – – 16
48 Closer To The Edge30 Seconds to Mars – 16 –
49 One In A MillionMonty Are I 17 – –
50 The Sound Of WinterBush – – 17
51 Lay Me DownDirty Heads – 17 –
52 DominosBig Pink 77 37 –
53 Young BloodNaked and Famous – – 18
54 At the BottomBrand New 18 – –
55 The CaveMumford & Sons – 18 –
56 Greatest Man That Ever LivedWeezer 19 – –
57 ColoursGrouplove – – 19
58 In One EarCage The Elephant – 19 –
59 Holdin' on to Black MetalMy Morning Jacket – – 20
60 SpacemanThe Killers 20 – –