WHFS · Year-end countdown series
WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of the Year
RockLists has 12 editions of the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of the Year, from 1992 to 2004. Across all of them, the most successful song is “In the End” by Linkin Park, which appears in 2 editions.
12editions
1992–2004years
12different #1s
1missing years
Every edition and its number one
| Year | Countdown | Number one | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 | Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers | 100 |
| 1994 | Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 | Basket CaseGreen Day | 100 |
| 1995 | Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 | Lightning CrashesLive | 100 |
| 1996 | Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 | Down311 | 99 |
| 1997 | Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 | The Impression That I GetThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones | 100 |
| 1998 | Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 | IntergalacticBeastie Boys | 100 |
| 1999 | Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | NookieLimp Bizkit | 100 |
| 2000 | Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 | Last ResortPapa Roach | 100 |
| 2001 | Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 | It's Been AwhileStaind | 100 |
| 2002 | Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 | AerialsSystem of a Down | 100 |
| 2003 | Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 | Like a StoneAudioslave | 100 |
| 2004 | Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 | American IdiotGreen Day | 100 |
Missing from the archive: 1993. 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 | '94 | '95 | '96 | '97 | '98 | '99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In the EndLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 15 | – | – |
| 2 | No One KnowsQueens of the Stone Age | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 8 | – |
| 3 | FaintLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | EverlongFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | 9 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | All My LifeFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 33 | – |
| 6 | PrayerDisturbed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 18 | – |
| 7 | BlurryPuddle of Mudd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 13 | – | – |
| 8 | NumbLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 15 |
| 9 | Everything to EveryoneEverclear | – | – | – | – | 23 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Going UnderEvanescence | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 21 |
| 11 | Sex and CandyMarcy Playground | – | – | – | – | 34 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Last NiteThe Strokes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 10 | – | – |
| 13 | The RedChevelle | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 28 | – |
| 14 | ClocksColdplay | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 7 | – |
| 15 | Still WaitingSum 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 30 | – |
| 16 | Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 28 |
| 17 | Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)Green Day | – | – | – | – | 48 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Rollin'Limp Bizkit | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 40 | – | – | – |
| 19 | How's It Gonna BeThird Eye Blind | – | – | – | – | 17 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | I Hate Everything About YouThree Days Grace | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 20 |
| 21 | Youth of the NationP.O.D. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | 20 | – | – |
| 22 | Feeling Thisblink-182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 36 |
| 23 | SouthsideMoby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 26 | – | – | – |
| 24 | Renegades of FunkRage Against the Machine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 16 | – | – | – |
| 25 | Falling Away From MeKorn | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 44 | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Pardon MeIncubus | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | 18 | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | One Step CloserLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 49 | 15 | – | – | – |
| 28 | I Am the HighwayAudioslave | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 30 |
| 29 | The MiddleJimmy Eat World | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 61 | 6 | – | – |
| 30 | SlideGoo Goo Dolls | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Are You Gonna Be My GirlJet | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 43 | 27 |
| 32 | Sleep Now in the FireRage Against the Machine | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | Naked EyeLuscious Jackson | – | – | – | 57 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | Fly AwayLenny Kravitz | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | One HeadlightThe Wallflowers | – | – | – | 37 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | AwakeGodsmack | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 24 | – | – | – |
| 37 | YellowColdplay | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 55 | 23 | – | – | – |
| 38 | PushMatchbox 20 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | Lying From YouLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 72 | 8 |
| 40 | AerialsSystem of a Down | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 80 | 1 | – | – |
| 41 | Hanging By a MomentLifehouse | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 69 | – | – | – |
| 42 | I Miss Youblink-182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 69 | 13 |
| 43 | So Far AwayStaind | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 75 |
| 44 | Got the LifeKorn | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | SwallowedBush | – | – | – | 16 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46 | Never ThereCake | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 47 | AliveBeastie Boys | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 62 | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | MalibuHole | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | Darling NikkiFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | 42 |
| 50 | Santa MonicaEverclear | – | – | 84 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | OthersideRed Hot Chili Peppers | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | 33 | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | #1 CrushGarbage | – | – | – | 48 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | Karma PoliceRadiohead | – | – | – | – | 58 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | SpecialGarbage | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | WarningGreen Day | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 43 | 50 | – | – | – |
| 56 | Heaven Beside YouAlice In Chains | – | – | 42 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | Can't StopRed Hot Chili Peppers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 88 | 6 | – |
| 58 | 3 LibrasA Perfect Circle | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 65 | 30 | – | – | – |
| 59 | MegalomaniacIncubus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 90 | 6 |
| 60 | CochiseAudioslave | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 65 | – |