ALT 104.5 · Year-end countdown series
WRFF Top 50.5 of the Year
RockLists has 12 editions of the WRFF Top 50.5 of the Year, from 2008 to 2022. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Monsters f/blackbear” by All Time Low, which appears in 3 editions.
12editions
2008–2022years
12different #1s
3missing years
Every edition and its number one
| Year | Countdown | Number one | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2008 | I'm Outta TimeOasis | 51 |
| 2009 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2009 | Dirt RoomBlue October | 51 |
| 2010 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2010 | Little Lion ManMumford & Sons | 51 |
| 2011 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2011 | Pumped up KicksFoster The People | 51 |
| 2012 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2012 | FitzpleasureAlt J | 51 |
| 2013 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2013 | EntertainmentPhoenix | 51 |
| 2014 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 | ReflectionsMisterwives | 51 |
| 2018 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2018 | Sober UpAjr | 51 |
| 2019 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 | Bad GuyThe Interrupters | 51 |
| 2020 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2020 | Level Of ConcernTwenty One Pilots | 51 |
| 2021 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2021 | Follow YouImagine Dragons | 51 |
| 2022 | Top 50.5 Songs of 2022 | Black SummerRed Hot Chili Peppers | 51 |
Missing from the archive: 2015, 2016, 2017. 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 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '18 | '19 | '20 | '21 | '22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monsters f/blackbearAll Time Low | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | UprisingMuse | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Little TalksOf Monsters And Men | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Beggin'Maneskin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Heat WavesGlass Animals | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Do I Wanna KnowArctic Monkeys | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | 1901Phoenix | – | 11 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Sometime Around MidnightThe Airborne Toxic Event | 9 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | We Are Youngfun. | – | – | – | 13 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | PompeiiBastille | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | AlligatorOf Monsters And Men | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 14 | – | – |
| 12 | Lonely BoyThe Black Keys | – | – | – | 8 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | My BloodTwenty One Pilots | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 12 | – | – | – |
| 14 | Bloody ValentineMachine Gun Kelly | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 10 | – |
| 15 | Social CuesCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 3 | – | – |
| 16 | Shake It OutFlorence And The Machine | – | – | – | 20 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Little Lion ManMumford & Sons | – | – | 1 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | My UniverseColdplay X BTS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 11 |
| 19 | Somebody That I Used To KnowGotye | – | – | – | 30 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | The Mother we ShareCHVRCHES | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | ParadiseColdplay | – | – | – | 9 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Come A Little CloserCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Ho HeyLumineers | – | – | – | – | 2 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Just BreathePearl Jam | – | 18 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Missed ConnectionThe Head and the Heart | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 12 | – | – |
| 26 | UnbelieversVampire Weekend | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | Ready to StartThe Arcade Fire | – | – | 19 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | The HypeTwenty One Pilots | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 7 | – | – | – |
| 29 | Sex On FireKings of Leon | 3 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Use SomebodyKings of Leon | 38 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | KidsMGMT | – | 5 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | MadnessMuse | – | – | – | – | 10 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | SailAWOLNATION | – | – | – | 14 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | DaylightMatt And Kim | – | 3 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | RadioactiveImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | 40 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | The CaveMumford & Sons | – | – | 41 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | ResistanceMuse | – | 41 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | I Will WaitMumford & Sons | – | – | – | – | 5 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | She's KeroseneThe Interrupters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 21 | – | – | – |
| 40 | Tighten UpThe Black Keys | – | – | 12 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | DecodeParamore | 43 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | TeamLorde | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | Ways to GoGrouplove | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 44 | Sober UpAjr | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | Follow YouImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 46 | 100 Bad DaysAjr | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 47 | Pumped up KicksFoster The People | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | Level Of ConcernTwenty One Pilots | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 49 | Take Me To ChurchHozier | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | Black SummerRed Hot Chili Peppers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 51 | Viva La VidaColdplay | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | RoyalsLorde | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | RiptideVance Joy | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | High HopesPanic! at the Disco | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | The PretenderFoo Fighters | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | TrampolineSHAED | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 57 | Coffee For Your Head f/BeabadoobeePOWFU | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 58 | House of GoldTwenty One Pilots | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 59 | Rolling in the DeepAdele | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | Enemy From League Of LegendsImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |