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WRSI 93.9 The River · Year-end countdown series

WRSI Top Songs of the Year

RockLists has 3 editions of the WRSI Top Songs of the Year, from 2009 to 2011. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Horchata” by Vampire Weekend, which appears in 2 editions.

3editions
2009–2011years
3different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2009 Top 93 Songs of 2009 HomeEdward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 93
2010 Top 94 Songs of 2010 partial The SuburbsThe Arcade Fire 93
2011 Top 93 Songs of 2011 Need You By My SideSun Parade 93

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 HorchataVampire Weekend 10 9 –
2 SugarfootBlack Joe Lewis & the Honeybears 20 18 –
3 I Love You, But GoodbyeLanghorne Slim 16 24 –
4 To OhioLow Anthem 31 21 –
5 Down By The WaterThe Decemberists – 29 26
6 Santa CruzErin Mckeown 7 53 –
7 Two WeeksGrizzly Bear 23 41 –
8 Need You By My SideSun Parade – – 1
9 HomeEdward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 1 – –
10 The SuburbsThe Arcade Fire – 1 –
11 Came Out Of A LadyRubblebucket – – 2
12 I and Love and YouAvett Brothers 2 – –
13 The CurseJosh Ritter – 2 –
14 These Roads Don't MoveJay Farrar & Ben Gibbard 46 51 –
15 1977Ana Tijoux – 3 –
16 Hard TimesGillian Welch – – 3
17 My UncleSweetback Sisters 3 – –
18 Someone like YouAdele – – 4
19 Obama SongMichael Franti & Spearhead 4 – –
20 Little Lion ManMumford & Sons – 4 –
21 Shake It OutKarl Denson's Tiny Universe 50 49 –
22 Helplessness BluesFleet Foxes – – 5
23 The Tornado Loves YouNeko Case 5 – –
24 Fuck YouCee-Lo Green – 5 –
25 SophiaLaura Marling – – 6
26 You are the best thingRay LaMontagne 6 – –
27 Harlem River BluesJustin Townes Earle – 6 –
28 Right As RainAdele 73 28 –
29 Fire At The PageantThe Felice Brothers – – 7
30 Sound of SunshineMichael Franti & Spearhead – 7 –
31 Run Chicken RunThe Felice Brothers 8 – –
32 Beg, Steal Or BorrowRay LaMontagne – 8 –
33 ChicagoTom Waits – – 8
34 Stone Rollin'Raphael Saadiq – – 9
35 MykonosFleet Foxes 9 – –
36 I Need a DollarAloe Blacc – 10 –
37 Dawned on MeWilco – – 10
38 TowersBon Iver – – 11
39 People Got A Lotta NerveNeko Case 11 – –
40 Change Of TimeJosh Ritter – 11 –
41 HolidayVampire Weekend – 12 –
42 June HymnThe Decemberists – – 12
43 And It SpreadAvett Brothers 12 – –
44 Paper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union Station – – 13
45 Folding ChairRegina Spektor 13 – –
46 MoneySharon Jones and the Dap Kings – 13 –
47 No Tears To CryPaul Weller – 14 –
48 Nobody Beg YouFemi Kuti – – 14
49 MagnificentU2 14 – –
50 Written In ReverseSpoon 70 39 –
51 Spanish PipedreamAvett Bros. – 15 –
52 The Words That Maketh MurderPJ Harvey – – 15
53 DreamsBrandi Carlile 15 – –
54 Chasing PiratesNorah Jones 51 59 –
55 Lonely BoyThe Black Keys – – 16
56 Ship of FoolsStone Coyotes – 16 –
57 TragedyPeter Wolf and Shelby Lynne – 17 –
58 Every Teardrop is a WaterfallColdplay – – 17
59 Rain Roll InEilen Jewell 17 – –
60 Miss KDeer Tick – – 18