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WXPN 885 Countdown (special countdown)

RockLists has 5 editions of the WXPN 885 Countdown (special countdown), from 2009 to 2024. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Impossible Germany” by Wilco, which appears in 5 editions.

5editions
2009–2024years
5different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
2009 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen 885
2010 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) Born to be WildSteppenwolf 885
2012 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) Born to RunBruce Springsteen 885
2013 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) Rolling in the DeepAdele 885
2024 The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes 885

How the top songs moved between editions

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

#Song'09'10'12'13'24
1 Impossible GermanyWilco 59 314 556 8 6
2 ClocksColdplay 70 485 415 9 35
3 Wagon WheelOld Crow Medicine Show 121 25 – 25 37
4 Viva La VidaColdplay 73 383 621 41 58
5 Float OnModest Mouse 289 206 669 29 32
6 Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes – 358 40 4 1
7 Beautiful DayU2 125 57 280 – 16
8 Wake UpThe Arcade Fire 197 721 389 24 49
9 One Big HolidayMy Morning Jacket 872 335 262 36 55
10 TroubleRay LaMontagne 127 – 395 13 179
11 Come Away with MeNorah Jones 143 567 – 50 83
12 Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen 1 4 6 – –
13 Born to RunBruce Springsteen 21 2 1 – –
14 HomeEdward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – 18 – 2 43
15 RosalitaBruce Springsteen 18 42 16 – –
16 Like a Rolling StoneBob Dylan 17 69 11 – –
17 The StoryBrandi Carlile 71 – – 27 3
18 Bohemian RhapsodyQueen 53 43 7 – –
19 Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones 33 77 5 – –
20 The WeightThe Band 25 49 52 – –
21 JunglelandBruce Springsteen 16 92 25 – –
22 The RisingBruce Springsteen 430 769 695 5 8
23 LaylaDerek and the Dominos 4 130 3 – –
24 Gimme ShelterThe Rolling Stones 26 120 8 – –
25 HurtJohnny Cash 147 – – 12 11
26 KidsMGMT 341 476 – 121 130
27 L.A. WomanThe Doors 99 14 71 – –
28 ChicagoSufjan Stevens – 136 – 30 21
29 Tangled Up in BlueBob Dylan 6 58 140 – –
30 When My Time ComesDawes – 392 663 11 31
31 Can't You Hear Me KnockingThe Rolling Stones 84 112 32 – –
32 Hey JudeThe Beatles 13 194 23 – –
33 Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles 100 109 39 – –
34 I and Love and YouAvett Brothers – 196 – 10 53
35 FreebirdLynyrd Skynyrd 211 39 20 – –
36 American GirlTom Petty & The Heartbreakers 177 45 48 – –
37 Where the Streets Have No NameU2 136 36 102 – –
38 Time To PretendMGMT 498 734 619 103 95
39 Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin 39 236 4 – –
40 KashmirLed Zeppelin 89 169 21 – –
41 American PieDon McLean 88 62 138 – –
42 The ScientistColdplay 242 – – 42 52
43 Won't Get Fooled AgainThe Who 36 290 10 – –
44 Do You Realize?The Flaming Lips 454 790 – 31 15
45 I Will Follow You Into the DarkDeath Cab for Cutie 205 – – 136 80
46 CrazyGnarls Barkley – 391 – 6 27
47 Love ShackThe B-52's 139 67 219 – –
48 A Day in the LifeThe Beatles 10 379 43 – –
49 Wish You Were HerePink Floyd 14 382 51 – –
50 Little Lion ManMumford & Sons – 278 – 16 154
51 KathleenJosh Ritter 616 498 – 143 81
52 CrossroadsCream 295 71 87 – –
53 Skinny LoveBon Iver 305 – – 40 111
54 Heavenly DayPatty Griffin 96 – – 53 313
55 Me and Bobby McGeeJanis Joplin 377 12 74 – –
56 Gold On The CeilingThe Black Keys – – 300 20 150
57 Good VibrationsThe Beach Boys 160 257 57 – –
58 Hold OnAlabama Shakes – – 396 35 44
59 Sugar MagnoliaThe Grateful Dead 86 177 213 – –
60 Here Comes the SunThe Beatles 9 268 200 – –