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WXRT Year-End Listener Poll

RockLists has 6 editions of the WXRT Year-End Listener Poll, from 1999 to 2011. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Beautiful Day” by U2, which appears in 2 editions. U2’s “Beautiful Day” finished first two times.

6editions
1999–2011years
5different #1s
7missing years

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
1999 Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 1999 SmoothSantana 25
2000 Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2000 Beautiful DayU2 30
2001 Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001 Beautiful DayU2 30
2002 Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002 Don't Know WhyNorah Jones 30
2010 Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 2010 Little Lion ManMumford & Sons 25
2011 Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 2011 Rolling in the DeepAdele 25

Missing from the archive: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. 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'99'00'01'02'10'11
1 Beautiful DayU2 – 1 1 – – –
2 Little Lion ManMumford & Sons – – – – 1 4
3 BabylonDavid Gray – 3 3 – – –
4 ElevationU2 – 5 4 – – –
5 The SuburbsThe Arcade Fire – – – – 4 7
6 Dog Days Are OverFlorence And The Machine – – – – 11 3
7 Ready to StartThe Arcade Fire – – – – 6 10
8 Tighten UpThe Black Keys – – – – 3 20
9 Bloodbuzz OhioThe National – – – – 10 13
10 Learn to FlyFoo Fighters 12 14 – – – –
11 SouthsideMoby – 13 18 – – –
12 Don't Know WhyNorah Jones – – – 1 – –
13 Rolling in the DeepAdele – – – – – 1
14 SmoothSantana 1 – – – – –
15 OptimisticRadiohead – 2 – – – –
16 Heavy Metal DrummerWilco – – – 2 – –
17 Short Skirt/Long JacketCake – – 2 – – –
18 Pumped up KicksFoster The People – – – – – 2
19 HomeEdward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – – – – 2 –
20 Put Your Lights OnSantana 2 – – – – –
21 Your Body is a WonderlandJohn Mayer – – – 3 – –
22 Can't Stand ItWilco 3 – – – – –
23 Steve McQueenSheryl Crow – – – 4 – –
24 Mrs Potters LullabyCounting Crows – 4 – – – –
25 Can't Let GoLucinda Williams 4 – – – – –
26 Do You Realize?The Flaming Lips – – – 5 – –
27 When You're FallingAfro Celt Sound System – – 5 – – –
28 MoneygrabberFitz and the Tantrums – – – – – 5
29 Precious TimeVan Morrison 5 – – – – –
30 Beg, Steal Or BorrowRay LaMontagne – – – – 5 –
31 Soak Up The SunSheryl Crow – – – 6 – –
32 New York, New YorkRyan Adams – – 6 – – –
33 Bohemian Like YouThe Dandy Warhols – 6 – – – –
34 The CaveMumford & Sons – – – – – 6
35 It's Bad You KnowR L Burnside 6 – – – – –
36 PorcelainMoby – 7 – – – –
37 The RisingBruce Springsteen – – – 7 – –
38 Walk OnU2 – – 7 – – –
39 Jesus Etc.Wilco – – – 7 – –
40 Peaceful WorldJohn Mellencamp – – 8 – – –
41 Before I GoJohn Hiatt – 8 – – – –
42 Last NiteThe Strokes – – 27 12 – –
43 JealousPoi Dog Pondering 7 – – – – –
44 Use SomebodyKings of Leon – – – – 7 –
45 Electrical StormU2 – – – 9 – –
46 YellowColdplay – – 9 – – –
47 Riding With The KingB.B. King & Eric Clapton – 9 – – – –
48 I'm Always in LoveWilco 8 – – – – –
49 Aint no Rest for the WickedCage The Elephant – – – – 8 –
50 I MightWilco – – – – – 8
51 Desert RoseSting – 10 – – – –
52 In My PlaceColdplay – – – 10 – –
53 Stuck in a Moment That You Can't Get Out ofU2 – – 10 – – –
54 Howlin' for YouThe Black Keys – – – – – 9
55 Sexx LawsBeck 9 – – – – –
56 74 Years YoungBuddy Guy – – – – 9 –
57 Life On A ChainPete Yorn – – 11 – – –
58 Steal My KissesBen Harper And The Innocent Criminals – 11 – – – –
59 ClocksColdplay – – – 11 – –
60 Love of My LifeSantana 10 – – – – –