Y100 · Year-end countdown series

Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of the Year

RockLists has 5 editions of the Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of the Year, from 2002 to 2006. Across all of them, the most successful song is “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age, which appears in 2 editions.

5editions
2002–2006years
5different #1s

Every edition and its number one

How the top songs moved between editions

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

#Song'02'03'04'05'06
1 No One KnowsQueens of the Stone Age 23 6 – – –
2 Are You Gonna Be My GirlJet – 13 30 – –
3 NumbLinkin Park – 25 18 – –
4 All Because of YouU2 – – 39 16 –
5 I Believe in a Thing Called LoveThe Darkness – 45 9 – –
6 CochiseAudioslave 20 44 – – –
7 Hit ThatThe Offspring – 29 35 – –
8 TalkColdplay – – – 63 21
9 ClocksColdplay 49 18 – – –
10 Mr. BrightsideThe Killers – – 45 38 –
11 The Zephyr SongRed Hot Chili Peppers 37 35 – – –
12 Fine AgainSeether 44 37 – – –
13 I Am the HighwayAudioslave – 52 34 – –
14 Somewhere Only We KnowKeane – – 51 53 –
15 AlwaysSaliva 63 26 – – –
16 The RedChevelle 61 30 – – –
17 Meant to LiveSwitchfoot – 68 25 – –
18 MegalomaniacIncubus – 84 11 – –
19 When I'm Gone3 Doors Down 65 32 – – –
20 Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz – – – 1 –
21 American IdiotGreen Day – – 1 – –
22 Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes – 1 – – –
23 CrazyGnarls Barkley – – – – 1
24 Chop SueySystem of a Down 1 – – – –
25 HysteriaMuse – – 62 60 –
26 Best of YouFoo Fighters – – – 2 –
27 By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers 2 – – – –
28 Bring Me to LifeEvanescence – 2 – – –
29 Float OnModest Mouse – – 2 – –
30 Steady, As She GoesThe Raconteurs – – – – 2
31 Speed of SoundColdplay – – – 3 –
32 Like a StoneAudioslave – 3 – – –
33 Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand – – 3 – –
34 You Know You're RightNirvana 3 – – – –
35 HolidayGreen Day – – – 4 –
36 When You Were YoungThe Killers – – – – 3
37 Sugar, We're Goin' DownFall Out Boy – – – 5 –
38 The MiddleJimmy Eat World 4 – – – –
39 Somebody Told MeThe Killers – – 4 – –
40 Times Like TheseFoo Fighters – 4 – – –
41 The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails – – – 6 –
42 I Will Follow You Into the DarkDeath Cab for Cutie – – – – 4
43 VertigoU2 – – 5 – –
44 Feeling Thisblink-182 – 5 – – –
45 Nice to Know YouIncubus 5 – – – –
46 Beverly HillsWeezer – – – 7 –
47 I Bet You Look Good on the DancefloorArctic Monkeys – – – – 5
48 All These Things That I've DoneThe Killers – – – 8 –
49 The ReasonHoobastank – – 6 – –
50 BlurryPuddle of Mudd 6 – – – –
51 E-ProBeck – – – 9 –
52 Chasing CarsSnow Patrol – – – – 6
53 All My LifeFoo Fighters 7 – – – –
54 Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park – 7 – – –
55 SlitherVelvet Revolver – – 7 – –
56 Soul Meets BodyDeath Cab for Cutie – – – 10 –
57 Do You Want ToFranz Ferdinand – – – 11 –
58 Welcome to the Black ParadeMy Chemical Romance – – – – 7
59 Until the Day I DieStory of the Year – 87 22 – –
60 Breaking the HabitLinkin Park – – 8 – –