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Year-end countdown · 89X · 2005

89X Top 89 Songs of 2005

The year-end countdown for 2005 from 89X in Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON ranks 89 songs, with “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers at number one. The list features 70 different artists; The Killers has the most entries with three songs.

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1 Mr. Brightside The Killers 80 #1
2 Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day 29 #2
3 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 50 #1
4 Helena My Chemical Romance 13 #4
5 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails 37 #1
6 Middle of Nowhere Hot Hot Heat 20 #6
7 Best of You Foo Fighters 45 #1
8 Thousand Mile Wish Finger Eleven 2 #8
9 Beverly Hills Weezer 36 #4
10 Be Yourself Audioslave 27 #4
11 Work Jimmy Eat World 24 #6
12 Walking With A Ghost Tegan and Sara 21 #4
13 Sugar, We're Goin' Down Fall Out Boy 25 #5
14 E-Pro Beck 28 #4
15 Pieces Sum 41 15 #1
16 Speed of Sound Coldplay 32 #2
17 Where Are You Our Lady Peace 10 #10
18 Holiday Green Day 41 #2
19 B.Y.O.B. System of a Down 19 #1
20 All That I've Got The Used 6 #20
21 Photograph Nickelback 11 #9
22 Smile Like You Mean It The Killers 24 #10
23 Save Me Unwritten Law 12 #23
24 Count On Me Default 6 #24
25 Blue Orchid The White Stripes 29 #5
26 Sooner or Later Breaking Benjamin 5 #17
27 Soul Meets Body Death Cab for Cutie 42 #2
28 Scars Papa Roach 18 #10
29 Swing Life Away Rise Against 15 #12
30 Goodnight Goodnight Hot Hot Heat 20 #15
31 No Surprise Theory of a Deadman 8 #15
32 The Widow The Mars Volta 22 #7
33 Walking Dead Z-Trip 5 #33
34 All Because of You U2 22 #6
35 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave 27 #4
36 Perfect Grave Social Code 1 #36
37 Don't Tread on Me 311 21 #18
38 Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Jack Johnson 21 #7
39 Only Nine Inch Nails 34 #5
40 DOA Foo Fighters 35 #9
41 Hello Lonely Theory of a Deadman 3 #41
42 Why Do You Love Me Garbage 21 #26
43 Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand 30 #10
44 Right Here Staind 13 #1
45 Welcome Home Coheed and Cambria 3 #45
46 Girl Beck 25 #21
47 Juicebox The Strokes 30 #12
48 Happy? Mudvayne 6 #6
49 Precious Depeche Mode 28 #3
50 Hypnotize System of a Down 21 #10
51 Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) The Arcade Fire 21 #9
52 We Are All on Drugs Weezer 19 #30
53 Let Me Go 3 Doors Down 8 #38
54 Lyla Oasis 12 #31
55 The Ghost of You My Chemical Romance 10 #48
56 My Doorbell The White Stripes 26 #7
57 All These Things I've Done The Killers 2 #57
58 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own U2 18 #27
59 Wings of a Butterfly HIM 5 #59
60 Move Thousand Foot Krutch 3 #49
61 Twisted Transistor Korn 13 #14
62 Finding Out True Love is Blind Louis XIV 24 #5
63 Dance, Dance Fall Out Boy 19 #9
64 Passive A Perfect Circle 12 #41
65 Hysteria Muse 31 #3
66 Crucial K-OS 5 #26
67 Fix You Coldplay 33 #13
68 This Photograph is Proof Taking Back Sunday 3 #68
69 Beating Heart Baby Head Automatica 3 #69
70 Easy/Lucky/Free Bright Eyes 1 #70
71 Stronger Trust Company 2 #71
72 Mobile Montreal Calling 1 #72
73 City of Blinding Lights U2 9 #38
74 An Honest Mistake The Bravery 27 #3
75 Ageless Beauty Stars 3 #36
76 Gangsters and Thugs Transplants 8 #46
77 Calling Taproot 5 #19
78 Bat Country Avenged Sevenfold 17 #13
79 Evil Interpol 23 #5
80 Stand Up Trapt 7 #18
81 Every Day is Exactly the Same Nine Inch Nails 25 #12
82 Bitemarks & Bloodstains Finch 2 #82
83 Misfit Elefant 6 #44
84 Love and Memories O.A.R. 7 #34
85 Little Sister Queens of the Stone Age 29 #2
86 Make a Move Incubus 6 #48
87 Dare Gorillaz 32 #1
88 Black and White Town Doves 12 #63
89 Bug Eyes Dredg 4 #62

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About this countdown

89X Top 89 Songs of 2005 was broadcast by 89X (Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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