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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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# Song ListsBest
1 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
2 Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day 44 #2
3 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 80 #1
4 Helena My Chemical Romance 32 #4
5 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails 54 #1
6 Middle of Nowhere Hot Hot Heat 22 #6
7 Best of You Foo Fighters 75 #1
8 Thousand Mile Wish Finger Eleven 2 #8
9 Beverly Hills Weezer 56 #4
10 Be Yourself Audioslave 32 #4
11 Work Jimmy Eat World 28 #6
12 Walking With A Ghost Tegan and Sara 33 #4
13 Sugar, We're Goin' Down Fall Out Boy 43 #4
14 E-Pro Beck 41 #2
15 Pieces Sum 41 17 #1
16 Speed of Sound Coldplay 45 #2
17 Where Are You Our Lady Peace 12 #10
18 Holiday Green Day 74 #2
19 B.Y.O.B. System of a Down 33 #1
20 All That I've Got The Used 9 #19
21 Photograph Nickelback 13 #9
22 Smile Like You Mean It The Killers 29 #10
23 Save Me Unwritten Law 14 #23
24 Count On Me Default 6 #24
25 Blue Orchid The White Stripes 35 #5
26 Sooner or Later Breaking Benjamin 9 #17
27 Soul Meets Body Death Cab for Cutie 64 #2
28 Scars Papa Roach 29 #10
29 Swing Life Away Rise Against 20 #4
30 Goodnight Goodnight Hot Hot Heat 23 #15
31 No Surprise Theory of a Deadman 8 #15
32 The Widow The Mars Volta 28 #7
33 Walking Dead Z-Trip 6 #33
34 All Because of You U2 27 #6
35 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave 31 #4
36 Perfect Grave Social Code 1 #36
37 Don't Tread on Me 311 27 #18
38 Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Jack Johnson 28 #7
39 Only Nine Inch Nails 44 #5
40 DOA Foo Fighters 43 #9
41 Hello Lonely Theory of a Deadman 3 #41
42 Why Do You Love Me Garbage 24 #26
43 Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand 34 #10
44 Right Here Staind 19 #1
45 Welcome Home Coheed and Cambria 4 #45
46 Girl Beck 36 #17
47 Juicebox The Strokes 32 #12
48 Happy? Mudvayne 16 #2
49 Precious Depeche Mode 35 #3
50 Hypnotize System of a Down 28 #10
51 Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) The Arcade Fire 26 #9
52 We Are All on Drugs Weezer 21 #28
53 Let Me Go 3 Doors Down 8 #38
54 Lyla Oasis 14 #31
55 The Ghost of You My Chemical Romance 14 #48
56 My Doorbell The White Stripes 42 #7
57 All These Things That I've Done The Killers 50 #2
58 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own U2 24 #17
59 Wings of a Butterfly HIM 11 #16
60 Move Thousand Foot Krutch 3 #49
61 Twisted Transistor Korn 17 #14
62 Finding Out True Love is Blind Louis XIV 25 #5
63 Dance, Dance Fall Out Boy 28 #9
64 Passive A Perfect Circle 16 #41
65 Hysteria Muse 40 #3
66 Crucial K-OS 5 #26
67 Fix You Coldplay 47 #13
68 This Photograph is Proof Taking Back Sunday 7 #62
69 Beating Heart Baby Head Automatica 6 #1
70 Easy/Lucky/Free Bright Eyes 1 #70
71 Stronger Trust Company 3 #71
72 Mobile Montreal Calling 1 #72
73 City of Blinding Lights U2 16 #38
74 An Honest Mistake The Bravery 34 #3
75 Ageless Beauty Stars 3 #36
76 Gangsters and Thugs Transplants 10 #46
77 Calling Taproot 5 #19
78 Bat Country Avenged Sevenfold 24 #13
79 Evil Interpol 31 #5
80 Stand Up Trapt 7 #18
81 Every Day is Exactly the Same Nine Inch Nails 31 #12
82 Bitemarks & Bloodstains Finch 3 #82
83 Misfit Elefant 7 #44
84 Love and Memories O.A.R. 11 #34
85 Little Sister Queens of the Stone Age 35 #2
86 Make a Move Incubus 7 #48
87 Dare Gorillaz 40 #1
88 Black and White Town Doves 15 #49
89 Bug Eyes Dredg 6 #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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