Year-end countdown · 89X · 2006

89X Top 89 Songs of 2006

The year-end countdown for 2006 from 89X in Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON ranks 89 songs, with “Miss Murder” by AFI at number one. The list features 71 different artists; Red Hot Chili Peppers has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Miss Murder AFI 33 #1
2 Animal I Have Become Three Days Grace 23 #1
3 Steady, As She Goes The Raconteurs 48 #2
4 The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage Panic! at the Disco 8 #4
5 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
6 The Grace Neverending White Lights 4 #6
7 Move Along The All-American Rejects 10 #7
8 Vicarious Tool 36 #1
9 DOA Foo Fighters 43 #9
10 How to Save a Life The Fray 22 #10
11 MakeDamnSure Taking Back Sunday 13 #11
12 Every Day is Exactly the Same Nine Inch Nails 31 #12
13 Through Glass Stone Sour 23 #2
14 Crazy Gnarls Barkley 45 #1
15 Perfect Situation Weezer 36 #7
16 Land of Confusion Disturbed 13 #3
17 Far Away Nickelback 1 #17
18 Welcome to the Black Parade My Chemical Romance 51 #1
19 Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand 34 #10
20 Tell Me Baby Red Hot Chili Peppers 40 #2
21 Hypnotize System of a Down 28 #10
22 The Adventure Angels & Airwaves 18 #6
23 The Diary of Jane Breaking Benjamin 19 #6
24 Talk Coldplay 37 #7
25 Call Me When You're Sober Evanescence 14 #9
26 World Wide Suicide Pearl Jam 20 #4
27 Lips of an Angel Hinder 8 #4
28 Dance, Dance Fall Out Boy 28 #9
29 Anna Molly Incubus 37 #2
30 When You Were Young The Killers 61 #2
31 Juicebox The Strokes 32 #12
32 Hate Me Blue October 23 #3
33 No Way Back Foo Fighters 26 #5
34 Love and Memories O.A.R. 11 #34
35 Precious Depeche Mode 35 #3
36 Cold (But I'm Still Here) Evans Blue 4 #28
37 I Write Sins Not Tragedies Panic! at the Disco 22 #9
38 Gold Lion Yeah Yeah Yeahs 29 #12
39 Chasing Cars Snow Patrol 40 #1
40 Savin' Me Nickelback 5 #21
41 Bat Country Avenged Sevenfold 24 #13
42 Original Fire Audioslave 20 #14
43 Crooked Teeth Death Cab for Cutie 30 #11
44 When The Night Feels My Song Bedouin Soundclash 6 #19
45 The Pot Tool 37 #10
46 Somebody Else Ashes of Soma 1 #46
47 My Doorbell The White Stripes 42 #7
48 This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race Fall Out Boy 15 #18
49 Lonely Day System of a Down 13 #14
50 Where'd You Go Fort Minor 4 #24
51 Knights of Cydonia Muse 60 #1
52 Santa Monica Theory of a Deadman 6 #43
53 When Your Heart Stops Beating +44 12 #17
54 Woman Wolfmother 28 #6
55 Tear You Apart She Wants Revenge 28 #14
56 Is It Any Wonder? Keane 25 #16
57 Gone Pearl Jam 3 #36
58 Don't Wait Dashboard Confessional 10 #18
59 Over Evans Blue 2 #59
60 Here It Goes Again OK Go 29 #2
61 Twisted Transistor Korn 17 #14
62 Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers 57 #6
63 Jesus of Suburbia Green Day 35 #11
64 How Long Hinder 3 #31
65 Ex's and Oh's Atreyu 3 #58
66 Youth Matisyahu 8 #37
67 You Only Live Once The Strokes 16 #14
68 Kiss On The Mouth Our Lady Peace 3 #4
69 Speak Godsmack 6 #6
70 Saying Sorry Hawthorne Heights 8 #19
71 The Denial Twist The White Stripes 27 #1
72 Revelations Audioslave 4 #44
73 Into the Ocean Blue October 8 #12
74 Use It The New Pornographers 4 #19
75 Hole in the Earth Deftones 12 #36
76 Sowing Seeds (Yeah) Brand New 1 #76
77 If I Were You Hoobastank 1 #77
78 To Be Loved Papa Roach 11 #21
79 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor Arctic Monkeys 48 #2
80 Severed Hand Pearl Jam 1 #80
81 Barely Listening Pilot Speed 3 #49
82 One Man Wrecking Machine Guster 8 #16
83 Love Like Winter AFI 20 #17
84 Always Love Nada Surf 19 #41
85 Pain Three Days Grace 21 #11
86 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Jet 22 #14
87 Window In The Skies U2 9 #71
88 Off The Record My Morning Jacket 23 #30
89 Naïve The Kooks 24 #2

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About this countdown

89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 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.

Contributed by Jeff Baker. Thank you!

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