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91X Top 91 Songs of 1996

The year-end countdown for 1996 from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 91 songs, with “What I Got” by Sublime at number one. The list features 70 different artists; The Smashing Pumpkins has the most entries with five songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 What I Got Sublime 63 #1
2 Just A Girl No Doubt 54 #2
3 Machinehead Bush 40 #1
4 Spiderwebs No Doubt 37 #3
5 Santeria Sublime 52 #4
6 Zero The Smashing Pumpkins 32 #6
7 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 30 #2
8 Down 311 46 #1
9 Stinkfist Tool 52 #2
10 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 70 #2
11 Pepper Butthole Surfers 52 #1
12 Aneurysm Nirvana 27 #12
13 Guilty Gravity Kills 16 #5
14 Only Happy When It Rains Garbage 48 #14
15 All Mixed Up 311 42 #15
16 Where It's At Beck 58 #2
17 Big Bang Baby Stone Temple Pilots 31 #12
18 Novocaine for the Soul The Eels 26 #16
19 Counting Blue Cars Dishwalla 20 #1
20 M&M's blink-182 5 #20
21 In The Meantime Spacehog 38 #7
22 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 59 #5
23 Mother Mother Tracy Bonham 18 #11
24 Mint Car The Cure 14 #24
25 Pretty Noose Soundgarden 17 #7
26 Don't Speak No Doubt 43 #3
27 Water in My Head Buck-O-Nine 1 #27
28 The Distance Cake 58 #1
29 Denied Unwritten Law 2 #29
30 #1 Crush Garbage 32 #24
31 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 38 #5
32 33 The Smashing Pumpkins 3 #32
33 Ironic Alanis Morissette 29 #20
34 Greedy Fly Bush 15 #20
35 Stupid Girl Garbage 42 #4
36 I Was Wrong Social Distortion 26 #34
37 Skydiver Schtum 1 #37
38 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden 20 #4
39 Happy Now No Doubt 9 #29
40 If I Could Talk I'd Tell You The Lemonheads 11 #23
41 Superman Unwritten Law 1 #41
42 Lady Picture Show Stone Temple Pilots 26 #36
43 It's Alright It's OK Leah Andreon 1 #43
44 Bound for the Floor Local H 35 #32
45 Here in Your Bedroom Goldfinger 26 #12
46 Angry Johnny Poe 25 #27
47 Gold Dust Woman Hole 6 #47
48 Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden 14 #34
49 A Long December Counting Crows 23 #26
50 Shame Stabbing Westward 8 #30
51 Flood Jars of Clay 21 #36
52 Swallowed Bush 32 #16
53 Popular Nada Surf 14 #36
54 On a Rope Rocket from the Crypt 2 #54
55 Hail Hail Pearl Jam 10 #26
56 Devil's Haircut Beck 39 #29
57 I Won't Lie Down Face to Face 1 #57
58 I'm The One Descendents 2 #58
59 Tahitian Moon Porno for Pyros 12 #9
60 Heaven Beside You Alice In Chains 30 #39
61 Philthy Phil Philanthropist NOFX 2 #61
62 Champagne Supernova Oasis 65 #11
63 Van Halen Nerf Herder 8 #63
64 Muzzle The Smashing Pumpkins 11 #20
65 Scooby Snacks Fun Lovin' Criminals 14 #14
66 Damage I've Done The Heads 1 #66
67 A Walk Bad Religion 4 #67
68 Whoever You Are Geggy Tah 23 #41
69 No Face Suicide Machines 2 #69
70 El Scorcho Weezer 16 #9
71 The Box Orbital 7 #7
72 Sweet Lover Hangover Love and Rockets 16 #72
73 Salvation The Cranberries 24 #22
74 Bittersweet Me R.E.M. 7 #47
75 Supervixen Garbage 3 #75
76 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
77 Ready To Go Republica 31 #26
78 Mach 5 The Presidents of the United States of America 3 #50
79 Blue Skies BT 2 #79
80 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Primitive Radio Gods 24 #8
81 Not Today Rust 1 #81
82 She Came On Superdeluxe 3 #82
83 Ladykillers Lush 14 #21
84 Brainstew / Jaded Green Day 7 #13
85 Photograph The Verve Pipe 22 #24
86 Orange Metal Molly 1 #86
87 Inside Patti Rothberg 4 #52
88 Alright Cast 4 #10
89 Goldfinger Ash 4 #60
90 Love Rollercoaster Red Hot Chili Peppers 25 #38
91 No Woman, No Cry The Fugees 9 #75

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About this countdown

91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 was broadcast by 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana). 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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