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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 106 #1
2 Just A Girl No Doubt 78 #2
3 Machinehead Bush 78 #1
4 Spiderwebs No Doubt 56 #3
5 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
6 Zero The Smashing Pumpkins 49 #3
7 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 50 #1
8 Down 311 71 #1
9 Stinkfist Tool 73 #2
10 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 115 #2
11 Pepper Butthole Surfers 76 #1
12 Aneurysm Nirvana 29 #12
13 Guilty Gravity Kills 20 #5
14 Only Happy When It Rains Garbage 69 #9
15 All Mixed Up 311 64 #10
16 Where It's At Beck 85 #2
17 Big Bang Baby Stone Temple Pilots 44 #12
18 Novocaine for the Soul The Eels 39 #16
19 Counting Blue Cars Dishwalla 36 #1
20 M&M's blink-182 6 #20
21 In The Meantime Spacehog 60 #7
22 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 98 #4
23 Mother Mother Tracy Bonham 26 #11
24 Mint Car The Cure 15 #24
25 Pretty Noose Soundgarden 28 #6
26 Don't Speak No Doubt 58 #3
27 Water in My Head Buck-O-Nine 1 #27
28 The Distance Cake 91 #1
29 Denied Unwritten Law 2 #29
30 #1 Crush Garbage 40 #24
31 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 70 #5
32 33 The Smashing Pumpkins 3 #32
33 Ironic Alanis Morissette 35 #20
34 Greedy Fly Bush 23 #20
35 Stupid Girl Garbage 54 #4
36 I Was Wrong Social Distortion 36 #29
37 Skydiver Schtum 1 #37
38 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden 55 #4
39 Happy Now No Doubt 9 #29
40 If I Could Talk I'd Tell You The Lemonheads 13 #23
41 Superman Unwritten Law 1 #41
42 Lady Picture Show Stone Temple Pilots 35 #36
43 It's Alright It's OK Leah Andreon 1 #43
44 Bound for the Floor Local H 59 #10
45 Here in Your Bedroom Goldfinger 41 #12
46 Angry Johnny Poe 31 #11
47 Gold Dust Woman Hole 10 #47
48 Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden 34 #34
49 A Long December Counting Crows 45 #26
50 Shame Stabbing Westward 10 #30
51 Flood Jars of Clay 25 #36
52 Swallowed Bush 42 #16
53 Popular Nada Surf 29 #36
54 On a Rope Rocket from the Crypt 4 #54
55 Hail Hail Pearl Jam 16 #26
56 Devil's Haircut Beck 59 #29
57 I Won't Lie Down Face to Face 1 #57
58 I'm The One Descendents 5 #58
59 Tahitian Moon Porno for Pyros 15 #9
60 Heaven Beside You Alice In Chains 56 #39
61 Philthy Phil Philanthropist NOFX 2 #61
62 Champagne Supernova Oasis 91 #11
63 Van Halen Nerf Herder 9 #63
64 Muzzle The Smashing Pumpkins 17 #20
65 Scooby Snacks Fun Lovin' Criminals 24 #14
66 Damage I've Done The Heads 2 #66
67 A Walk Bad Religion 4 #67
68 Whoever You Are Geggy Tah 33 #20
69 No Face Suicide Machines 2 #69
70 El Scorcho Weezer 31 #9
71 The Box Orbital 11 #7
72 Sweet Lover Hangover Love and Rockets 16 #72
73 Salvation The Cranberries 31 #22
74 Bittersweet Me R.E.M. 8 #47
75 Supervixen Garbage 3 #75
76 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
77 Ready To Go Republica 40 #26
78 Mach 5 The Presidents of the United States of America 3 #50
79 Blue Skies BT 3 #30
80 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Primitive Radio Gods 44 #8
81 Not Today Rust 1 #81
82 She Came On Superdeluxe 3 #82
83 Ladykillers Lush 20 #21
84 Brainstew / Jaded Green Day 31 #13
85 Photograph The Verve Pipe 23 #24
86 Orange Metal Molly 1 #86
87 Inside Patti Rothberg 4 #52
88 Alright Cast 4 #10
89 Goldfinger Ash 5 #60
90 Love Rollercoaster Red Hot Chili Peppers 33 #15
91 No Woman, No Cry The Fugees 10 #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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