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CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005

The year-end countdown for 2005 from CD101 in Columbus, OH ranks 101 songs, with “Coin-Operated Boy” by The Dresden Dolls at number one. The list features 82 different artists; Watershed has the most entries with three songs.

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1 Coin-Operated Boy The Dresden Dolls 17 #1
2 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 50 #1
3 New Slang The Shins 34 #3
4 Walking With A Ghost Tegan and Sara 21 #4
5 Blue Orchid The White Stripes 29 #5
6 Beverly Hills Weezer 36 #4
7 The Widow The Mars Volta 22 #7
8 Galvanize The Chemical Brothers 17 #8
9 Finding Out True Love is Blind Louis XIV 24 #5
10 Evil Interpol 23 #5
11 An Honest Mistake The Bravery 27 #3
12 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails 37 #1
13 Son's Gonna Rise Citizen Cope 12 #13
14 Banquet Bloc Party 27 #14
15 16 Military Wives The Decemberists 10 #15
16 Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs 40 #4
17 Dakota Stereophonics 7 #17
18 Such Great Heights The Postal Service 39 #2
19 Helena My Chemical Romance 13 #4
20 I Turn My Camera On Spoon 17 #20
21 Obvious Watershed 8 #21
22 Club Foot Kasabian 17 #22
23 Soul Meets Body Death Cab for Cutie 42 #2
24 10 AM Automatic The Black Keys 15 #22
25 Girl Anachronism The Dresden Dolls 3 #25
26 Why Do You Love Me Garbage 21 #26
27 Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Jack Johnson 21 #7
28 The Bucket Kings of Leon 16 #28
29 Juicebox The Strokes 30 #12
30 Wonderful Night Fatboy Slim 9 #30
31 King Without a Crown Matisyahu 33 #5
32 Lyla Oasis 12 #31
33 Dry Your Eyes The Streets 11 #1
34 Don't Tread on Me 311 21 #18
35 Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) The Arcade Fire 21 #9
36 Mr. Brightside The Killers 80 #1
37 Speed of Sound Coldplay 32 #2
38 Float On Modest Mouse 55 #1
39 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips 5 #39
40 Goodnight Goodnight Hot Hot Heat 20 #15
41 All These Things That I've Done The Killers 34 #2
42 Alive And Amplified The Mooney Suzuki 8 #42
43 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 64 #5
44 Run Snow Patrol 32 #13
45 Precious Depeche Mode 28 #3
46 Best of You Foo Fighters 45 #1
47 Combat Baby Metric 11 #38
48 Nth Degree Morningwood 16 #34
49 Laid James 59 #1
50 Through The Walls RJD2 11 #33
51 The Distance Cake 58 #1
52 God Killed The Queen Louis XIV 10 #50
53 My Doorbell The White Stripes 26 #7
54 Pepper Butthole Surfers 52 #1
55 Darling Nikki Foo Fighters 32 #10
56 Death Or Glory Social Distortion 10 #56
57 My Coco Stellastarr* 13 #14
58 Hey Now Now The Cloud Room 1 #58
59 Everybody's Changing Keane 15 #51
60 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
61 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
62 Blood Red Summer Coheed and Cambria 4 #62
63 Black and White Town Doves 12 #63
64 Salt Lake City Dwarves 1 #64
65 I'm Not Okay (I Promise) My Chemical Romance 20 #21
66 Love and Memories O.A.R. 7 #34
67 The Guitar Man Cake 9 #67
68 People Who Died Jim Carroll Band 28 #17
69 Catch My Disease Ben Lee 13 #2
70 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 49 #4
71 Metal Afrika Bambaataa 2 #67
72 Hurt Johnny Cash 49 #6
73 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
74 I Predict a Riot Kaiser Chiefs 24 #5
75 Blue A Perfect Circle 13 #9
76 Bullet Frank Black 1 #76
77 Middle of Nowhere Hot Hot Heat 20 #6
78 Four Kicks Kings of Leon 9 #78
79 Jerry Was A Race Car Driver Primus 48 #26
80 Little Sister Queens of the Stone Age 29 #2
81 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 71 #6
82 E-Pro Beck 28 #4
83 Hey Pretty Poe 13 #49
84 Gangsters and Thugs Transplants 8 #46
85 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
86 Smile Like You Mean It The Killers 24 #10
87 Only Nine Inch Nails 34 #5
88 Bam Thwok The Pixies 13 #10
89 Drunk Is Better Than Dead The Pushstars 8 #89
90 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 56 #2
91 Story of My Life Social Distortion 36 #7
92 Anniversary Watershed 9 #82
93 Can't Be Myself Watershed 14 #10
94 Transdermal Celebration Ween 9 #42
95 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave 27 #4
96 Delirious Love Neil Diamond 9 #71
97 Bleed Like Me Garbage 14 #70
98 Nothing Is Wrong Gomez 10 #79
99 Clint Eastwood Gorillaz 49 #3
100 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
101 Oh My God Kaiser Chiefs 9 #47

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About this countdown

CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 was broadcast by CD101 (Columbus, OH). 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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