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CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006

The year-end countdown for 2006 from CD101 in Columbus, OH ranks 101 songs, with “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” by Death Cab for Cutie at number one. The list features 81 different artists; Death Cab for Cutie has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 I Will Follow You Into the Dark Death Cab for Cutie 40 #1
2 Crazy Gnarls Barkley 45 #1
3 The W.A.N.D. The Flaming Lips 14 #3
4 Steady, As She Goes The Raconteurs 48 #2
5 How We Operate Gomez 18 #5
6 Hands Open Snow Patrol 20 #6
7 The Denial Twist The White Stripes 27 #1
8 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor Arctic Monkeys 48 #2
9 Infra-Red Placebo 15 #8
10 Cheated Hearts Yeah Yeah Yeahs 15 #10
11 Knights of Cydonia Muse 60 #1
12 Gold Lion Yeah Yeah Yeahs 29 #12
13 Hate Me Blue October 23 #3
14 You Only Live Once The Strokes 16 #14
15 The Fallen Franz Ferdinand 14 #15
16 A Million Ways OK Go 11 #16
17 Crooked Teeth Death Cab for Cutie 30 #11
18 Stop, I'm Already Dead Deadboy & The Elephantmen 9 #18
19 Woman Wolfmother 28 #6
20 Le Disko Shiny Toy Guns 19 #20
21 Hard to Beat Hard-Fi 13 #21
22 Is It Any Wonder? Keane 25 #16
23 Devil's Got A Holda Me The Colour 9 #23
24 Heart in a Cage The Strokes 17 #24
25 Incinerate Sonic Youth 14 #25
26 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
27 Paralyzed Rock Kills Kid 19 #27
28 The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song The Flaming Lips 17 #11
29 God's Gonna Cut You Down Johnny Cash 11 #29
30 Off The Record My Morning Jacket 23 #30
31 World Wide Suicide Pearl Jam 20 #4
32 Here It Goes Again OK Go 29 #2
33 Dare Gorillaz 40 #1
34 Funny Little Feeling Rock n' Roll Soldiers 8 #34
35 Ain't No Easy Way Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 16 #35
36 The Adventure Angels & Airwaves 18 #6
37 Blackened Blue Eyes The Charlatans 2 #37
38 White collar Boy Belle & Sebastian 8 #38
39 Every Day is Exactly the Same Nine Inch Nails 31 #12
40 Bonnie Brae The Twilight Singers 8 #40
41 Cash Machine Hard-Fi 21 #41
42 Lightning Blue Eyes Secret Machines 10 #42
43 Suffer Well Depeche Mode 9 #43
44 I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News) Eagles of Death Metal 10 #41
45 How to Save a Life The Fray 22 #10
46 Munich Editors 13 #24
47 For Us Pete Yorn 13 #18
48 MakeDamnSure Taking Back Sunday 13 #11
49 Juicebox The Strokes 32 #12
50 Perfect Situation Weezer 36 #7
51 Nausea Beck 26 #8
52 Oh Yeah The Subways 9 #52
53 Rock & Roll Queen The Subways 21 #33
54 Invincible OK Go 9 #49
55 And We All Return to Our Roots The Forecast 3 #55
56 Cubicle Rinocerose 10 #32
57 Level The Raconteurs 27 #20
58 In the Morning Razorlight 10 #58
59 When You Were Young The Killers 61 #2
60 Upside Down Jack Johnson 21 #20
61 The Kill 30 Seconds to Mars 32 #2
62 Miss Murder AFI 33 #1
63 Far Away Bril 2 #63
64 Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups 54 #1
65 Lips Like Morphine Kill Hannah 9 #63
66 Face Down The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 32 #8
67 Tear You Apart She Wants Revenge 28 #14
68 Vicarious Tool 36 #1
69 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Jet 22 #14
70 This is Such a Pity Weezer 12 #37
71 Delirious Love Neil Diamond 9 #71
72 Your Touch The Black Keys 16 #34
73 Mojo Peeping Tom 8 #73
74 Precious Depeche Mode 35 #3
75 Black Swan Thom Yorke 16 #29
76 Get Myself Into It The Rapture 9 #76
77 Sing The Dresden Dolls 6 #62
78 Talk Coldplay 37 #7
79 Country Girl Primal Scream 11 #79
80 Welcome to the Black Parade My Chemical Romance 51 #1
81 Soul Meets Body Death Cab for Cutie 64 #2
82 Tell Me Baby Red Hot Chili Peppers 40 #2
83 Sister Jack Spoon 11 #58
84 Into the Ocean Blue October 8 #12
85 Lolita Elefant 2 #85
86 Joker and the Thief Wolfmother 22 #9
87 No Way Back Foo Fighters 26 #5
88 Satellite Guster 28 #23
89 Out of Control She Wants Revenge 11 #55
90 Jetsetter Morningwood 6 #90
91 Taking Back Control Sparta 10 #53
92 Original Fire Audioslave 20 #14
93 In the Crossfire Starsailor 10 #51
94 If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode) People in Planes 3 #89
95 El Manana Gorillaz 10 #80
96 Sunshine As Fast as Florida 1 #96
97 Wires Athlete 3 #97
98 These Things She Wants Revenge 17 #9
99 Half Light Athlete 4 #88
100 Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry Bout Me) Outkast 8 #100
101 Dance Like a Monkey New York Dolls 2 #101

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About this countdown

CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 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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