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Year-end countdown · CD101 · December 2011

CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011

The year-end countdown (December 2011) from CD101 in Columbus, OH ranks 102 songs, with “Howlin' for You” by The Black Keys at number one. The list features 83 different artists; Cage The Elephant has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Howlin' for You The Black Keys 58 #1
2 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
3 Young Blood Naked and Famous 33 #2
4 Whirring Joy Formidable 27 #4
5 Will Do TV on the Radio 24 #5
6 Rolling in the Deep Adele 52 #1
7 You are a Tourist Death Cab for Cutie 43 #3
8 Sail AWOLNATION 52 #1
9 Long Time Cake 29 #9
10 Cough Syrup Young the Giant 44 #3
11 Under Cover of Darkness The Strokes 27 #10
12 My Body Young the Giant 39 #3
13 Second Chance Bjorn Peter and John 1 #13
14 Get it Daddy Sleeper Agent 15 #14
15 Changing The Airborne Toxic Event 29 #2
16 Roll Away Your Stone Mumford & Sons 34 #2
17 Future Starts Slow Kills 5 #17
18 People Say Portugal. The Man 21 #12
19 Holdin' on to Black Metal My Morning Jacket 24 #5
20 This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists 36 #2
21 What You Know Two Door Cinema Club 17 #3
22 We Used to Wait The Arcade Fire 24 #7
23 Death of Communication Company of Thieves 6 #6
24 Moneygrabber Fitz and the Tantrums 37 #3
25 Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now) Portugal. The Man 20 #22
26 Louder than Ever Cold War Kids 11 #13
27 Rope Foo Fighters 47 #1
28 Two Against One Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi 9 #20
29 The Cave Mumford & Sons 72 #1
30 Shake Me Down Cage The Elephant 55 #2
31 Walk Foo Fighters 54 #1
32 Take the World She Wants Revenge 6 #32
33 Junk of the Heart (Happy) The Kooks 22 #14
34 Enterance Song Black Angels 4 #34
35 Colours Grouplove 20 #6
36 Taken for a Fool The Strokes 9 #36
37 OMFG Deluka 5 #37
38 The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 48 #3
39 Skip the Charades Cold War Kids 8 #39
40 Around My Head Cage The Elephant 22 #13
41 Spanish Sahara Foals 6 #41
42 Swim Surfer Blood 6 #42
43 Irresistable Force Jane's Addiction 28 #8
44 Helena Beat Foster The People 35 #6
45 Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair Arctic Monkeys 8 #11
46 Go Outside The Cults 14 #13
47 Punching in a Dream Naked and Famous 18 #5
48 Tree by the River Iron and Wine 18 #9
49 What the Water Gave Me Florence And The Machine 12 #11
50 Lotus Flower Radiohead 22 #13
51 Don't Gotta Work Fitz and the Tantrums 1 #51
52 Booty City Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears 1 #52
53 Not In Love Crystal Castles 10 #26
54 Don't Play No Game that I Can't Win Beastie Boys 4 #22
55 Machine Gun Blues Social Distortion 20 #5
56 Block after Block Matt And Kim 6 #17
57 Mine Smell Like Honey R.E.M. 7 #22
58 Of Rise Against 1 #58
59 If I Had a Gun... Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 13 #21
60 Monster Paramore 13 #9
61 Aberdeen Cage The Elephant 20 #7
62 Up Up Up Givers 6 #49
63 If You Wanna Vaccinnes 1 #63
64 Listen to Your Love Mona 3 #49
65 Internet Killed the Radio Star Limousines 1 #65
66 Calamity Song The Decemberists 26 #6
67 Villans of the Moon Cold Cave 1 #67
68 All I Ever Wanted The Airborne Toxic Event 15 #18
69 Get Some Lykke Li 8 #32
70 Make Some Noise Beastie Boys 29 #11
71 Post Break-up Sex Vaccines 2 #43
72 How Deep is Your Love The Rapture 1 #72
73 Boots Electric Theme Boots Electric 1 #73
74 Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Coldplay 34 #4
75 Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) Wombats 4 #8
76 Fireball Royal Bangs 1 #76
77 New York City Moves to the Sound of L.A. Funeral Party 4 #26
78 Revolution Flogging Molly 3 #31
79 April Fools Manchester Orchestra 7 #11
80 Many of Horror Biffy Clyro 5 #24
81 Everybody's Under Your Spell Duke Spirit 2 #81
82 Stay Too Long Plan B 3 #73
83 Next to Me Civil Twilight 3 #72
84 Usede to Did J. Roddy Walston and the Business 1 #84
85 Your Surrender Neon Trees 6 #61
86 April Fools Manchester Orchestra 7 #11
87 Pyro Kings of Leon 13 #18
88 Too Dramatic Ra Ra Riot 4 #8
89 Drug White Denim 2 #89
90 Finale Funeral Party 3 #82
91 Paradise Coldplay 51 #8
92 Creature Phantods 1 #92
93 Days Are Forgotten Kasabian 8 #30
94 The Ballad of Mona Lisa Panic! at the Disco 11 #3
95 I Stand Alone Theophilus London 1 #95
96 Amor Fati Washed Out 2 #96
97 Stay Young, Go Dancing Death Cab for Cutie 20 #28
98 Lights Interpol 1 #98
99 The Roller Beady Eye 5 #46
100 Losers Belle Brigade 3 #61
101 Into the Sun The Parlor Mob 6 #31
102 Tallulah Company of Thieves 7 #7

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About this countdown

CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 was broadcast by CD101 (Columbus, OH) in December 2011. 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.

Source: CD101.com (via CD102.5/CD101 site), "Top 102 of 2011".

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