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Special countdown · CFNY 102.1 The Edge · October 6, 2012

102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time

The countdown (October 6, 2012) from CFNY 102.1 The Edge in Toronto, ON ranks 102 songs, with “Come As You Are” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 39 different artists; Red Hot Chili Peppers has the most entries with seven songs.

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"New Rock" is the station's own descriptor for its core alternative/modern-rock catalogue rather than a specific era. Rank order taken from the page's own <ol> markup (not printed as explicit numbers). A May 2012 Toronto Mike blog post covered an earlier/different-order 102-song version of this chart without explicit ranks (torontomike.com/2012/05/top_102_new_rock_songs_by_1021/); this file uses the primary station page instead, which has explicit rank order.

# Song ListsBest
1 Come As You Are Nirvana 97 #1
2 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
3 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 117 #1
4 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
5 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 53 #3
6 Sabotage Beastie Boys 73 #3
7 Jeremy Pearl Jam 104 #2
8 Brain Stew Green Day 39 #8
9 Closer Nine Inch Nails 67 #1
10 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 67 #2
11 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
12 Times Like These Foo Fighters 37 #3
13 The Kids Aren't Alright The Offspring 35 #3
14 All the Small Things blink-182 51 #3
15 Buddy Holly Weezer 62 #8
16 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers 57 #2
17 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 75 #2
18 Even Flow Pearl Jam 74 #5
19 Crabbuckit K-OS 4 #19
20 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 40 #2
21 Best of You Foo Fighters 45 #1
22 New Orleans Is Sinking The Tragically Hip 5 #5
23 Numb Linkin Park 50 #2
24 Champagne Supernova Oasis 65 #11
25 Man in the Box Alice In Chains 55 #3
26 Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers 38 #9
27 Lithium Nirvana 90 #3
28 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 84 #3
29 Starseed Our Lady Peace 25 #13
30 Ready to Start The Arcade Fire 19 #4
31 Alive Pearl Jam 119 #1
32 Self-Esteem The Offspring 62 #1
33 Losing California Sloan 5 #33
34 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 54 #34
35 Killing in the Name of Rage Against the Machine 15 #8
36 Everything Is Automatic The Matthew Good Band 5 #36
37 One Thing Finger Eleven 21 #11
38 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
39 Uprising Muse 24 #3
40 Romantic Rights Death From Above 1979 2 #40
41 My Hero Foo Fighters 66 #11
42 I Hate Everything About You Three Days Grace 26 #3
43 Around the World Red Hot Chili Peppers 37 #10
44 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace 32 #8
45 Poets The Tragically Hip 19 #19
46 Basket Case Green Day 74 #1
47 Would? Alice In Chains 62 #6
48 About A Girl Nirvana 45 #7
49 Help, Im Alive Metric 10 #8
50 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots 63 #5
51 Rebellion (Lies) The Arcade Fire 38 #6
52 Better Man Pearl Jam 71 #3
53 Above Finger Eleven 3 #49
54 In the End Linkin Park 54 #1
55 Load Me Up The Matthew Good Band 4 #55
56 Come Out and Play The Offspring 43 #2
57 Pieces Sum 41 15 #1
58 Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers 32 #6
59 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 59 #5
60 Little Bones The Tragically Hip 7 #5
61 Neighbourhood #3 The Arcade Fire 1 #61
62 Renegades of Funk Rage Against the Machine 40 #5
63 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 34 #12
64 Karma Police Radiohead 92 #2
65 The Good In Everyone Sloan 6 #45
66 No Sleep Til Brooklyn Beastie Boys 28 #7
67 Longview Green Day 63 #1
68 Sleeping Sickness City and Colour/gord Downie 1 #68
69 Try Honesty Billy Talent 9 #13
70 All Apologies Nirvana 69 #2
71 Brother Down Sam Roberts 7 #6
72 Starlight Muse 38 #1
73 Innocent Our Lady Peace 11 #5
74 Otherside Red Hot Chili Peppers 50 #1
75 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 59 #1
76 First Time Finger Eleven 5 #16
77 Money City Maniacs Sloan 6 #33
78 Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam 57 #2
79 Fully Completely The Tragically Hip 3 #79
80 Gone Away The Offspring 26 #5
81 One Step Closer Linkin Park 34 #1
82 In Too Deep Sum 41 19 #24
83 This Could Be Anywhere Alexisonfire 3 #41
84 Learn to Fly Foo Fighters 49 #6
85 How You Remind Me Nickelback 29 #2
86 Rooster Alice In Chains 49 #20
87 Somewhere Out There Our Lady Peace 15 #13
88 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 70 #2
89 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 60 #2
90 Wake Up The Arcade Fire 21 #12
91 One More Astronaut I Mother Earth 6 #29
92 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 38 #5
93 The Oaf Big Wreck 3 #92
94 High and Dry Radiohead 38 #55
95 Boiled Frogs Alexisonfire 3 #3
96 Polly Nirvana 30 #5
97 I'm with You The Stills 2 #61
98 Hysteria Muse 31 #3
99 Makes No Difference Sum 41 4 #58
100 Apparitions The Matthew Good Band 5 #51
101 Hollow Point Sniper Hyperbole Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker 3 #90
102 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 63 #1

About this countdown

102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time was voted by CFNY 102.1 The Edge’s listeners (Toronto, ON) in October 6, 2012. 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. Because it is a themed or special countdown, it is archived here but not counted in the combined rankings.

Source: 102.1 the Edge (archived countdown page), "The Top 102 New Rock Songs of All Time".

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