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All-time countdown · CFNY 102.1 The Edge · October 11, 2009

102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009)

The all-time countdown (October 11, 2009) from CFNY 102.1 The Edge in Toronto, ON ranks 200 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 67 different artists; The Tragically Hip has the most entries with twelve songs.

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Listener voting for this countdown was criticized as manipulable at the time (see Toronto Mike's "102.1 The Edge Top 200 Of All Time Countdown Voting Rigged", torontomike.com, October 2009), since the station pre-selected the pool of 200 songs and fans could only reorder them (with a write-in option). Rank order taken from the page's own <ol> markup (not printed as explicit numbers).

# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
2 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
3 Ahead By A Century The Tragically Hip 6 #3
4 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 115 #2
5 Closer Nine Inch Nails 109 #1
6 Self-Esteem The Offspring 110 #1
7 What I Got Sublime 106 #1
8 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace 49 #8
9 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 204 #1
10 When I Come Around Green Day 119 #2
11 Come As You Are Nirvana 175 #1
12 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
13 Try Honesty Billy Talent 13 #13
14 Loser Beck 125 #2
15 Somebody Told Me The Killers 75 #1
16 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 104 #1
17 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
18 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 115 #3
19 Locked In The Trunk of A Car The Tragically Hip 4 #19
20 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 135 #1
21 All Apologies Nirvana 145 #2
22 I Hate Everything About You Three Days Grace 44 #3
23 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 135 #2
24 Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day 36 #1
25 Starseed Our Lady Peace 32 #13
26 Lithium Nirvana 150 #3
27 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 112 #1
28 Fallen Leaves Billy Talent 5 #10
29 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
30 In Bloom Nirvana 117 #5
31 Jeremy Pearl Jam 187 #1
32 My Hero Foo Fighters 130 #9
33 Poets The Tragically Hip 23 #19
34 Fat Lip Sum 41 50 #3
35 Given Up Linkin Park 18 #6
36 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 122 #6
37 Animal I Have Become Three Days Grace 23 #1
38 Say It Ain't So Weezer 80 #4
39 One Man Army Our Lady Peace 9 #29
40 Brain Stew Green Day 61 #8
41 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
42 Even Flow Pearl Jam 145 #2
43 Tell Me Baby Red Hot Chili Peppers 40 #2
44 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 93 #1
45 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
46 At The Hundredth Meridan The Tragically Hip 11 #23
47 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 125 #3
48 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 154 #1
49 Beverly Hills Weezer 56 #4
50 Never Too Late Three Days Grace 28 #4
51 Basket Case Green Day 120 #1
52 Best of You Foo Fighters 75 #1
53 You Gotta Fight For Your Right (To Party) Beastie Boys 86 #1
54 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 82 #1
55 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers 104 #2
56 Naveed Our Lady Peace 8 #6
57 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 108 #2
58 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots 135 #3
59 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
60 One Thing Finger Eleven 29 #11
61 The Pretender Foo Fighters 78 #1
62 No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age 110 #1
63 Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers 81 #9
64 Courage The Tragically Hip 25 #42
65 Longview Green Day 113 #1
66 Icky Thump The White Stripes 54 #1
67 Hammerhead The Offspring 21 #2
68 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
69 No Rain Blind Melon 109 #2
70 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 49 #12
71 Man in the Box Alice In Chains 129 #3
72 Around the World Red Hot Chili Peppers 60 #10
73 American Idiot Green Day 86 #1
74 Float On Modest Mouse 91 #1
75 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
76 Still Waiting Sum 41 30 #2
77 The Good Left Undone Rise Against 22 #3
78 Looking For A Place To Happen The Tragically Hip 4 #78
79 Come Out and Play The Offspring 97 #2
80 Volet Hill Coldplay 25 #12
81 Ready to Fall Rise Against 18 #9
82 In the End Linkin Park 92 #1
83 Can't Stop Red Hot Chili Peppers 67 #2
84 Holiday Green Day 74 #2
85 River Below Billy Talent 6 #12
86 Buddy Holly Weezer 97 #2
87 All These Things That I've Done The Killers 50 #2
88 Glycerine Bush 118 #1
89 Paralyzer Finger Eleven 32 #1
90 Fifty-mission Cap The Tragically Hip 4 #54
91 Better Man Pearl Jam 148 #2
92 Just Like You Three Days Grace 29 #6
93 Champagne Supernova Oasis 91 #11
94 Learn to Fly Foo Fighters 108 #6
95 Prayer of the Refugee Rise Against 22 #5
96 The Pot Tool 37 #10
97 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails 54 #1
98 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 71 #3
99 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day 96 #1
100 Speed of Sound Coldplay 45 #2
101 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 102 #2
102 Blow At High Dough The Tragically Hip 3 #13
103 Black Pearl Jam 179 #1
104 All the Small Things blink-182 79 #2
105 Devil In A Midnight Mass Billy Talent 5 #3
106 Daughter Pearl Jam 132 #1
107 The Middle Jimmy Eat World 76 #1
108 Good Times Finger Eleven 4 #84
109 Comedown Bush 95 #2
110 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
111 Grace, Too The Tragically Hip 5 #41
112 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
113 The Man Who Sold the World Nirvana 81 #4
114 Sabotage Beastie Boys 111 #3
115 In Too Deep Sum 41 25 #24
116 What It's Like Everlast 81 #2
117 Clocks Coldplay 101 #1
118 Pain Three Days Grace 21 #11
119 Machinehead Bush 78 #1
120 Load Me Up The Matthew Good Band 4 #55
121 Jump Around House of Pain 35 #3
122 Nautical Disaster The Tragically Hip 4 #122
123 Numb Linkin Park 85 #2
124 Crabbuckit K-OS 4 #19
125 Otherside Red Hot Chili Peppers 91 #1
126 The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted) Big Wreck 7 #57
127 Far Behind Social Distortion 23 #17
128 Brother Down Sam Roberts 9 #6
129 Rape Me Nirvana 49 #18
130 Money City Maniacs Sloan 6 #33
131 Fell On Black Days Soundgarden 104 #11
132 Temptation The Tea Party 7 #44
133 About A Girl Nirvana 75 #7
134 This Could Be Anywhere in the World Alexisonfire 6 #7
135 Would? Alice In Chains 120 #5
136 The Hell Song Sum 41 14 #33
137 Big Empty Stone Temple Pilots 97 #10
138 Rebellion (Lies) The Arcade Fire 47 #6
139 Pardon Me Incubus 59 #1
140 How You Remind Me Nickelback 53 #2
141 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 204 #2
142 First Time Finger Eleven 5 #16
143 Smoke Two Joints Sublime 19 #73
144 Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) The Arcade Fire 26 #9
145 Drive Incubus 66 #1
146 That Song Big Wreck 5 #56
147 Enter Sandman Metallica 164 #2
148 Bobcaygeon The Tragically Hip 8 #17
149 Vasoline Stone Temple Pilots 100 #3
150 One More Astronaut I Mother Earth 6 #29
151 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 98 #4
152 Where Have All The Good People Gone? Sam Roberts 4 #7
153 Perfect Situation Weezer 36 #7
154 Hello Time Bomb The Matthew Good Band 6 #35
155 Like a Stone Audioslave 75 #1
156 Keep the Car Running The Arcade Fire 30 #13
157 Beautiful Day U2 124 #1
158 Yellow Coldplay 98 #3
159 When The Night Feels My Song Bedouin Soundclash 6 #19
160 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 72 #34
161 Don't Walk Away Eileen Sam Roberts 3 #25
162 The Unforgiven Metallica 96 #5
163 700 The Tragically Hip 2 #142
164 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
165 Everything Is Automatic The Matthew Good Band 5 #36
166 Welcome to Paradise Green Day 74 #6
167 The Good In Everyone Sloan 6 #45
168 Creep Stone Temple Pilots 77 #44
169 Used To Be Alright I Mother Earth 4 #95
170 I Love Myself Today Bif Naked 2 #36
171 Hey Man Nice Shot Filter 75 #6
172 Blown Wide Open Big Wreck 3 #120
173 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 70 #5
174 The Ex Billy Talent 3 #26
175 Save Your Scissors City And Colour 4 #30
176 Gone Away The Offspring 60 #3
177 Polly Nirvana 50 #5
178 All That You Are Econoline Crush 6 #83
179 Spoonman Soundgarden 101 #14
180 With or Without You U2 213 #3
181 Cubically Contained The Headstones 1 #181
182 Coax Me Sloan 4 #105
183 Rooster Alice In Chains 115 #6
184 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 173 #1
185 Red Flag Billy Talent 5 #38
186 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 112 #1
187 I Hear You Calling Gob 3 #48
188 Epic Faith No More 109 #6
189 Shine Doughboys 4 #76
190 Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam 117 #2
191 Them Kids Sam Roberts 5 #6
192 Underwhelmed Sloan 5 #47
193 When You Were Young The Killers 61 #2
194 Smile and Wave The Headstones 2 #163
195 Heaven Coming Down The Tea Party 5 #32
196 Times Like These Foo Fighters 65 #3
197 Surrender Billy Talent 4 #1
198 Another Sunday I Mother Earth 3 #149
199 Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers 57 #6
200 Guerrilla Radio Rage Against the Machine 36 #5

About this countdown

102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) was voted by CFNY 102.1 The Edge’s listeners (Toronto, ON) in October 11, 2009. 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: 102.1 the Edge (archived countdown page), "Top 200 Songs of All Time".

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