All-time countdown · DC101 · May 2020
The DC101 Top 500
The all-time countdown (May 2020) from DC101 in Washington, D.C. ranks 500 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 217 different artists; Linkin Park has the most entries with 14 songs.
The page is an unnumbered ordered list (1-500) and does not say how the list was compiled. The station abbreviates some artists (RHCP, RATM, NiN, STP, REM, Presidents USA); these are written out in full. Other names are kept as printed, mostly without a leading 'The'. Truncated titles at 105, 386 and 459 are written out in full; corrected 'Intergalatic', 'Gylcerine', 'Goyte', 'Friday I'mIn Love', 'Flavor Of The Weak', 'The Kids Aren't Are Alright', 'Troube', 'Throught Glass', 'Chumbawumba - Tubthumpin', 'Cecillia', 'Beasties Boys' and 'Bullet W/Butterfly Wings'.
About this countdown
The DC101 Top 500 was broadcast by DC101 (Washington, D.C.) in May 2020. 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: DC101, "The DC101 Top 500: Full List of Songs" (May 26, 2020).
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