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Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2009

The year-end countdown (2009) from Lightning 100 in Nashville, TN ranks 100 songs, with “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon at number one. The list features 79 different artists; Dave Matthews Band has the most entries with four songs.

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Fan transcription. Printed as Title -- Artist; #83 is printed artist-first (Carbon Leaf -- Miss Hollywood). Obvious typos corrected: Eric Hutchison (18), Matt Kearney (20), Sheryll Crow (28), Erin McCulloch (40), Peter Yorn (42), Never Hads Nobody (59), Corey Chisel (60), Brandi Carlisle (81), Jonath Brooke (85).

# Song ListsBest
1 Use Somebody Kings of Leon 64 #1
2 Crack the Shutters Snow Patrol 7 #2
3 The Great Defector Bell X 1 16 #3
4 Nothing Ever Hurt Like You James Morrison 7 #2
5 All We Are Matt Nathanson 2 #5
6 Little Bribes Death Cab for Cutie 9 #6
7 When I Dream of Michelangelo Counting Crows 3 #7
8 Say Hey (I Love You) Michael Franti & Spearhead 28 #2
9 No Sunlight Death Cab for Cutie 8 #9
10 You Found Me The Fray 9 #3
11 Airstream Driver Gomez 13 #11
12 Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event 53 #1
13 Fugitive David Gray 13 #3
14 Life in Technicolor Coldplay 15 #6
15 Go On Jack Johnson 3 #15
16 Funny the Way It Is Dave Matthews Band 19 #4
17 You are the best thing Ray LaMontagne 22 #6
18 OK It's Alright With Me Eric Hutchinson 5 #18
19 21 Guns Green Day 34 #3
20 Closer to Love Mat Kearney 5 #15
21 Magnificent U2 19 #2
22 Make You Crazy Brett Dennen 9 #11
23 You Never Know Wilco 16 #1
24 Notion Kings of Leon 28 #7
25 The Fixer Pearl Jam 47 #2
26 Why I Am Dave Matthews Band 13 #7
27 Magick Ryan Adams And The Cardinals 3 #13
28 Detours Sheryl Crow 1 #28
29 Take Back The City Snow Patrol 10 #17
30 Maybe Ingrid Michaelson 11 #11
31 Lovers in Japan Coldplay 12 #11
32 Three More Days Ray LaMontagne 4 #32
33 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon 82 #1
34 More Tyrone Wells 1 #34
35 We Let Her Down Chris Isaak 6 #29
36 Even If It Breaks Your Heart Will Hoge 5 #15
37 Staring Down Collective Soul 5 #8
38 Rock & Roll Eric Hutchinson 8 #4
39 1901 Phoenix 86 #1
40 Love, Save the Empty Erin McCarley 2 #40
41 Little Bit of Red Serena Ryder 8 #26
42 Don't Wanna Cry Pete Yorn 4 #42
43 Lost! Coldplay 21 #1
44 Precious Love James Morrison 1 #44
45 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight U2 13 #7
46 Human The Killers 36 #6
47 What Are You Like? The Indigo Girls 5 #27
48 Welcome to England Tori Amos 6 #36
49 Chasing Pirates Norah Jones 15 #9
50 My Lucky Day Bruce Springsteen 3 #25
51 Aint no Rest for the Wicked Cage The Elephant 65 #1
52 Get on Your Boots U2 18 #18
53 Complicated Shadows Elvis Costello 5 #52
54 Boys With Girlfriends Meiko 6 #39
55 This Town O.A.R. 4 #2
56 Wheels Foo Fighters 38 #6
57 Who Says John Mayer 12 #9
58 Hey World Michael Franti & Spearhead 4 #36
59 Never Had Nobody Like You M. Ward 10 #23
60 Born Again Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons 5 #40
61 Come On Green River Ordinance 1 #61
62 Backwards Down The Number Line Phish 15 #12
63 Down In the Flood Derek Trucks Band 6 #34
64 I and Love and You Avett Brothers 37 #1
65 Highs and Lows Mindy Smith 1 #65
66 The Fear Lily Allen 17 #5
67 A Whole Lot Better Brendan Benson 5 #43
68 Know Your Enemy Green Day 31 #3
69 40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet) Bob Schneider 7 #23
70 Say Please Monsters Of Folk 12 #4
71 John Q. Lonely Maia Sharp 2 #71
72 Fitz and the Dizzy Spells Andrew Bird 14 #28
73 Wish You Well Katie Herzig 1 #73
74 Shimmer and Shine Ben Harper & the Relentless 7 2 #74
75 Damage Tim Brantley 1 #75
76 I Need to Know Where I Stand Rhett Miller 5 #30
77 Shake Me Like A Monkey Dave Matthews Band 4 #25
78 Spaceman The Killers 25 #9
79 Absolutely Still Better Than Ezra 1 #79
80 Home Thing The Freddy Jones Band 2 #67
81 Dreams Brandi Carlile 16 #15
82 Something Beautiful Needtobreathe 3 #16
83 Miss Hollywood Carbon Leaf 2 #83
84 Buster Voodoo Rodrigo & Gabriela 6 #34
85 Taste of Danger Jonatha Brooke & Davy Knowles 1 #85
86 Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song Matt Hires 3 #86
87 Be There Howie Day 2 #19
88 Blow Away A Fine Frenzy 1 #88
89 Tear Down the Walls Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam 2 #73
90 The Future's Nothing New Alternate Routes 1 #90
91 Shady Esperanto and the Young Hearts Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers 4 #38
92 Top Yourself The Raconteurs 2 #77
93 Just Say Yes Snow Patrol 9 #4
94 People Got A Lotta Nerve Neko Case 13 #8
95 Love's A Mystery The Pretenders 6 #63
96 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 62 #2
97 Two Hands Jars of Clay 1 #97
98 Oh! Eric Hutchinson 1 #98
99 You and I Wilco 14 #8
100 You and Me Dave Matthews Band 11 #3

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About this countdown

Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2009 was broadcast by Lightning 100 (Nashville, TN) in 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 Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: We Want Airwaves (fan blog), "WRLT "Lightning 100" Top 100 of 2009".

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