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Lightning 100 Best of 2011

The year-end countdown (2011) from Lightning 100 in Nashville, TN ranks 50 songs, with “Windows Are Rolled Down” by Amos Lee at number one. The list features 39 different artists; Adele has the most entries with three songs.

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Fan transcription; the blogger says WRLT "downsized its listener poll from 100 to 50 this year". #20 is printed without a separator between artist and title. Corrected: Warren Hayes (36).

# Song ListsBest
1 Windows Are Rolled Down Amos Lee 26 #1
2 Rolling in the Deep Adele 52 #1
3 Rumor Has It Adele 28 #3
4 Roll Away Your Stone Mumford & Sons 34 #2
5 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
6 Moneygrabber Fitz and the Tantrums 37 #3
7 You are a Tourist Death Cab for Cutie 43 #3
8 From The Clouds Jack Johnson 7 #8
9 Lost In My Mind The Head and the Heart 30 #4
10 Back Down South Kings of Leon 12 #10
11 Barton Hollow The Civil Wars 16 #6
12 Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Coldplay 34 #4
13 Down By The Water The Decemberists 36 #8
14 Hey Mama Mat Kearney 6 #14
15 The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 48 #3
16 This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists 36 #2
17 Tree by the River Iron and Wine 18 #9
18 Only the Wine David Gray 1 #18
19 Flower Amos Lee 6 #19
20 Two Against One Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi 9 #20
21 Paradise Coldplay 51 #8
22 Someone like You Adele 28 #2
23 You've Got the Love Florence And The Machine 13 #19
24 Sad Song The Cars 9 #16
25 Comeback Kid Brett Dennen 3 #25
26 Give Me Something Scars on 45 9 #4
27 The Afterlife Paul Simon 11 #8
28 Calamity Song The Decemberists 26 #6
29 Lucky Now Ryan Adams 16 #6
30 Longing to Belong Eddie Vedder 10 #30
31 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1
32 I Might Wilco 15 #8
33 Don't Gotta Work It Out Fitz and the Tantrums 9 #33
34 Options Gomez 8 #17
35 Modern Man The Arcade Fire 15 #28
36 Man In Motion Warren Haynes 4 #26
37 Faster Matt Nathanson 8 #6
38 I'll Be Waiting Michael Franti & Spearhead 5 #38
39 Steal Your Heart Augustana 2 #39
40 My Favorite Gabe Dixon 1 #40
41 So Beautiful or So What Paul Simon 7 #20
42 Don't Stop (Color On The Walls Foster The People 22 #15
43 She Walks in So Many Ways The Jayhawks 10 #16
44 Rise Above Reeve Carney 3 #33
45 Called Out In The Dark Snow Patrol 14 #13
46 River's Gonna Rise Warren Haynes 1 #46
47 Fire & Dynamite Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors 1 #47
48 Holdin' on to Black Metal My Morning Jacket 24 #5
49 Brand New Day Trevor Hall 6 #47
50 Stay Young, Go Dancing Death Cab for Cutie 20 #28

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About this countdown

Lightning 100 Best of 2011 was voted by Lightning 100’s listeners (Nashville, TN) in 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 Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: We Want Airwaves (fan blog), "Lightning 100's Best of 2011".

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