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Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2016

The year-end countdown (2016) from Lightning 100 in Nashville, TN ranks 101 songs, with “Numb” by Ojr at number one. The list features 89 different artists; Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats has the most entries with three songs.

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"Lightning 100 is counting down our favorite tunes we played this year." Two posts; source_url is the 50-1 post. The station marks local artists with "(Local)"; the markers are dropped here. Corrected: Nathaniel Ratelill (35); leading asterisk dropped from *repeat repeat (51, 43).

# Song ListsBest
100.1 Numb Ojr 3 #8
100 Rebel Heart The Shelters 7 #6
99 Something to Believe In Young the Giant 14 #2
98 Game Of Love Albatross 1 #98
97 7 Catfish and the Bottlemen 10 #16
96 Lose It Oh Wonder 6 #96
95 Door Nice As F**k 1 #95
94 Ghenghis Khan Miike Snow 15 #1
93 Shut Up Kiss Me Angel Olsen 12 #7
92 Soundcheck Catfish and the Bottlemen 8 #4
91 Under the Influence Elle King 9 #20
90 Sleepy Lagoon Carl Broemel 1 #90
89 Just Your Fool The Rolling Stones 3 #89
88 Alaska Maggie Rogers 22 #3
87 Never Going Back Caveman 1 #87
86 Past Lives Local Natives 1 #86
85 Wasting Time Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 4 #14
84 Look It Here Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 3 #80
83 If I Ever Was a Child Wilco 7 #15
82 Magnetized Tom O'Dell 2 #26
81 All We Ever Knew The Head and the Heart 20 #4
80 Fire Barns Courtney 8 #19
79 Almost Makes Me Wish For Rain Lucius 1 #79
78 Love and Hate Michael Kiwanuka 15 #3
77 Withdrawal Max Frost 1 #77
76 Classic Masher The Pixies 8 #45
75 Not Gonna Let You Walk Away Lolo 3 #52
74 Golden Days Whitney 1 #74
73 You & I Colony House 3 #52
72 Another Game To Play Lister Brothers 1 #72
71 You Dont Get Me High Anymore Phantogram 17 #4
70 Can't Sleep Gary Clark Jr. 1 #70
69 Holy Commotion The Pretenders 6 #54
68 Love Is A Burden Jamestown Revival 2 #68
67 Don't You Give Up on Me Lissie 9 #41
66 Put a Flower in Your Pocket The Arcs 6 #50
65 American Money Borns 9 #5
64 Brazil Declan McKenna 18 #2
63 Georgia Dust Sun Seeker 1 #63
62 Put It Together Langhorne Slim 1 #62
61 Day Stealer Music Band 1 #61
60 Hurry Up Sunrise Luther Dickinson 1 #60
59 Wavy Gravy Okey Dokey 1 #59
58 Grand Canyon The Wind and the Wave 4 #58
57 Fountain of Youth Local Natives 9 #30
56 You And I Margaret Glaspy 10 #6
55 I Don't Care About You Lake Street Dive 7 #14
54 No Good Kaleo 5 #24
53 Never Been Scared Nduka 1 #53
52 Lazarus David Bowie 18 #1
51 Mostly Repeat Repeat 1 #51
50 Bring My Baby Back Dr. Dog 8 #24
49 Born Again Teen Lucius 9 #32
48 A Little Rain (A Song For Pete) Arkells 1 #48
47 Off the Ground The Record Company 16 #3
46 Pining Parker Millsap 1 #46
45 Shine Mondo Cozmo 15 #11
44 Ain't Nothin' Wrong With That Marcus King Band 6 #14
43 Plugged In Repeat Repeat 1 #43
42 Turning Into Water Maybird 6 #36
41 Move Me Sara Watkins 1 #41
40 Hurtin' (On the Bottle) Margo Price 7 #40
39 Forever Mine Andra Day 1 #39
38 Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah) White Denim 4 #38
37 Ain't It a Sin Charles Bradley 6 #36
36 Capsized Andrew Bird 13 #26
35 I Need Never Get Old Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 20 #4
34 One More Night Michael Kiwanuka 11 #26
33 Catch & Release - Deepend Remix Matt Simons 1 #33
32 Redbone Childish Gambino 19 #3
31 Devil In Me Anderson East 1 #31
30 Waste a Moment Kings of Leon 24 #2
29 Perfect World Allen Stone 1 #29
28 Get Out Frightened Rabbit 15 #28
27 Little Movies Aaron Lee Tasjan 5 #9
26 Lost On You LP 11 #11
25 Gold Don't Rust The Weeks 2 #25
24 Lover Come Back City And Colour 5 #24
23 Real Love Baby Father John Misty 18 #7
22 Smooth Sailin' Leon Bridges 22 #10
21 Ways To Fake It Crx 5 #21
20 Sound & Color Alabama Shakes 15 #20
19 Overnight Wild Feathers 2 #19
18 Apartment Escondido 1 #18
17 Send My Love (To Your New Lover) Adele 5 #3
16 Carry On Norah Jones 4 #16
15 Casual Party Band of Horses 16 #5
14 Get Low James Vincent McMorrow 4 #14
13 Body Bassh 3 #13
12 Mess Around Cage The Elephant 19 #11
11 Way Down We Go Kaleo 26 #3
10 Wish I knew You The Revivalists 36 #1
9 Who's Gonna Love You When I'm Gone Josh Farrow 1 #9
8 Call Off Your Dogs Lake Street Dive 12 #8
7 White Flag Joseph 15 #7
6 Pretty Pimpin' Kurt Vile 25 #2
5 Mr. Rodriguez Rayland Baxter 1 #5
4 Help Me Out Wild Feathers 2 #4
3 Trouble Cage The Elephant 19 #2
2 Rise Up Andra Day 9 #2
1 I'm Still Here Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings 4 #1

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About this countdown

Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2016 was broadcast by Lightning 100 (Nashville, TN) in 2016. 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: Lightning 100, "2016 Top 100.1 Countdown" (100.1-51 and 50-1).

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