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Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993

The year-end countdown for 1993 from Q101 in Chicago, IL ranks 101 songs, with “Plush” by Stone Temple Pilots at number one. The list features 65 different artists; Pearl Jam has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 135 #1
2 No Rain Blind Melon 109 #2
3 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
4 Linger The Cranberries 63 #3
5 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 108 #2
6 Runaway Train Soul Asylum 73 #6
7 Daughter Pearl Jam 132 #1
8 Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms 46 #6
9 Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers 81 #9
10 Ordinary World Duran Duran 46 #6
11 Cannonball The Breeders 78 #1
12 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 122 #6
13 What's Up? 4 Non Blondes 41 #10
14 Break It Down Again Tears for Fears 22 #12
15 Pets Porno for Pyros 47 #9
16 Low Cracker 88 #9
17 Two Princes The Spin Doctors 33 #7
18 Regret New Order 40 #9
19 Numb U2 26 #19
20 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 125 #3
21 All That She Wants Ace of Base 4 #16
22 Black Pearl Jam 179 #1
23 I Feel You Depeche Mode 27 #11
24 Feed The Tree Belly 49 #19
25 Rooster Alice In Chains 115 #6
26 Connected Stereo MC's 43 #11
27 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 100 #3
28 Fields of Gold Sting 21 #22
29 Mrs. Robinson The Lemonheads 56 #19
30 Man on the Moon R.E.M. 73 #24
31 Cherub Rock The Smashing Pumpkins 77 #8
32 Human Behaviour Björk 55 #20
33 Come Undone Duran Duran 23 #5
34 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers 36 #34
35 Black Gold Soul Asylum 33 #35
36 My Sister The Juliana Hatfield Three 34 #33
37 Can't Help Falling in Love UB40 4 #27
38 Insane in the Brain Cypress Hill 30 #8
39 These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs 48 #9
40 Lemon U2 22 #7
41 Come Talk To Me Peter Gabriel 10 #41
42 Dreams The Cranberries 67 #2
43 Dizz Knee Land dada 38 #7
44 Nearly Lost You Screaming Trees 72 #21
45 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 75 #1
46 Helpless Sugar 30 #9
47 Walking In My Shoes Depeche Mode 29 #19
48 Found Out About You Gin Blossoms 34 #47
49 Mr. Wendal Arrested Development 9 #49
50 Sex Type Thing Stone Temple Pilots 60 #19
51 Into Your Arms The Lemonheads 32 #23
52 Detachable Penis King Missile 31 #29
53 Candy Everybody Wants 10,000 Maniacs 28 #20
54 The Ugly Truth Matthew Sweet 16 #54
55 Truganini Midnight Oil 11 #55
56 Sober Tool 75 #14
57 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You Sting 15 #37
58 Butterfly Wings Machines of Loving Grace 14 #29
59 Tones of Home Blind Melon 13 #45
60 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 135 #2
61 Purple Haze The Cure 11 #22
62 Go Pearl Jam 29 #8
63 Shark Attack The Wailing Souls 16 #10
64 Stop Whispering Radiohead 2 #64
65 We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful Morrissey 8 #22
66 Mrs. Rita Gin Blossoms 16 #66
67 Divine Thing The Soup Dragons 29 #8
68 Rape Me Nirvana 49 #18
69 Saturday Night Ned's Atomic Dustbin 8 #69
70 Tuesday Morning The Pogues 10 #70
71 World (the Price of Love) New Order 4 #51
72 Sodajerk Buffalo Tom 18 #72
73 Oh Carolina Shaggy 5 #46
74 Thunder Kiss '65 White Zombie 34 #46
75 World Class Fad Paul Westerberg 15 #75
76 Dream All Day The Posies 8 #49
77 Stay (Faraway, So Close!) U2 12 #30
78 Believe Dig 3 #78
79 I've Been Waiting Matthew Sweet 23 #49
80 Crazy Mary Pearl Jam 37 #15
81 Metal Mickey Suede 8 #54
82 Do You Right 311 6 #72
83 Condemnation Depeche Mode 2 #46
84 It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads 36 #18
85 Believe Lenny Kravitz 14 #45
86 Verse Chorus Verse Nirvana 25 #33
87 Slow Dog Belly 4 #87
88 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite R.E.M. 18 #88
89 Can You Forgive Her? Pet Shop Boys 6 #56
90 Because The Night 10,000 Maniacs 22 #28
91 If I Can't Change Your Mind Sugar 29 #91
92 Angry Chair Alice In Chains 17 #85
93 Slow Emotion Replay The The 16 #93
94 Loser Beck 125 #2
95 Too Much Information Duran Duran 2 #93
96 Hang Onto Your Ego Frank Black 16 #96
97 Sexual Healing Soul Asylum 16 #59
98 Wicked Garden Stone Temple Pilots 61 #23
99 Everywhere Cranes 1 #99
100 Start Choppin' Dinosaur Jr. 24 #45
101 Gepetto Belly 21 #48

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About this countdown

Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 was broadcast by Q101 (Chicago, IL). 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.

Contributed by Kevin Biebel, Dave Ebzky, Tim Wojtowicz. Thank you!

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