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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 59 #1
2 No Rain Blind Melon 65 #2
3 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
4 Linger The Cranberries 42 #3
5 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 67 #2
6 Runaway Train Soul Asylum 56 #6
7 Daughter Pearl Jam 65 #1
8 Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms 32 #6
9 Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers 38 #9
10 Ordinary World Duran Duran 39 #6
11 Cannonball The Breeders 60 #1
12 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 63 #6
13 What's Up? 4 Non Blondes 31 #10
14 Break It Down Again Tears for Fears 20 #12
15 Pets Porno for Pyros 40 #9
16 Low Cracker 56 #9
17 Two Princes The Spin Doctors 30 #7
18 Regret New Order 33 #9
19 Numb U2 25 #19
20 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 84 #3
21 All That She Wants Ace of Base 4 #16
22 Black Pearl Jam 101 #1
23 I Feel You Depeche Mode 25 #11
24 Feed The Tree Belly 41 #19
25 Rooster Alice In Chains 49 #20
26 Connected Stereo MC's 38 #11
27 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 66 #3
28 Fields of Gold Sting 17 #22
29 Mrs. Robinson The Lemonheads 44 #19
30 Man on the Moon R.E.M. 44 #24
31 Cherub Rock The Smashing Pumpkins 49 #8
32 Human Behaviour Björk 29 #20
33 Come Undone Duran Duran 22 #5
34 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers 31 #34
35 Black Gold Soul Asylum 24 #35
36 My Sister Juliana Hatfield 3 5 #36
37 Can't Help Falling in Love UB40 4 #27
38 Insane in the Brain Cypress Hill 18 #16
39 These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs 36 #9
40 Lemon U2 20 #7
41 Come Talk To Me Peter Gabriel 10 #41
42 Dreams The Cranberries 49 #2
43 Dizz Knee Land dada 33 #7
44 Nearly Lost You Screaming Trees 52 #21
45 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 64 #1
46 Helpless Sugar 30 #9
47 Walking In My Shoes Depeche Mode 26 #19
48 Found Out About You Gin Blossoms 28 #47
49 Mr. Wendal Arrested Development 5 #49
50 Sex Type Thing Stone Temple Pilots 25 #19
51 Into Your Arms The Lemonheads 25 #23
52 Detachable Penis King Missile 30 #29
53 Candy Everybody Wants 10,000 Maniacs 24 #20
54 The Ugly Truth Matthew Sweet 16 #54
55 Truganini Midnight Oil 11 #55
56 Sober Tool 40 #22
57 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You Sting 14 #37
58 Butterfly Wings Machines of Loving Grace 14 #29
59 Tones of Home Blind Melon 12 #45
60 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 85 #2
61 Purple Haze The Cure 10 #22
62 Go Pearl Jam 22 #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 27 #8
68 Rape Me Nirvana 31 #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 2 #71
72 Sodajerk Buffalo Tom 18 #72
73 Oh Carolina Shaggy 4 #46
74 Thunder Kiss '65 White Zombie 17 #50
75 World Class Fad Paul Westerberg 15 #75
76 Dream All Day The Posies 7 #49
77 Stay (Faraway, So Close!) U2 11 #30
78 Believe Dig 3 #78
79 I've Been Waiting Matthew Sweet 21 #49
80 Crazy Mary Pearl Jam 27 #15
81 Metal Mickey Suede 7 #54
82 Do You Right 311 5 #72
83 Condemnation Depeche Mode 2 #46
84 It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads 30 #18
85 Believe Lenny Kravitz 13 #45
86 Verse Chorus Verse Nirvana 23 #33
87 Slow Dog Belly 4 #87
88 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite R.E.M. 5 #88
89 Can You Forgive Her? Pet Shop Boys 6 #56
90 Because The Night 10,000 Maniacs 17 #64
91 If I Can't Change Your Mind Sugar 23 #91
92 Angry Chair Alice In Chains 9 #85
93 Slow Emotion Replay The The 15 #93
94 Loser Beck 77 #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 27 #23
99 Everywhere Cranes 1 #99
100 Start Choppin' Dinosaur Jr. 20 #45
101 Gepetto Belly 19 #48

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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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