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Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996

The year-end countdown for 1996 from Q101 in Chicago, IL ranks 101 songs, with “Machinehead” by Bush at number one. The list features 71 different artists; The Smashing Pumpkins has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Machinehead Bush 40 #1
2 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 70 #2
3 Santa Monica Everclear 36 #3
4 Down 311 46 #1
5 Guilty Gravity Kills 16 #5
6 Spiderwebs No Doubt 37 #3
7 Pepper Butthole Surfers 52 #1
8 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 59 #5
9 What Do I Have To Do? Stabbing Westward 20 #9
10 Counting Blue Cars Dishwalla 20 #1
11 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 30 #2
12 Zero The Smashing Pumpkins 32 #6
13 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Primitive Radio Gods 24 #8
14 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 38 #5
15 In The Meantime Spacehog 38 #7
16 Swallowed Bush 32 #16
17 Champagne Supernova Oasis 65 #11
18 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden 20 #4
19 Don't Speak No Doubt 43 #3
20 Muzzle The Smashing Pumpkins 11 #20
21 Tahitian Moon Porno for Pyros 12 #9
22 Here in Your Bedroom Goldfinger 26 #12
23 Who Will Save Your Soul Jewel 17 #18
24 Big Bang Baby Stone Temple Pilots 31 #12
25 Novocaine for the Soul The Eels 26 #16
26 Pretty Noose Soundgarden 17 #7
27 Where It's At Beck 58 #2
28 Brain Stew Green Day 39 #8
29 Head Over Feet Alanis Morissette 12 #29
30 Shame Stabbing Westward 8 #30
31 Salvation The Cranberries 24 #22
32 Hail Hail Pearl Jam 10 #26
33 All Mixed Up 311 42 #15
34 Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden 14 #34
35 Mother Mother Tracy Bonham 18 #11
36 The Distance Cake 58 #1
37 What I Got Sublime 63 #1
38 The World I Know Collective Soul 22 #38
39 Stupid Girl Garbage 42 #4
40 Bound for the Floor Local H 35 #32
41 Naked Goo Goo Dolls 13 #41
42 Whoever You Are Geggy Tah 23 #41
43 Heaven Beside You Alice In Chains 30 #39
44 Ironic Alanis Morissette 29 #20
45 Sister The Nixons 3 #32
46 Only Happy When It Rains Garbage 48 #14
47 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
48 Devil's Haircut Beck 39 #29
49 Angry Johnny Poe 25 #27
50 Big Me Foo Fighters 32 #14
51 You Learn Alanis Morissette 20 #7
52 Too Much Dave Matthews Band 21 #31
53 Popular Nada Surf 14 #36
54 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 56 #1
55 Ready To Go Republica 31 #26
56 Cumbersome Seven Mary Three 25 #22
57 Sucked Out Superdrag 13 #53
58 Walking Contradiction Green Day 6 #58
59 If It Makes You Happy Sheryl Crow 22 #40
60 Photograph The Verve Pipe 22 #24
61 Aneurysm Nirvana 27 #12
62 Aeroplane Red Hot Chili Peppers 28 #28
63 I Was Wrong Social Distortion 26 #34
64 Free To Decide The Cranberries 12 #35
65 Banditos The Refreshments 17 #30
66 Scooby Snacks Fun Lovin' Criminals 14 #14
67 Wax Ecstatic Sponge 4 #67
68 So Much To Say Dave Matthews Band 22 #13
69 Mint Car The Cure 14 #24
70 No Place to Hide Korn 4 #70
71 E-Bow the Letter R.E.M. 6 #71
72 Stinkfist Tool 52 #2
73 Peaches The Presidents of the United States of America 22 #26
74 I Got Id Pearl Jam 20 #20
75 Mable Goldfinger 2 #75
76 #1 Crush Garbage 32 #24
77 Possum Kingdom Toadies 37 #5
78 Mighty K.C. For Squirrels 7 #26
79 Happy Now No Doubt 9 #29
80 Angels of the Silences Counting Crows 12 #55
81 Ladykillers Lush 14 #21
82 6th Avenue Heartache The Wallflowers 13 #18
83 Jurassitol Filter 2 #83
84 Tattva Kula Shaker 12 #9
85 Who You Are Pearl Jam 21 #50
86 Shadowboxer Fiona Apple 9 #73
87 The 13th The Cure 3 #87
88 Flood Jars of Clay 21 #36
89 Gold Dust Woman Hole 6 #47
90 El Scorcho Weezer 16 #9
91 Caught A Lite Sneeze Tori Amos 16 #60
92 Alone + Easy Target Foo Fighters 5 #92
93 Stone Temple Pilots Lady Picture Show 1 #93
94 Fire Water Burn Bloodhound Gang 12 #40
95 Bittersweet Me R.E.M. 7 #47
96 Heartspark Dollar Sign Everclear 13 #11
97 Strange Attraction The Cure 1 #97
98 Israel's Son Silverchair 2 #98
99 Love Rollercoaster Red Hot Chili Peppers 25 #38
100 All I Know Screaming Trees 20 #5
101 Tiny Meat Ruby 5 #77

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Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 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.

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