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Year-end countdown · Q101 · 1998

Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998

The year-end countdown for 1998 from Q101 in Chicago, IL ranks 101 songs, with “Intergalactic” by Beastie Boys at number one. The list features 71 different artists; Foo Fighters has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 63 #1
2 Inside Out Eve 6 41 #2
3 My Own Prison Creed 15 #3
4 I Will Buy You a New Life Everclear 35 #4
5 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 57 #3
6 Ava Adore The Smashing Pumpkins 17 #6
7 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 40 #2
8 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 50 #1
9 Level on the Inside Dovetail Joint 4 #9
10 The Way Fastball 29 #6
11 Shimmer Fuel 27 #1
12 Closing Time Semisonic 33 #4
13 Perfect The Smashing Pumpkins 24 #9
14 Wishlist Pearl Jam 29 #10
15 What's This Life For Creed 7 #15
16 Father of Mine Everclear 33 #11
17 Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New 17 #1
18 One Week Barenaked Ladies 30 #3
19 Save Tonight Eagle Eye Cherry 17 #6
20 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 16 #4
21 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
22 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 30 #2
23 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz 53 #6
24 Push It Garbage 21 #7
25 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 33 #12
26 Brian Wilson Barenaked Ladies 9 #14
27 All The Kids Are Right Local H 14 #27
28 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 38 #1
29 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 34 #12
30 Jumper Third Eye Blind 17 #15
31 My Hero Foo Fighters 66 #11
32 What It's Like Everlast 45 #2
33 The Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim 34 #10
34 How's It Gonna Be Third Eye Blind 12 #17
35 Celebrity Skin Hole 38 #4
36 Everything to Everyone Everclear 41 #8
37 I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage 32 #10
38 Never There Cake 48 #3
39 Real World Matchbox 20 4 #37
40 Busy Child The Crystal Method 20 #17
41 Slide Goo Goo Dolls 25 #23
42 Zoot Suit Riot Cherry Poppin' Daddies 19 #6
43 Circles Soul Coughing 27 #14
44 In Hiding Pearl Jam 11 #44
45 Dammit blink-182 46 #1
46 Don't Drink the Water Dave Matthews Band 9 #27
47 The Dope Show Marilyn Manson 17 #25
48 Shelf in the Room Days of the New 3 #48
49 Karma Police Radiohead 92 #2
50 Can't Get Enough of You Baby Smash Mouth 6 #50
51 Dragula Rob Zombie 25 #15
52 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
53 The Mummer's Dance Loreena McKennitt 4 #53
54 Jump Right In The Urge 11 #39
55 I Know You Love Me Smoking Popes 1 #55
56 Brick Ben Folds Five 44 #12
57 The Down Town Days of the New 4 #32
58 Stay Dave Matthews Band 5 #39
59 Beautiful Disaster 311 37 #13
60 Polyester Bride Liz Phair 14 #38
61 Got You (Where I Want You) The Flys 18 #20
62 Heroes The Wallflowers 13 #49
63 Body Movin' Beastie Boys 26 #12
64 Lullaby Shawn Mullins 6 #57
65 Pure Morning Placebo 32 #41
66 Losing A Whole Year Third Eye Blind 17 #16
67 She Gave Me Love The Getaway People 1 #67
68 Walking After You Foo Fighters 7 #48
69 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 34 #3
70 Lucky Man The Verve 23 #31
71 Mouth Bush 18 #22
72 Truly, Truly Grant Lee Buffalo 21 #69
73 Long Day Matchbox 20 5 #53
74 Get 'Em Outta Here Sprung Monkey 8 #6
75 Doin' Time Sublime 23 #1
76 Baker Street Foo Fighters 13 #76
77 Sunday Shining Finley Quaye 2 #77
78 Torn Creed 4 #18
79 Thank U Alanis Morissette 7 #50
80 Song For The Dumped Ben Folds Five 18 #40
81 Pug The Smashing Pumpkins 4 #58
82 Singing In My Sleep Semisonic 7 #60
83 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 25 #1
84 All Around the World Oasis 11 #84
85 Leech Eve 6 6 #26
86 The Sweetest Thing (remix) U2 15 #2
87 Crush Dave Matthews Band 31 #19
88 What I Didn't Know Athanaeum 1 #88
89 Spark Tori Amos 22 #40
90 Got the Life Korn 32 #1
91 Fire Escape Fastball 6 #55
92 Touched VAST 15 #23
93 Saint Joe On The School Bus Marcy Playground 4 #38
94 Blue Monday Orgy 31 #6
95 Sunshower Chris Cornell 5 #58
96 Tropicalia Beck 16 #49
97 It's You The Specials 3 #73
98 Bittersweet Fuel 6 #81
99 Mungo City Spacehog 4 #96
100 Once in a While Dishwalla 2 #85
101 Save Yourself Stabbing Westward 25 #38

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Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 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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