Year-end countdown · Q101 · 2004

Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004

The year-end countdown for 2004 from Q101 in Chicago, IL ranks 101 songs, with “Float On” by Modest Mouse at number one. The list features 72 different artists; Jet has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Float On Modest Mouse 91 #1
2 Slither Velvet Revolver 32 #1
3 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet 84 #1
4 Vitamin R (Leading Us Along) Chevelle 29 #4
5 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 82 #1
6 Breaking the Habit Linkin Park 36 #4
7 American Idiot Green Day 86 #1
8 I Hate Everything About You Three Days Grace 44 #3
9 Somebody Told Me The Killers 75 #1
10 Megalomaniac Incubus 47 #1
11 Duality Slipknot 42 #4
12 Vertigo U2 75 #4
13 Pain Jimmy Eat World 47 #4
14 Numb Linkin Park 85 #2
15 Love Song 311 44 #2
16 Time Is Running Out Muse 43 #6
17 Just Like You Three Days Grace 29 #6
18 Cold Hard Bitch Jet 46 #3
19 Ch-Check It Out Beastie Boys 35 #6
20 The Reason Hoobastank 27 #5
21 Slow Hands Interpol 39 #10
22 I'm Not Okay (I Promise) My Chemical Romance 36 #21
23 Lying From You Linkin Park 22 #2
24 Such Great Heights The Postal Service 58 #2
25 (Can't Get My) Head Around You The Offspring 17 #25
26 Dirty Little Thing Velvet Revolver 5 #26
27 Last Train Home Lostprophets 23 #2
28 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day 96 #1
29 Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs 64 #1
30 Getting Away With Murder Papa Roach 21 #11
31 Talk Shows On Mute Incubus 21 #13
32 I Miss You blink-182 50 #8
33 Ocean Breathes Salty Modest Mouse 46 #5
34 Cold Crossfade 20 #8
35 Numb/Encore Linkin Park/Jay-Z 13 #35
36 This Fire Franz Ferdinand 30 #21
37 Figured You Out Nickelback 14 #4
38 Vindicated Dashboard Confessional 27 #4
39 Reptilia The Strokes 35 #10
40 Fall to Pieces Velvet Revolver 24 #6
41 It's My Life No Doubt 20 #6
42 Personal Jesus Marilyn Manson 16 #16
43 Silver and Cold AFI 24 #16
44 California Songs Local H 4 #44
45 I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself The White Stripes 21 #26
46 Before I Forget Slipknot 9 #19
47 Down blink-182 26 #15
48 The Sound of Settling Death Cab for Cutie 14 #20
49 What You Are Audioslave 11 #30
50 Until the Day I Die Story of the Year 28 #13
51 Ride The Vines 23 #43
52 45 Shinedown 13 #8
53 I Believe in a Thing Called Love The Darkness 49 #9
54 Meant to Live Switchfoot 50 #3
55 Run Snow Patrol 43 #7
56 Realign Godsmack 5 #52
57 Look What You've Done Jet 33 #23
58 What's Your Number Cypress Hill 8 #43
59 Hysteria Muse 40 #3
60 The Outsider A Perfect Circle 22 #8
61 Give it All Rise Against 5 #16
62 Broken Seether 16 #13
63 Right Now Korn 14 #28
64 Nowhere Again Secret Machines 19 #22
65 Anthem of Our Dying Day Story of the Year 17 #3
66 Scars Papa Roach 29 #10
67 Touche Godsmack 5 #13
68 Wake Up (Make a Move) Lostprophets 11 #18
69 Big Brat Phantom Planet 23 #20
70 Feeling This blink-182 34 #5
71 So Cold Breaking Benjamin 26 #1
72 One Thing Finger Eleven 29 #11
73 Rollover DJ Jet 16 #19
74 Echo Trapt 14 #10
75 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
76 Triple Trouble Beastie Boys 18 #22
77 Ocean Avenue Yellowcard 21 #6
78 Vermilion Slipknot 8 #6
79 Walk Idiot Walk The Hives 28 #32
80 Take It Away The Used 12 #47
81 Passive A Perfect Circle 16 #41
82 Holiday Green Day 74 #2
83 C'mon C'mon The Von Bondies 25 #27
84 Y'all Want A Single Korn 2 #61
85 No Phone Cake 24 #24
86 We're All To Blame Sum 41 14 #14
87 Just Because Jane's Addiction 28 #7
88 A Decade Under the Influence Taking Back Sunday 18 #1
89 Pressure Point The Zutons 8 #17
90 Nobody Skindred 5 #8
91 All Because of You U2 27 #6
92 Passive A Perfect Circle 16 #41
93 Dry Your Eyes The Streets 20 #1
94 Born Too Slow The Crystal Method 12 #12
95 The Rat The Walkmen 26 #23
96 A Favor House Atlantic Coheed and Cambria 19 #2
97 The End of the World The Cure 28 #17
98 Home Three Days Grace 12 #13
99 New Slang The Shins 54 #3
100 Survival of the Sickest Saliva 4 #27
101 Darling Nikki Foo Fighters 37 #10

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About this countdown

Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 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 Kurt Oppenheim, Kevin Biebel, Dave Ebzky, Tim Wojtowicz. Thank you!

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