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Year-end countdown · Q101 · January 1, 2011

Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010

The year-end countdown (January 1, 2011) from Q101 in Chicago, IL ranks 101 songs, with “Odd One” by Sick Puppies at number one. The list features 67 different artists; Muse has the most entries with four songs.

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Q101's blog also has a post dated Nov 19, 2011 titled "Q101's Top 101 Songs of 2008" (web.archive.org/web/20131029110737/http://q101.com/2013/10/q101-top-101-songs-of-2008/) whose content is identical to this list, just presented in reverse order -- i.e. it is a mislabeled duplicate of the 2010 countdown, not a genuine 2008 list. No genuine Q101 Top 101 of 2008 was found; see report.

# Song ListsBest
1 Odd One Sick Puppies 2 #1
2 This is War 30 Seconds to Mars 3 #2
3 Nightmare Avenged Sevenfold 1 #3
4 The Sound Switchfoot 3 #4
5 In One Ear Cage The Elephant 6 #5
6 Letter From a Thief Chevelle 2 #6
7 Resistance Muse 15 #2
8 Panic Switch (Album Version) Silversun Pickups 1 #8
9 Shameful Metaphors Chevelle 1 #9
10 Impossible Anberlin 3 #10
11 The Good Life Three Days Grace 2 #11
12 Your Decision Alice In Chains 5 #12
13 Say You'll Haunt Me Stone Sour 1 #13
14 Tighten Up The Black Keys 20 #2
15 Uprising Muse 24 #3
16 Kings & Queens 30 Seconds to Mars 8 #9
17 Again Flyleaf 3 #17
18 Mountain Man Crash Kings 8 #9
19 Maybe Sick Puppies 1 #19
20 Undisclosed Desires Muse 11 #15
21 The Fixer Pearl Jam 10 #5
22 Another Way to Die Disturbed 2 #22
23 Eyesore Janus 2 #23
24 World So Cold Three Days Grace 2 #24
25 Diamond Eyes Deftones 3 #25
26 Back Against the Wall Cage The Elephant 13 #11
27 The Crow & the Butterfly Shinedown 1 #27
28 Lesson Learned Alice In Chains 2 #28
29 Living in a Dream Finger Eleven 3 #13
30 Give Me a Sign Breaking Benjamin 1 #30
31 Here We Are Juggernaut Coheed and Cambria 1 #31
32 Animal Neon Trees 10 #3
33 Kick in the Teeth Papa Roach 1 #33
34 You Got Me Crash Kings 4 #34
35 Waiting For The End Linkin Park 6 #9
36 Snuff Slipknot 2 #36
37 My Best Theory Jimmy Eat World 6 #15
38 You're Gonna Go Far, Kid The Offspring 11 #1
39 Love-Hate-Sex-Pain Godsmack 1 #39
40 Break Three Days Grace 6 #20
41 Closer To The Edge 30 Seconds to Mars 3 #38
42 I Will Not Bow Breaking Benjamin 2 #15
43 I Was A Teenage Anarchist Against Me! 4 #27
44 End of Me Apocalyptica 1 #44
45 I Want You To Weezer 3 #13
46 Rise Up Cypress Hill 2 #46
47 You've Seen the Butcher Deftones 1 #47
48 The Animal Disturbed 1 #48
49 Die By The Drop The Dead Weather 8 #15
50 White Flag Warrior Flobots 2 #50
51 Radioactive Kings of Leon 14 #17
52 Check My Brain Alice In Chains 6 #10
53 Your Betrayal Bullet for My Valentine 1 #53
54 Freak The Smashing Pumpkins 4 #31
55 You're Going Down Sick Puppies 2 #4
56 Jars Chevelle 3 #6
57 Issues Escape the Fate 1 #57
58 Sick Of You Cake 10 #27
59 Welcome to the Family Avenged Sevenfold 1 #59
60 Take Back the Fear Hail the Villain 2 #60
61 Wild and Young American Bang 1 #61
62 Substitution Silversun Pickups 9 #18
63 I'm Your Daddy Weezer 4 #63
64 Mess of Me Switchfoot 3 #38
65 Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) My Chemical Romance 1 #65
66 Cryin' Like a Bitch!! Godsmack 1 #66
67 Jesus Stole My Girlfriend Violent Soho 3 #67
68 Chasm Flyleaf 1 #68
69 Scream With Me Mudvayne 2 #69
70 New Low Middle Class Rut 3 #49
71 If I Were You Janus 1 #71
72 Shoot It Out 10 Years 1 #72
73 Sing My Chemical Romance 4 #12
74 Lights Out Breaking Benjamin 1 #74
75 Between The Lines Stone Temple Pilots 5 #10
76 Oildale (Leave Me Alone) Korn 1 #76
77 Last of the American Girls Green Day 1 #77
78 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 16 #25
79 Fed Up AM Taxi 1 #79
80 Lay Me Down Dirty Heads 11 #1
81 Memories Weezer 4 #48
82 This Addiction Alkaline Trio 1 #82
83 Crash Cavo 2 #76
84 All I Want A Day To Remember 3 #26
85 Shake Me Down Cage The Elephant 11 #4
86 Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) Muse 5 #20
87 Isolation Alter Bridge 1 #87
88 Take a Load Off Stone Temple Pilots 2 #88
89 This Too Shall Pass OK Go 9 #24
90 The Catalyst Linkin Park 6 #14
91 Beautiful Theives AFI 3 #75
92 1983 Neon Trees 2 #60
93 I'm Alive Story of the Year 1 #93
94 Gypsy Woman Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights 1 #94
95 New Fang Them Crooked Vultures 10 #23
96 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons 22 #1
97 We've Got a Situation Here The Damned Things 1 #97
98 Yeah Yeah Yeah New Politics 4 #41
99 Far From Home Five Finger Death Punch 1 #99
100 Whipped Cream Ludo 1 #100
101 Mind Eraser, No Chaser Them Crooked Vultures 4 #60

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About this countdown

Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 was broadcast by Q101 (Chicago, IL) in January 1, 2011. 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.

Source: Wayback Machine capture of Q101.com (WKQX), "Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010" (originally posted Oct 23, 2013 on the Q101 blog archive); ranks 1-101 cross-checked against a listener's live transcription of the Jan 1, 2011 broadcast posted at radiodiscussions.c.

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