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