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Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994

The year-end countdown for 1994 from Radio & Records in United States (national airplay chart) ranks 94 songs, with “Selling The Drama” by Live at number one. The list features 70 different artists; Soundgarden has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Selling The Drama Live 54 #1
2 Daughter Pearl Jam 132 #1
3 The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get Morrissey 27 #3
4 Fall Down Toad The Wet Sprocket 24 #4
5 Basket Case Green Day 120 #1
6 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Crash Test Dummies 44 #6
7 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 154 #1
8 Longview Green Day 113 #1
9 What's The Frequency Kenneth? R.E.M. 62 #2
10 Zombie The Cranberries 97 #1
11 Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman) Counting Crows 25 #11
12 No Excuses Alice In Chains 72 #3
13 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 96 #4
14 Prayer For The Dying Seal 11 #14
15 Come Out and Play The Offspring 97 #2
16 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots 135 #3
17 Self-Esteem The Offspring 110 #1
18 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 125 #3
19 Loser Beck 125 #2
20 All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow 45 #6
21 Vasoline Stone Temple Pilots 100 #3
22 I Alone Live 97 #4
23 Closer Nine Inch Nails 109 #1
24 Shine Collective Soul 85 #24
25 Feel The Pain Dinosaur Jr. 42 #16
26 Round Here Counting Crows 53 #20
27 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 71 #3
28 Night In My Veins The Pretenders 13 #28
29 Am I Wrong? Love Spit Love 19 #29
30 God Tori Amos 40 #30
31 Sometimes Always The Jesus and Mary Chain 24 #31
32 Possession Sarah McLachlan 40 #24
33 Girls And Boys Blur 42 #16
34 Big Empty Stone Temple Pilots 97 #10
35 Fade Into You Mazzy Star 65 #4
36 Seether Veruca Salt 52 #3
37 Far Behind Candlebox 58 #7
38 Something's Always Wrong Toad The Wet Sprocket 27 #38
39 Return to Innocence Enigma 7 #39
40 Supernova Liz Phair 41 #19
41 All Apologies Nirvana 145 #2
42 Stay (I Missed You) Lisa Loeb 22 #22
43 Sometimes (Lestor Piggott) James 17 #43
44 Distant Sun Crowded House 11 #44
45 Headache Frank Black 12 #45
46 Until I Fall Away Gin Blossoms 14 #45
47 About A Girl Nirvana 75 #7
48 Get Off This Cracker 24 #22
49 Leaving Las Vegas Sheryl Crow 19 #36
50 Always Erasure 8 #50
51 Shrine The Dambuilders 3 #51
52 Your Favorite Thing Sugar 19 #28
53 It's Over Now Cause and Effect 1 #53
54 Bizarre Love Triangle Frente! 27 #54
55 13 Steps Lead Down Elvis Costello & the Attractions 4 #55
56 Miss World Hole 25 #17
57 Fell On Black Days Soundgarden 104 #11
58 Cut Your Hair Pavement 47 #34
59 Into Your Arms The Lemonheads 32 #23
60 Welcome to Paradise Green Day 74 #6
61 Say Something James 23 #61
62 Supersonic Oasis 44 #30
63 Saints The Breeders 13 #63
64 Landslide The Smashing Pumpkins 40 #15
65 Mockingbirds Grant Lee Buffalo 26 #65
66 Backwater Meat Puppets 63 #7
67 Spoonman Soundgarden 101 #14
68 I'll Take You There General Public 14 #68
69 Doll Parts Hole 57 #2
70 Cornflake Girl Tori Amos 65 #16
71 Afternoons And Coffeespoons Crash Test Dummies 10 #71
72 Purple Haze The Cure 11 #22
73 Breakin' Up Violent Femmes 3 #73
74 Labour of Love Frente! 8 #34
75 Can't Get Out of Bed The Charlatans 13 #75
76 Sweet Jane Cowboy Junkies 57 #4
77 Rocks Primal Scream 4 #7
78 Sabotage Beastie Boys 111 #3
79 Watch The Girl Destroy Me Possum Dixon 10 #79
80 Good Enough Sarah McLachlan 12 #52
81 Divine Hammer The Breeders 23 #81
82 Here We Go Stakka Bo 1 #82
83 Kite Nick Heyward 6 #59
84 Bull In The Heather Sonic Youth 19 #58
85 You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast The Spin Doctors 1 #85
86 If I Only Had a Brain MC 900 Ft. Jesus 1 #86
87 Eurotrash Girl Cracker 22 #46
88 Miles From Nowhere The Smithereens 1 #88
89 Found Out About You Gin Blossoms 34 #47
90 Kim The Waitress Material Issue 10 #90
91 The Sun Does Rise Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart 4 #91
92 Snail Shell They Might Be Giants 17 #92
93 My Wave Soundgarden 36 #38
94 Can't Even Tell Soul Asylum 8 #94

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Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 was broadcast by Radio & Records (United States (national airplay chart)). 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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