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Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996

The year-end countdown for 1996 from Radio & Records in United States (national airplay chart) ranks 96 songs, with “Counting Blue Cars” by Dishwalla at number one. The list features 70 different artists; The Smashing Pumpkins has the most entries with four songs.

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1 Counting Blue Cars Dishwalla 20 #1
2 Pepper Butthole Surfers 52 #1
3 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 30 #2
4 Spiderwebs No Doubt 37 #3
5 Machinehead Bush 40 #1
6 Down 311 46 #1
7 In The Meantime Spacehog 38 #7
8 Stupid Girl Garbage 42 #4
9 Santa Monica (Watch The World Die) Everclear 15 #9
10 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Primitive Radio Gods 24 #8
11 Mother Mother Tracy Bonham 18 #11
12 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden 20 #4
13 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 59 #5
14 Big Me Foo Fighters 32 #14
15 Champagne Supernova Oasis 65 #11
16 What I Got Sublime 63 #1
17 Novocaine for the Soul The Eels 26 #16
18 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 70 #2
19 Where It's At Beck 58 #2
20 Ironic Alanis Morissette 29 #20
21 Brain Stew Green Day 39 #8
22 Salvation The Cranberries 24 #22
23 Here in Your Bedroom Goldfinger 26 #12
24 Photograph The Verve Pipe 22 #24
25 Big Bang Baby Stone Temple Pilots 31 #12
26 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
27 Angry Johnny Poe 25 #27
28 Pretty Noose Soundgarden 17 #7
29 Just A Girl No Doubt 54 #2
30 Banditos The Refreshments 17 #30
31 Too Much Dave Matthews Band 21 #31
32 Sister The Nixons 3 #32
33 Tahitian Moon Porno for Pyros 12 #9
34 I Was Wrong Social Distortion 26 #34
35 6th Avenue Heartache The Wallflowers 13 #18
36 King of New Orleans Better Than Ezra 11 #36
37 What Do I Have To Do? Stabbing Westward 20 #9
38 Ready To Go Republica 31 #26
39 Flood Jars of Clay 21 #36
40 Who Will Save Your Soul Jewel 17 #18
41 Heaven Beside You Alice In Chains 30 #39
42 Only Happy When It Rains Garbage 48 #14
43 You Learn Alanis Morissette 20 #7
44 Zero The Smashing Pumpkins 32 #6
45 Aeroplane Red Hot Chili Peppers 28 #28
46 Guilty Gravity Kills 16 #5
47 The Distance Cake 58 #1
48 If It Makes You Happy Sheryl Crow 22 #40
49 Follow You Down Gin Blossoms 2 #49
50 Cumbersome Seven Mary Three 25 #22
51 Naked Goo Goo Dolls 13 #41
52 Bound for the Floor Local H 35 #32
53 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 56 #1
54 Muzzle The Smashing Pumpkins 11 #20
55 Glycerine Bush 73 #3
56 All I Know Screaming Trees 20 #5
57 Natural One Folk Implosion 42 #15
58 Shame Stabbing Westward 8 #30
59 Free To Decide The Cranberries 12 #35
60 Popular Nada Surf 14 #36
61 Who You Are Pearl Jam 21 #50
62 Inside Patti Rothberg 4 #52
63 Sucked Out Superdrag 13 #53
64 Angels of the Silences Counting Crows 12 #55
65 Swallowed Bush 32 #16
66 Don't Speak No Doubt 43 #3
67 The World I Know Collective Soul 22 #38
68 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 38 #5
69 Peaches The Presidents of the United States of America 22 #26
70 Scooby Snacks Fun Lovin' Criminals 14 #14
71 So Much To Say Dave Matthews Band 22 #13
72 Bittersweet Me R.E.M. 7 #47
73 Everything Falls Apart Dog's Eye View 2 #73
74 I Got Id Pearl Jam 20 #20
75 Heartspark Dollar Sign Everclear 13 #11
76 Hail Hail Pearl Jam 10 #26
77 But Anyway Blues Traveler 17 #77
78 All Mixed Up 311 42 #15
79 E-Bow the Letter R.E.M. 6 #71
80 Caught A Lite Sneeze Tori Amos 16 #60
81 Mint Car The Cure 14 #24
82 Possum Kingdom Toadies 37 #5
83 Over Now Alice In Chains 14 #28
84 Whoever You Are Geggy Tah 23 #41
85 Sweet Lover Hangover Love and Rockets 16 #72
86 Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina) Sponge 2 #86
87 Lady Picture Show Stone Temple Pilots 26 #36
88 A Common Disaster Cowboy Junkies 2 #75
89 Devil's Haircut Beck 39 #29
90 Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden 14 #34
91 Long Way Down Goo Goo Dolls 3 #91
92 If I Could Talk I'd Tell You The Lemonheads 11 #23
93 Ladykillers Lush 14 #21
94 Aneurysm Nirvana 27 #12
95 Love Untold Paul Westerberg 3 #95
96 Open Up Your Eyes Tonic 3 #70

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Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 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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