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Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998

The year-end countdown for 1998 from Radio & Records in United States (national airplay chart) ranks 102 songs, with “Shimmer” by Fuel at number one. The list features 74 different artists; Everclear has the most entries with three songs. Position 75 is missing from the source list.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Shimmer Fuel 27 #1
2 Inside Out Eve 6 41 #2
3 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 57 #3
4 Closing Time Semisonic 33 #4
5 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 50 #1
6 The Way Fastball 29 #6
7 Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day 16 #7
8 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 30 #2
9 I Will Buy You a New Life Everclear 35 #4
10 My Own Prison Creed 15 #3
11 One Week Barenaked Ladies 30 #3
12 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 34 #12
13 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 71 #1
14 My Hero Foo Fighters 66 #11
15 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 33 #12
16 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 63 #1
17 Wishlist Pearl Jam 29 #10
18 Push It Garbage 21 #7
19 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 14 #19
20 Perfect The Smashing Pumpkins 24 #9
21 Father of Mine Everclear 33 #11
22 Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New 17 #1
23 What's This Life For Creed 7 #15
24 Dammit blink-182 46 #1
25 Jumper Third Eye Blind 17 #15
26 Celebrity Skin Hole 38 #4
27 Don't Drink the Water Dave Matthews Band 9 #27
28 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz 53 #6
29 Brick Ben Folds Five 44 #12
30 Save Tonight Eagle Eye Cherry 17 #6
31 Everything to Everyone Everclear 41 #8
32 Ava Adore The Smashing Pumpkins 17 #6
33 I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage 32 #10
34 Got You (Where I Want You) The Flys 18 #20
35 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 15 #30
36 St. Joe on the School Bus Marcy Playground 6 #36
37 Real World Matchbox 20 4 #37
38 Slide Goo Goo Dolls 25 #23
39 Jump Right In The Urge 11 #39
40 Zoot Suit Riot Cherry Poppin' Daddies 19 #6
41 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 16 #4
42 Never There Cake 48 #3
43 What I Didn't Know Anthenaeum 1 #43
44 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
45 Save Yourself Stabbing Westward 25 #38
46 Stay (Wasting Time) Dave Matthews Band 1 #46
47 Spark Tori Amos 22 #40
48 Wash It Away Black Lab 3 #48
49 Heroes The Wallflowers 13 #49
50 Losing A Whole Year Third Eye Blind 17 #16
51 Shelf in the Room Days of the New 3 #48
52 Karma Police Radiohead 92 #2
53 Get 'Em Outta Here Sprung Monkey 8 #6
54 Cut You In Jerry Cantrell 5 #54
55 Fire Escape Fastball 6 #55
56 Walking After You Foo Fighters 7 #48
57 Lullaby Shawn Mullins 6 #57
58 Sunshower Chris Cornell 5 #58
59 Beautiful Disaster 311 37 #13
60 Singing In My Sleep Semisonic 7 #60
61 Hooch Everything 2 #47
62 Circles Soul Coughing 27 #14
63 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 25 #1
64 The Down Town Days of the New 4 #32
65 Redundant Green Day 5 #50
66 Jump Jive An' Wail Brian Setzer Orchestra 10 #25
67 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 38 #1
68 From Your Mouth God Lives Underwater 7 #68
69 Truly, Truly Grant Lee Buffalo 21 #69
70 Brian Wilson Barenaked Ladies 9 #14
71 Lucky Man The Verve 23 #31
72 The Dope Show Marilyn Manson 17 #25
73 What It's Like Everlast 45 #2
74 Mouth Bush 18 #22
76 Got the Life Korn 32 #1
77 All The Kids Are Right Local H 14 #27
78 In Hiding Pearl Jam 11 #44
79 Brimful of Asha Cornershop 33 #1
80 High Feeder 6 #48
81 Uninvited Alanis Morissette 1 #81
82 Over Your Shoulder 7 Mary 3 1 #82
83 The Sweetest Thing (remix) U2 15 #2
84 Bittersweet Fuel 6 #81
85 Once in a While Dishwalla 2 #85
86 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 34 #3
87 Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan 19 #19
88 Thank U Alanis Morissette 7 #50
89 Time Ago Black Lab 1 #89
90 Song For The Dumped Ben Folds Five 18 #40
91 Space Lord Monster Magnet 6 #80
92 The Oaf Big Wreck 3 #92
93 All Around the World Oasis 11 #84
94 I Will Still Be Laughing Soul Asylum 1 #94
95 Everything for Free K's Choice 1 #95
96 Mungo City Spacehog 4 #96
97 Wait Huffamoose 8 #97
98 You and Me and the Bottle Make 3 Tonight Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 6 #4
99 It's All Been Done Barenaked Ladies 3 #20
100 At the Stars Better Than Ezra 10 #75
101 Wrong Number The Cure 19 #20
102 Special Garbage 30 #11
103 You Get What You Give The New Radicals 30 #3

Position 75 is missing from the source list.

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Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 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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