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The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998

The year-end countdown (1998) from The Buzz in Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC ranks 100 songs, with “By Myself” by Litany at number one. The list features 78 different artists; Pearl Jam has the most entries with four songs.

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From the station's own 'Top 99 of 1998' page (Rank / Artist / Song Title table, counting down from #99), captured 2000-12-09. The page marks a 'two-way tie at 99' (Litany and Stretch Princess), so there are 100 entries. #90 is printed as 'Elderly Woman Behind the... (live)'. Artist names normalized to the site's spelling (The Offspring, The Smashing Pumpkins, blink-182).

# Song ListsBest
99 (tie) By Myself Litany 1 #99
99 (tie) Sorry Stretch Princess 1 #99
98 Hand in Your Head Money Mark 1 #98
97 In Hiding Pearl Jam 19 #44
96 Demons Guster 2 #96
95 Sexy Boy Air 10 #88
94 Rachael Buffalo Tom 4 #52
93 Truly, Truly Grant Lee Buffalo 27 #62
92 Mother Mary Far 2 #67
91 Who Was Around? Bob Mould 5 #91
90 Elderly Woman Behind the... (live) Pearl Jam 1 #90
89 Tastes Like Nothing Zola Turn 1 #89
88 Little Fluffy Clouds The Orb 30 #42
87 Save Yourself Stabbing Westward 36 #8
86 Hooligans Rancid 1 #86
85 Wonderful Love Creeper Lagoon 3 #63
84 Acquiesce Oasis 5 #39
83 Hot Lava Perry Farrell 1 #83
82 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 45 #12
81 Slain By Elf Yatsura 1 #81
80 Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) Deftones 2 #25
79 Bloodclot Rancid 5 #72
78 A Perfect Day Elise PJ Harvey 13 #68
77 Special Garbage 34 #11
76 Would You? Touch And Go 22 #20
75 Malibu Hole 31 #16
74 Barbarella Scott Weiland 2 #74
73 Everywhere Bran Van 3000 1 #73
72 Airport Song Guster 11 #65
71 Suits Are Picking Up The Bill Squirrel Nut Zippers 2 #68
70 Spark Tori Amos 25 #34
69 Wishlist Pearl Jam 39 #10
68 History Repeating Propellerheads 10 #28
67 Apple Shampoo blink-182 1 #67
66 Jump Right In The Urge 15 #39
65 You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 1 #65
64 Singing In My Sleep Semisonic 12 #59
63 All The Kids Are Right Local H 17 #27
62 Redundant Green Day 6 #50
61 High Feeder 11 #48
60 El President Drugstore 2 #60
59 Shades of Truth Bad Religion 2 #59
58 History of A Boring Town Less Than Jake 4 #17
57 Leech Eve 6 7 #26
56 Tropicalia Beck 21 #49
55 Gangster Tripping Fatboy Slim 9 #10
54 Jump Jive An' Wail Brian Setzer Orchestra 16 #25
53 Gone 'Til November Wyclef Jean 5 #53
52 Daysleeper R.E.M. 10 #45
51 Busy Child The Crystal Method 24 #17
50 Body Movin' Beastie Boys 31 #12
49 Don't Drink the Water Dave Matthews Band 13 #26
48 Nice Guys Finish Last Green Day 13 #48
47 I'm OK, You're OK MxPx 11 #44
46 Super Disco Breakin' Beastie Boys 3 #46
45 Teardrop Massive Attack 25 #21
44 My Favourite Game The Cardigans 26 #10
43 Waltz #2 (Xo) Elliott Smith 25 #4
42 Slide Goo Goo Dolls 38 #23
41 Sweetest Thing U2 50 #3
40 Dragula Rob Zombie 51 #15
39 What It's Like Everlast 81 #2
38 Stay (Wasting Time) Dave Matthews Band 12 #34
37 Lucky Man The Verve 27 #31
36 Circles Soul Coughing 43 #8
35 Chocolate Salty Balls Chef 1 #35
34 No Surprises Radiohead 31 #9
33 Last Stop - This Town The Eels 12 #33
32 Lullaby Shawn Mullins 13 #29
31 Perfect The Smashing Pumpkins 28 #9
30 Pure Morning Placebo 38 #21
29 Got the Life Korn 51 #1
28 I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage 45 #10
27 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 45 #17
26 The Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim 57 #10
25 Saint Joe On The School Bus Marcy Playground 6 #25
24 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz 93 #6
23 Walking After You Foo Fighters 12 #23
22 Zoot Suit Riot Cherry Poppin' Daddies 27 #6
21 Push It Garbage 28 #7
20 The Dope Show Marilyn Manson 25 #20
19 Crush Dave Matthews Band 40 #19
18 Father of Mine Everclear 56 #11
17 Ava Adore The Smashing Pumpkins 26 #6
16 Du Hast Rammstein 22 #5
15 Never There Cake 70 #3
14 The Way Fastball 45 #6
13 No Shelter Rage Against the Machine 26 #13
12 I Will Buy You a New Life Everclear 54 #4
11 Josie blink-182 17 #11
10 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 50 #1
9 Drinking In L.A. Bran Van 3000 10 #9
8 Jumper Third Eye Blind 35 #8
7 4 A.M. Our Lady Peace 2 #7
6 Celebrity Skin Hole 54 #4
5 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 75 #1
4 Closing Time Semisonic 57 #4
3 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 55 #1
2 Inside Out Eve 6 65 #2
1 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 93 #1

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About this countdown

The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 was broadcast by The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC) in 1998. 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: 99.9 The Buzz (999thebuzz.com), "Top 99 of 1998" (Wayback Machine).

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