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The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002

The year-end countdown for 2002 from The Buzz in Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC ranks 99 songs, with “You Know You're Right” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 74 different artists; System of a Down has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 You Know You're Right Nirvana 47 #1
2 Sweetness Jimmy Eat World 48 #2
3 Toxicity System of a Down 64 #1
4 Hate To Say I Told You So The Hives 49 #1
5 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
6 Someone Out There Our Lady Peace 1 #6
7 Warning Incubus 25 #7
8 Aerials System of a Down 47 #1
9 No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age 110 #1
10 All My Life Foo Fighters 80 #2
11 In My Place Coldplay 47 #2
12 Screaming Infidelities Dashboard Confessional 25 #3
13 Fell in Love With a Girl The White Stripes 64 #1
14 I Feel So Box Car Racer 17 #14
15 Someday The Strokes 38 #15
16 Keep Fishin' Weezer 28 #6
17 The Zephyr Song Red Hot Chili Peppers 30 #10
18 There Is Box Car Racer 9 #18
19 She Hates Me Puddle of Mudd 31 #11
20 Bother Stone Sour 24 #6
21 Amber 311 49 #2
22 Cochise Audioslave 36 #19
23 Get Free The Vines 31 #5
24 The Red Chevelle 38 #8
25 I Stand Alone Godsmack 25 #1
26 First Date blink-182 24 #4
27 I Am Mine Pearl Jam 27 #7
28 Open Your Eyes Goldfinger 4 #28
29 My Friends Over You New Found Glory 18 #18
30 Dope Nose Weezer 30 #8
31 Prayer Disturbed 28 #3
32 Innocent Our Lady Peace 15 #5
33 Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground The White Stripes 47 #8
34 Hero Chad Kroeger 15 #9
35 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Good Charlotte 22 #13
36 Still Waiting Sum 41 30 #2
37 A Praise Chorus Jimmy Eat World 32 #24
38 Here to Stay Korn 20 #6
39 Innervision System of a Down 23 #37
40 I'm Just a Kid Simple Plan 4 #17
41 Electrical Storm U2 15 #9
42 Hey Mister Custom 9 #42
43 Running Away Hoobastank 22 #4
44 Parabola Tool 12 #7
45 Thoughtless Korn 16 #5
46 Tribute Tenacious D 12 #37
47 Where Are You Going? Dave Matthews Band 15 #5
48 Get Over It OK Go 21 #39
49 Burn Baby Burn Ash 7 #49
50 Drift and Die Puddle of Mudd 19 #2
51 Flake Jack Johnson 39 #1
52 Lost Cause Beck 39 #7
53 A Sorta Fairytale Tori Amos 17 #13
54 She Loves Me Not Papa Roach 19 #10
55 Never Again Nickelback 7 #13
56 Clocks Coldplay 101 #1
57 Head on Collision New Found Glory 6 #57
58 Downfall Trust Company 19 #11
59 I'd Do Anything Simple Plan 3 #59
60 Seein' Red Unwritten Law 22 #6
61 There Goes the Fear Doves 11 #3
62 Stop Crying Your Heart Out Oasis 4 #39
63 When I'm Gone 3 Doors Down 42 #2
64 Up All Night Unwritten Law 11 #3
65 Party Hard Andrew W.K. 11 #65
66 Alone I Break Korn 7 #53
67 Where Do We Go From Here Filter 12 #54
68 It's Goin' Down X-Ecutioners 15 #19
69 Enth E nd Linkin Park 1 #69
70 Boom P.O.D. 17 #12
71 Newborn Elbow 3 #71
72 We Are All Made of Stars Moby 18 #31
73 Always Saliva 24 #14
74 Time and Time Again Papa Roach 6 #74
75 Honestly Zwan 36 #18
76 Diamonds and Guns Transplants 26 #8
77 Wasted and Ready Ben Kweller 6 #57
78 Bubble Toes Jack Johnson 30 #11
79 One Step Closer Linkin Park 63 #1
80 Outtathaway The Vines 13 #21
81 The Taste of Ink The Used 23 #15
82 Pts. of Authority Linkin Park 2 #82
83 Adrenaline Gavin Rossdale 8 #13
84 Caught By The River Doves 12 #29
85 The Greatest View Silverchair 4 #10
86 How Near, How Far ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead 2 #25
87 Walking With Thee Clinic 3 #69
88 Saints And Sailors Dashboard Confessional 2 #52
89 Concrete Sky Beth Orton 8 #37
90 Grey Street Dave Matthews Band 10 #12
91 Fine Again Seether 34 #16
92 Wasting My Time Default 30 #7
93 California Phantom Planet 13 #29
94 What We're All About Sum 41 2 #94
95 Stick 'Em Up Quarashi 10 #61
96 Do You Realize? The Flaming Lips 47 #3
97 Extreme Ways Moby 5 #32
98 Friends and Family Trik Turner 10 #27
99 Poor Misguided Fool Starsailor 1 #99

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The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 was broadcast by The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC). 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.

Contributed by Michel Gelinas. Thank you!

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