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The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016

The year-end countdown (2016) from The Buzz in Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC ranks 99 songs, with “Sound of Silence” by Disturbed at number one. The list features 76 different artists; Twenty One Pilots has the most entries with four songs.

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From the station's PDF of the list ("the Top 99 Songs of 2016 as voted by you BUZZ Nuts"), counting down from #99. Spelling fixed: Silvertongue, Mondo Cozmo, Nightlight, Bishop Briggs, Chef'Special, Nothing But Thieves. Artist names normalized to the site's spelling.

# Song ListsBest
99 Sound of Silence Disturbed 3 #38
98 Happy Pills Weathers 5 #14
97 Snow Cat AFI 2 #73
96 Blind Holy White Hounds 3 #68
95 Silvertongue Young the Giant 2 #64
94 Blood In The Cut K. Flay 12 #3
93 Boss Bear Hands 2 #74
92 The Sound 1975 7 #26
91 Oblivious The Strokes 6 #12
90 Shine Mondo Cozmo 15 #11
89 Give Me A Try Wombats 6 #56
88 New Bohemia Transviolet 2 #77
87 Asking For It Shinedown 1 #87
86 Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time Panic! at the Disco 4 #10
85 Throne Bring Me the Horizon 13 #6
84 Wish I knew You The Revivalists 36 #1
83 Troublemaker Grizfolk 2 #83
82 Cocoon Milky Chance 5 #12
81 Color Finish Ticket 1 #81
80 Highway Bleeker 5 #42
79 The Devil's Bleeding Crown Volbeat 2 #68
78 Monster Colours 1 #78
77 Wolves (You Got Me) Dreamers 1 #77
76 Cleopatra Lumineers 24 #2
75 King Tribe Society 1 #75
74 Prophets of Rage Prophets of Rage 1 #74
73 Up & Up Coldplay 5 #27
72 We Don't Know The Strumbellas 5 #32
71 Oxygen Dirty Heads 3 #61
70 Burn The Witch Radiohead 18 #5
69 Heavy Dirty Soul Twenty One Pilots 8 #3
68 Shine a Light Banners 4 #67
67 What Went Down Foals 5 #22
66 My Name Is Human Highly Suspect 12 #1
65 Nightlight Silversun Pickups 8 #18
64 American Money Borns 9 #5
63 Circles Pierce The Veil 4 #3
62 Love Me 1975 5 #30
61 Brazil Declan McKenna 18 #2
60 Put Your Money On Me The Struts 4 #19
59 Roots Imagine Dragons 6 #4
58 Good Help (Is So Hard to Find) Death Cab for Cutie 4 #46
57 Sure and Certain Jimmy Eat World 14 #24
56 In Your Arms Chef'Special 2 #56
55 Go Robot Red Hot Chili Peppers 11 #15
54 River Bishop Briggs 18 #2
53 Ditmas Mumford & Sons 5 #16
52 Destruction Joywave 4 #52
51 State Of My Mind Shinedown 1 #51
50 She's Out Of Her Mind blink-182 7 #2
49 High Dive Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness 2 #49
48 Under the Influence Elle King 9 #20
47 Low Life X Ambassadors 3 #8
46 Thank God For Girls Weezer 8 #25
45 Life Itself Glass Animals 16 #1
44 Still Breathing Green Day 14 #3
43 Soundcheck Catfish and the Bottlemen 8 #4
42 Gone Jr Jr 12 #12
41 Circadian Rhythm Silversun Pickups 4 #10
40 Welcome to Your Life Grouplove 10 #14
39 Fire and the Flood Vance Joy 13 #11
38 The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive Death Cab for Cutie 13 #23
37 2AM Bear Hands 6 #11
36 Take It from Me Kongos 8 #31
35 Woman Woman AWOLNATION 7 #9
34 7 Years Lukas Graham 2 #34
33 Victorious Panic! at the Disco 4 #16
32 Ghenghis Khan Miike Snow 15 #1
31 Take It All Back JUDAH & THE LION 12 #5
30 Walking On A Dream Empire of the Sun 19 #4
29 Waste a Moment Kings of Leon 24 #2
28 Saint Cecilia Foo Fighters 6 #17
27 HandClap Fitz and the Tantrums 16 #4
26 Bang, Bang Green Day 11 #1
25 Good Grief Bastille 13 #6
24 Mess Around Cage The Elephant 19 #11
23 All We Ever Knew The Head and the Heart 20 #4
22 Wake Up Call Nothing But Thieves 4 #22
21 You Dont Get Me High Anymore Phantogram 17 #4
20 Unsteady X Ambassadors 14 #2
19 Mountain At My Gates Foals 24 #4
18 Heathens Twenty One Pilots 21 #1
17 Adventure of a Lifetime Coldplay 18 #5
16 King of the World Weezer 7 #16
15 Something to Believe In Young the Giant 14 #2
14 Wow Beck 24 #1
13 Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots 23 #1
12 Run Or Hide Run River North 3 #12
11 That's All I Need Dirty Heads 4 #11
10 Dark Necessities Red Hot Chili Peppers 23 #5
9 Trouble Cage The Elephant 19 #2
8 Bored To Death blink-182 19 #4
7 Spirits The Strumbellas 19 #7
6 Kiss This The Struts 14 #5
5 Way Down We Go Kaleo 26 #3
4 Ophelia Lumineers 39 #1
3 First Cold War Kids 31 #2
2 Trip Switch Nothing But Thieves 9 #2
1 Ride Twenty One Pilots 18 #1

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About this countdown

The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 was voted by The Buzz’s listeners (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC) in 2016. 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), "Buzz Top 99 Of 2016" PDF (Wayback Machine).

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