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The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2023

The year-end countdown (2023) from The Buzz in Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC ranks 99 songs, with “Lost” by Linkin Park at number one. The list features 78 different artists; blink-182 has the most entries with three songs.

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From the station's PDF of the list (linked from its 'Top 99 of 2023' page, posted 2023-12-29), listed from #1 to #99 in Artist / Song Title / # columns. The PDF does not say how the list was ranked. Spelling fixed: Palaye Royale (printed 'Paylaye Royale'), Invisible Hand (printed 'Invisble Hand'). Artist names normalized to the site's spelling.

# Song ListsBest
1 Lost Linkin Park 9 #1
2 Rescued Foo Fighters 19 #2
3 Edging blink-182 9 #1
4 Dial Drunk Noah Kahan 17 #1
5 Sex, Drugs, Etc. Beach Weather 5 #5
6 Sail Away LovelyTheBand 4 #6
7 Rescue Me Dirty Heads 5 #7
8 Just Pretend Bad Omens 7 #5
9 Records Weezer 8 #9
10 Love From The Other Side Fall Out Boy 4 #2
11 Emergency Contact Pierce The Veil 4 #11
12 The Loneliest Maneskin 3 #12
13 Out Of My Mind Little Image 2 #13
14 Sleepwalking All Time Low 6 #12
15 Need A Favor Jelly Roll 4 #2
16 Kid The Revivalists 15 #6
17 This Is Why Paramore 16 #3
18 Stick Season Noah Kahan 16 #1
19 No Apologies Papa Roach 4 #11
20 Stuck 30 Seconds to Mars 3 #9
21 Under You Foo Fighters 14 #5
22 Where Did You Go I'm Less Of A Mess Blue October 1 #22
23 ALL CAPS Weathers 1 #23
24 Surefire Wilderado 2 #15
25 One More Time blink-182 9 #3
26 Pull Me Through Royal Blood 1 #26
27 Cannonballers Colony House 5 #11
28 Run Away To Mars Talk 13 #1
29 Call Me What You Like Lovejoy 3 #29
30 Crying In The Shower Letdown. 2 #30
31 Hello Grouplove 6 #31
32 Hold Me Like A Grudge Fall Out Boy 2 #23
33 Overrated Giovannie and the Hired Guns 4 #12
34 Unloved Beach Weather 1 #34
35 Down Here Waiting Blue October 4 #14
36 The Drummer Red Hot Chili Peppers 3 #32
37 Paper Machete Queens of the Stone Age 7 #20
38 Lowest In Me Staind 2 #38
39 Dummy Portugal. The Man 5 #15
40 Pages White Reaper 9 #9
41 Running Out of Time Paramore 6 #7
42 Honey Maneskin 2 #42
43 Spellbinding The Smashing Pumpkins 3 #42
44 Ice Cold Highly Suspect 1 #44
45 A Symptom of Being Human Shinedown 6 #5
46 Fallin' With Me The Struts 2 #6
47 In My Head Mike Shinoda 3 #32
48 Calm Down All Time Low 2 #44
49 Run Away with Me Cold War Kids 8 #11
50 Summer of Love Portugal. The Man 1 #50
51 The American Dream Is Killing Me Green Day 15 #2
52 Yes, I'm A Mess Ajr 5 #28
53 The Dumb Song Ajr 1 #53
54 S'old Taking Back Sunday 4 #42
55 Already Over Mike Shinoda 3 #54
56 Empty Nest Silversun Pickups 2 #5
57 A Tip From You To Me Jack White 3 #57
58 Tissues Yungblud 2 #58
59 Pepper Death Cab for Cutie 6 #28
60 Hollywood Baby 100 Gecs 5 #8
61 Blame The Maine 1 #61
62 Bad Things I Prevail 3 #16
63 Eat Your Young Hozier 19 #2
64 The Narcissist Blur 15 #14
65 Insomnia The Moss 2 #47
66 Overcome Nothing But Thieves 1 #66
67 Did I Make You Up? Half Alive 1 #67
68 Creeps Koe Wetzel 1 #68
69 Sun Keeps Shining Almost Monday 1 #69
70 Meeting The Master Greta Van Fleet 3 #20
71 nice to know you LovelyTheBand 3 #17
72 Lifeless Stars Palaye Royale 1 #72
73 Nothing Matters Last Dinner Party 22 #3
74 Hate Me Too From Ashes to New 1 #74
75 Modern Girl Bleachers 15 #1
76 More Than Machines Bush 2 #34
77 Masterpiece Motionless in White 4 #7
78 Cracker Island Gorillaz 17 #3
79 Raw Raw K. Flay 2 #9
80 The Walk Home Young the Giant 6 #16
81 Sick Of It Jean Dawson 1 #81
82 Leave A Light On Papa Roach 4 #11
83 Normal People Things Lovejoy 2 #83
84 The Death of Peace of Mind Bad Omens 5 #4
85 Landmines Sum 41 7 #1
86 Holiday Turnstile 6 #2
87 Here and Now Staind 3 #33
88 It Ain't Over The Black Keys 4 #27
89 hotline bby 3 #78
90 Invisible Hand Crosses 3 #40
91 Seasons 30 Seconds to Mars 2 #52
92 Real Life Story of the Year 1 #92
93 Odyssey Beck & Phoenix 11 #25
94 Fell In Love blink-182 2 #81
95 Nobody Wants To Die Rival Sons 1 #95
96 Atomic City U2 14 #18
97 New Gold Gorillaz 12 #13
98 Kill Or Be Killed Muse 1 #98
99 We Didn't Start The Fire Fall Out Boy 4 #8

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About this countdown

The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2023 was broadcast by The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC) in 2023. 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 2023" PDF (Wayback Machine).

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