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The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999)

The all-time countdown (circa 1999) from The Buzz in Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC ranks 99 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 60 different artists; The Smashing Pumpkins has the most entries with five songs.

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The exact air date of this countdown is uncertain; it is believed to be from 1999.

# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
2 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
3 Closer Nine Inch Nails 67 #1
4 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
5 Dammit blink-182 46 #1
6 Sabotage Beastie Boys 73 #3
7 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
8 Song 2 Blur 82 #2
9 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 40 #2
10 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 69 #2
11 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 85 #2
12 Lightning Crashes Live 58 #1
13 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
14 Loser Beck 77 #2
15 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
16 Nookie Limp Bizkit 26 #1
17 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
18 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 63 #1
19 Paranoid Android Radiohead 68 #5
20 Self-Esteem The Offspring 62 #1
21 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
22 Black Pearl Jam 101 #1
23 Fight for Your Right to Party Beastie Boys 22 #1
24 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 117 #1
25 What I Got Sublime 63 #1
26 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 38 #1
27 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace 32 #8
28 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 38 #5
29 The Beautiful People Marilyn Manson 19 #29
30 Jeremy Pearl Jam 104 #2
31 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
32 American Music Violent Femmes 39 #14
33 Lithium Nirvana 90 #3
34 Alive Pearl Jam 119 #1
35 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 81 #1
36 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 48 #1
37 Freak on a Leash Korn 52 #2
38 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 84 #3
39 Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 63 #28
40 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 63 #1
41 Basket Case Green Day 74 #1
42 Ana's Song (Open Fire) Silverchair 6 #15
43 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
44 Glycerine Bush 73 #3
45 What's My Age Again? blink-182 48 #1
46 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
47 21st Century Digital Boy Bad Religion 24 #31
48 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 67 #2
49 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band 46 #4
50 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 64 #5
51 Father of Mine Everclear 33 #11
52 One U2 114 #1
53 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 64 #1
54 The Distance Cake 58 #1
55 Zombie The Cranberries 71 #1
56 With or Without You U2 123 #3
57 Come As You Are Nirvana 97 #1
58 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 70 #2
59 Bicycle Song Orbit 2 #20
60 Just Radiohead 21 #49
61 Man on the Moon R.E.M. 44 #24
62 Only Happy When It Rains Garbage 48 #14
63 Buddy Holly Weezer 62 #8
64 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 53 #3
65 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 59 #5
66 Santa Monica Everclear 36 #3
67 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 75 #3
68 I Alone Live 56 #4
69 Longview Green Day 63 #1
70 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 34 #12
71 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 30 #2
72 Better Man Pearl Jam 71 #3
73 All Apologies Nirvana 69 #2
74 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
75 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 65 #1
76 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
77 Drinking In L.A. Bran Van 3000 8 #25
78 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 75 #2
79 Inside Out Eve 6 41 #2
80 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
81 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 66 #3
82 Violet Hole 22 #12
83 Hey Man Nice Shot Filter 38 #6
84 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 59 #1
85 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
86 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
87 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 42 #19
88 No Rain Blind Melon 65 #2
89 Where It's At Beck 58 #2
90 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 83 #1
91 Possession Sarah McLachlan 25 #24
92 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
93 Lump The Presidents of the United States of America 51 #2
94 Machinehead Bush 40 #1
95 Cannonball The Breeders 60 #1
96 Breathe The Prodigy 27 #7
97 Pepper Butthole Surfers 52 #1
98 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
99 Big Me Foo Fighters 32 #14

About this countdown

The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999) was broadcast by The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC) in circa 1999. 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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