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WBER Listener Countdown 2016

The year-end countdown (2016) from WBER in Rochester, NY ranks 117 songs, with “Lazarus” by David Bowie at number one. The list features 107 different artists.

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From WBER's countdown archive page: listeners vote for their five favourite songs of the year and the station counts down the results on New Year's Day. Names printed surname-first or as 'National, The' are turned around, and obvious misspellings are corrected where spotted.

# Song ListsBest
1 Lazarus David Bowie 18 #1
2 Wow Beck 24 #1
3 Blood In The Cut K. Flay 12 #3
4 In a World Possessed by the Human Mind The Tragically Hip 3 #4
5 As I Am Johnny BLK 2 #5
6 Stupid Heart Johnny BLK 1 #6
7 Free Broods 6 #7
8 Third Eye Florence And The Machine 1 #8
9 I Can't Believe I Found You In That Town Mike Doughty 2 #9
10 I Exhale Underworld 1 #10
11 Shape Shifter They Might Be Giants 1 #11
12 Hell No Ingrid Michaelson 1 #12
13 Ain't No Man Avett Brothers 21 #4
14 Frankie Sinatra The Avalanches 5 #14
15 Burn The Witch Radiohead 18 #5
16 King of the World Weezer 7 #16
17 Dark Necessities Red Hot Chili Peppers 23 #5
18 Capable Of Anything Ben Folds 2 #10
19 The Ballad of Hans Moleman MC Lars 1 #19
20 Connection Silversun Pickups 1 #20
21 Bored To Death blink-182 19 #4
22 Empty Threat CHVRCHES 1 #22
23 Darkfield Caspian 1 #23
24 If I Were A Jedi MC Lars 1 #24
25 Empty Garbage 5 #25
26 Casual Party Band of Horses 16 #5
27 Best In Me Chris Trapper 2 #11
28 1973 Beth Orton 2 #28
29 Wasted Love City + Color 1 #29
30 I Can't Stop Thinking About You Sting 7 #26
31 Random Name Generator Wilco 11 #25
32 Clearest Blue CHVRCHES 6 #32
33 Ditmas Mumford & Sons 5 #16
34 Figure It Out Royal Blood 11 #9
35 Wide Open The Chemical Brothers 6 #35
36 Sure and Certain Jimmy Eat World 14 #24
37 Gray Joe Goodkin 2 #37
38 Respect KMFDM 1 #38
39 Return To The Moon El Vy 16 #17
40 The End of Things Bob Mould 1 #40
41 Dying To Know Tegan and Sara 1 #41
42 The Community Of Hope PJ Harvey 2 #42
43 Lethargy Bastille 2 #43
44 Oblivious The Strokes 6 #12
45 Spectre Radiohead 1 #45
46 Best Days of Earth The Trash Can Sinatras 1 #46
47 Kid Dreams Guster 1 #47
48 Since You Been Gone Heavy 2 #48
49 The Sideshow DJ Shadow 1 #49
50 Dancing On Glass St. Lucia 2 #3
51 Me and the Devil Gil Scott-Heron 4 #37
52 Circles The Amazing 1 #52
53 All For One The Stone Roses 2 #53
54 Ode To Ex-Girlfriends Alex Dezen 1 #54
55 The Only Thing Sufjan Stevens 1 #55
56 Laughing In The Sugar Bowl Veruca Salt 1 #56
57 Tangle Formations Explosions In The Sky 1 #57
58 Salvation Editors 1 #58
59 Alone / With You Daughter 1 #59
60 Prayers/Triangles Deftones 2 #60
61 Hunger Of Monsters And Men 2 #61
62 Get Out Frightened Rabbit 15 #28
63 Hold On Richard Ashcroft 1 #63
64 I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) The Dead Weather 8 #14
65 Gone Jr Jr 12 #12
66 Trust Fall Incubus 2 #66
67 Adventure of a Lifetime Coldplay 18 #5
68 West Coast Hey Marseilles 2 #68
69 Fools Wildchild 3 #69
70 I Will Love Again Bat For Lashes 1 #70
71 This Ticonderoga Red Hot Chili Peppers 1 #71
72 Dispatch Ash 1 #72
73 Lost Weekend Pete Yorn 3 #40
74 Running With The Wolves Aurora 1 #74
75 As Old As I Am now Joe Goodkin 1 #75
76 Music To Watch Boys To Lana Del Rey 1 #76
77 Don't Leave Me Moby and The Void Pacific Choir 2 #71
78 Enth Crystal Castles 2 #78
79 Doomed User Deftones 1 #79
80 Kings and Queens Brooke Fraser 1 #80
81 Ghosts Nikki's Wives 1 #81
82 Come To Your Senses Panda Bear 2 #41
83 Until The Night Turns Lord Huron 1 #83
84 Out of My Head Griswolds 3 #76
85 Oceans Coasts 3 #31
86 Pieces Tanlines 1 #86
87 I Can Feel You Motion City Soundtrack 1 #87
88 Birds Coldplay 1 #88
89 Happy Marina and the Diamonds 1 #89
90 The Wolfpack Angels & Airwaves 2 #75
91 Perfect Scar K's Choice 1 #91
92 Landslide Oh Wonder 1 #92
93 Someway Polica 1 #93
94 Cherry Picking Potty Mouth 1 #94
95 You What? Euphoria! Pantha Du Prince 1 #95
96 Gimme the Love Jake Bugg 4 #74
97 Come By Here The Word 2 #46
98 Club Fragil Dog Orchestra 1 #98
99 Take My Love Lone Bellow 4 #45
100 Surfer Song James 1 #100
101 Moving On Mat Kearney 1 #101
102 Modern Love Coasts 1 #102
103 No Good Way To Die Chantel Claret 1 #103
104 The Only Thing That Matters blink-182 1 #104
105 Perth Beirut 1 #105
106 I'm Ready Twin Shadow 2 #97
107 Scattered Ashes (Song For Richard) Minor Victories 2 #99
108 Non-Violence Battles 1 #108
109 This Kind Of Love Gene Jr & The Family 1 #109
110 Forgive Trevor Hall 1 #110
111 Runaway Electric Youth 1 #111
112 Chasin' Hanni El Khatib 2 #112
113 The World Is Waiting The Crookes 1 #113
114 Spider's Web Jamie T 2 #79
115 Cable Reptar 2 #100
116 Talk To Me Kopecky 3 #28
117 Lion To The Lamb AyOh 1 #117

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About this countdown

WBER Listener Countdown 2016 was voted by WBER’s listeners (Rochester, NY) 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: WBER 90.5, "Countdowns".

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