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Year-end countdown · WBER · 2023

WBER Listener Countdown 2023

The year-end countdown (2023) from WBER in Rochester, NY ranks 91 songs, with “My Love” by Florence And The Machine at number one. The list features 71 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 My Love Florence And The Machine 14 #1
2 Burning Yeah Yeah Yeahs 18 #1
3 Ghosts Again Depeche Mode 15 #2
4 Cracker Island Gorillaz 17 #3
5 People Are Good Depeche Mode 1 #5
6 Exhausting Lover Ben Folds 5 #6
7 Find Your People Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors 7 #7
8 Rivers Of Mercy Tears for Fears 1 #8
9 Pay The Man Ghost of Vroom 3 #9
10 I Don't Know How I Survive Death Cab for Cutie 1 #10
11 Oh Please Metric 1 #11
12 Records Weezer 8 #9
13 Dinosaur Manchester Orchestra 1 #13
14 Face Down In The Moment Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 7 #14
15 Vertigo Alice Merton 10 #13
16 Anniversary Duran Duran 2 #16
17 West Hills The Killers 1 #17
18 Surrounded By Spies Placebo 1 #18
19 Anxieties (Out Of Time) The Regrettes 1 #19
20 Victoria Brutus 5 #20
21 Skipping Like a Stone The Chemical Brothers 3 #21
22 2AM Foals 6 #14
23 New Gold Gorillaz 12 #13
24 Tropic Morning News The National 12 #8
25 Wolf Yeah Yeah Yeahs 6 #22
26 C'Est La Vie The Church 1 #26
27 Under You Foo Fighters 14 #5
28 Shatter Maggie Rogers 2 #28
29 I've Got You Surrounded (With My Love) Jack White 1 #29
30 I Ran Away Dinosaur Jr. 5 #29
31 Magnificent Hurt Elvis Costello and The Imposters 13 #11
32 The Beginning Leona Naess 1 #32
33 I Broke My Own Rule They Might Be Giants 1 #33
34 The Only Road Elbow 1 #34
35 Rescued Foo Fighters 19 #2
36 Broken Hot Chip 1 #36
37 This Isn't Helping The National 1 #37
38 Domino And Jimmy Afghan Whigs 1 #38
39 How Glass Is Made Tori Amos 1 #39
40 Nothing Left To Lose Everything But The Girl 8 #6
41 Skinty Fia Fontaines D.C. 1 #41
42 It Took A Lot To Get To This Dylan Fraser 1 #42
43 Shoulda Known Better Amos Lee 1 #43
44 Lord It's A Feeling London Grammar 1 #44
45 Under My Control Tegan and Sara 1 #45
46 29 Years Tori Amos 1 #46
47 Happiness The Black Keys 1 #47
48 Vigil The Mars Volta 1 #48
49 Alive Polica 1 #49
50 Shiner In The Dark Royal Blood 1 #50
51 Long, Long, Long Time Tears for Fears 1 #51
52 Invincible Eddie Vedder 3 #14
53 Haunt My Heart Johnny Black 1 #53
54 I Think I Knew The Church 1 #54
55 Let's Trip Out The Crystal Method 1 #55
56 Roman Candles Death Cab for Cutie 2 #56
57 Hugz Placebo 1 #57
58 Klettur Sigur Ros 1 #58
59 Feels Alright Spoon 1 #59
60 Saturation And Light Archers of Loaf 1 #60
61 The Perfect Pair Beabadoobee 8 #31
62 Future Lover Daughter 1 #62
63 Lace Your Shoes Modest Mouse 1 #63
64 Everything Must Rest Murder By Death 1 #64
65 Orbital Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song) Orbital 1 #65
66 Ba Ba Ba Liz Phair 1 #66
67 We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings Smile 1 #67
68 Swear Jar Soak 2 #68
69 A Line Of Shots Afghan Whigs 1 #69
70 Friction The Crystal Method 1 #70
71 Farewell, OK Elvis Costello and The Imposters 1 #71
72 Something Loud Jimmy Eat World 5 #25
73 Euphoria Muse 1 #73
74 That's What Makes Me Love You The Regrettes 1 #74
75 Swim Back Daughter 1 #75
76 Ghosts (How Can I Move On) Muse 1 #76
77 Settling Ripe 6 #48
78 The Mountain Tall Heights 1 #78
79 I Can't Grow Up Tegan and Sara 1 #79
80 Then It All Goes Away Dayglow 2 #80
81 Future Alice Merton 1 #81
82 Name Across The Sky Leona Naess 1 #82
83 These Are The Ways Red Hot Chili Peppers 1 #83
84 Forever (Sailing) Snail Mail 1 #84
85 Visions Jose Gonzalez 1 #85
86 Slowing Down Toad The Wet Sprocket 1 #86
87 Belong With You Nilufer Yanya 1 #87
88 Toni Interpol 2 #69
89 Red Sky Radio (Baby Baby Baby) Elbow 1 #89
90 Friday Night Beth Orton 1 #90
91 Can't Carry On Gruff Rhys 1 #91

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About this countdown

WBER Listener Countdown 2023 was voted by WBER’s listeners (Rochester, NY) 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: WBER 90.5, "Countdowns".

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