Year-end countdown · WBRU · 2010

WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010

The year-end countdown (2010) from WBRU in Providence, RI ranks 95 songs, with “Little Lion Man” by Mumford & Sons at number one. The list features 74 different artists.

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Fan transcription posted on the We Want Airwaves blog (January 2011). The blog calls it WBRU's listener countdown. WBRU's own page ("BRU's Top 95 Songs of 2010 Countdown", January 5, 2011, https://web.archive.org/web/20110128074607/http://wbru.com:80/2011/01/05/top-95-songs-of-2010/) lists only the song titles; they match the blog rank by rank, except that the page has "F You" at #2 and "The Sound" at #43. The blog credits #43, "The Sound (John T. Perkins Blues)", to Flyleaf; corrected to Switchfoot, whose song it is.

# Song ListsBest
1 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons 82 #1
2 Fuck You Cee-Lo Green 18 #2
3 Animal Neon Trees 52 #1
4 Dog Days Are Over Florence And The Machine 73 #1
5 Waiting For The End Linkin Park 38 #3
6 Lisztomania Phoenix 54 #1
7 Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap 49 #2
8 Tighten Up The Black Keys 82 #1
9 Impossible Anberlin 26 #8
10 Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 57 #1
11 Undisclosed Desires Muse 41 #2
12 This Too Shall Pass OK Go 20 #11
13 Brick By Boring Brick Paramore 21 #4
14 Yeah Yeah Yeah New Politics 16 #14
15 New Low Middle Class Rut 25 #1
16 Closer To The Edge 30 Seconds to Mars 24 #8
17 Lay Me Down Dirty Heads 46 #1
18 The Cave Mumford & Sons 72 #1
19 In One Ear Cage The Elephant 24 #1
20 Crossfire Brandon Flowers 31 #6
21 This is War 30 Seconds to Mars 23 #2
22 White Knuckles OK Go 9 #8
23 1983 Neon Trees 17 #23
24 Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) My Chemical Romance 14 #14
25 Lasso Phoenix 17 #25
26 Sick Of You Cake 45 #4
27 Dignity New Politics 7 #27
28 Radioactive Kings of Leon 53 #2
29 Sing My Chemical Romance 27 #12
30 Mountain Man Crash Kings 26 #2
31 The Catalyst Linkin Park 26 #3
32 Here We Are Juggernaut Coheed and Cambria 11 #31
33 My Best Theory Jimmy Eat World 30 #9
34 Tell 'Em Sleigh Bells 9 #12
35 Shipping Up to Boston (live) Dropkick Murphys 1 #35
36 Tripping Down The Freeway Weezer 7 #1
37 Dominos Big Pink 17 #7
38 The High Road Broken Bells 57 #1
39 Letters From The Sky Civil Twilight 24 #3
40 Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher) Gogol Bordello 3 #40
41 Cameras Matt And Kim 16 #16
42 Break Through the Silence Monty Are I 1 #42
43 The Sound (John T. Perkins Blues) Switchfoot 4 #11
44 Memories Weezer 18 #16
45 Crystalised The xx 17 #6
46 The Ghost Inside Broken Bells 22 #10
47 Shake Me Down Cage The Elephant 55 #2
48 You Got Me Crash Kings 18 #17
49 Worth It All Fairhaven 2 #49
50 Careful Paramore 6 #16
51 Maybe Sick Puppies 21 #10
52 Islands The xx 6 #23
53 Resistance Muse 39 #1
54 I Was A Teenage Anarchist Against Me! 20 #15
55 Ready to Start The Arcade Fire 54 #3
56 At Or With Me Jack Johnson 18 #2
57 Eclipse (All Yours) Metric 5 #38
58 Felicia Constellations 9 #28
59 Cousins Vampire Weekend 40 #5
60 Giving Up The Gun Vampire Weekend 28 #15
61 Fader The Temper Trap 20 #15
62 Your Decision Alice In Chains 21 #4
63 Laredo Band of Horses 36 #7
64 Stylo Gorillaz 30 #11
65 Thicker Than Blood Keep Me Concious 1 #65
66 Her Words Destroyed My Planet Motion City Soundtrack 2 #66
67 Black Rain Soundgarden 9 #30
68 Knights of Bostonia State Radio 2 #43
69 Between The Lines Stone Temple Pilots 24 #5
70 Machine Gun Blues Social Distortion 20 #5
71 My Body Young the Giant 39 #3
72 Next to Me Civil Twilight 3 #72
73 Terrible Love The National 10 #38
74 You And Your Heart Jack Johnson 27 #4
75 Jesus Stole My Girlfriend Violent Soho 13 #33
76 Anyway The Valar 1 #76
77 Written In Reverse Spoon 23 #18
78 Freak The Smashing Pumpkins 13 #26
79 Mi Reyna Santa Mama 1 #79
80 Out of the Blue Julian Casablancas 5 #57
81 Barricade Interpol 11 #50
82 Giving It All Away Dead Confederate 2 #82
83 World of Lines Coheed and Cambria 3 #19
84 Beautiful Theives AFI 10 #45
85 Bending Over Backward The Wandas 1 #85
86 You've Seen the Butcher Deftones 6 #47
87 Bushwick Blues Delta Spirit 10 #10
88 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 62 #2
89 Die By The Drop The Dead Weather 19 #10
90 All I Want A Day To Remember 27 #13
91 Harold T. Wilkins Fanfarlo 6 #14
92 Coffee & Cigarettes Jimmy Eat World 2 #60
93 People Say Portugal. The Man 21 #12
94 Shameful Metaphors Chevelle 14 #1
95 Wait Up (Boots Of Danger) Tokyo Police Club 11 #12

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About this countdown

WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 was voted by WBRU’s listeners (Providence, RI) in 2010. 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: We Want Airwaves (fan blog), "WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010".

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