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WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011

The year-end countdown (2011) from WBRU in Providence, RI ranks 96 songs, with “Pumped up Kicks” by Foster The People at number one. The list features 68 different artists; Foster The People has the most entries with three songs.

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WBRU's own page "WBRU's Top 95 Songs of 2011" (December 31, 2011), ranks 1-95 plus 95.5 as printed; the fan transcription on the We Want Airwaves blog (January 2012) is identical. One typo corrected (Danielle Luppi). Artist credits normalized to the site's format (e.g. "X (ft. Y)" written "X feat. Y").

# Song ListsBest
1 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
2 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1
3 My Body Young the Giant 39 #3
4 Sick Of You Cake 45 #4
5 Punching in a Dream Naked and Famous 18 #5
6 Whirring Joy Formidable 27 #4
7 Shake It Out Florence And The Machine 53 #3
8 Rope Foo Fighters 47 #1
9 Changing The Airborne Toxic Event 29 #2
10 Helena Beat Foster The People 35 #6
11 Walk Foo Fighters 54 #1
12 Paradise Coldplay 51 #8
13 Around My Head Cage The Elephant 22 #13
14 Long Time Cake 29 #9
15 A Heavy Abacus Joy Formidable 8 #15
16 You are a Tourist Death Cab for Cutie 43 #3
17 The Sound Of Winter Bush 27 #2
18 Young Blood Naked and Famous 33 #2
19 Colours Grouplove 20 #6
20 Holdin' on to Black Metal My Morning Jacket 24 #5
21 Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Coldplay 34 #4
22 Cough Syrup Young the Giant 44 #3
23 Up All Night blink-182 25 #1
24 All I Ever Wanted The Airborne Toxic Event 15 #18
25 Irresistable Force Jane's Addiction 28 #8
26 Sail AWOLNATION 52 #1
27 Sunset in July 311 18 #16
28 Go Outside The Cults 14 #13
29 Face to the Floor Chevelle 21 #20
30 The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 48 #3
31 Don't Stop Foster The People 8 #29
32 After Midnight blink-182 21 #14
33 Make It Stop Rise Against 11 #5
34 Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now) Portugal. The Man 20 #22
35 Promise, Promises Incubus 21 #15
36 Monarchy of Roses Red Hot Chili Peppers 18 #28
37 Curl of the Burl Mastodon 5 #37
38 New Low Middle Class Rut 25 #1
39 Will Do TV on the Radio 24 #5
40 Under Cover of Darkness The Strokes 27 #10
41 Block after Block Matt And Kim 6 #17
42 Take It or Leave It Sublime with Rome 10 #18
43 Make Some Noise Beastie Boys 29 #11
44 Busy Being Born Middle Class Rut 11 #4
45 Darling Buds of May Viva Brother 5 #32
46 This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists 36 #2
47 Midnight City M83 55 #4
48 Get it Daddy Sleeper Agent 15 #14
49 These Days Foo Fighters 33 #3
50 Going Out in Style Dropkick Murphys 5 #20
51 We Are Young fun. 47 #1
52 Panic Sublime with Rome 21 #7
53 Get Some Lykke Li 8 #32
54 Roll Away Your Stone Mumford & Sons 34 #2
55 What You Know Two Door Cinema Club 17 #3
56 What the Water Gave Me Florence And The Machine 12 #11
57 Forever and Ever The Wandas 1 #57
58 Adolescents Incubus 24 #8
59 Don't Play No Game that I Can't Win Beastie Boys 4 #22
60 Sick, Sick, Sick Bayside 4 #36
61 Blood Pressure Mutemath 12 #5
62 Skip the Charades Cold War Kids 8 #39
63 Miss K Deer Tick 3 #18
64 Two Against One Danger Mouse 6 #39
65 Not Your Fault AWOLNATION 27 #8
66 You've Got the Love Florence And The Machine 13 #19
67 Howlin' for You The Black Keys 58 #1
68 Let's All Go To The Bar Deer Tick 2 #61
69 Mustache Man (Wasted) Cake 9 #33
70 All I Want A Day To Remember 27 #13
71 Razorblade Knux 2 #71
72 Your Surrender Neon Trees 6 #61
73 Stay Young, Go Dancing Death Cab for Cutie 20 #28
74 Dark Horses Switchfoot 19 #11
75 Junk of the Heart (Happy) The Kooks 22 #14
76 Days Are Forgotten Kasabian 8 #30
77 Memorial Day Dropkick Murphys 2 #55
78 Many of Horror Biffy Clyro 5 #24
79 All Hallows Eve VulGarrity 1 #79
80 Satellite Rise Against 19 #2
81 Aberdeen Cage The Elephant 20 #7
82 Finale Funeral Party 3 #82
83 April Fools Manchester Orchestra 7 #11
84 Closer Anberlin 4 #52
85 Old Man Redlight King 11 #12
86 Too Long Plan B 1 #86
87 Not In Love Crystal Castles 10 #26
88 Blood The Dears 2 #88
89 If I Had a Gun... Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 13 #21
90 Don't Shut 'Em Down Flogging Molly 6 #30
91 Listen to Your Love Mona 3 #49
92 Help Is On The Way Rise Against 28 #3
93 Eyes In The Dark VulGarrity 1 #93
94 We Used to Wait The Arcade Fire 24 #7
95 Hang On Weezer 2 #85
95.5 Shuffle Bombay Bicycle Club 9 #31

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About this countdown

WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 was broadcast by WBRU (Providence, RI) in 2011. 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: WBRU, "WBRU's Top 95 Songs of 2011" (via Wayback Machine).

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