Year-end countdown · Exit 97.7 · 2011

WEXT Top 97 of 2011

The year-end countdown (2011) from Exit 97.7 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ranks 97 songs, with “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele at number one. The list features 84 different artists; Adele has the most entries with three songs.

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Fan transcription posted on the We Want Airwaves blog. The blog has two near-identical posts of this list; this is the cleaner one (the other, "WEXT (Exit 97.7) Top 97 of 2011", has more broken lines). Nos. 33 and 79 lack a separator in the post; "Brent Dennen" corrected to Brett Dennen (79), "Barton Hallow" to Barton Hollow (58), plus spacing fixes (43, 50, 57, 71).

# Song ListsBest
1 Rolling in the Deep Adele 52 #1
2 You Were Never There Diego Garcia 8 #2
3 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
4 Give Me Something Scars on 45 9 #4
5 Second Chance Peter Bjorn & John 10 #5
6 Faster Matt Nathanson 8 #6
7 Stone Rollin' Raphael Saadiq 8 #7
8 The Afterlife Paul Simon 11 #8
9 Tree by the River Iron and Wine 18 #9
10 Rumor Has It Adele 28 #3
11 Shell Games Bright Eyes 7 #11
12 You are a Tourist Death Cab for Cutie 43 #3
13 Go Outside The Cults 14 #13
14 L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. Noah & The Whale 5 #14
15 This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists 36 #2
16 Sad Song The Cars 9 #16
17 Options Gomez 8 #17
18 Holdin' on to Black Metal My Morning Jacket 24 #5
19 He Don't Live Here No More Robbie Robertson 4 #19
20 Will Do TV on the Radio 24 #5
21 From The Clouds Jack Johnson 7 #8
22 Mine Smell Like Honey R.E.M. 7 #22
23 Dust Bowl Joe Bonamassa 2 #23
24 Howlin' for You The Black Keys 58 #1
25 Just Another Rider Gregg Allman 2 #25
26 Who Have You Been Loving? Bobby Long 3 #26
27 Discoverer R.E.M. 5 #27
28 Lotus Flower Radiohead 22 #13
29 Lucky Marc Broussard 1 #29
30 I Might Wilco 15 #8
31 Moneygrabber Fitz and the Tantrums 37 #3
32 Get Some Lykke Li 8 #32
33 Lost In My Mind The Head and the Heart 30 #4
34 Windows Are Rolled Down Amos Lee 26 #1
35 Under Cover of Darkness The Strokes 27 #10
36 Rock N' Roll Is Free Ben Harper 2 #36
37 Our Hearts Are Wrong Jessica Lea Mayfield 7 #33
38 Lucky Now Ryan Adams 16 #6
39 Dog Days Are Over Florence And The Machine 73 #1
40 Roll Away Your Stone Mumford & Sons 34 #2
41 She Walks in So Many Ways The Jayhawks 10 #16
42 Longing to Belong Eddie Vedder 10 #30
43 Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Coldplay 34 #4
44 How Come You Never Go There Feist 12 #12
45 Paradise Coldplay 51 #8
46 Someone like You Adele 28 #2
47 Down By The Water The Decemberists 36 #8
48 Repo Man Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs 5 #9
49 Grown Ocean Fleet Foxes 5 #49
50 Limit To Your Love James Blake 4 #50
51 Flower Amos Lee 6 #19
52 Buttercup Lucinda Williams 5 #35
53 Time Spent in Los Angeles Dawes 18 #3
54 Fixin To Die G. Love 6 #26
55 Day Dreams Raphael Saadiq 2 #31
56 Everybody Needs Love Drive-By Truckers 2 #56
57 Up Up Up Givers 6 #49
58 Barton Hollow The Civil Wars 16 #6
59 The Way it Goes Gillian Welch 10 #19
60 Miracle Worker Superheavy 5 #39
61 The Walk Mayer Hawthorne 24 #4
62 Na Na Nothing Mike Doughty 3 #59
63 Somehow Joss Stone 1 #63
64 Called Out In The Dark Snow Patrol 14 #13
65 You Can't Buy My Love Robert Plant 4 #41
66 I've Got a Feeling Secret Sisters 2 #56
67 Rider Okkervil River 2 #67
68 I Follow Rivers Lykke Li 7 #58
69 Cry, Cry, Cry Nicole Atkins 4 #56
70 King of Diamonds Motopony 6 #70
71 Girl With the Black Tights Dylan in the Movies 1 #71
72 The Last Crusade Sam Roberts Band 6 #19
73 The Whole Enchilada Keb' Mo' 1 #73
74 Color of Rain Jason Spooner 1 #74
75 Machine Gun Blues Social Distortion 20 #5
76 Pyro Kings of Leon 13 #18
77 Calgary Bon Iver 16 #25
78 Fragile Bird City And Colour 11 #18
79 Sydney Brett Dennen 8 #12
80 The Innocent Ones Willie Nile 1 #80
81 When I'm Alone Lissie 5 #24
82 Architects & Engineers Guster 2 #82
83 I Believe in You Black Dub 4 #25
84 Helena Beat Foster The People 35 #6
85 Laredo Band of Horses 36 #7
86 Waiting on You Cody Beebe & the Crooks 1 #86
87 Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes 27 #5
88 Save Me San Francisco Train 4 #43
89 Wrote A Song For Everyone Mavis Staples 8 #21
90 Road Regrets Dan Mangan 2 #29
91 Call Me Rose Bruce Cockburn 1 #91
92 Perfume Old 97's 4 #51
93 If It Wasn't For Bad Elton John & Leon Russell 6 #20
94 Stay Young, Go Dancing Death Cab for Cutie 20 #28
95 Calamity Song The Decemberists 26 #6
96 Change The Sheets Kathleen Edwards 10 #19
97 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1

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About this countdown

WEXT Top 97 of 2011 was broadcast by Exit 97.7 (Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY) 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 Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: We Want Airwaves (fan blog), "WEXT TOP 97 of 2011".

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