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Year-end countdown · WFNX · December 22, 2009

WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009

The year-end countdown (December 22, 2009) from WFNX in Boston, MA ranks 101 songs, with “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon at number one. The list features 66 different artists; Weezer has the most entries with four songs.

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Described by the source as "the 101 most requested songs on WFNX in 2009."

# Song ListsBest
1 Use Somebody Kings of Leon 17 #1
2 Kids MGMT 22 #2
3 Panic Switch Silversun Pickups 13 #1
4 1901 Phoenix 21 #4
5 Uprising Muse 24 #3
6 No You Girls Franz Ferdinand 6 #6
7 The Fixer Pearl Jam 10 #5
8 Help, Im Alive Metric 10 #8
9 Spaceman The Killers 6 #9
10 (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To Weezer 7 #10
11 21 Guns Green Day 6 #8
12 Sleepyhead Passion Pit 6 #12
13 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon 32 #1
14 Meet Me On The Equinox Death Cab for Cutie 7 #14
15 New Divide Linkin Park 5 #7
16 Zero Yeah Yeah Yeahs 7 #16
17 Aint no Rest for the Wicked Cage The Elephant 10 #3
18 Lost! Coldplay 6 #18
19 That's Not My Name The Ting Tings 6 #9
20 Check My Brain Alice In Chains 6 #10
21 Cath Death Cab for Cutie 12 #21
22 Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event 18 #22
23 Decode Paramore 5 #23
24 Love Hurts Incubus 6 #13
25 Say Hey (I Love You) Michael Franti & Spearhead 4 #25
26 Notion Kings of Leon 5 #14
27 Know Your Enemy Green Day 5 #20
28 Life in Technicolor Coldplay 1 #28
29 Magnificent U2 3 #29
30 The Reeling Passion Pit 5 #27
31 Troublemaker Weezer 7 #21
32 I've Got Friends Manchester Orchestra 3 #32
33 Electric Feel MGMT 19 #2
34 I Will Possess Your Heart Death Cab for Cutie 13 #7
35 The '59 Sound The Gaslight Anthem 8 #28
36 Ignorance Paramore 3 #23
37 Wrong Depeche Mode 5 #5
38 I'd Like You So Much Better If You Were Naked Ida Maria 1 #38
39 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight U2 2 #39
40 Grapevine Fires Death Cab for Cutie 2 #40
41 Daylight Matt And Kim 6 #41
42 You're Gonna Go Far, Kid The Offspring 11 #1
43 Eet Regina Spektor 1 #43
44 FireFlies Owl City 3 #13
45 Pork And Beans Weezer 16 #1
46 Wishing Well The Airborne Toxic Event 2 #46
47 Wheels Foo Fighters 7 #25
48 White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes 10 #48
49 A Dustland Fairytale The Killers 2 #49
50 Substitution Silversun Pickups 9 #18
51 Brother Pearl Jam 4 #36
52 Heads Will Roll Yeah Yeah Yeahs 10 #4
53 Last One to Die Rancid 3 #44
54 California on My Mind Wild Light 1 #54
55 One Day Matisyahu 6 #41
56 Satellite Skin Modest Mouse 1 #56
57 Get on Your Boots U2 3 #18
58 Kristy, Are You Doing Ok? The Offspring 5 #53
59 She's a Genius Jet 4 #40
60 Viva La Vida Coldplay 27 #1
61 Sink Into Me Taking Back Sunday 3 #41
62 Little Secrets Passion Pit 9 #29
63 Hey You 311 3 #47
64 Human The Killers 14 #17
65 Funny the Way It Is Dave Matthews Band 1 #65
66 Two Weeks Grizzly Bear 9 #5
67 Let It Die Foo Fighters 11 #2
68 Turn Me Off Audrye Sessions 1 #68
69 Kings & Queens 30 Seconds to Mars 8 #9
70 Time To Pretend MGMT 25 #18
71 East Jesus Nowhere Green Day 6 #27
72 Can You Tell Ra Ra Riot 1 #72
73 Slow Poison The Bravery 4 #46
74 Medicate AFI 5 #12
75 Word Forward Foo Fighters 2 #73
76 Paper Planes M.I.A. 21 #4
77 At the Bottom Brand New 1 #77
78 Lovers in Japan Coldplay 2 #78
79 The Fear Lily Allen 4 #36
80 A-Punk Vampire Weekend 19 #6
81 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 16 #25
82 Too Fake Hockey 1 #82
83 Bonfire Third Eye Blind 1 #83
84 Geraldine Glasvegas 3 #51
85 Ulysses Franz Ferdinand 7 #6
86 Satellite Heart Anya Marina 2 #86
87 A Moment of Surrender U2 2 #87
88 Percussion Gun White Rabbits 2 #45
89 Skinny Love Bon Iver 14 #7
90 Treat Me Like Your Mother The Dead Weather 2 #60
91 Relator Pete Yorn 1 #91
92 Graffiti Eyes Stellastarr* 1 #92
93 Missing Cleveland Scott Weiland 1 #93
94 Crack the Shutters Snow Patrol 1 #94
95 Out of the Blue Julian Casablancas 1 #95
96 Back Against the Wall Cage The Elephant 13 #11
97 Greatest Man Who Ever Lived Weezer 1 #97
98 To Lose My Life White Lies 2 #53
99 Oscar Wilde Company of Thieves 1 #99
100 Cousins Vampire Weekend 14 #8
101 Fuck You Lily Allen 2 #90

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About this countdown

WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009 was broadcast by WFNX (Boston, MA) in December 22, 2009. 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: Boston Phoenix, "WFNX's top 101 songs in 2009" (thephoenix.com, Dec 22, 2009, by WFNX and Phoenix staff; 10-page article, all pages fetched).

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