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