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Year-end countdown · WFNX · January 4, 2011

WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010

The year-end countdown (January 4, 2011) from WFNX in Boston, MA ranks 101 songs, with “Little Lion Man” by Mumford & Sons at number one. The list features 61 different artists; Florence And The Machine has the most entries with four songs.

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Described by the source as "the most popular songs in 2010", matching the same annual Boston Phoenix / WFNX series as the 1998-2009 editions already in the archive. A listener's forum transcription (radiodiscussions.com) of a differently-ordered, partly different WFNX "top 101 songs of 2010" list also circulates; this file uses the station's own Boston Phoenix page instead since it follows the same recurring series/format as the other years already archived.

# Song ListsBest
1 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons 22 #1
2 Tighten Up The Black Keys 20 #2
3 The Cave Mumford & Sons 17 #3
4 Heads Will Roll Yeah Yeah Yeahs 10 #4
5 Dog Days Are Over Florence And The Machine 14 #1
6 Gold, Guns, Girls Metric 9 #6
7 Ready to Start The Arcade Fire 19 #4
8 Cousins Vampire Weekend 14 #8
9 The High Road Broken Bells 15 #7
10 The Ghost Inside Broken Bells 6 #10
11 We Used to Wait The Arcade Fire 9 #7
12 Crystalised The xx 8 #12
13 Rhinestone Eyes Gorillaz 8 #13
14 Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 20 #1
15 Lisztomania Phoenix 17 #1
16 Bloodbuzz Ohio The National 20 #4
17 The Royal We Silversun Pickups 8 #17
18 Substitution Silversun Pickups 9 #18
19 Giving Up The Gun Vampire Weekend 10 #19
20 Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap 16 #6
21 Holiday Vampire Weekend 4 #21
22 Laredo Band of Horses 9 #21
23 Islands The xx 3 #23
24 Stylo Gorillaz 12 #11
25 Rabbit Heart Florence And The Machine 2 #25
26 Kiss with a Fist Florence And The Machine 4 #26
27 F You Cee-Lo Green 2 #10
28 Fader The Temper Trap 9 #21
29 Gimme Sympathy Metric 7 #4
30 Lasso Phoenix 5 #30
31 Girlfriend Phoenix 1 #31
32 Congratulations MGMT 2 #32
33 Sick Of You Cake 10 #27
34 October Broken Bells 1 #34
35 Radioactive Kings of Leon 14 #17
36 Month of May The Arcade Fire 1 #36
37 Eclipse Metric 1 #37
38 Resistance Muse 15 #2
39 The Reeling Passion Pit 5 #27
40 Animal Neon Trees 10 #3
41 My Best Theory Jimmy Eat World 6 #15
42 On Melancholy Hill Gorillaz 6 #42
43 Flash Delirium MGMT 6 #31
44 Horchata Vampire Weekend 7 #19
45 Written In Reverse Spoon 6 #44
46 Mystery Zone Spoon 1 #46
47 Back Against the Wall Cage The Elephant 13 #11
48 Memories Weezer 4 #48
49 You've Got the Love Florence And The Machine 1 #49
50 Barricade Interpol 7 #50
51 Wheels Foo Fighters 7 #25
52 Put Me Back Together Weezer 1 #52
53 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 16 #25
54 Crossfire Brandon Flowers 5 #16
55 Take Me Out Atomic Tom 1 #55
56 Back Down South Kings of Leon 2 #56
57 Undisclosed Desires Muse 11 #15
58 40 Day Dream Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 7 #35
59 The End Kings of Leon 1 #59
60 1983 Neon Trees 2 #60
61 Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) Muse 5 #20
62 Cameras Matt And Kim 6 #38
63 I Was A Teenage Anarchist Against Me! 4 #27
64 In One Ear Cage The Elephant 6 #5
65 Cornerstone Arctic Monkeys 1 #65
66 Kick Drum Heart Avett Brothers 10 #57
67 Audience Cold War Kids 8 #12
68 New Fang Them Crooked Vultures 10 #23
69 Boy Ra Ra Riot 2 #69
70 Hands The Ting Tings 1 #70
71 The Fear Lily Allen 4 #36
72 Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare Matt And Kim 3 #42
73 Word Forward Foo Fighters 2 #73
74 I'm Your Daddy Weezer 4 #63
75 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
76 Slow Poison The Bravery 4 #46
77 Tonight Tonight Passion Pit 1 #77
78 My Time Minus the Bear 1 #78
79 Amongst The Waves Pearl Jam 3 #56
80 Do You Love Me Guster 2 #80
81 Brick By Boring Brick Paramore 2 #43
82 In the Sun She & Him 1 #82
83 Heartbeat Song The Futureheads 2 #83
84 Mind Eraser, No Chaser Them Crooked Vultures 4 #60
85 Lay Me Down Dirty Heads 11 #1
86 Airplanes Local Natives 3 #14
87 Boxer The Gaslight Anthem 2 #65
88 Hell Tegan and Sara 6 #38
89 Satellite Heart Anya Marina 2 #86
90 This Too Shall Pass OK Go 9 #24
91 Die By The Drop The Dead Weather 8 #15
92 Yeah Yeah Yeah New Politics 4 #41
93 Whatever You Like Anya Marina 1 #93
94 Only the Young Brandon Flowers 1 #94
95 Wide Eyes Local Natives 1 #95
96 I Am Not a Robot Marina and the Diamonds 1 #96
97 Na Na Na My Chemical Romance 2 #28
98 Rules Don't Stop We Are Scientists 1 #98
99 Hollywood Marina and the Diamonds 1 #99
100 How You Like Me Now Heavy 4 #100
101 11th Dimension Julian Casablancas 2 #76

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About this countdown

WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 was broadcast by WFNX (Boston, MA) in January 4, 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: Boston Phoenix, "WFNX's top 101 songs in 2010" (thephoenix.com, Jan 4, 2011, by WFNX and Phoenix staff; 10-page article, all pages fetched).

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