Year-end countdown · WFNX · January 4, 2012

WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011

The year-end countdown (January 4, 2012) from WFNX in Boston, MA ranks 101 songs, with “Pumped up Kicks” by Foster The People at number one. The list features 70 different artists; Foster The People has the most entries with three songs.

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No official WFNX/Boston Phoenix web page for this list could be located; this listener transcription of the on-air countdown is the only source found. The transcriber noted that "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele aired at both #5 and #28, and speculated #28 may have been intended to be Adele's "Rumour Has It" instead; the countdown as actually broadcast (per the transcription) is reproduced here without substituting a different song at #28.

# Song ListsBest
1 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
2 Young Blood Naked and Famous 33 #2
3 What You Know Two Door Cinema Club 17 #3
4 Shake Me Down Cage The Elephant 55 #2
5 Rolling in the Deep Adele 52 #1
6 Helena Beat Foster The People 35 #6
7 Changing The Airborne Toxic Event 29 #2
8 You are a Tourist Death Cab for Cutie 43 #3
9 Rope Foo Fighters 47 #1
10 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1
11 Whirring Joy Formidable 27 #4
12 Moneygrabber Fitz and the Tantrums 37 #3
13 Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Coldplay 34 #4
14 Junk of the Heart (Happy) The Kooks 22 #14
15 Sail AWOLNATION 52 #1
16 Under Cover of Darkness The Strokes 27 #10
17 We Used to Wait The Arcade Fire 24 #7
18 Cough Syrup Young the Giant 44 #3
19 Punching in a Dream Naked and Famous 18 #5
20 Going Out in Style Dropkick Murphys 5 #20
21 Don't Stop (Color On The Walls Foster The People 22 #15
22 Shake It Out Florence And The Machine 53 #3
23 If I Ever Stray Frank Turner 2 #23
24 Howlin' for You The Black Keys 58 #1
25 Paradise Coldplay 51 #8
26 Colours Grouplove 20 #6
27 My Body Young the Giant 39 #3
28 Rolling in the Deep Adele 52 #1
29 Midnight City M83 55 #4
30 Walk Foo Fighters 54 #1
31 Holdin' on to Black Metal My Morning Jacket 24 #5
32 Darling Buds of May Viva Brother 5 #32
33 Roll Away Your Stone Mumford & Sons 34 #2
34 Undercover Martyn Two Door Cinema Club 5 #21
35 If I Had a Gun... Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 13 #21
36 If You Wanna Vaccines 1 #36
37 Calgary Bon Iver 16 #25
38 All I Ever Wanted The Airborne Toxic Event 15 #18
39 Go Outside The Cults 14 #13
40 Stay Young, Go Dancing Death Cab for Cutie 20 #28
41 Techno Fan Wombats 3 #12
42 Not In Love Crystal Castles 10 #26
43 Post Break-up Sex Vaccines 2 #43
44 Lotus Flower Radiohead 22 #13
45 Money Drums 2 #45
46 Skip the Charades Cold War Kids 8 #39
47 Taken for a Fool The Strokes 9 #36
48 Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now) Portugal. The Man 20 #22
49 Listen to Your Love Mona 3 #49
50 Blood Pressure Mutemath 12 #5
51 L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. Noah & The Whale 5 #14
52 The Suburbs The Arcade Fire 29 #1
53 Hellcat Spangled Shalalala Arctic Monkeys 1 #53
54 This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists 36 #2
55 Time Machine Viva Brother 1 #55
56 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye 65 #1
57 Kick Drum Heart Avett Brothers 24 #7
58 The Roller Beady Eye 5 #46
59 Sick Of You Cake 45 #4
60 Days Are Forgotten Kasabian 8 #30
61 Machine Gun Blues Social Distortion 20 #5
62 Hawaiian Air Friendly Fires 1 #62
63 Irresistable Force Jane's Addiction 28 #8
64 Good for Great Matt And Kim 2 #64
65 Make Some Noise Beastie Boys 29 #11
66 Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) Wombats 4 #8
67 People Say Portugal. The Man 21 #12
68 Aberdeen Cage The Elephant 20 #7
69 Monarchy of Roses Red Hot Chili Peppers 18 #28
70 AKA... What A Life! Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 4 #45
71 Rill Rill Sleigh Bells 7 #3
72 Long Time Cake 29 #9
73 Shuffle Bombay Bicycle Club 9 #31
74 Überlin R.E.M. 4 #40
75 After Midnight blink-182 21 #14
76 Sunlight Mean Creek 1 #76
77 These Days Foo Fighters 33 #3
78 Still Life Horrors 1 #78
79 Around My Head Cage The Elephant 22 #13
80 Swim Surfer Blood 6 #42
81 Get Some Lykke Li 8 #32
82 Faith (When I Let You Down) Taking Back Sunday 3 #81
83 A Heavy Abacus Joy Formidable 8 #15
84 Guilty Girls Buffalo Tom 1 #84
85 Tongue Tied Grouplove 41 #4
86 Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair Arctic Monkeys 8 #11
87 Tallulah Company of Thieves 7 #7
88 Carve Away The Sheila Divine 1 #88
89 The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 48 #3
90 Sweet Sour Band Of Skulls 5 #56
91 We Are Young fun. 47 #1
92 Underground Jane's Addiction 11 #39
93 Up Up Up Givers 6 #49
94 Mustache Man (Wasted) Cake 9 #33
95 Blood The Dears 2 #88
96 How'd You Like That The Kooks 3 #75
97 New York City Moves to the Sound of L.A. Funeral Party 4 #26
98 Don't Play No Game that I Can't Win Beastie Boys 4 #22
99 So American Portugal. The Man 5 #21
100 The Sound Of Winter Bush 27 #2
101 Come Closer Miles Kane 1 #101

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About this countdown

WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 was broadcast by WFNX (Boston, MA) in January 4, 2012. 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: RadioDiscussions.com forum, thread "Alternative radio stations top lists for 2011" -- post by user WBIMDJ (Jan 4, 2012) transcribing "the top 101 list of 2011 songs from 101.7 WFNX in Boston".

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