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