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WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996

The year-end countdown for 1996 from WHFS in Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD ranks 99 songs, with “Down” by 311 at number one. The list features 79 different artists; No Doubt has the most entries with three songs.

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1 Down 311 71 #1
2 Where It's At Beck 85 #2
3 Spiderwebs No Doubt 56 #3
4 Pepper Butthole Surfers 76 #1
5 What I Got Sublime 106 #1
6 Santa Monica Everclear 90 #3
7 Stupid Girl Garbage 54 #4
8 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Primitive Radio Gods 44 #8
9 Counting Blue Cars Dishwalla 36 #1
10 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 98 #4
11 Machinehead Bush 78 #1
12 Just A Girl No Doubt 78 #2
13 So Much To Say Dave Matthews Band 33 #13
14 Tahitian Moon Porno for Pyros 15 #9
15 Here in Your Bedroom Goldfinger 41 #12
16 Swallowed Bush 42 #16
17 Only Happy When It Rains Garbage 69 #9
18 6th Avenue Heartache The Wallflowers 26 #18
19 Big Me Foo Fighters 48 #14
20 All Mixed Up 311 64 #10
21 Champagne Supernova Oasis 91 #11
22 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden 55 #4
23 If I Could Talk I'd Tell You The Lemonheads 13 #23
24 Zero The Smashing Pumpkins 49 #3
25 Ironic Alanis Morissette 35 #20
26 Novocaine for the Soul The Eels 39 #16
27 The Distance Cake 91 #1
28 Guilty Gravity Kills 20 #5
29 Don't Speak No Doubt 58 #3
30 What Do I Have To Do? Stabbing Westward 28 #9
31 Mother Mother Tracy Bonham 26 #11
32 The Old Apartment Barenaked Ladies 10 #27
33 Over Now Alice In Chains 24 #28
34 In The Meantime Spacehog 60 #7
35 Free To Decide The Cranberries 14 #35
36 Lady Picture Show Stone Temple Pilots 35 #36
37 One Headlight The Wallflowers 55 #4
38 Ladykillers Lush 20 #21
39 Brain Stew Green Day 61 #8
40 If It Makes You Happy Sheryl Crow 25 #40
41 Willing to Wait Sebadoh 4 #41
42 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 70 #5
43 Pretty Noose Soundgarden 28 #6
44 A Long December Counting Crows 45 #26
45 Mint Car The Cure 15 #24
46 Tattva Kula Shaker 15 #9
47 Bittersweet Me R.E.M. 8 #47
48 #1 Crush Garbage 40 #24
49 Peaches The Presidents of the United States of America 35 #26
50 Bound for the Floor Local H 59 #10
51 Heaven Beside You Alice In Chains 56 #39
52 I Got Id Pearl Jam 28 #20
53 Devil's Haircut Beck 59 #29
54 You Learn Alanis Morissette 20 #7
55 Aeroplane Red Hot Chili Peppers 45 #28
56 I Was Wrong Social Distortion 36 #29
57 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson 45 #15
58 Hail Hail Pearl Jam 16 #26
59 Too Much Dave Matthews Band 31 #7
60 Caught A Lite Sneeze Tori Amos 22 #41
61 Whoever You Are Geggy Tah 33 #20
62 Big Bang Baby Stone Temple Pilots 44 #12
63 Everyday Is A Winding Road Sheryl Crow 20 #41
64 King of New Orleans Better Than Ezra 13 #36
65 Inside Patti Rothberg 4 #52
66 Fire Water Burn Bloodhound Gang 21 #31
67 Ready To Go Republica 40 #26
68 Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis 74 #1
69 Scooby Snacks Fun Lovin' Criminals 24 #14
70 Angry Johnny Poe 31 #11
71 The Beautiful People Marilyn Manson 41 #1
72 Arlington Emmet Swimming 1 #72
73 Shadowboxer Fiona Apple 17 #73
74 Stinkfist Tool 73 #2
75 A Common Disaster Cowboy Junkies 6 #75
76 Sucked Out Superdrag 20 #29
77 Salvation The Cranberries 31 #22
78 High and Dry Radiohead 55 #44
79 Going To Town Afghan Whigs 1 #79
80 Angels of the Silences Counting Crows 14 #55
81 So Low Self 1 #81
82 Nothing To Believe In Cracker 1 #82
83 Ticking Loud Lucy 2 #64
84 Super-Fire Girls Against Boys 1 #84
85 Popular Nada Surf 29 #36
86 The Long Road Eddie Vedder/Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 1 #86
87 Someday I Will Treat You Good Sparklehorse 1 #87
88 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Marilyn Manson 26 #3
89 Everything Falls Apart Dog's Eye View 5 #73
90 Setting Sun The Chemical Brothers 14 #26
91 All I Know Screaming Trees 24 #5
92 Bluster Salt 2 #64
93 Lie on Lie Chalk Farm 2 #93
94 Mirror Full Jawbox 1 #94
95 No Woman, No Cry The Fugees 10 #75
96 The Official Ironmen Rally Song Guided By Voices 1 #96
97 Photograph The Verve Pipe 23 #24
98 Love Untold Paul Westerberg 3 #95
99 Tiny Meat 99.1 The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall Ruby 1 #99

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WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 was broadcast by WHFS (Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD). 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.

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