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