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WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998

The year-end countdown for 1998 from WHFS in Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD ranks 100 songs, with “Intergalactic” by Beastie Boys at number one. The list features 76 different artists; Everclear has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 93 #1
2 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 92 #2
3 One Week Barenaked Ladies 46 #3
4 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 75 #1
5 Closing Time Semisonic 57 #4
6 Zoot Suit Riot Cherry Poppin' Daddies 27 #6
7 Inside Out Eve 6 65 #2
8 Celebrity Skin Hole 54 #4
9 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
10 Save Tonight Eagle Eye Cherry 25 #6
11 Father of Mine Everclear 56 #11
12 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 55 #1
13 Shimmer Fuel 46 #1
14 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz 93 #6
15 Jumper Third Eye Blind 35 #8
16 My Own Prison Creed 37 #3
17 What It's Like Everlast 81 #2
18 Everything to Everyone Everclear 59 #8
19 Never There Cake 70 #3
20 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 50 #1
21 Jump, Jive, and Wail Brian Setzer Orchestra 9 #21
22 Badfish Sublime 38 #4
23 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
24 The Way Fastball 45 #6
25 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
26 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
27 Body Movin' Beastie Boys 31 #12
28 I Will Buy You a New Life Everclear 54 #4
29 Brick Ben Folds Five 65 #6
30 Got the Life Korn 51 #1
31 I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage 45 #10
32 My Hero Foo Fighters 130 #9
33 Perfect The Smashing Pumpkins 28 #9
34 The Sweetest Thing (remix) U2 15 #2
35 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
36 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 45 #17
37 Ava Adore The Smashing Pumpkins 26 #6
38 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 23 #27
39 Stay (Wasting Time) Dave Matthews Band 12 #34
40 Wishlist Pearl Jam 39 #10
41 Circles Soul Coughing 43 #8
42 Special Garbage 34 #11
43 You and Me and the Bottle Make Three Tonight Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 2 #35
44 Spark Tori Amos 25 #34
45 Slide Goo Goo Dolls 38 #23
46 Joining You Alanis Morissette 5 #6
47 Hooch Everything 5 #38
48 My Favourite Game The Cardigans 26 #10
49 The Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim 57 #10
50 Push It Garbage 28 #7
51 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 21 #4
52 Don't Drink the Water Dave Matthews Band 13 #26
53 Thank U Alanis Morissette 8 #50
54 Malibu Hole 31 #16
55 You Get What You Give The New Radicals 45 #3
56 The Dope Show Marilyn Manson 25 #20
57 Prophecy Remy Zero 6 #57
58 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 49 #12
59 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 45 #12
60 Walking After You Foo Fighters 12 #23
61 Get 'Em Outta Here Sprung Monkey 11 #6
62 Polyester Bride Liz Phair 24 #37
63 Lullaby Shawn Mullins 13 #29
64 Daysleeper R.E.M. 10 #45
65 No Shelter Rage Against the Machine 26 #13
66 Every Morning Sugar Ray 29 #2
67 Push Matchbox 20 22 #5
68 Got You (Where I Want You) The Flys 28 #20
69 Caress Me Down Sublime 23 #24
70 Brian Wilson Barenaked Ladies 15 #14
71 Jump Right In The Urge 15 #39
72 Why Don't You Get a Job? The Offspring 39 #8
73 Heroes The Wallflowers 16 #46
74 Busy Child The Crystal Method 24 #17
75 Barbarella Scott Weiland 2 #74
76 Brimful of Asha Cornershop 46 #1
77 In Hiding Pearl Jam 19 #44
78 Da Funk Daft Punk 24 #10
79 From Your Mouth God Lives Underwater 9 #57
80 Gone 'Til November Wyclef Jean 5 #53
81 High Feeder 11 #48
82 Truly, Truly Grant Lee Buffalo 27 #62
83 I'm OK, You're OK MxPx 11 #44
84 Blue Monday Orgy 47 #6
85 Crush Dave Matthews Band 40 #19
86 Pure Morning Placebo 38 #21
87 History Repeating Propellerheads 10 #28
88 Dragula Rob Zombie 51 #15
89 The World is New Save Ferris 5 #19
90 Save Yourself Stabbing Westward 36 #8
91 Would You? Touch And Go 22 #20
92 The Mummer's Dance Loreena McKennitt 9 #53
93 Can't Get Enough of You Baby Smash Mouth 6 #50
94 Singing in Your Sleep Semisonic 1 #94
95 Beautiful Disaster 311 47 #13
96 St. Joe on the School Bus Marcy Playground 6 #36
97 A Perfect Day Elise PJ Harvey 13 #68
98 Fire Escape Fastball 8 #54
99 Nice Guys Finish Last Green Day 13 #48
99.1 Sex is Dandy Monica's Playground 2 #100

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About this countdown

WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 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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