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

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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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