Year-end countdown · 89.9 WLCA · 2011

WLCA Top 89 of 2011

The year-end countdown (2011) from 89.9 WLCA in St. Louis, MO ranks 89 songs, with “Pumped up Kicks” by Foster The People at number one. The list features 64 different artists; Manchester Orchestra has the most entries with four songs.

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Fan transcription posted 2012-01-05. #52-#55 are printed without a separator ('Quake Balance and Composure' and so on) and are split by hand. Spelling fixed: Panic! At the Disco, Take It or Leave It, Airborne Toxic Event, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Lonely Forest.

# Song ListsBest
1 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
2 This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists 36 #2
3 Simple Math Manchester Orchestra 3 #3
4 The Ballad of Mona Lisa Panic! at the Disco 11 #3
5 Blood Pressure Mutemath 12 #5
6 Death of Communication Company of Thieves 6 #6
7 Aberdeen Cage The Elephant 20 #7
8 Too Dramatic Ra Ra Riot 4 #8
9 Rope Foo Fighters 47 #1
10 The Wrong Way Bayside 1 #10
11 April Fools Manchester Orchestra 7 #11
12 Techno Fan Wombats 3 #12
13 Louder than Ever Cold War Kids 11 #13
14 Tongue Tied Grouplove 41 #4
15 After Midnight blink-182 21 #14
16 What You Know Two Door Cinema Club 17 #3
17 Punching in a Dream Naked and Famous 18 #5
18 Take It or Leave It Sublime with Rome 10 #18
19 Changing The Airborne Toxic Event 29 #2
20 This Is All Now Taking Back Sunday 1 #20
21 Wring It Out Rival Schools 1 #21
22 Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now) Portugal. The Man 20 #22
23 Shell Games Bright Eyes 7 #11
24 Ready to Go Panic! at the Disco 2 #12
25 We Are Young fun. 47 #1
26 New York City Moves to the Sound of L.A. Funeral Party 4 #26
27 Up All Night blink-182 25 #1
28 Count Me In 311 5 #28
29 You Got Me Taking Back Sunday 2 #29
30 Critical Drain Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin 1 #30
31 Into the Sun The Parlor Mob 6 #31
32 Modern Waste Company of Thieves 1 #32
33 Next Girl The Black Keys 14 #7
34 Around My Head Cage The Elephant 22 #13
35 Second Chance Peter Bjorn & John 10 #5
36 Young Blood Naked and Famous 33 #2
37 Undercover Martyn Two Door Cinema Club 5 #21
38 Freak Out Tapes 'n Tapes 2 #38
39 Back In The Saddle Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin 1 #39
40 Monday Morning Death Cab for Cutie 1 #40
41 Shuffle Bombay Bicycle Club 9 #31
42 Helena Beat Foster The People 35 #6
43 Finally Begin Cold War Kids 1 #43
44 C'Mon Panic! With Fun 1 #44
45 I Can't Get Enough Rooney 1 #45
46 A Heavy Abacus Joy Formidable 8 #15
47 Pensacola Manchester Orchestra 2 #47
48 Any Other Heart Go Radio 1 #48
49 Tokyo Wombats 2 #20
50 Colours Grouplove 20 #6
51 The Stand Mother 1 #51
52 Quake Balance and Composure 1 #52
53 Stuck In My ID Reptar 7 #53
54 Born Alone Wilco 4 #15
55 Neverland Bad Rabbits 1 #55
56 Boomerang Miniature Tigers 1 #56
57 Airplanes Local Natives 9 #14
58 Junk of the Heart (Happy) The Kooks 22 #14
59 Block after Block Matt And Kim 6 #17
60 Bright Lights Gary Clark Jr. 11 #9
61 Fragile Bird City And Colour 11 #18
62 Radiosurgery New Found Glory 1 #62
63 Bridge Burning Foo Fighters 6 #50
64 Skip the Charades Cold War Kids 8 #39
65 Turn Off This Song and Go Outside The Lonely Forest 1 #65
66 Will Do TV on the Radio 24 #5
67 Virgin Manchester Orchestra 1 #67
68 Not Your Fault AWOLNATION 27 #8
69 Tallulah Company of Thieves 7 #7
70 Where to Start Tommy and the High Pilots 1 #70
71 How It Starts The Features 5 #20
72 Stay Young, Go Dancing Death Cab for Cutie 20 #28
73 Get Burned Sleeper Agent 4 #73
74 The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 48 #3
75 Calamity Song The Decemberists 26 #6
76 Big Mistake Anthony Green 1 #76
77 Killin It The Polar Bear Club 1 #77
78 Forget About It All Time Low 1 #78
79 Let's Kill Tonight Panic! at the Disco 1 #79
80 1984 Saves the Day 1 #80
81 Don't Stop Foster The People 8 #29
82 Meet Your Ghost The Kickdrums 1 #82
83 Under Cover of Darkness The Strokes 27 #10
84 Floating Portugal. The Man 1 #84
85 AM/FM Sound Matt And Kim 1 #85
86 Coffee Eyes The Wonder Years 1 #86
87 Yellow Belly Thrice 1 #87
88 You are a Tourist Death Cab for Cutie 43 #3
89 Like A Shotgun The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 1 #89

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About this countdown

WLCA Top 89 of 2011 was broadcast by 89.9 WLCA (St. Louis, MO) in 2011. 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: We Want Airwaves (fan blog), "WLCA Top 89 of 2011".

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