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All-time countdown · 99.1 PLR · May 2024

99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024)

The all-time countdown (May 2024) from 99.1 PLR in New Haven, CT ranks 400 songs, with “Panama” by Van Halen at number one. The list features 105 different artists; Metallica has the most entries with 18 songs.

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Station post dated May 27, 2024 (Memorial Day weekend). The page prints the songs in order without numbers; ranks here follow that order, starting at No. 1. Transcribed from a Wayback Machine copy.

# Song ListsBest
1 Panama Van Halen 104 #1
2 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
3 Welcome to Jungle Guns N Roses 1 #3
4 Master of Puppets Metallica 81 #1
5 Black Pearl Jam 179 #1
6 Kickstart My Heart Motley Crue 70 #6
7 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 204 #1
8 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 91 #8
9 You Gotta Fight For Your Right (To Party) Beastie Boys 86 #1
10 Free Fallin' Tom Petty 116 #10
11 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
12 Pour Some Sugar On Me Def Leppard 98 #5
13 Interstate Love Song Stp 2 #13
14 Livin' on a Prayer Bon Jovi 97 #5
15 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 135 #2
16 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 136 #1
17 Enter Sandman Metallica 164 #2
18 Brain Stew Green Day 61 #8
19 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 154 #1
20 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 112 #1
21 Come As You Are Nirvana 175 #1
22 Jump Van Halen 102 #3
23 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 108 #2
24 Man in the Box Alice In Chains 129 #3
25 Here I Go Again Whitesnake 92 #2
26 Numb Linkin Park 85 #2
27 Self-Esteem The Offspring 110 #1
28 Mama, I'm Coming Home Ozzy Osbourne 74 #15
29 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 151 #3
30 One Metallica 107 #2
31 Even Flow Pearl Jam 145 #2
32 Dude Looks Like a Lady Aerosmith 89 #16
33 What I Got Sublime 106 #1
34 Home Sweet Home Motley Crue 77 #17
35 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers 104 #2
36 Money for Nothing Dire Straits 116 #7
37 My Hero Foo Fighters 130 #9
38 Paradise City Guns N Roses 112 #2
39 Say It Ain't So Weezer 80 #4
40 Hysteria Def Leppard 81 #39
41 Plush Stp 2 #41
42 Hot for Teacher Van Halen 100 #5
43 Let's Go Crazy Prince 27 #3
44 I Won't Back Down Tom Petty 98 #10
45 No Sleep Til Brooklyn Beastie Boys 55 #6
46 You Give Love a Bad Name Bon Jovi 81 #16
47 Lithium Nirvana 150 #3
48 Blvd of Broken Dreams Green Day 3 #44
49 Machinehead Bush 78 #1
50 Summer of '69 Bryan Adams 93 #3
51 Rooster Alice In Chains 115 #6
52 All the Small Things blink-182 79 #2
53 Thunderstruck AC/DC 132 #1
54 Nothing Else Matters Metallica 140 #5
55 In the End Linkin Park 92 #1
56 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
57 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 115 #2
58 Sober Tool 75 #14
59 November Rain Guns N Roses 119 #22
60 Rag Doll Aerosmith 84 #50
61 Pardon Me Incubus 59 #1
62 Hard to Handle Black Crowes 94 #21
63 Come Out and Play The Offspring 97 #2
64 Why Can't This Be Love Van Halen 80 #28
65 The Pretender Foo Fighters 78 #1
66 Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen 74 #48
67 Spoonman Soundgarden 101 #14
68 Fuel Metallica 36 #2
69 Can't Stop Red Hot Chili Peppers 67 #2
70 Girls Girls Girls Motley Crue 70 #22
71 It's Been Awhile Staind 47 #1
72 You Don't Know How It Feels Tom Petty 62 #72
73 Buddy Holly Weezer 97 #2
74 Every Rose Has Its Thorn Poison 65 #44
75 In Bloom Nirvana 117 #5
76 Basket Case Green Day 120 #1
77 Wanted Dead or Alive Bon Jovi 95 #5
78 Creep Stp 1 #78
79 Would? Alice In Chains 120 #5
80 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 70 #5
81 We're Not Gonna Take It Twisted Sister 67 #14
82 Crawling Linkin Park 55 #1
83 Jeremy Pearl Jam 187 #1
84 Right Now Van Halen 65 #84
85 Sabotage Beastie Boys 111 #3
86 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
87 Photograph Def Leppard 95 #1
88 Like a Stone Audioslave 75 #1
89 Knockin on Heaven's Door Guns N Roses 69 #5
90 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 104 #1
91 For Whom The Bell Tolls Metallica 41 #3
92 Loser Beck 125 #2
93 Angel Aerosmith 55 #83
94 All My Life Foo Fighters 80 #2
95 Closer Nine Inch Nails 109 #1
96 Otherside Red Hot Chili Peppers 91 #1
97 The Kids Aren't Alright The Offspring 60 #3
98 No More Tears Ozzy Osbourne 60 #37
99 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
100 Running Down a Dream Tom Petty 108 #8
101 Last Resort Papa Roach 61 #1
102 My Own Worst Enemy Lit 64 #1
103 I Still Haven't Found U2 8 #15
104 Turn The Page Metallica 52 #9
105 American Idiot Green Day 86 #1
106 Dreams Van Halen 63 #45
107 Island in the Sun Weezer 60 #4
108 Them Bones Alice In Chains 40 #39
109 Lightning Crashes Live 110 #1
110 Dr Feelgood Motley Cure 1 #110
111 About A Girl Nirvana 75 #7
112 Somewhere I Belong Linkin Park 42 #1
113 Better Man Pearl Jam 148 #2
114 It's My Life Bon Jovi 18 #31
115 Freak on a Leash Korn 80 #2
116 Mr. Brownstone Guns N Roses 47 #29
117 I Miss You blink-182 50 #8
118 The Boys of Summer Don Henley 97 #7
119 Glycerine Bush 118 #1
120 Crazy Aerosmith 40 #103
121 Best of You Foo Fighters 75 #1
122 18 & Life Skid Row 56 #47
123 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
124 Fade to Black Metallica 50 #14
125 Vasoline Stp 2 #125
126 When It's Love Van Halen 50 #65
127 Purple Rain Prince 71 #1
128 Disarm The Smashing Pumpkins 125 #3
129 Brass Monkey Beastie Boys 48 #2
130 Mary Jane's Last Dance Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 102 #20
131 Schism Tool 92 #1
132 Santa Monica Everclear 90 #3
133 Outshined Soundgarden 52 #12
134 Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day 44 #2
135 Animal Def Leppard 75 #41
136 You're Gonna Go Far, Kid The Offspring 44 #1
137 Down in a Hole Alice In Chains 38 #35
138 Drive Incubus 66 #1
139 Bring Me to Life Evanescence 57 #1
140 She Talks to Angels Black Crowes 76 #73
141 Down With the Sickness Disturbed 58 #3
142 Voodoo Godsmack 36 #10
143 Shine Collective Soul 85 #24
144 Run to You Bryan Adams 55 #107
145 Dragula Rob Zombie 51 #15
146 All Apologies Nirvana 145 #2
147 Glory Days Bruce Springsteen 65 #51
148 The Unforgiven Metallica 96 #5
149 What I've Done Linkin Park 39 #1
150 Small Town John Mellencamp 62 #12
151 Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam 117 #2
152 Runaway Bon Jovi 61 #48
153 Outside Staind 36 #1
154 Close My Eyes Forever Ozzy Osbourne 5 #154
155 I Alone Live 97 #4
156 Same Ol' Situation Motley Crue 21 #156
157 Beverly Hills Weezer 56 #4
158 Nothin But a Good Time Poison 61 #41
159 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
160 Cryin' Aerosmith 61 #59
161 Far Behind Candlebox 58 #7
162 Learn to Fly Foo Fighters 108 #6
163 Sex Type Thing Stp 1 #163
164 Black & Blue Van Halen 7 #164
165 Wrong Way Sublime 75 #1
166 Cult of Personality Living Colour 89 #42
167 You Wreck Me Tom Petty 58 #163
168 With or Without You U2 213 #3
169 When I Come Around Green Day 119 #2
170 Kryptonite 3 Doors Down 80 #1
171 Guerilla Radio Rage Against the Machine 34 #7
172 The Middle Jimmy Eat World 76 #1
173 Patience Guns N Roses 81 #22
174 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz 93 #6
175 Aerials System of a Down 47 #1
176 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 173 #1
177 Take Me Home Tonight Eddie Money 53 #30
178 The Man Who Sold the World Nirvana 81 #4
179 Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers 81 #9
180 Sad But True Metallica 52 #16
181 Cherub Rock The Smashing Pumpkins 77 #8
182 I Stay Away Alice In Chains 47 #22
183 Breaking the Habit Linkin Park 36 #4
184 Livin' On The Edge Aerosmith 69 #123
185 Gone Away The Offspring 60 #3
186 Last Kiss Pearl Jam 60 #3
187 I'll Wait Van Halen 80 #78
188 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 93 #1
189 Shot in the Dark Ozzy Osbourne 67 #53
190 Fell On Black Days Soundgarden 104 #11
191 Love Bites Def Leppard 70 #39
192 I Stand Alone Godsmack 25 #1
193 Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers 57 #6
194 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 74 #11
195 Hash Pipe Weezer 66 #2
196 Wild Side Motley Crue 25 #175
197 Inside Out Eve 6 65 #2
198 Learning To Fly Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 73 #54
199 Blurry Puddle of Mudd 57 #1
200 Use Somebody Kings of Leon 64 #1
201 Wherever I May Roam Metallica 48 #15
202 Sister Christian Night Ranger 58 #21
203 Holiday Green Day 74 #2
204 Hunger Strike Temple of the Dog 104 #7
205 I'll Be There for You Bon Jovi 15 #150
206 Trippin on a Hole Stp 1 #206
207 What It Takes Aerosmith 67 #107
208 Rape Me Nirvana 49 #18
209 Love Walks In Van Halen 19 #163
210 Comedown Bush 95 #2
211 Heaven Beside You Alice In Chains 56 #39
212 I Remember You Skid Row 44 #86
213 What's My Age Again? blink-182 73 #1
214 Falling Away From Me Korn 50 #8
215 One Step Closer Linkin Park 63 #1
216 Daughter Pearl Jam 132 #1
217 Hemorrhage (In My Hands) Fuel 47 #4
218 When Doves Cry Prince 30 #12
219 Beautiful Day U2 124 #1
220 Father of Mine Everclear 56 #11
221 Rockin' In The Free World Neil Young 121 #8
222 Zero The Smashing Pumpkins 49 #3
223 You Could Be Mine Guns N Roses 36 #78
224 What It's Like Everlast 81 #2
225 Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Metallica 21 #5
226 Times Like These Foo Fighters 65 #3
227 Don't Come Round Here No More Tom Petty 32 #44
228 Day I Tried to Live Soundgarden 1 #228
229 I Wish You Were Here Incubus 59 #5
230 Awake Godsmack 34 #13
231 Remedy Black Crowes 27 #21
232 December Collective Soul 55 #3
233 Talk Dirty to Me Poison 31 #106
234 More Human Than Human White Zombie 58 #9
235 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 102 #2
236 I'm on Fire Bruce Springsteen 33 #77
237 Welcome to Paradise Green Day 74 #6
238 I Can't Drive 55 Sammy Hagar 77 #87
239 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 55 #1
240 R.O.C.K. In The USA John Mellencamp 27 #121
241 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 71 #3
242 So Far Away Staind 36 #6
243 Aenema Tool 24 #38
244 All Over You Live 63 #9
245 Time After Time Ozzy Osbourne 18 #148
246 Paul Revere Beastie Boys 24 #30
247 Shout At the Devil Motley Cure 1 #247
248 Doin' Time Sublime 45 #1
249 Rock of Ages Def Leppard 87 #33
250 Animal Pearl Jam 27 #18
251 Cuts Like A Knife Bryan Adams 37 #195
252 Sleep Now in the Fire Rage Against the Machine 41 #3
253 Amazing Aerosmith 4 #253
254 Pennyroyal Tea Nirvana 18 #80
255 Dirty Laundry Don Henley 61 #85
256 Dead and Boated Stp 1 #256
257 Bad Medicine Bon Jovi 52 #49
258 No Excuses Alice In Chains 72 #3
259 Is This Love Whitesnake 35 #156
260 Higher Creed 47 #6
261 King Nothing Metallica 26 #2
262 Bleed It Out Linkin Park 31 #5
263 Here Without You 3 Doors Down 12 #5
264 Chop Suey System of a Down 86 #1
265 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
266 I Wanna Rock Twisted Sister 39 #80
267 She Hates Me Puddle of Mudd 31 #11
268 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
269 Don't Cry Guns N Roses 34 #62
270 Suck My Kiss Red Hot Chili Peppers 46 #30
271 Learning to Fly Pink Floyd 80 #63
272 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins 98 #4
273 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 168 #1
274 Polly Nirvana 50 #5
275 Summer Nights Van Halen 19 #44
276 Elderly Woman Pearl Jam 2 #276
277 Big Me Foo Fighters 48 #14
278 Into The Great Wide Open Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 46 #71
279 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden 55 #4
280 Youth of the Nation P.O.D. 39 #1
281 Whatever Godsmack 35 #12
282 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 115 #3
283 Until It Sleeps Metallica 45 #17
284 Longview Green Day 113 #1
285 Janie's Got a Gun Aerosmith 79 #12
286 Why Don't You Get a Job? The Offspring 39 #8
287 Smokin in the Boys Room Motley Crue 53 #18
288 Africa Weezer 14 #4
289 Again Alice In Chains 16 #17
290 Unskinny Bop Poison 6 #177
291 Adam's Song blink-182 52 #1
292 Money Talks AC/DC 71 #20
293 Faint Linkin Park 45 #1
294 Wicked Garden Stp 1 #294
295 Best Of Both Worlds Van Halen 31 #157
296 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 72 #34
297 Lake of Fire Nirvana 39 #32
298 Civil War Guns N Roses 51 #25
299 Corduroy Pearl Jam 65 #5
300 Armageddon It Def Leppard 51 #41
301 Everything Zen Bush 77 #3
302 Never Say Goodbye Bon Jovi 5 #253
303 Epic Faith No More 109 #6
304 Round and Round Ratt 66 #47
305 Seek and Destroy Metallica 29 #12
306 Landslide The Smashing Pumpkins 40 #15
307 Got the Life Korn 51 #1
308 Badfish Sublime 38 #4
309 Rusty Cage Soundgarden 28 #36
310 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 63 #1
311 Stupify Disturbed 32 #1
312 How You Remind Me Nickelback 53 #2
313 Drain You Nirvana 25 #16
314 Love in an Elevator Aerosmith 79 #30
315 Don't Follow Alice In Chains 24 #315
316 Pound Cake Van Halen 12 #314
317 World I Know Collective Soul 4 #253
318 No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age 110 #1
319 Looks That Kill Motley Crue 30 #19
320 I Will Buy You a New Life Everclear 54 #4
321 One U2 172 #1
322 Possum Kingdom Toadies 69 #4
323 My Hometown Bruce Springsteen 8 #323
324 Papercut Linkin Park 13 #2
325 Who Made Who AC/DC 44 #22
326 Around the World Red Hot Chili Peppers 60 #10
327 Lonely Ol' Night John Mellencamp 17 #270
328 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 92 #2
329 Live And Let Die Guns N Roses 47 #14
330 Right Here Staind 19 #1
331 Youth Gone Wild Skid Row 17 #147
332 Testify Rage Against the Machine 51 #11
333 Gotta Get Away The Offspring 63 #18
334 Selling The Drama Live 54 #1
335 Walk Foo Fighters 54 #1
336 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
337 My Name Is Jonas Weezer 21 #24
338 Perry Mason Ozzy Osbourne 9 #19
339 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
340 Foolin Def Leppard 86 #14
341 Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Nirvana 19 #30
342 All She Wants to Do is Dance Don Henley 18 #136
343 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 45 #12
344 Whiskey in the Jar Metallica 11 #37
345 Big Empty Stp 2 #268
346 Girls Beastie Boys 40 #6
347 Lay Your Hands on Me Bon Jovi 6 #283
348 46&2 Tool 4 #348
349 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 95 #2
350 Keep Away Godsmack 26 #8
351 Hurt Nine Inch Nails 74 #2
352 Pretty Noose Soundgarden 28 #6
353 On the Turning Away Pink Floyd 38 #97
354 I Hate Everything About You Three Days Grace 44 #3
355 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 112 #1
356 No Rain Blind Melon 109 #2
357 Toxicity System of a Down 64 #1
358 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
359 Control Puddle of Mudd 33 #3
360 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 100 #3
361 Mother Danzig 29 #62
362 Thunder Kiss '65 White Zombie 34 #46
363 Used to Love Her Guns N Roses 14 #76
364 Low Cracker 88 #9
365 The Other Side Aerosmith 50 #116
366 Send the Pain Below Chevelle 34 #3
367 Still of the Night Whitesnake 33 #53
368 Dumb Nirvana 73 #17
369 Don't Go Away Mad Just Go Away Motley Crue 3 #293
370 Amber 311 49 #2
371 The Unforgiven Metallica 96 #5
372 New Divide Linkin Park 31 #4
373 Dissident Pearl Jam 48 #21
374 Invisible Touch Genesis 19 #71
375 Alive P.O.D. 39 #4
376 Mysterious Ways U2 135 #1
377 She Green Day 51 #12
378 Too Late For Love Def Leppard 49 #90
379 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 75 #1
380 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 70 #1
381 This Is A Call Foo Fighters 55 #10
382 Fire Woman The Cult 75 #6
383 The Rock Show blink-182 41 #2
384 Finish What Ya Started Van Halen 53 #151
385 Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden 34 #34
386 Bad Habit The Offspring 10 #21
387 Aint no Rest for the Wicked Cage The Elephant 65 #1
388 Crackerman Stp 1 #388
389 Too Young to Fall in Love Motley Crue 14 #213
390 Little Things Bush 55 #16
391 Wind Of Change Scorpions 50 #112
392 Fat Lip Sum 41 50 #3
393 Gel Collective Soul 13 #59
394 My Friends Red Hot Chili Peppers 42 #6
395 Nighttrain Guns N Roses 21 #169
396 I Disappear Metallica 30 #3
397 Smoke Two Joints Sublime 19 #73
398 Why Go Pearl Jam 18 #44
399 Your Love The Outfield 46 #68
400 Bodies Drowning Pool 25 #6

About this countdown

99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) was broadcast by 99.1 PLR (New Haven, CT) in May 2024. 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 Classic Rock rankings.

Source: 99.1 PLR, "99.1 PLR DiStefano Brothers Concrete Coatings Top 400 of the Last 40 Years List".

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