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Year-end countdown · ALT 104.5 · 2009

Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009

The year-end countdown (2009) from ALT 104.5 in Philadelphia, PA ranks 51 songs, with “Dirt Room” by Blue October at number one. The list features 35 different artists; Pearl Jam has the most entries with three songs.

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The station says the list was 'decided by all of you that sent in your Radio104.5 Obligatory Year End Survey'. Printed counting down from 50; the half-step slot is printed last as '.5 The Fray - "Heartless" (Honorable Mention)' and is recorded as 50.5 in that position. Corrected 'll Go Crazy' (46). The same list was posted on radiodiscussions.com (4 Jan 2010) and, in reverse order, on the We Want Airwaves fan blog.

# Song ListsBest
50 Dirt Room Blue October 18 #3
49 Life in Technicolor Coldplay 15 #6
48 Wrong Depeche Mode 28 #5
47 Propane Nightmares Pendulum 11 #13
46 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight U2 13 #7
45 Wishing Well The Airborne Toxic Event 8 #19
44 Brother Pearl Jam 19 #36
43 Brick By Boring Brick Paramore 21 #4
42 Medicate AFI 23 #10
41 Resistance Muse 39 #1
40 FireFlies Owl City 18 #1
39 Kings & Queens 30 Seconds to Mars 41 #9
38 Don't Believe a Word Third Eye Blind 4 #35
37 You Found Me The Fray 9 #3
36 Substitution Silversun Pickups 26 #18
35 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon 82 #1
34 The Greatest Man That Ever Lived Weezer 3 #34
33 Zero Yeah Yeah Yeahs 28 #10
32 Ignorance Paramore 26 #10
31 Time To Pretend MGMT 51 #1
30 Again Flyleaf 23 #3
29 Meet Me On The Equinox Death Cab for Cutie 35 #13
28 Spaceman The Killers 25 #9
27 Bonfire Third Eye Blind 8 #27
26 New Divide Linkin Park 31 #4
25 Check My Brain Alice In Chains 29 #10
24 Funny the Way It Is Dave Matthews Band 19 #4
23 Back Against the Wall Cage The Elephant 45 #2
22 21 Guns Green Day 34 #3
21 Savior Rise Against 41 #1
20 Grapevine Fires Death Cab for Cutie 10 #10
19 New Fang Them Crooked Vultures 26 #19
18 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 62 #2
17 Audience Of One Rise Against 29 #3
16 Wheels Foo Fighters 38 #6
15 Notion Kings of Leon 28 #7
14 No You Girls Franz Ferdinand 26 #4
13 The Fixer Pearl Jam 47 #2
12 Oscar Wilde Company of Thieves 6 #2
11 1901 Phoenix 86 #1
10 Feel Good Drag Anberlin 34 #1
9 Aint no Rest for the Wicked Cage The Elephant 65 #1
8 Decode Paramore 25 #3
7 Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event 53 #1
6 Panic Switch Silversun Pickups 59 #1
5 Kids MGMT 66 #1
4 (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To Weezer 49 #4
3 Daylight Matt And Kim 19 #1
2 Uprising Muse 81 #1
1 Use Somebody Kings of Leon 64 #1
50.5 Heartless The Fray 5 #42

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About this countdown

Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009 was voted by ALT 104.5’s listeners (Philadelphia, PA) in 2009. 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: Radio 104.5, "2009 Obligatory Year End Awards: The Top 50.5 Songs of 2009" (Wayback copy).

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