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WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2009

The year-end countdown (2009) from WRSI 93.9 The River in Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA ranks 93 songs, with “Home” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at number one. The list features 81 different artists; Wilco has the most entries with four songs.

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Fan transcription. The blogger says WRSI polled its listeners to compile the list. Obvious misspellings corrected (e.g. #2 "I and I Love You", Avett Brothers, Eilen Jewell, Brandi Carlile, Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson, Rosanne Cash, Paolo Nutini, Brett Dennen & Femi Kuti, Willie Nelson, Steve Earle, Madeleine Peyroux).

# Song ListsBest
1 Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 57 #1
2 I and Love and You Avett Brothers 37 #1
3 My Uncle Sweetback Sisters 1 #3
4 Obama Song Michael Franti & Spearhead 1 #4
5 The Tornado Loves You Neko Case 21 #5
6 You are the best thing Ray LaMontagne 22 #6
7 Santa Cruz Erin Mckeown 4 #7
8 Run Chicken Run The Felice Brothers 1 #8
9 Mykonos Fleet Foxes 23 #9
10 Horchata Vampire Weekend 21 #9
11 People Got A Lotta Nerve Neko Case 13 #8
12 And It Spread Avett Brothers 1 #12
13 Folding Chair Regina Spektor 1 #13
14 Magnificent U2 19 #2
15 Dreams Brandi Carlile 16 #15
16 I Love You, But Goodbye Langhorne Slim 2 #16
17 Rain Roll In Eilen Jewell 1 #17
18 You and I Wilco 14 #8
19 Gasoline and Matches Buddy and Julie Miller 1 #19
20 Sugarfoot Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears 13 #18
21 Relator Pete Yorn 10 #18
22 Backwards Down The Number Line Phish 15 #12
23 Two Weeks Grizzly Bear 26 #5
24 Low Rising The Swell Season 5 #24
25 Cozy Razor's Edge Heather Maloney 1 #25
26 509 Academy Frieghtshakers 1 #26
27 The Hazards of Love The Decemberists 3 #27
28 Telephone Road National Convention 1 #28
29 100 Day, 100 Nights Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings 14 #29
30 French Navy Camera Obscura 12 #24
31 To Ohio Low Anthem 3 #21
32 100 Yard Dash Raphael Saadiq 9 #20
33 Ruby David Rawlings 1 #33
34 Godspeed Jenny Lewis 1 #34
35 I'm Amazed My Morning Jacket 21 #8
36 You Never Know Wilco 16 #1
37 Vacationland David Hales and the Frost Heaves 1 #37
38 The Great Defector Bell X 1 16 #3
39 Surprise, Surprise Chris Smither 1 #39
40 Shakin All Over Eilen Jewell 1 #40
41 The Right Place Monsters Of Folk 2 #41
42 She's Got You Rosanne Cash 1 #42
43 The Trouble I'm In Unit 7 1 #43
44 Magdelena Willie Nile 1 #44
45 Fugitive David Gray 13 #3
46 These Roads Don't Move Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard 3 #46
47 Rave On M. Ward 1 #47
48 Old Enough The Raconteurs 5 #13
49 I'll Fight Wilco 4 #29
50 Shake It Out Karl Denson's Tiny Universe 4 #49
51 Chasing Pirates Norah Jones 15 #9
52 Complicated Shadows Elvis Costello 5 #52
53 I Wish I Knew How It Would Be to Be Free Levon Helm 1 #53
54 Say Please Monsters Of Folk 12 #4
55 Candy Paolo Nutini 8 #55
56 Cry Slaid Cleaves 1 #56
57 Make You Crazy Brett Dennen & Femi Kuti 1 #57
58 First Train Home Imogen Heap 10 #40
59 Love Vigilantes Iron and Wine 8 #13
60 Superman Willie Nelson 1 #60
61 War Diary Oweihops 1 #61
62 Always A Friend Alejandro Escovedo 10 #62
63 Nikorette Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band 2 #51
64 Valentino Diane Birch 1 #64
65 Radio Song The Felice Brothers 1 #65
66 Roots of the Industry Hoots And Hellmouth 2 #66
67 Natural Forces Lyle Lovett 2 #67
68 Love's A Mystery The Pretenders 6 #63
69 Sin Eater Ray Mason 1 #69
70 Written In Reverse Spoon 23 #18
71 Never Let You Go Taj Mahal 1 #71
72 Bitter Heart Zee Avi 3 #29
73 Right As Rain Adele 12 #3
74 Forgetful Heart Bob Dylan 1 #74
75 Cheater's Town Chris Isaak 1 #75
76 Top of the Bottom John Wesley Harding 2 #76
77 Never Had Nobody Like You M. Ward 10 #23
78 Pale Horses Moby 6 #14
79 Never Forget You The Noisettes 6 #37
80 Down to the Wire Son Volt 3 #41
81 Got Nuffin' Spoon 12 #6
82 Lungs Steve Earle 1 #82
83 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Hot Chip 2 #83
84 What Are You Like? The Indigo Girls 5 #27
85 Hello Again Raul Malo 4 #67
86 Wilco (The Song) Wilco 6 #9
87 Fitz and the Dizzy Spells Andrew Bird 14 #28
88 Beyond Here Lies Nothin' Bob Dylan 7 #47
89 Working On A Dream Bruce Springsteen 9 #16
90 Cookie Jar Chris Collingwood 1 #90
91 Johnny Got A Boom Boom Imelda May 1 #91
92 Instead Madeleine Peyroux 1 #92
93 Wait For Me Moby 3 #57

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About this countdown

WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2009 was voted by WRSI 93.9 The River’s listeners (Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA) 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 Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: We Want Airwaves (fan blog), "WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2009".

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