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Year-end countdown · WTMD · December 2010

WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2010

The year-end countdown (December 2010) from WTMD in Baltimore, MD ranks 89 songs, with “Tighten Up” by The Black Keys at number one. The list features 71 different artists; The Arcade Fire has the most entries with five songs.

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Fan transcription, posted 2010-12-17. Printed as "Title by Artist". Corrected: "by the The Black Keys" (1), "Dilly of Band Of Horses" (36), LCD Sound System (54), "Scissor Runner Jenny and Johnny" (63, no "by"), The Decembrists (68), "Elton John & Leon Russell II" (73).

# Song ListsBest
1 Tighten Up The Black Keys 82 #1
2 Fuck You Cee-Lo Green 18 #2
3 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons 82 #1
4 Paris (Oh La La) Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 10 #4
5 Moneygrabber Fitz and the Tantrums 37 #3
6 Zorbing Stornoway 2 #6
7 Laredo Band of Horses 36 #7
8 Slippin Quadron 1 #8
9 Beg, Steal & Borrow Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs 1 #9
10 Rill Rill Sleigh Bells 7 #3
11 Ready to Start The Arcade Fire 54 #3
12 Rolling in the Deep Adele 52 #1
13 Witchcraft Matt Costa 3 #13
14 Bloodbuzz Ohio The National 47 #2
15 Empire Jukebox the Ghost 2 #15
16 Father's Son Fistful of Mercy 4 #16
17 Mystery Zone Spoon 6 #17
18 From Above Ben Folds 7 #10
19 How I Wonder Victoria Vox 1 #19
20 Breakin the Chains of Love Fitz and the Tantrums 1 #20
21 Giving Up The Gun Vampire Weekend 28 #15
22 The High Road Broken Bells 57 #1
23 Shadow People Dr. Dog 18 #3
24 Zebra Beach House 9 #7
25 Airplanes Local Natives 9 #14
26 Don't Break The Needle J. Roddy Walston and the Business 4 #6
27 Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) The Arcade Fire 14 #8
28 Sweetest Thing JJ Grey & Mofro 1 #28
29 Radioactive Kings of Leon 53 #2
30 Haul Me Up Richard Thompson 1 #30
31 She Needs Me Fyfe Dangerfield 2 #31
32 Head Full of Doubt Avett Brothers 2 #13
33 Blue Streak Mama Frazey Ford 1 #33
34 We Used to Wait The Arcade Fire 24 #7
35 Tightrope Janelle Monae 13 #10
36 Dilly Band of Horses 3 #36
37 Boyfriend Best Coast 12 #18
38 Crash Years The New Pornographers 9 #23
39 Always Junip 5 #39
40 Modern Man The Arcade Fire 15 #28
41 Hannah Freelance Whales 6 #15
42 Wake Up Everybody John Legend & The Roots 3 #42
43 Total Life Forever Foals 4 #43
44 Do You Love Me Guster 16 #8
45 The Suburbs The Arcade Fire 29 #1
46 In Sleep Lissie 11 #13
47 Hey Hey Hey Michael Franti & Spearhead 8 #5
48 Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap 49 #2
49 Cousins Vampire Weekend 40 #5
50 Compared to What John Legend & The Roots 4 #24
51 The Ghost Inside Broken Bells 22 #10
52 When My Time Comes Dawes 24 #9
53 Colors April Smith 1 #53
54 Dance Yrself Clean LCD Soundsystem 19 #3
55 Angel Dance Robert Plant 16 #11
56 Hit 'Em Up Style Carolina Chocolate Drops 9 #51
57 Everlasting Light The Black Keys 6 #32
58 I Can Change LCD Soundsystem 17 #11
59 My Time Minus the Bear 9 #17
60 For the Summer Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs 8 #13
61 Let Him Go The Meckatones 1 #61
62 Norway Beach House 11 #8
63 Scissor Runner Jenny & Johnny 4 #32
64 Amazing One Eskimo 8 #30
65 In the Sun She & Him 7 #5
66 One Day Sharon Van Etten 2 #66
67 Boy Ra Ra Riot 7 #48
68 Down By The Water The Decemberists 36 #8
69 Weekenders Hold Steady 2 #43
70 Ambling Alp Yeasayer 11 #4
71 What's In it for? Avi Buffalo 2 #71
72 Howlin' for You The Black Keys 58 #1
73 If It Wasn't For Bad Elton John & Leon Russell 6 #20
74 Madder Red Yeasayer 2 #74
75 On Melancholy Hill Gorillaz 20 #18
76 Burn It Down Los Lobos 5 #24
77 Half A Mind Jason Spooner 3 #55
78 Brave Man's Death J. Roddy Walston and the Business 1 #78
79 Written In Reverse Spoon 23 #18
80 Next Girl The Black Keys 14 #7
81 American Slang The Gaslight Anthem 10 #39
82 On the Road to Charlie Parker Anders Osborne 1 #82
83 One Day Kings Go Forth 2 #38
84 I Believe in You Black Dub 4 #25
85 You Wouldn't Have to Ask Bad Books 1 #85
86 Bad Things Jace Everett 1 #86
87 WTF OK Go 5 #61
88 Conversation Missed Benny Marchant 1 #88
89 Hollywood Codeine Velvet Club 1 #89

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About this countdown

WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2010 was broadcast by WTMD (Baltimore, MD) in December 2010. 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), "First Countdown of 2010 -- WTMD".

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