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WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007

The year-end countdown (2007) from WXPN in Philadelphia, PA ranks 100 songs, with “Impossible Germany” by Wilco at number one. The list features 63 different artists; Feist has the most entries with four songs.

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WXPN's year-end Top 100 Songs list from the station's Year in Review 2007 section. Transcribed from the station's page as archived by the Wayback Machine on November 16, 2011; the page does not say how the list was compiled or when it aired. Artist capitalization matched to the usual spelling (Flight of The Conchords -> Flight of the Conchords; Band Of Horses -> Band of Horses).

# Song ListsBest
1 Impossible Germany Wilco 29 #1
2 1234 Feist 22 #2
3 Rehab Amy Winehouse 40 #3
4 Young Folks Peter Bjorn & John 37 #4
5 Radio Nowhere Bruce Springsteen 10 #5
6 The Story Brandi Carlile 25 #1
7 Dashboard Modest Mouse 46 #2
8 Two Ryan Adams 5 #8
9 The Underdog Spoon 38 #3
10 Four Winds Bright Eyes 7 #10
11 Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 13 #11
12 Ah Mary Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 8 #12
13 Keep the Car Running The Arcade Fire 30 #13
14 Girls In Their Summer Clothes Bruce Springsteen 9 #14
15 Icky Thump The White Stripes 54 #1
16 North American Scum LCD Soundsystem 12 #9
17 No Cars Go The Arcade Fire 16 #7
18 You're a Wolf Sea Wolf 9 #18
19 Back in Your Head Tegan and Sara 16 #15
20 Boy With A Coin Iron and Wine 15 #20
21 Right Moves Josh Ritter 4 #21
22 Daughter Loudon Wainwright Iii 6 #22
23 Heavenly Day Patty Griffin 14 #23
24 Falling Slowly Glen Hansard 20 #16
25 Ruby Kaiser Chiefs 29 #2
26 No Bad News Patty Griffin 7 #26
27 Silver Lining Rilo Kiley 17 #27
28 My Rights Versus Yours The New Pornographers 1 #28
29 Hang Me Up to Dry Cold War Kids 29 #2
30 What Light Wilco 7 #30
31 Hard Sun Eddie Vedder 34 #8
32 Australia The Shins 24 #8
33 City Of Immigrants Steve Earle 5 #33
34 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Radiohead 13 #29
35 The Golden State John Doe 8 #35
36 I Feel It All Feist 14 #10
37 On Call Kings of Leon 16 #3
38 Don't You Evah Spoon 24 #27
39 You Know that I'm No Good Amy Winehouse 1 #39
40 Timebomb Beck 6 #6
41 Phantom Limb The Shins 39 #3
42 Knock 'Em Out Lily Allen 1 #42
43 Traffic And Weather Fountains of Wayne 2 #43
44 The Car Song The Cat Empire 6 #25
45 The Temptation of Adam Josh Ritter 2 #45
46 Someone to Love Fountains of Wayne 7 #43
47 Business Time Flight of the Conchords 5 #19
48 Missed the Boat Modest Mouse 28 #4
49 Please Read The Letter Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 9 #38
50 Whistle for the Choir The Fratellis 3 #50
51 Mistaken for Strangers The National 13 #44
52 Imitosis Andrew Bird 5 #52
53 You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb Spoon 17 #36
54 Sealion Feist 2 #54
55 Worst Trip Dr. Dog 2 #55
56 The Way I Am Ingrid Michaelson 9 #5
57 Fake Empire The National 24 #34
58 LDN Lily Allen 6 #8
59 My Moon My Man Feist 6 #33
60 15 Step Radiohead 3 #53
61 Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis 17 #4
62 Ordinary People Neil Young 1 #62
63 Valerie Mark Ronson 16 #20
64 Killing Him Amy Lavere 1 #64
65 Intervention The Arcade Fire 6 #40
66 Hold On KT Tunstall 3 #66
67 Winter Windows Sea Wolf 3 #67
68 Better Than John Butler Trio 5 #4
69 We Used to Vacation Cold War Kids 6 #28
70 The Moneymaker Rilo Kiley 5 #66
71 Don't You Wish It Were True John Fogerty 1 #71
72 You're the World to Me David Gray 6 #72
73 Smile Lily Allen 14 #15
74 Turpentine Brandi Carlile 7 #74
75 Sly The Cat Empire 5 #38
76 New Shoes Paolo Nutini 11 #50
77 Is There a Ghost Band of Horses 18 #41
78 To The Dogs Or Whoever Josh Ritter 3 #78
79 Going To A Town Rufus Wainwright 4 #79
80 Careful What You Wish For Jonatha Brooke 1 #80
81 Walken Wilco 3 #61
82 Reckoner Radiohead 18 #40
83 Are You Alright? Lucinda Williams 8 #83
84 Livin' In the Future Bruce Springsteen 2 #49
85 Black Mirror The Arcade Fire 7 #64
86 Thou Shalt Always Kill Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip 2 #86
87 All My Friends LCD Soundsystem 21 #10
88 Frank And Ava Suzanne Vega 4 #88
89 Minds Eye Josh Ritter 1 #89
90 100 Day, 100 Nights Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings 14 #29
91 Punish the Monkey Mark Knopfler 1 #91
92 Freckle Song Chuck Prophet 1 #92
93 You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told) The White Stripes 18 #22
94 Fortune Teller Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 3 #94
95 All I Need Radiohead 7 #38
96 Alone Again Illinois 1 #96
97 Stop The Bus Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 3 #97
98 Earth Intruders Björk 6 #31
99 One Crowded Hour Augie March 8 #1
100 Lake Michigan Rogue Wave 8 #66

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WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 was broadcast by WXPN (Philadelphia, PA) in 2007. 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: WXPN, "Year in Review (2007): Top 100 Songs" (Wayback Machine capture).

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