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WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009

The year-end countdown (2009) from WXPN in Philadelphia, PA ranks 100 songs, with “Home” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at number one. The list features 75 different artists; Wilco has the most entries with five songs.

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Fan transcription posted on the We Want Airwaves blog (March 2010). WXPN's year-end listener poll. Regina Spektor "Eet" appears at both #60 and #62 in the post; kept as printed. Obvious typos corrected (Heartberak, Sherrnkia, Decembrists, Gerdot, Carlisle, It'a, Knopler, Grey, Yo Lo Tengo, Barnhart, Peter Yorn, Jasy Farrar).

# Song ListsBest
1 Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 57 #1
2 I and Love and You Avett Brothers 37 #1
3 1901 Phoenix 86 #1
4 When I Go Away Levon Helm 13 #4
5 Two Weeks Grizzly Bear 26 #5
6 The Great Defector Bell X 1 16 #3
7 Kandi One Eskimo 21 #1
8 Lisztomania Phoenix 54 #1
9 Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.) Monsters Of Folk 2 #9
10 Sea Of Heartbreak Rosanne Cash 4 #10
11 You and I Wilco 14 #8
12 Backwards Down The Number Line Phish 15 #12
13 Meet Me On The Equinox Death Cab for Cutie 35 #13
14 Pale Horses Moby 6 #14
15 Say Please Monsters Of Folk 12 #4
16 Say Yes Langhorne Slim 2 #9
17 You Never Know Wilco 16 #1
18 Working On A Dream Bruce Springsteen 9 #16
19 Never Going Back To Memphis Shemekia Copeland 2 #19
20 Magnificent U2 19 #2
21 Why I Am Dave Matthews Band 13 #7
22 The Rake's Song The Decemberists 7 #7
23 The Reeling Passion Pit 15 #2
24 Little Secrets Passion Pit 18 #8
25 People Got A Lotta Nerve Neko Case 13 #8
26 Who Will Comfort Me Melody Gardot 3 #26
27 Just Breathe Pearl Jam 62 #2
28 Caroline Brandi Carlile 1 #28
29 Laughing With Regina Spektor 12 #29
30 Just Ain't Gonna Work Out Mayer Hawthorne 3 #30
31 It's All Good Bob Dylan 1 #31
32 The Fixer Pearl Jam 47 #2
33 Kick Drum Heart Avett Brothers 24 #7
34 Amongst The Waves Pearl Jam 17 #23
35 Animal Miike Snow 10 #32
36 Airstream Driver Gomez 13 #11
37 My Girls Animal Collective 18 #2
38 Never Had Nobody Like You M. Ward 10 #23
39 Sleepyhead Passion Pit 15 #12
40 Born Again Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons 5 #40
41 Down to the Wire Son Volt 3 #41
42 The Fear Lily Allen 17 #5
43 Cleaning My Gun Mark Knopfler 1 #43
44 Dreams Brandi Carlile 16 #15
45 Nothing to Worry About Peter Bjorn & John 8 #16
46 Maybe Ingrid Michaelson 11 #11
47 Bull Black Nova Wilco 1 #47
48 Low Rising The Swell Season 5 #24
49 The Mountain Heartless Bastards 3 #49
50 40 Day Dream Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 14 #10
51 French Navy Camera Obscura 12 #24
52 When the Suns Out James Murdock 1 #52
53 Gimme Sympathy Metric 13 #4
54 The Walls Are Coming Down Fanfarlo 1 #54
55 One Wing Wilco 4 #52
56 Summertime Clothes Animal Collective 11 #6
57 Wait For Me Moby 3 #57
58 Horchata Vampire Weekend 21 #9
59 Daniel Bat For Lashes 8 #41
60 Eet Regina Spektor 7 #14
61 Sugarfoot Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears 13 #18
62 Eet Regina Spektor 7 #14
63 Breathe U2 1 #63
64 Fugitive David Gray 13 #3
65 First Train Home Imogen Heap 10 #40
66 Hell Tegan and Sara 16 #38
67 Panic Switch Silversun Pickups 59 #1
68 Slow Burning Crimes East Hundred 1 #68
69 Second Chance John Lilley 1 #69
70 Periodically Double Or Triple Yo La Tengo 2 #45
71 Down In the Flood Derek Trucks Band 6 #34
72 Gunpowder Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears 2 #58
73 Geraldine Glasvegas 8 #51
74 The Ruminant Band Fruit Bats 5 #64
75 Empire State Of Mind Jay-Z 7 #61
76 The Tornado Loves You Neko Case 21 #5
77 Funny the Way It Is Dave Matthews Band 19 #4
78 Stillness Is The Move Dirty Projectors 5 #4
79 Wavin' Flag K'naan 9 #24
80 Wilco (The Song) Wilco 6 #9
81 Taller Children Elizabeth and the Catapult 3 #81
82 Beyond Here Lies Nothin' Bob Dylan 7 #47
83 Fitz and the Dizzy Spells Andrew Bird 14 #28
84 Baby Devendra Banhart 2 #60
85 When My Time Comes Dawes 24 #9
86 Got Nuffin' Spoon 12 #6
87 Roots of the Industry Hoots And Hellmouth 2 #66
88 Smoke Lucero 1 #88
89 Chasing Pirates Norah Jones 15 #9
90 It Don't Move Me Peter Bjorn & John 1 #90
91 Even If It Breaks Your Heart Will Hoge 5 #15
92 Last Summer Pete Yorn 2 #92
93 These Roads Don't Move Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard 3 #46
94 Laundry Room Avett Brothers 9 #85
95 Percussion Gun White Rabbits 9 #6
96 Little Bribes Death Cab for Cutie 9 #6
97 Santa Cruz Erin Mckeown 4 #7
98 My Last Mistake Dan Auerbach 3 #28
99 Buster Voodoo Rodrigo & Gabriela 6 #34
100 Mama's Eyes Justin Townes Earle 1 #100

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About this countdown

WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009 was voted by WXPN’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 Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: We Want Airwaves (fan blog), "WXPN Year in Review 2009".

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