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X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005

The year-end countdown (2005) from X96 in Salt Lake City, UT ranks 50 songs, with “The Hand That Feeds” by Nine Inch Nails at number one. The list features 38 different artists; Weezer has the most entries with three songs.

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Transcribed from the Wayback copy of the station blog post ('Here is our big countdown list for 2005'); it does not say how the list was compiled. Corrected 'The Hands That Feeds', 'Greenday', 'Why Do Love Me?' and 'Him' (HIM).

# Song ListsBest
1 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails 54 #1
2 E-Pro Beck 41 #2
3 An Honest Mistake The Bravery 34 #3
4 Swing Life Away Rise Against 20 #4
5 Sugar, We're Goin' Down Fall Out Boy 43 #4
6 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 80 #1
7 Beverly Hills Weezer 56 #4
8 Best of You Foo Fighters 75 #1
9 Holiday Green Day 74 #2
10 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
11 Smile Like You Mean It The Killers 29 #10
12 Only Nine Inch Nails 44 #5
13 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave 31 #4
14 All These Things That I've Done The Killers 50 #2
15 Precious Depeche Mode 35 #3
16 B.Y.O.B. System of a Down 33 #1
17 Girl Beck 36 #17
18 Attack 30 Seconds to Mars 8 #18
19 All That I've Got The Used 9 #19
20 Happens All the Time Cold 3 #20
21 Soul Meets Body Death Cab for Cutie 64 #2
22 Be Yourself Audioslave 32 #4
23 Scars Papa Roach 29 #10
24 The Clincher Chevelle 9 #15
25 Don't Tread on Me 311 27 #18
26 DOA Foo Fighters 43 #9
27 Work Jimmy Eat World 28 #6
28 We Are All on Drugs Weezer 21 #28
29 Nth Degree Morningwood 20 #8
30 Can't Repeat The Offspring 10 #30
31 Little Sister Queens of the Stone Age 35 #2
32 Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand 34 #10
33 Blue Orchid The White Stripes 35 #5
34 We Don't Care Anymore Story of the Year 5 #34
35 Under Pressure The Used 1 #35
36 Stricken Disturbed 17 #3
37 Speed of Sound Coldplay 45 #2
38 Wings of a Butterfly HIM 11 #16
39 Begin Ben Lee 2 #39
40 Why Do You Love Me Garbage 24 #26
41 Ohio is for Lovers Hawthorne Heights 8 #41
42 Passive A Perfect Circle 16 #41
43 Where Are You Our Lady Peace 12 #10
44 Dirty Little Secret The All-American Rejects 7 #35
45 Perfect Situation Weezer 36 #7
46 Right Here Staind 19 #1
47 Helena My Chemical Romance 32 #4
48 Hypnotize System of a Down 28 #10
49 Bleed Like Me Garbage 16 #42
50 My Doorbell The White Stripes 42 #7

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About this countdown

X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005 was broadcast by X96 (Salt Lake City, UT) in 2005. 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: X96, "Todd's Blog: X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005" (Wayback copy).

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