Every song that charted in 1996

Combined ranking of all 362 songs from the alternative rock year-end countdowns of 1996. ← Top 100 of 1996

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Down 311	930	10	#1	2
2	Pepper Butthole Surfers	923	10	#1	1
3	Where It's At Beck	849	10	#2	–
4	Spiderwebs No Doubt	810	9	#3	–
5	What I Got Sublime	774	9	#1	1
6	Machinehead Bush	723	8	#1	1
7	Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins	716	10	#5	–
8	Zero The Smashing Pumpkins	697	9	#3	–
9	Stupid Girl Garbage	695	9	#4	–
10	Mother Mother Tracy Bonham	695	10	#11	–
11	Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Primitive Radio Gods	694	10	#8	–
12	Just A Girl No Doubt	685	8	#2	–
13	The Distance Cake	674	9	#1	1
14	Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine	661	9	#5	–
15	1979 The Smashing Pumpkins	659	8	#2	–
16	Here in Your Bedroom Goldfinger	635	10	#12	–
17	Burden in My Hand Soundgarden	599	8	#4	–
18	Santa Monica Everclear	595	7	#3	–
19	Tahitian Moon Porno for Pyros	589	8	#9	–
20	Guilty Gravity Kills	576	8	#5	–
21	Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots	575	6	#1	1
22	Only Happy When It Rains Garbage	570	10	#9	–
23	Novocaine for the Soul The Eels	551	8	#16	–
24	Big Bang Baby Stone Temple Pilots	543	8	#12	–
25	All Mixed Up 311	541	9	#15	–
26	Champagne Supernova Oasis	540	8	#11	–
27	Pretty Noose Soundgarden	538	7	#6	–
28	In The Meantime Spacehog	523	9	#7	–
29	Ironic Alanis Morissette	520	8	#20	–
30	Counting Blue Cars Dishwalla	480	8	#1	1
31	Scooby Snacks Fun Lovin' Criminals	477	9	#14	–
32	Swallowed Bush	473	9	#16	–
33	Aneurysm Nirvana	472	8	#12	–
34	Don't Speak No Doubt	468	8	#11	–
35	Stinkfist Tool	427	7	#2	–
36	Salvation The Cranberries	400	9	#22	–
37	Ready To Go Republica	397	9	#37	–
38	Angry Johnny Poe	391	8	#11	–
39	What Do I Have To Do? Stabbing Westward	387	6	#9	–
40	Popular Nada Surf	380	9	#46	–
41	Brain Stew Green Day	369	5	#18	–
42	Devil's Haircut Beck	350	9	#29	–
43	Wonderwall Oasis	331	6	#14	–
44	Shame Stabbing Westward	329	7	#30	–
45	You Learn Alanis Morissette	327	7	#7	–
46	I Was Wrong Social Distortion	327	7	#34	–
47	Heaven Beside You Alice In Chains	326	7	#39	–
48	Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis	325	7	#1	1
49	Muzzle The Smashing Pumpkins	323	6	#20	–
50	Glycerine Bush	321	5	#5	–
51	Hail Hail Pearl Jam	311	8	#32	–
52	Big Me Foo Fighters	306	5	#14	–
53	Whoever You Are Geggy Tah	301	8	#20	–
54	Ladykillers Lush	299	8	#21	–
55	Too Much Dave Matthews Band	291	6	#7	–
56	El Scorcho Weezer	286	6	#9	–
57	Aeroplane Red Hot Chili Peppers	271	6	#40	–
58	Photograph The Verve Pipe	269	7	#24	–
59	#1 Crush Garbage	268	7	#24	–
60	Firestarter The Prodigy	265	4	#13	–
61	Bound for the Floor Local H	265	5	#40	–
62	Who Will Save Your Soul Jewel	265	4	#23	–
63	Sucked Out Superdrag	250	7	#29	–
64	Cumbersome Seven Mary Three	247	5	#20	–
65	6th Avenue Heartache The Wallflowers	244	5	#18	–
66	I Got Id Pearl Jam	244	5	#23	–
67	Mint Car The Cure	229	6	#24	–
68	Natural One Folk Implosion	227	4	#33	–
69	The Beautiful People Marilyn Manson	219	5	#1	1
70	If I Could Talk I'd Tell You The Lemonheads	215	5	#23	–
71	The World I Know Collective Soul	212	5	#38	–
72	So Much To Say Dave Matthews Band	211	4	#13	–
73	Born Slippy (Nuxx) Underworld	211	3	#5	–
74	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Marilyn Manson	202	4	#15	–
75	Heartspark Dollar Sign Everclear	201	5	#11	–
76	Free To Decide The Cranberries	197	5	#35	–
77	The Box Orbital	196	5	#7	–
78	Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden	193	5	#34	–
79	Flood Jars of Clay	191	5	#36	–
80	Caught A Lite Sneeze Tori Amos	185	7	#41	–
81	All I Know Screaming Trees	180	5	#5	–
82	Naked Goo Goo Dolls	178	4	#41	–
83	If It Makes You Happy Sheryl Crow	173	5	#40	–
84	Who You Are Pearl Jam	171	5	#50	–
85	Bittersweet Me R.E.M.	170	6	#47	–
86	People of the Sun Rage Against the Machine	167	4	#25	–
87	Happy Now No Doubt	166	4	#29	–
88	Angels of the Silences Counting Crows	164	6	#55	–
89	Possum Kingdom Toadies	157	5	#51	–
90	Over Now Alice In Chains	157	3	#28	–
91	Lust For Life Iggy Pop	155	4	#49	–
92	E-Bow the Letter R.E.M.	152	6	#71	–
93	A Long December Counting Crows	149	3	#44	–
94	Banditos The Refreshments	148	3	#30	–
95	Spaceman Babylon Zoo	147	2	#16	–
96	Gold Dust Woman Hole	146	6	#47	–
97	Lady Picture Show Stone Temple Pilots	145	5	#36	–
98	All Wrong God Lives Underwater	144	2	#25	–
99	The Old Apartment Barenaked Ladies	143	2	#27	–
100	No Place to Hide Korn	140	3	#10	–
101	Tattva Kula Shaker	140	3	#9	–
102	Head Over Feet Alanis Morissette	136	2	#29	–
103	Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins	134	3	#50	–
104	Lovefool The Cardigans	133	3	#17	–
105	Inside Patti Rothberg	130	4	#52	–
106	King of New Orleans Better Than Ezra	129	4	#36	–
107	High and Dry Radiohead	129	3	#44	–
108	Naked Eye Luscious Jackson	127	4	#57	–
109	Sister The Nixons	124	2	#32	–
110	Again Alice In Chains	123	2	#17	–
111	Until It Sleeps Metallica	123	3	#35	–
112	Santeria Sublime	122	2	#5	–
113	You're Gorgeous Babybird	121	2	#8	–
114	Peaches The Presidents of the United States of America	109	3	#49	–
115	Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina) Sponge	108	5	#67	–
116	Warped Red Hot Chili Peppers	108	2	#8	–
117	A Design for Life Manic Street Preachers	108	2	#2	–
118	Oh Yeah Ash	105	2	#22	–
119	Buy Me A Pony Spiderbait	100	1	#1	1
120	Come Out 2 Nite Kenickie	100	1	#1	1
121	King of Spain Moxy Fruvous	99	1	#2	–
122	The First Big Weekend Arab Strap	98	1	#2	–
123	Underground Ben Folds Five	98	1	#3	–
124	States Of Mind Senser	98	1	#3	–
125	Setting Sun The Chemical Brothers	98	4	#26	–
126	Shoots And Ladders Korn	97	1	#4	–
127	Under Canvas Under Wraps The Delgados	96	1	#3	–
128	Pick You Up Powderfinger	95	1	#6	–
129	7 Words Deftones	95	1	#6	–
130	Punka Kenickie	94	1	#4	–
131	Breathe The Prodigy	94	1	#7	–
132	Ballad of the Skeletons Allen Ginsberg	93	1	#8	–
133	Trigger Happy Jack (Drive By A Go-Go) Poe	93	1	#8	–
134	Leaving Here Pearl Jam	91	2	#22	–
135	Cheetham Hill The Fall	90	1	#6	–
136	As Cool as I Am Dar Williams	87	1	#14	–
137	Patio Song Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	86	1	#8	–
138	Kong Foo Sing Regurgitator	86	1	#15	–
139	Lay Lady Lay Ministry	85	2	#43	–
140	Why? Sweeney	84	1	#9	–
141	DAF Powderfinger	83	1	#18	–
142	Girl About Town Helen Love	82	1	#10	–
143	Carnival The Cardigans	82	1	#19	–
144	Down in the Park Foo Fighters	81	2	#21	–
145	Dogs are the Best People Fauves	81	1	#20	–
146	The Day We Caught the Train Ocean Colour Scene	80	1	#3	–
147	Cybele's Reverie Stereolab	80	1	#11	–
148	S-E-X-X-Y They Might Be Giants	80	1	#21	–
149	But Anyway Blues Traveler	79	2	#44	–
150	Novicane For The Soul The Eels	79	1	#23	–
151	M&M's blink-182	79	1	#20	–
152	Engine No. 9 Deftones	79	1	#22	–
153	Brickbat Billy Bragg	78	1	#12	–
154	Uncle Walter Ben Folds Five	78	1	#23	–
155	To Get Where I am Regurgitator	78	1	#23	–
156	Away Toadies	78	1	#25	–
157	The Chiselers The Fall	76	1	#13	–
158	Greedy Fly Bush	76	2	#34	–
159	Mach 5 The Presidents of the United States of America	76	3	#50	–
160	Kandy Pop Bis	74	1	#14	–
161	Mable Goldfinger	74	2	#54	–
162	Bored Deftones	73	1	#28	–
163	Hero of the Day Metallica	73	3	#62	–
164	Goodnight Babybird	72	1	#15	–
165	Walking Contradiction Green Day	72	2	#58	–
166	Water in My Head Buck-O-Nine	71	1	#27	–
167	H. Tool	71	1	#32	–
168	Self Abuser Fauves	71	1	#30	–
169	Hostile The Fall	70	1	#16	–
170	Mah Na Mah Na Skin	70	1	#31	–
171	Kung Fu Ash	70	1	#31	–
172	Denied Unwritten Law	69	1	#29	–
173	Living Type Powderfinger	69	1	#32	–
174	That Was My Veil PJ Harvey & John Parish	68	1	#17	–
175	California Love 2Pac	68	1	#33	–
176	10 Feet Tall Flaming Stars	66	1	#18	–
177	Killing Me Softly With His Song The Fugees	66	1	#35	–
178	33 The Smashing Pumpkins	66	1	#32	–
179	Smile Pearl Jam	65	2	#41	–
180	Abba On The Jukebox Trembling Blue Stars	64	1	#19	–
181	Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai	64	1	#37	–
182	One Headlight The Wallflowers	64	1	#37	–
183	Comedown Bush	63	1	#38	–
184	Fluorescences Stereolab	62	1	#20	–
185	A Common Disaster Cowboy Junkies	62	3	#75	–
186	Milk Tricky/Garbage	61	1	#40	–
187	Excuse Me Amy Arena	61	1	#40	–
188	Supermodel The Presidents of the United States of America	61	1	#43	–
189	Skydiver Schtum	60	1	#37	–
190	Fire Water Burn Bloodhound Gang	60	3	#66	–
191	Three Lions The Lightning Seeds	60	1	#5	–
192	Djed Tortoise	60	1	#21	–
193	Willing to Wait Sebadoh	60	1	#41	–
194	Coppertone Fini Scad	59	1	#42	–
195	2 Kindsa Love Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	58	1	#22	–
196	Superman Unwritten Law	56	1	#41	–
197	Taut PJ Harvey & John Parish	56	1	#23	–
198	The Diamond Sea Sonic Youth	54	1	#50	–
199	Friend Quickspace	54	1	#24	–
200	It's Alright It's OK Leah Andreon	54	1	#43	–
201	No Woman, No Cry The Fugees	54	4	#75	–
202	No One's Driving Dave Clarke	52	1	#25	–
203	Pass the Vibes Definition of Sound	52	1	#49	–
204	Ruby Soho Rancid	52	2	#72	–
205	Shadowboxer Fiona Apple	52	3	#73	–
206	Wonder Natalie Merchant	51	1	#52	–
207	Damage I've Done The Heads	51	2	#66	–
208	Breakfast At Tiffany's Deep Blue Something	50	1	#6	–
209	Stunt Girl AC Acoustics	50	1	#26	–
210	Follow You Down Gin Blossoms	50	1	#49	–
211	Power KMFDM	50	1	#51	–
212	Bluster Salt	49	2	#64	–
213	Clown Korn	49	1	#52	–
214	Nitrus Dick Dale	48	1	#27	–
215	Hyperballad Björk	48	1	#53	–
216	Ice Planet Hell Psychotica	48	1	#53	–
217	On a Rope Rocket from the Crypt	47	2	#54	–
218	The State I'm In Belle & Sebastian	46	1	#28	–
219	Friends of P The Rentals	46	1	#55	–
220	Move to Bremerton MxPx	46	1	#59	–
221	Time Bomb Rancid	45	1	#58	–
222	Susan's House The Eels	45	1	#56	–
223	Girl/Boy Aphex Twin	44	1	#29	–
224	Ahead By A Century The Tragically Hip	44	1	#57	–
225	So Rude Rebecca's Empire	44	1	#57	–
226	An Ode to My Car Adam Sandler	44	1	#61	–
227	The One Tracy Bonham	43	1	#60	–
228	Outta Me, Onto You Ani DiFranco	43	1	#58	–
229	Years Ago Superdeluxe	42	1	#63	–
230	Fireworks DJ Force & Styles	42	1	#30	–
231	Silver Lizard Tumbleweed	42	1	#59	–
232	6th Ave Heartache The Wallflowers	41	1	#64	–
233	Hey Dude Kula Shaker	41	1	#60	–
234	Pearl's Girl Underworld	41	1	#60	–
235	Your Woman White Town	40	1	#31	–
236	Don't Stay Home 311	40	1	#61	–
237	I'll be your Majick Def Fx	40	1	#61	–
238	I Won't Lie Down Face to Face	38	1	#57	–
239	In My Tree Pearl Jam	38	1	#67	–
240	Babylon's Burning Zion Train	38	1	#32	–
241	Punk Rock Song Bad Religion	38	1	#63	–
242	Everyday Is A Winding Road Sheryl Crow	37	1	#63	–
243	I'm The One Descendents	37	1	#58	–
244	Wombo Lombo Angelique Kidjo	37	1	#64	–
245	Mighty K.C. For Squirrels	37	3	#78	–
246	Hook Blues Traveler	37	1	#67	–
247	Everything Falls Apart Dog's Eye View	36	2	#73	–
248	Lies, Lies & Government Calvin Party	36	1	#33	–
249	Brainstew / Jaded Green Day	36	2	#79	–
250	What's Come Over Me Frente!	35	1	#66	–
251	Losing My Charm Wild Colonials	35	1	#71	–
252	Sweet Lover Hangover Love and Rockets	34	2	#72	–
253	Philthy Phil Philanthropist NOFX	34	1	#61	–
254	The Book Lovers Broadcast	34	1	#34	–
255	Everything is Good for You Crowded House	34	1	#67	–
256	Know Your Chicken Cibo Matto	34	1	#67	–
257	Drugs Ammonia	34	1	#70	–
258	Supervixen Garbage	34	2	#75	–
259	Mission Impossible Mullen/Clayton	33	1	#68	–
260	Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts Less Than Jake	33	1	#68	–
261	Goldfinger Ash	33	3	#85	–
262	Stem DJ Shadow	32	1	#35	–
263	It's Martini Time The Reverend Horton Heat	32	1	#69	–
264	Speculator Insurge	32	1	#69	–
265	Van Halen Nerf Herder	32	1	#63	–
266	Lump The Presidents of the United States of America	32	1	#74	–
267	Don't It Get You Down Deadstar	31	1	#70	–
268	Hey Jupiter Tori Amos	31	1	#70	–
269	2, 3, Go Wedding Present	30	1	#36	–
270	Disco 2000 Pulp	30	1	#71	–
271	Tiny Meat Ruby	30	2	#77	–
272	My Friends Red Hot Chili Peppers	30	1	#76	–
273	Punch in the Face Frenzal Rhomb	29	1	#72	–
274	Arlington Emmet Swimming	28	1	#72	–
275	A Walk Bad Religion	27	1	#67	–
276	The 13th The Cure	27	2	#87	–
277	Surf's Up Tonight Midnight Oil	26	1	#75	–
278	Good Pizzicato 5	26	1	#75	–
279	Ocean Sebadoh	26	1	#78	–
280	No Face Suicide Machines	25	1	#69	–
281	Scooby Doo Matthew Sweet	25	1	#76	–
282	Ash Goldfinger	24	1	#82	–
283	Teenage Angst Placebo	24	1	#39	–
284	Jurasital Filter	23	1	#83	–
285	Thirty-Three The Smashing Pumpkins	23	1	#83	–
286	How Bizarre OMC	23	1	#78	–
287	Living Room Broadcast	22	1	#40	–
288	I Make Hamburgers The Whitlams	22	1	#79	–
289	Going To Town Afghan Whigs	21	1	#79	–
290	Lack Of Water Why Store	21	1	#83	–
291	Soldiers You Am I	21	1	#80	–
292	Good Enough Dodgy	20	1	#9	–
293	Race Tiger	20	1	#41	–
294	Shut My Eyes The Superjesus	20	1	#81	–
295	Fat Randy Voodoo Glow Skulls	20	1	#87	–
296	So Low Self	19	1	#81	–
297	Failure Orange 9mm	19	1	#82	–
298	Jurassitol Filter	19	1	#83	–
299	Nothing To Believe In Cracker	18	1	#82	–
300	Waking Up Tired Hoodoo Gurus	18	1	#83	–
301	Tumble in the Rough Stone Temple Pilots	18	1	#89	–
302	Ticking Loud Lucy	17	1	#83	–
303	Satellite Dave Matthews Band	17	1	#84	–
304	Good Mornin' You Am I	17	1	#84	–
305	I Hate My Generation Cracker	16	1	#88	–
306	Super-Fire Girls Against Boys	16	1	#84	–
307	Paintball's Coming Home Half Man Half Biscuit	16	1	#43	–
308	Superwise Goodness	16	1	#91	–
309	Woman Neneh Cherry	15	1	#86	–
310	The Impression I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	15	1	#86	–
311	Blue Skies BT	14	1	#79	–
312	The Long Road Eddie Vedder/Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	14	1	#86	–
313	Where the Rive Flows Collective Soul	14	1	#93	–
314	Sore Loser Soulbossa	14	1	#44	–
315	Someday I Will Treat You Good Sparklehorse	13	1	#87	–
316	Grooving Hunting Party	13	1	#88	–
317	My Girlfriend's Girlfriend Type O Negative	13	1	#88	–
318	Anna Pure	13	1	#92	–
319	Midcar The Cure	12	1	#95	–
320	Not Today Rust	12	1	#81	–
321	Kewpies Like Watermelon Urusei Yatsura	12	1	#45	–
322	Cromagnon Man Snout	12	1	#89	–
323	Morning Glory Oasis	12	1	#93	–
324	Jealousy Natalie Merchant	11	1	#96	–
325	She Came On Superdeluxe	11	1	#82	–
326	Charmless Man Blur	10	1	#10	–
327	Go Man Go Wedding Present	10	1	#46	–
328	Set the Controls Barry Adamson	10	1	#91	–
329	Alone + Easy Target Foo Fighters	10	1	#92	–
330	Thunder The Mavis's	9	1	#92	–
331	Stone Temple Pilots Lady Picture Show	9	1	#93	–
332	Out There Somewhere Orbital	8	1	#47	–
333	All I Want Skunk Anansie	8	1	#93	–
334	Soundtrack To Mary Soul Coughing	8	1	#97	–
335	Lie on Lie Chalk Farm	7	1	#93	–
336	Mankind Pearl Jam	7	1	#94	–
337	Orangecrush Snapdragon	7	1	#94	–
338	You're One Imperial Teen	7	1	#98	–
339	Orange Metal Molly	7	1	#86	–
340	Long Way Down Goo Goo Dolls	6	1	#91	–
341	Mirror Full Jawbox	6	1	#94	–
342	The Face On The Bar Room Floor Flaming Stars	6	1	#48	–
343	Creep Frank Bennett	6	1	#95	–
344	Love Rollercoaster Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	2	#90	–
345	Ella's Uncle Matthew Trapnell	5	1	#96	–
346	Strange Attraction The Cure	5	1	#97	–
347	Free Phish	5	1	#100	–
348	Alright Cast	4	1	#88	–
349	Love Untold Paul Westerberg	4	2	#95	–
350	The Official Ironmen Rally Song Guided By Voices	4	1	#96	–
351	God Show Me Magic Super Furry Animals	4	1	#49	–
352	Hail Caesar AC/DC	4	1	#97	–
353	Israel's Son Silverchair	4	1	#98	–
354	Professional Widow Tori Amos	3	1	#98	–
355	Shy Ani DiFranco	3	1	#98	–
356	Water's Edge Seven Mary Three	3	1	#105	–
357	Les Yper Yper Sound Stereolab	2	1	#50	–
358	Open The Door Magnapop	2	1	#106	–
359	Open Up Your Eyes Tonic	1	1	#96	–
360	Tiny Meat 99.1 The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall Ruby	1	1	#99	–
361	Gold to Me Ben Harper	1	1	#100	–
362	Let's Go Smoke Some Pot Dash Rip Rock	1	1	#107	–