Every song that charted in 1998

Combined ranking of all 359 songs from the rock year-end countdowns of 1998. ← Top 100 of 1998

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Intergalactic Beastie Boys	861	9	#1	6
2	Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger	837	9	#1	1
3	Celebrity Skin Hole	782	9	#4	–
4	Inside Out Eve 6	753	8	#2	–
5	Father of Mine Everclear	729	9	#11	–
6	Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring	722	9	#1	1
7	I Will Buy You a New Life Everclear	696	8	#4	–
8	Never There Cake	689	9	#3	–
9	Ava Adore The Smashing Pumpkins	682	9	#6	–
10	Perfect The Smashing Pumpkins	682	9	#9	–
11	Closing Time Semisonic	677	8	#4	–
12	I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage	677	9	#10	–
13	Iris Goo Goo Dolls	676	8	#8	–
14	The Way Fastball	671	8	#6	–
15	One Week Barenaked Ladies	663	8	#3	–
16	Sex and Candy Marcy Playground	654	7	#3	–
17	Fly Away Lenny Kravitz	634	8	#10	–
18	Shimmer Fuel	623	9	#1	1
19	What It's Like Everlast	618	8	#5	–
20	Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day	610	7	#2	–
21	Push It Garbage	598	9	#7	–
22	Jumper Third Eye Blind	583	8	#15	–
23	Zoot Suit Riot Cherry Poppin' Daddies	576	8	#6	–
24	My Hero Foo Fighters	575	9	#14	–
25	Save Tonight Eagle Eye Cherry	559	8	#6	–
26	Karma Police Radiohead	558	8	#2	–
27	Got the Life Korn	558	9	#5	–
28	Wishlist Pearl Jam	554	9	#10	–
29	The Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim	519	8	#10	–
30	Dammit blink-182	494	6	#3	–
31	Given To Fly Pearl Jam	487	8	#15	–
32	The Dope Show Marilyn Manson	484	8	#25	–
33	The Sweetest Thing (remix) U2	456	9	#2	–
34	Circles Soul Coughing	453	8	#14	–
35	Body Movin' Beastie Boys	450	7	#17	–
36	Everything to Everyone Everclear	430	6	#8	–
37	My Own Prison Creed	429	5	#3	–
38	Brick Ben Folds Five	426	8	#12	–
39	Slide Goo Goo Dolls	420	8	#28	–
40	Beautiful Disaster 311	418	8	#15	–
41	Everlong Foo Fighters	397	6	#10	–
42	No Shelter Rage Against the Machine	395	7	#20	–
43	Don't Drink the Water Dave Matthews Band	368	7	#27	–
44	Get 'Em Outta Here Sprung Monkey	364	7	#6	–
45	Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New	356	5	#17	–
46	Got You (Where I Want You) The Flys	355	7	#34	–
47	Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve	341	4	#5	–
48	Clumsy Our Lady Peace	338	8	#12	–
49	Josie blink-182	337	5	#14	–
50	Busy Child The Crystal Method	320	6	#17	–
51	Torn Natalie Imbruglia	319	6	#20	–
52	Losing A Whole Year Third Eye Blind	314	7	#16	–
53	How's It Gonna Be Third Eye Blind	313	5	#25	–
54	Jump Right In The Urge	304	8	#39	–
55	Jump Jive An' Wail Brian Setzer Orchestra	296	5	#25	–
56	Spark Tori Amos	296	7	#40	–
57	3 A.M. Matchbox 20	288	5	#35	–
58	Malibu Hole	282	6	#26	–
59	Badfish Sublime	271	3	#4	–
60	What's This Life For Creed	257	4	#15	–
61	My Favourite Game The Cardigans	243	7	#10	–
62	Teardrop Massive Attack	231	5	#21	–
63	You and Me and the Bottle Make 3 Tonight Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	226	4	#4	–
64	I'm OK, You're OK MxPx	224	6	#44	–
65	Dragula Rob Zombie	220	7	#36	–
66	Heroes The Wallflowers	214	6	#49	–
67	In Hiding Pearl Jam	206	7	#44	–
68	St. Joe on the School Bus Marcy Playground	206	5	#36	–
69	Special Garbage	205	6	#42	–
70	You Get What You Give The New Radicals	202	5	#19	–
71	Save Yourself Stabbing Westward	196	5	#38	–
72	Walking After You Foo Fighters	189	5	#48	–
73	Singing In My Sleep Semisonic	188	6	#60	–
74	Every Morning Sugar Ray	184	5	#41	–
75	Thank U Alanis Morissette	182	5	#50	–
76	Mouth Bush	182	5	#51	–
77	Pure Morning Placebo	175	5	#41	–
78	Polyester Bride Liz Phair	171	4	#38	–
79	Goodbye Save Ferris	161	4	#12	–
80	From Your Mouth God Lives Underwater	158	7	#68	–
81	All The Kids Are Right Local H	156	5	#27	–
82	High Feeder	156	5	#48	–
83	Redundant Green Day	155	4	#50	–
84	The Down Town Days of the New	154	3	#32	–
85	Lucky Man The Verve	152	6	#56	–
86	Enjoy the Silence Failure	152	4	#30	–
87	Leech Eve 6	151	4	#26	–
88	Brimful of Asha Cornershop	151	4	#45	–
89	Jump, Jive, and Wail Brian Setzer Orchestra	146	2	#21	–
90	Tropicalia Beck	146	7	#49	–
91	Brian Wilson Barenaked Ladies	139	3	#26	–
92	Can't Get Enough of You Baby Smash Mouth	138	5	#50	–
93	Truly, Truly Grant Lee Buffalo	135	7	#69	–
94	Fire Escape Fastball	132	6	#55	–
95	Wash It Away Black Lab	130	3	#48	–
96	Real World Matchbox 20	129	3	#37	–
97	Daysleeper R.E.M.	129	4	#47	–
98	Lullaby Shawn Mullins	127	4	#57	–
99	Song For The Dumped Ben Folds Five	123	4	#40	–
100	You and Me and the Bottle Make Three Tonight Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	121	2	#35	–
101	Crush Dave Matthews Band	120	4	#20	–
102	Saint Joe On The School Bus Marcy Playground	118	4	#38	–
103	Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve	117	2	#21	–
104	Road Rage Catatonia	113	2	#5	–
105	If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next Manic Street Preachers	111	2	#3	–
106	Stay Dave Matthews Band	106	2	#39	–
107	Cut You In Jerry Cantrell	105	3	#54	–
108	Shelf in the Room Days of the New	105	2	#48	–
109	The Bartender and the Thief Stereophonics	100	1	#1	1
110	Pull The Wires From The Wall The Delgados	100	1	#1	1
111	Blue Monday Orgy	99	5	#77	–
112	Cigarettes Will Kill You Ben Lee	99	1	#2	–
113	Xmas Steps Mogwai	98	1	#2	–
114	Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us) Custard	98	1	#3	–
115	The Boy With The Arab Strap Belle & Sebastian	96	1	#3	–
116	Hooch Everything	96	2	#47	–
117	Drinking In L.A. Bran Van 3000	95	3	#61	–
118	Silence Delerium	95	1	#6	–
119	! (Song Formerly Known As) Regurgitator	95	1	#6	–
120	Only When I Lose Myself Depeche Mode	94	4	#58	–
121	Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day	94	1	#7	–
122	The Claw Ten Benson	94	1	#4	–
123	Harpoon Jebediah	94	1	#7	–
124	The Day You Come Powderfinger	93	1	#8	–
125	Level on the Inside Dovetail Joint	92	1	#9	–
126	Unworldly Pop-Off Tuesday	92	1	#5	–
127	Heavy Heart You Am I	92	1	#9	–
128	Save The Day The Living End	91	1	#10	–
129	Nice Guys Finish Last Green Day	91	4	#64	–
130	Oh My God They Killed Kenny Cuban Boys	90	1	#6	–
131	Caress Me Down Sublime	89	2	#47	–
132	Tubthumping Chumbawamba	89	3	#66	–
133	History Repeating Propellerheads	88	3	#28	–
134	Eurodisco Bis	88	1	#7	–
135	Dr. Worm They Might Be Giants	88	1	#13	–
136	Prophecy Remy Zero	86	4	#57	–
137	This Is Hardcore Pulp	86	1	#8	–
138	Second Solution The Living End	86	1	#15	–
139	Addicted To Bass Josh Abrahams & Amiel Daemion	85	1	#16	–
140	Everything Goes Around The Water The Delgados	84	1	#9	–
141	Tainted Love (Live) The Living End	84	1	#17	–
142	The Sweetest Thing U2	84	1	#16	–
143	Just Ace Grinspoon	83	1	#18	–
144	How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind	83	1	#19	–
145	Long Live The UK Music Scene Helen Love	82	1	#10	–
146	Bubblegoose Wyclef Jean	82	1	#19	–
147	Simultaneous Chef	81	1	#20	–
148	Cracking Up The Jesus and Mary Chain	80	1	#11	–
149	Black Friday Grinspoon	79	1	#22	–
150	Get Back Zebrahead	79	4	#62	–
151	Battle Flag Lo Fidelity All-Stars	79	1	#24	–
152	Renegade Master Wildchild	78	1	#23	–
153	Dog's Life Kottonmouth Kings	78	1	#21	–
154	Dream Scream Daniel Johnston	78	1	#12	–
155	Music Is Crap Custard	77	1	#24	–
156	Joining You Alanis Morissette	77	2	#46	–
157	Life in Mono Mono	76	2	#45	–
158	The Mummer's Dance Loreena McKennitt	76	3	#53	–
159	Cement Mixer Clinic	76	1	#13	–
160	Polyester Girl Regurgitator	75	1	#26	–
161	I Need A Sign Badly Drawn Boy	74	1	#14	–
162	I Like Your Old Stuff (Remix) Regurgitator	74	1	#27	–
163	Don't You Know Who I Am Happyland	73	1	#28	–
164	Kerry Kerry Cinerama	72	1	#15	–
165	Everybody Here Wants You Jeff Buckley	72	1	#29	–
166	Brown Paper Bag Roni Size/Reprazent	71	1	#31	–
167	You And Me and the Bottle Makes Three Tonight Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	70	1	#33	–
168	Let Me Entertain You Robbie Williams	70	1	#4	–
169	Plock Plone	70	1	#16	–
170	Throw Your Arms Around Me Paul McDermott	70	1	#31	–
171	Black Bugs Regurgitator	69	1	#32	–
172	Soleil L' Augmentation	68	1	#17	–
173	Sweater Eskimo Joe	68	1	#33	–
174	Bittersweet Fuel	67	4	#81	–
175	No Surprises Radiohead	66	2	#9	–
176	Aquarius Boards Of Canada	66	1	#18	–
177	Whatareya TISM	65	1	#36	–
178	Solex All Lickety Spit Solex	64	1	#19	–
179	Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No 2) The Whitlams	64	1	#37	–
180	The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	63	1	#38	–
181	Pug The Smashing Pumpkins	63	3	#58	–
182	Private Helicopter Harvey Danger	63	1	#41	–
183	Copyright Violation For The Nation Evolution Control Committee	62	1	#20	–
184	Somebody Kill Me Adam Sandler	62	1	#39	–
185	Waltz #2 Elliott Smith	62	1	#42	–
186	Jane Says (Live) Jane's Addiction	61	1	#43	–
187	Little Plastic Castle Ani DiFranco	60	1	#42	–
188	What I Didn't Know Anthenaeum	59	1	#43	–
189	Would You? Touch And Go	59	4	#74	–
190	Teflon Jebediah	59	1	#42	–
191	Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth	59	2	#63	–
192	Sonnet The Verve	59	2	#8	–
193	Post-Modern Sleaze Sneaker Pimps	58	2	#74	–
194	The World is New Save Ferris	58	2	#56	–
195	Oh Happy Day Spiritualized	58	1	#22	–
196	Melbourne The Whitlams	58	1	#43	–
197	Sunshower Chris Cornell	57	3	#58	–
198	Stay (Wasting Time) Dave Matthews Band	56	1	#46	–
199	Story of My Life (live) Social Distortion	56	2	#53	–
200	One Louder Solex Solex	56	1	#23	–
201	Deadweight Beck	55	1	#49	–
202	Don't Wanna Be Left Out Powderfinger	55	1	#46	–
203	Lemming, Chameleon Of Feelings Melys	54	1	#24	–
204	Do the Evolution Pearl Jam	54	1	#47	–
205	The Set Up Reel Big Fish	54	1	#43	–
206	It's You The Specials	52	3	#73	–
207	Turn A Blind Eye Half Man Half Biscuit	52	1	#25	–
208	It's Like That Run DMC vs Jason Nevins	51	1	#50	–
209	A Perfect Day Elise PJ Harvey	51	3	#68	–
210	Sunday Shining Finley Quaye	50	2	#77	–
211	Sleep The Clock Around Belle & Sebastian	50	1	#26	–
212	Rachael Buffalo Tom	50	1	#52	–
213	Polar Opposites Modest Mouse	50	1	#55	–
214	The Grouch Green Day	49	1	#52	–
215	Monkey On Your Back Clinic	48	1	#27	–
216	Discoball World Davíd Garza	47	1	#55	–
217	Mum Changed The Locks Frenzal Rhomb	47	1	#54	–
218	I Know You Love Me Smoking Popes	47	1	#55	–
219	Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim	46	1	#28	–
220	Wonderful Love Creeper Lagoon	46	2	#63	–
221	Be Quiet And Drive Deftones	46	1	#59	–
222	Graduate Third Eye Blind	45	1	#59	–
223	Charlie No 3 The Whitlams	45	1	#56	–
224	Acquiesce Oasis	44	2	#82	–
225	Ice Hockey Hair Super Furry Animals	44	1	#29	–
226	I Don't Like It Pauline Pantsdown	43	1	#58	–
227	1-2-8 (live) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	42	1	#60	–
228	Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key Billy Bragg & Wilco	42	1	#30	–
229	History Repeating Propellerheads & Shirley Bassey	42	1	#59	–
230	Part of the Process Morcheeba	42	1	#54	–
231	Walking on the Sun Smash Mouth	42	1	#63	–
232	Untouchable Face Ani DiFranco	41	1	#60	–
233	Sherry Fraser Marcy Playground	41	1	#55	–
234	Half the World Away Oasis	40	1	#7	–
235	Widdershins Freed Unit	40	1	#31	–
236	Cry The Mavis's	40	1	#61	–
237	Gone Away The Offspring	39	1	#62	–
238	Mother Mary Far	38	1	#67	–
239	Keep Hope Alive The Crystal Method	38	1	#64	–
240	My Own Private Patrick Swayze Male Nurse	38	1	#32	–
241	Last Stop - This Town The Eels	37	3	#82	–
242	Surfer Girl Home Grown	37	1	#68	–
243	Airport Song Guster	37	1	#65	–
244	Come On Spring Antenna	37	1	#64	–
245	Goddess on a Highway Mercury Rev	36	1	#33	–
246	Rumble You Am I	36	1	#65	–
247	House of Bamboo Southern Culture On The Skids	35	1	#67	–
248	Space Lord Monster Magnet	35	2	#80	–
249	Do the Vampire Superdrag	35	2	#75	–
250	She Gave Me Love The Getaway People	35	1	#67	–
251	Suits Are Picking Up The Bill Squirrel Nut Zippers	34	1	#68	–
252	Holiday Unwritten Law	34	1	#61	–
253	Powder Blue Elbow	34	1	#34	–
254	Unforgiven II Metallica	34	1	#67	–
255	Push Matchbox 20	34	1	#67	–
256	If You Can't Say No Lenny Kravitz	33	1	#69	–
257	Every Day Should Be A Holiday The Dandy Warhols	33	1	#68	–
258	My Favorite Mistake Sheryl Crow	33	1	#62	–
259	History of A Boring Town Less Than Jake	33	2	#80	–
260	Sweet Johnny Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	32	1	#35	–
261	Cinnamon Lip Pollyanna	32	1	#69	–
262	It's Cold Outside Anne Summers	32	1	#63	–
263	To Shiela The Smashing Pumpkins	32	1	#74	–
264	Why Don't You Get a Job? The Offspring	31	2	#72	–
265	Hush The Warmth Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	30	1	#36	–
266	Hello Happyland	30	1	#71	–
267	Remote Control Beastie Boys	30	1	#65	–
268	The Kids Are Alright Local H	29	1	#76	–
269	Mr. Charisma Frenzal Rhomb	29	1	#72	–
270	Torn Ednaswap	29	1	#77	–
271	Baker Street Foo Fighters	29	2	#76	–
272	Long Day Matchbox 20	29	1	#73	–
273	All Around the World Oasis	29	2	#84	–
274	Stimulus For Revolting Virus Melt Banana	28	1	#37	–
275	Music Sounds Better With You Stardust	28	1	#73	–
276	Lipstick Rocket from the Crypt	27	1	#67	–
277	Havin' A Bad Day Blue Flannel	27	1	#75	–
278	The Uninvited Alanis Morissette	27	1	#79	–
279	Doin' Time Sublime	27	1	#75	–
280	The Actress The Delgados	26	1	#38	–
281	Barbarella Scott Weiland	26	1	#75	–
282	If I Were A Carpenter Quickspace	24	1	#39	–
283	Fuel Metallica	24	1	#77	–
284	Torn Creed	24	1	#78	–
285	Instant Brain Damage Smile	23	1	#71	–
286	Da Funk Daft Punk	23	1	#78	–
287	Going Out of My Head Fatboy Slim	23	2	#83	–
288	Uninvited Alanis Morissette	22	1	#81	–
289	Alison's Room 60ft Dolls	22	1	#40	–
290	Don't Go Away Grinspoon	22	1	#79	–
291	Bloodclot Rancid	22	3	#80	–
292	Praise You Fatboy Slim	22	2	#86	–
293	Over Your Shoulder 7 Mary 3	21	1	#82	–
294	Bad Old Man Babybird	21	1	#80	–
295	Gone 'Til November Wyclef Jean	21	1	#80	–
296	Pass the Dutchie Buck-O-Nine	21	1	#73	–
297	Once in a While Dishwalla	20	2	#85	–
298	Roygbiv Boards Of Canada	20	1	#41	–
299	Touched VAST	19	3	#92	–
300	El President Drugstore	19	1	#82	–
301	Radar Intruder Derrero	18	1	#42	–
302	Now And Then The Superjesus	18	1	#83	–
303	Time of Your Life Green Day	17	1	#84	–
304	The Negotiation Limerick File Beastie Boys	17	1	#90	–
305	Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan	17	1	#87	–
306	Lonesome Unwritten Law	16	1	#77	–
307	Pull Yourself Together" (7 Hefner	16	1	#43	–
308	Harpoon Something For Kate	16	1	#85	–
309	Sunday Sonic Youth	16	1	#91	–
310	Bang On! Propellerheads	16	1	#87	–
311	Mama's Trippin' Ben Harper	15	1	#86	–
312	Time Ago Black Lab	15	1	#89	–
313	Went To Town Rooney	14	1	#44	–
314	What I Didn't Know Athanaeum	14	1	#88	–
315	Check Rustic Overtones	14	1	#89	–
316	Freak of the Week Marvelous 3	13	1	#93	–
317	Wrong Thing Right Then The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	13	1	#90	–
318	Como Vez Ozomatli	12	1	#95	–
319	Turnstyle Sodastream	12	1	#45	–
320	The Oaf Big Wreck	12	1	#92	–
321	Overwhelming Art Alexakis	11	1	#95	–
322	Hitchin' A Ride Green Day	11	1	#96	–
323	Something Hot Afghan Whigs	11	1	#96	–
324	No Substitute Chef	11	1	#90	–
325	Failing Systems The Bogmen	11	1	#92	–
326	Mungo City Spacehog	11	2	#96	–
327	Gangster Trippin' Fatboy Slim	10	1	#97	–
328	Sexy Boy Air	10	1	#97	–
329	The Kids Are Solid Gold" (7 Sportique	10	1	#46	–
330	Benedict Jebediah	10	1	#91	–
331	I Will Still Be Laughing Soul Asylum	10	1	#94	–
332	Ballad of Tom Jones Space	9	1	#92	–
333	Brown Derby Jump Cherry Poppin' Daddies	9	1	#94	–
334	Thinking of You Lenny Kravitz	9	1	#84	–
335	Everything for Free K's Choice	9	1	#95	–
336	Evil Heat Ten Benson	8	1	#47	–
337	Untitled Silverchair	8	1	#93	–
338	Chinese Burn Curve	8	1	#95	–
339	Singing in Your Sleep Semisonic	7	1	#94	–
340	Wait Huffamoose	7	1	#97	–
341	Silver Lining Steve Poltz	7	1	#86	–
342	This Cat's on a Hot Tin Roof Brian Setzer Orchestra	7	1	#101	–
343	fold four wrap five Autechre	6	1	#48	–
344	Prosthetic Head Green Day	6	1	#102	–
345	Redneck Wonderland Midnight Oil	5	1	#96	–
346	It's All Been Done Barenaked Ladies	5	1	#99	–
347	Into the Ocean Fretblanket	4	1	#88	–
348	Shake Off The Fall	4	1	#49	–
349	Black Umbrella Even	4	1	#97	–
350	At the Stars Better Than Ezra	4	1	#100	–
351	If You Were Here Kent	4	1	#104	–
352	Kitty Kat Max 1000 Clowns	3	1	#100	–
353	Wrong Number The Cure	3	1	#101	–
354	Is This Desire? PJ Harvey	2	1	#50	–
355	Saturation The Superjesus	2	1	#99	–
356	Sunny Day Leah Androne	1	1	#91	–
357	Sex is Dandy Monica's Playground	1	1	#100	–
358	Sich Offnen Not From There	1	1	#100	–
359	Little Fluffy Clouds The Orb	1	1	#102	–