Every song that charted in 2008

Combined ranking of all 304 songs from the indie rock year-end countdowns of 2008. ← Top 100 of 2008

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	I Will Possess Your Heart Death Cab for Cutie	485	5	#1	1
2	Viva La Vida Coldplay	456	5	#1	2
3	Mercy Duffy	435	5	#2	–
4	I'm Amazed My Morning Jacket	422	5	#10	–
5	Sex On Fire Kings of Leon	404	5	#1	1
6	You are the best thing Ray LaMontagne	362	5	#6	–
7	Supernatural Superserious R.E.M.	354	5	#3	–
8	Lost! Coldplay	311	5	#24	–
9	Say Hey (I Love You) Michael Franti & Spearhead	309	5	#26	–
10	Volet Hill Coldplay	295	5	#16	–
11	If I Had Eyes Jack Johnson	282	4	#1	1
12	I'm Yours Jason Mraz	282	3	#4	–
13	Strange Overtones David Byrne and Brian Eno	277	4	#8	–
14	A-Punk Vampire Weekend	274	4	#15	–
15	Shattered (Turn the Car Around) O.A.R.	274	3	#8	–
16	Long Road to Ruin Foo Fighters	273	3	#7	–
17	Make You Crazy Brett Dennen	272	5	#31	–
18	Take Back The City Snow Patrol	272	4	#17	–
19	Human The Killers	266	4	#12	–
20	Dream Catch Me Newton Faulkner	252	3	#7	–
21	You Can't Count On Me Counting Crows	251	3	#6	–
22	The Way I Am Ingrid Michaelson	243	3	#5	–
23	House Of Cards Radiohead	237	3	#3	–
24	Orphans Beck	232	4	#13	–
25	Come Around Counting Crows	229	3	#13	–
26	Sequestered In Memphis Hold Steady	225	3	#9	–
27	Hope Jack Johnson	224	4	#11	–
28	Peace, Love & Happiness G. Love & Special Sauce	220	4	#34	–
29	Fix It Ryan Adams And The Cardinals	215	5	#29	–
30	Funplex The B-52's	212	5	#42	–
31	Sweet and Low Augustana	211	3	#26	–
32	Rock & Roll Eric Hutchinson	211	3	#4	–
33	Pork And Beans Weezer	208	3	#2	–
34	Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event	206	3	#10	–
35	Cath Death Cab for Cutie	204	4	#20	–
36	Believe The Bravery	198	3	#22	–
37	Love Song Sara Bareilles	187	2	#3	–
38	Something Good This Way Comes Jakob Dylan	184	4	#24	–
39	Old Enough The Raconteurs	176	3	#17	–
40	Come On Get Higher Matt Nathanson	172	2	#14	–
41	Boots of Chinese Plastic The Pretenders	171	4	#45	–
42	Electric Feel MGMT	170	2	#4	–
43	Freeway Aimee Mann	166	3	#32	–
44	Shut Up And Let Me Go The Ting Tings	164	2	#16	–
45	Time To Pretend MGMT	163	2	#6	–
46	Love Remains the Same Gavin Rossdale	159	2	#14	–
47	Dance With Me Old 97's	158	5	#36	–
48	Say John Mayer	154	3	#49	–
49	Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution Black Crowes	153	4	#30	–
50	27 Jennifers Mike Doughty	153	3	#15	–
51	Listen Amos Lee	152	3	#21	–
52	Dirty City Steve Winwood	148	2	#18	–
53	Hollow Man R.E.M.	147	3	#30	–
54	The Shock Of The Lightning Oasis	142	3	#48	–
55	L.E.S. Artistes Santigold	135	2	#30	–
56	Kids MGMT	134	2	#33	–
57	Lights Out Santigold	130	2	#33	–
58	My Sweet Love John Mellencamp	129	2	#24	–
59	You Don'T Know Me Ben Folds	128	2	#4	–
60	Chasing Pavements Adele	128	2	#12	–
61	What's Been Going On Amos Lee	127	3	#45	–
62	100 Yard Dash Raphael Saadiq	127	2	#20	–
63	Life, Love & Laughter Donavon Frankenreiter	127	2	#34	–
64	Nothing Ever Hurt Like You James Morrison	123	2	#36	–
65	Scare Easy Mudcrutch	121	2	#28	–
66	Evil Urges My Morning Jacket	118	2	#35	–
67	Please Read The Letter Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	116	2	#38	–
68	That's Entrainment Van Morrison	116	2	#43	–
69	Bottle It Up Sara Bareilles	115	2	#41	–
70	Jigsaw Falling Into Place Radiohead	115	3	#39	–
71	Trashcan Delta Spirit	114	3	#45	–
72	Falling In Love In a Coffee Shop Landon Pigg	114	2	#19	–
73	Grounds for Divorce Elbow	108	2	#15	–
74	Oxford Comma Vampire Weekend	108	2	#22	–
75	Right As Rain Adele	108	2	#3	–
76	Love Is Free Sheryl Crow	107	3	#33	–
77	Invisible Man Joe Jackson	106	2	#21	–
78	Saving My Face KT Tunstall	102	2	#50	–
79	Paper Planes (DFA Remix) M.I.A.	99	1	#2	–
80	I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance Wi Black Kids	96	1	#5	–
81	Streets on Fire Lupe Fiasco	96	1	#5	–
82	Gamma Ray Beck	96	3	#30	–
83	It's Not My Time 3 Doors Down	95	1	#6	–
84	Ragged Wood Fleet Foxes	95	1	#6	–
85	Frankie's Gun The Felice Brothers	94	1	#7	–
86	Hard Sun Eddie Vedder	93	1	#8	–
87	Realize Colbie Caillat	92	2	#48	–
88	You Atmosphere	92	1	#9	–
89	White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes	92	1	#9	–
90	28 Butts Little Jackie	91	1	#10	–
91	Stop and Stare One Republic	90	1	#11	–
92	Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Vampire Weekend	90	1	#11	–
93	Crying TV on the Radio	90	1	#11	–
94	American Boy Estelle	88	1	#13	–
95	That's Not My Name The Ting Tings	87	1	#14	–
96	Spaceship Jason Spencer	86	1	#15	–
97	Highly Suspicious My Morning Jacket	84	1	#17	–
98	We're Here to Save the Day Constellations	84	1	#17	–
99	Bleeding Love Leona Lewis	84	1	#18	–
100	Foundations Kate Nash	83	1	#18	–
101	Jailer Asha	83	1	#18	–
102	New Soul Yael Naim	83	2	#22	–
103	Love Lockdown Kanye West	82	1	#19	–
104	Always A Friend Alejandro Escovedo & Bruce Springst	82	1	#19	–
105	Feels Like Tonight Daughtry	81	1	#21	–
106	Won't Go Home Without You Maroon 5	79	1	#23	–
107	Sister Lost Soul Alejandro Escovedo	78	1	#23	–
108	Who's Gonna Save My Soul? Gnarls Barkley	78	1	#23	–
109	I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory Kathleen Edwards	77	1	#24	–
110	Be Ok Ingrid Michaelson	76	3	#67	–
111	It's Alright Dar Williams	76	3	#47	–
112	Rich Woman Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	76	1	#25	–
113	Orange Blossoms JJ Grey & Mofro	76	1	#25	–
114	Rise Above This Seether	75	1	#27	–
115	Great DJ The Ting Tings	74	1	#27	–
116	I'm Not Going to Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You Black Kids	74	1	#27	–
117	U Want Me 2 Sarah McLachlan	74	1	#29	–
118	Whatever It Takes Lifehouse	74	1	#28	–
119	I Feel It All Feist	73	1	#28	–
120	Many Shades of Black The Raconteurs	73	1	#30	–
121	Shine Over Babylon Sheryl Crow	71	2	#65	–
122	Black and Gold Sam Sparro	70	1	#31	–
123	All Summer Long Kid Rock	70	1	#32	–
124	D.A.N.C.E. Justice	69	1	#32	–
125	More Time Needtobreathe	69	1	#32	–
126	Don't You Evah Spoon	69	1	#33	–
127	Salute Your Solution The Raconteurs	68	2	#54	–
128	Little Favours KT Tunstall	68	3	#63	–
129	Thank You Too My Morning Jacket	67	3	#53	–
130	Motivation Sheryl Crow	67	2	#51	–
131	You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb Spoon	67	1	#36	–
132	I Love You (More Than You Love Me) The Streets	67	1	#34	–
133	Into the Night Santana	65	1	#37	–
134	Good Time Brazilian Girls	65	1	#36	–
135	Love Is Noise The Verve	65	2	#67	–
136	Real Love Lucinda Williams	64	2	#64	–
137	No Sunlight Death Cab for Cutie	63	2	#63	–
138	One Day Kings Go Forth	63	1	#38	–
139	Warwick Avenue Duffy	63	1	#38	–
140	The Pedestrian Foxboro Hot Tubs	63	1	#41	–
141	Handlebars Flobots	62	1	#40	–
142	Way Past Long Sonny Landreth	62	1	#42	–
143	The Ark Dr. Dog	61	1	#40	–
144	Puppets Atmosphere	61	1	#40	–
145	Asking For Flowers Kathleen Edwards	60	1	#41	–
146	In Love With A Girl Gavin DeGraw	59	1	#43	–
147	North American Scum LCD Soundsystem	59	1	#42	–
148	Worrisome Heart Melody Gardot	58	1	#43	–
149	Until the Day Is Done R.E.M.	57	3	#60	–
150	Bodysnatchers Radiohead	57	1	#44	–
151	All That I Know Collective Soul	57	2	#72	–
152	Believe Staind	56	1	#46	–
153	Stepping Stone Duffy	56	2	#72	–
154	You're the One Kings Go Forth	56	1	#45	–
155	Troublemaker Weezer	55	1	#47	–
156	Livin' In the Future Bruce Springsteen	55	1	#49	–
157	Valerie Plame The Decemberists	55	1	#46	–
158	Until You David Barnes	55	1	#46	–
159	Snow In California The Stills	55	1	#46	–
160	Lover of the Bayou Mudcrutch	54	2	#59	–
161	Borneo Firewater	54	1	#47	–
162	Oceans & Streams The Black Keys	54	1	#47	–
163	Constructive Summer Hold Steady	53	1	#48	–
164	The Numbers Game Thievery Corporation	53	1	#48	–
165	7:26 Michael Nappi	51	1	#53	–
166	Theres More True Lovers Than One Jonatha Brooke	51	1	#50	–
167	Free Fallin' (Live) John Mayer	51	1	#50	–
168	You Know What N.E.R.D.	51	1	#50	–
169	Life, Love & Laughter Donovan Frankenreiter	50	1	#52	–
170	Walcott Vampire Weekend	50	1	#51	–
171	Soldier Erykah Badu	50	1	#51	–
172	You Found Me The Fray	49	2	#74	–
173	Cathedrals Joan Osborne	49	1	#52	–
174	Lemon King Mahoney Fever Marlene	49	1	#52	–
175	2:00 AM Slightly Stoopid	49	1	#54	–
176	Going On Gnarls Barkley	48	1	#53	–
177	Madly Tristan Prettyman	47	1	#54	–
178	Busy Thinking 'Bout Today Phil Roy	47	1	#58	–
179	Fake It Seether	47	1	#56	–
180	Two Silver Trees Calexico	46	2	#63	–
181	Skinny Love Bon Iver	46	1	#55	–
182	Whole Thing Big Blue Ball	46	1	#59	–
183	Burn You Up, Burn You Down Big Blue Ball	46	2	#71	–
184	Pony (It's OK) Erin McCarley	45	1	#56	–
185	The Righteous Path Drive-By Truckers	45	1	#56	–
186	Habit Forming X Levitation Cult	45	1	#60	–
187	Something Is Not Right With Me Cold War Kids	44	1	#57	–
188	Till You're Gone Gabe Dixon Band	43	1	#58	–
189	The Foundation Rusty P's	43	1	#58	–
190	The News Carbon/Silicon	43	1	#62	–
191	A Change Is Coming LeRoy Bell	43	1	#60	–
192	Run Gnarls Barkley	43	2	#70	–
193	American Gangster Time Elvis Costello and The Imposters	42	1	#59	–
194	Acid Tongue Jenny Lewis	41	1	#60	–
195	Little Bit Lykke Li	41	1	#60	–
196	It'll All Come Around Back Door Slam	40	1	#65	–
197	The Kids Don't Stand A Chance Vampire Weekend	40	1	#61	–
198	Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt 1 My Morning Jacket	40	1	#61	–
199	Smiling Underneath Ani DiFranco	40	1	#61	–
200	Let It Die Foo Fighters	40	1	#63	–
201	Fear Paddy Casey	38	1	#67	–
202	Crack the Shutters Snow Patrol	38	1	#65	–
203	Duncan and Brady Bob Dylan	37	1	#68	–
204	Golden Age TV on the Radio	37	1	#64	–
205	Always Where I Need to Be The Kooks	36	1	#69	–
206	Never miss a beat Kaiser Chiefs	36	2	#82	–
207	All In My Head Shawn Mullins	36	2	#75	–
208	Rich Girls The Virgins	36	1	#65	–
209	I Still Ain't Over You Augustana	36	1	#67	–
210	Lake Michigan Rogue Wave	36	1	#70	–
211	Spiralling Keane	35	1	#66	–
212	Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River	35	1	#66	–
213	Gotta Be Somebody Nickelback	33	1	#70	–
214	Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2 My Morning Jacket	33	1	#68	–
215	I Came Around Annie Minello	33	1	#68	–
216	Underneath Alanis Morissette	33	2	#82	–
217	You! Me! Dancing! Los Campesinos!	32	1	#69	–
218	Dance With Me The Lackloves	32	1	#69	–
219	I Thought About You The Beautiful Girls	32	1	#74	–
220	Sing For You Tracy Chapman	31	2	#77	–
221	An Eludarian Instance Of Montreal	31	1	#70	–
222	Atmosphere Scott Fisher	30	1	#73	–
223	Carpetbaggers Jenny Lewis	30	1	#71	–
224	The Weight of Her Butch Walker	30	1	#76	–
225	Southside Of Heaven Ryan Bingham	29	1	#72	–
226	As We Grow Valentina	29	1	#72	–
227	I Kissed A Girl Katy Perry	28	1	#75	–
228	No Hiding Place Elvis Costello	28	1	#78	–
229	Always A Friend Alejandro Escovedo	28	2	#76	–
230	If I Rashaad Ahmad	28	1	#73	–
231	You're Gonna Go Far, Kid The Offspring	27	1	#76	–
232	You Don't Understand Me The Raconteurs	27	1	#79	–
233	Bring it On Lenny Kravitz	27	1	#74	–
234	Silver Lining Rilo Kiley	26	1	#75	–
235	Killing for Love Jose Gonzalez	26	1	#75	–
236	Staying With Me Los Lonely Boys	26	2	#84	–
237	Wounded Bird Black Crowes	25	1	#78	–
238	The Cheapest Key Kathleen Edwards	24	1	#77	–
239	No One's Gonna Love You Band of Horses	23	1	#83	–
240	Will It Grow Jakob Dylan	23	1	#80	–
241	Strange Times The Black Keys	23	1	#78	–
242	Hallmark Stars (Take A Seat) The Lackloves	23	1	#78	–
243	Boys With Girlfriends Meiko	23	3	#88	–
244	You and Me and Everything Blues Traveler	22	1	#81	–
245	Sweeter Than This Katie Herzig	22	1	#79	–
246	Busy Being Fabulous The Eagles	22	1	#85	–
247	She Loves Everybody Chester French	21	1	#80	–
248	Lilacs Matt Costa	21	1	#80	–
249	The Only One The Cure	21	2	#91	–
250	31 Today Aimee Mann	21	1	#86	–
251	Kiss Me Again Ben's Brother	20	1	#83	–
252	Sausalito Conor Oberst	20	1	#81	–
253	Can't Say What I Mean Kaiser Chiefs	20	1	#81	–
254	The Lovers Are Losing Keane	20	1	#87	–
255	crushcrushcrush Paramore	19	1	#84	–
256	Gone in the Morning Newton Faulkner	19	1	#82	–
257	Fire Codebreaker	19	1	#82	–
258	Mother Mary Foxboro Hot Tubs	19	1	#88	–
259	Cigarette Eyes Matt Costa	18	1	#83	–
260	Now I'm Gone Juliana Hatfield	18	1	#83	–
261	Good With You LP	17	1	#86	–
262	Believe Q-Tip	17	1	#84	–
263	Testify Danielia Cotton	17	1	#90	–
264	Slippery People Jason Spooner	17	1	#87	–
265	Crawl Kings of Leon	16	1	#85	–
266	Lord I'm Discouraged Hold Steady	15	1	#86	–
267	I Was Zapped by the Lucky Super Rainbow The Flaming Lips	15	1	#86	–
268	Unsettle My Heart The Boat People	15	1	#92	–
269	When I Dream of Michelangelo Counting Crows	15	1	#89	–
270	That's How People Grow Up Morrissey	14	1	#93	–
271	Working On A Dream Bruce Springsteen	14	1	#87	–
272	Chemtrails Beck	14	1	#87	–
273	This Lonely Love Juliana Hatfield	14	1	#87	–
274	On My Way Del Sol	13	1	#94	–
275	Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	11	1	#90	–
276	In My Arms Teddy Thompson	10	1	#91	–
277	Radio Nowhere Bruce Springsteen	9	1	#92	–
278	Round Here Somewhere The Bodeans	9	1	#92	–
279	Cruel Fate Big Head Todd and the Monsters	8	1	#93	–
280	Sunshine Lies Matthew Sweet	8	1	#93	–
281	The Fear Lily Allen	7	1	#94	–
282	Carolina Drama The Raconteurs	7	1	#94	–
283	Broken Tift Merritt	7	1	#94	–
284	It's About Time Barcelona	7	1	#97	–
285	Back Door Slam Back Door Slam	7	1	#101	–
286	Sentimental Heart She & Him	6	1	#95	–
287	True Susan Tedeschi	6	1	#95	–
288	Say Aha Santigold	6	1	#95	–
289	Love's A Mystery The Pretenders	5	1	#96	–
290	Have You Made Up Your Mind Paul Weller	5	1	#96	–
291	Stay Positive Hold Steady	4	1	#97	–
292	Shine On The Kooks	4	1	#97	–
293	Persistent 1956	4	1	#97	–
294	Out of Our Heads Sheryl Crow	3	1	#98	–
295	You Won't Be Able to Be Sad Break and Repair Method	3	1	#101	–
296	The Clockwise Witness DeVotchKa	3	1	#105	–
297	Creator Santigold	2	1	#99	–
298	Rebels in the Roses Everest	2	1	#102	–
299	Why Do Men Fight? Carbon/Silicon	2	1	#106	–
300	The Little Things Colbie Caillat	1	1	#100	–
301	Family Tree TV on the Radio	1	1	#100	–
302	Sadie Hawkins Dessa	1	1	#100	–
303	Falling Slowly Glen Hansard	1	1	#103	–
304	Sweeter Than the Rest Joan Osborne	1	1	#107	–