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Q101 Top 101 Countdowns by Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

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The Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996

Ranking

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Title

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1.

Bush

Machinehead

Sixteen Stone

Machinehead

2.

The Smashing Pumpkins

1979

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

1979

3.

Everclear

Santa Monica

Sparkle And Fade

Everclear - Sparkle and Fade - Santa Monica

4.

311

Down

311

Down

5.

Gravity Kills

Guilty

Gravity Kills

-

6.

No Doubt

Spiderwebs

Tragic Kingdom

Spiderwebs

7.

Butthole Surfers

Pepper

-

-

8.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Tonight, Tonight

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Tonight, Tonight

9.

Stabbing Westward

What Do I Have To Do?

Wither Blister Burn & Peel

-

10.

Dishwalla

Counting Blue Cars

-

-

11.

Stone Temple Pilots

Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart

Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop

Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart

12.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Zero

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Zero

13.

Primitive Radio Gods

Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth…

-

-

14.

Rage Against The Machine

Bulls On Parade

Evil Empire

-

15.

Spacehog

In The Meantime

-

-

16.

Bush

Swallowed

Razorblade Suitcase

Swallowed

17.

Oasis

Champagne Supernova

(What's The Story) Morning Glory?

Champagne Supernova

18.

Soundgarden

Burden In My Hand

Down on the Upside

Burden in My Hand

19.

No Doubt

Don't Speak

Tragic Kingdom

Don't Speak

20.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Muzzle

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Muzzle

21.

Porno For Pyros

Tahitian Moon

Good God's Urge

-

22.

Goldfinger

Here In Your Bedroom

-

-

23.

Jewel

Who Will Save Your Soul

-

-

24.

Stone Temple Pilots

Big Bang Baby

Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop

Big Bang Baby

25.

Eels

Novocaine for the Soul

Beautiful Freak

-

26.

Soundgarden

Pretty Noose

Down on the Upside

Pretty Noose

27.

Beck

Where It's At

Odelay

Where It's At

28.

Green Day

Brain Stew

Insomniac

Brain Stew

29.

Alanis Morissette

Head Over Feet

Jagged Little Pill

Head Over Feet

30.

Stabbing Westward

Shame

Wither Blister Burn & Peel

-

31.

The Cranberries

Salvation

To The Faithful Departed

The Cranberries - The Cranberries: Stars - The Best of 1992-2002 - Salvation

32.

Pearl Jam

Hail, Hail

No Code

Hail, Hail

33.

311

All Mixed Up

311

All Mixed Up

34.

Soundgarden

Blow Up The Outside World

Down on the Upside

Blow up the Outside World

35.

Tracy Bonham

Mother Mother

-

-

36.

Cake

The Distance

Fashion Nugget

The Distance

37.

Sublime

What I Got

Sublime

What I Got

38.

Collective Soul

The World I Know

Collective Soul

Collective Soul - Collective Soul - The World I Know

39.

Garbage

Stupid Girl

Garbage

Stupid Girl

40.

Local H

Bound For The Floor

-

-

41.

Goo Goo Dolls

Naked

A Boy Named Goo

Naked

42.

Geggy Tah

Whoever You Are

-

-

43.

Alice In Chains

Heaven Beside You

Alice in Chains

Heaven Beside You

44.

Alanis Morissette

Ironic

Jagged Little Pill

Ironic

45.

Nixons

Sister

-

46.

Garbage

Only Happy When It Rains

Garbage

Only Happy When It Rains

47.

Oasis

Wonderwall

(What's The Story) Morning Glory?

Wonderwall

48.

Beck

Devil's Haircut

Odelay

Devils Haircut

49.

Poe

Angry Johnny

-

-

50.

Foo Fighters

Big Me

Foo Fighters

Big Me

51.

Alanis Morissette

You Learn

Jagged Little Pill

You Learn

52.

Dave Matthews Band

Too Much

Crash

Dave Matthews Band - Crash - Too Much

53.

Nada Surf

Popular

-

-

54.

Oasis

Don't Look Back In Anger

(What's The Story) Morning Glory?

Don't Look Back In Anger

55.

Republica

Ready To Go

-

-

56.

7 Mary 3

Cumbersome

-

-

57.

Superdrag

Sucked Out

-

-

58.

Green Day

Walking Contradiction

Insomniac

Walking Contradiction

59.

Sheryl Crow

If It Makes You Happy

-

-

60.

The Verve Pipe

Photograph

-

-

61.

Nirvana

Aneurysm

-

-

62.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Aeroplane

One Hot Minute

Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute - Aeroplane

63.

Social Distortion

I Was Wrong

White Light White Heat White Trash

Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash - I Was Wrong

64.

The Cranberries

Free to Decide

To The Faithful Departed

The Cranberries - The Cranberries: Stars - The Best of 1992-2002 - Free to Decide

65.

The Refreshments

Banditos

-

-

66.

Fun Lovin' Criminals

Scooby Snacks

-

-

67.

Sponge

Wax Ecstatic

-

-

68.

Dave Matthews Band

So Much to Say

Crash

Dave Matthews Band - Crash - So Much to Say

69.

The Cure

Mint Car

Wild Mood Swings

-

70.

Korn

No Place to Hide

Life Is Peachy

-

71.

R.E.M.

E-Bow the Letter

New Adventures In Hi-Fi

R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi - E-Bow the Letter

72.

Tool

Stinkfist

Ænima

-

73.

The Presidents of the United States of America

Peaches

The Presidents Of The United States Of America

Peaches

74.

Pearl Jam

I Got Id

-

-

75.

Goldfinger

Mable

-

-

76.

Garbage

#1 Crush

-

-

77.

Toadies

Possum Kingdom

-

-

78.

For Squirrels

Mighty K.C.

-

-

79.

No Doubt

Happy Now?

Tragic Kingdom

Happy Now?

80.

Counting Crows

Angels of the Silences

Recovering The Satellites

Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites - Angels of the Silences

81.

Lush

Lady Killers

-

-

82.

Wallflowers

6th Avenue Heartache

Bringing Down the Horse

6th Avenue Heartache

83.

Filter

Jurassitol

The Crow: City Of Angels

-

84.

Kula Shaker

Tattva

-

-

85.

Pearl Jam

Who You Are

No Code

Who You Are

86.

Fiona Apple

Shadowboxer

Tidal

Shadowboxer

87.

The Cure

The 13th

Wild Mood Swings

-

88.

Jars of Clay

Flood

Jars of Clay

-

89.

Hole

Gold Dust Woman

The Crow: City Of Angels

-

90.

Weezer

El Scorcho

Pinkerton

Weezer - Pinkerton - El Scorcho

91.

Tori Amos

Caught A Lite Sneeze

Boys for Pele

-

92.

Foo Fighters

Alone + Easy Target

Foo Fighters

Alone + Easy Target

93.

Stone Temple Pilots

Lady Picture Show

Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop

Lady Picture Show

94.

Bloodhound Gang

Fire Water Burn

-

-

95.

R.E.M.

Bittersweet Me

New Adventures In Hi-Fi

R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi - Bittersweet Me

96.

Everclear

Heartspark Dollarsign

Sparkle And Fade

Everclear - Sparkle and Fade - Heartspark Dollarsign

97.

The Cure

Strange Attraction

Wild Mood Swings

-

98.

Silverchair

Israel's Son

Frogstomp

Silverchair - Frogstomp - Israel's Son

99.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Love Rollercoaster

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

-

100.

Screaming Trees

All I Know

-

-

101.

Ruby

Tiny Meat

-

-