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CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005

The year-end countdown for 2005 from CD101 in Columbus, OH ranks 101 songs, with “Coin-Operated Boy” by The Dresden Dolls at number one. The list features 82 different artists; Watershed has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Coin-Operated Boy The Dresden Dolls 21 #1
2 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 80 #1
3 New Slang The Shins 54 #3
4 Walking With A Ghost Tegan and Sara 33 #4
5 Blue Orchid The White Stripes 35 #5
6 Beverly Hills Weezer 56 #4
7 The Widow The Mars Volta 28 #7
8 Galvanize The Chemical Brothers 22 #8
9 Finding Out True Love is Blind Louis XIV 25 #5
10 Evil Interpol 31 #5
11 An Honest Mistake The Bravery 34 #3
12 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails 54 #1
13 Son's Gonna Rise Citizen Cope 24 #6
14 Banquet Bloc Party 34 #14
15 16 Military Wives The Decemberists 18 #15
16 Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs 64 #1
17 Dakota Stereophonics 17 #17
18 Such Great Heights The Postal Service 58 #2
19 Helena My Chemical Romance 32 #4
20 I Turn My Camera On Spoon 27 #20
21 Obvious Watershed 8 #21
22 Club Foot Kasabian 21 #22
23 Soul Meets Body Death Cab for Cutie 64 #2
24 10 AM Automatic The Black Keys 17 #22
25 Girl Anachronism The Dresden Dolls 4 #25
26 Why Do You Love Me Garbage 24 #26
27 Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Jack Johnson 28 #7
28 The Bucket Kings of Leon 20 #28
29 Juicebox The Strokes 32 #12
30 Wonderful Night Fatboy Slim 9 #30
31 King Without a Crown Matisyahu 43 #1
32 Lyla Oasis 14 #31
33 Dry Your Eyes The Streets 20 #1
34 Don't Tread on Me 311 27 #18
35 Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) The Arcade Fire 26 #9
36 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
37 Speed of Sound Coldplay 45 #2
38 Float On Modest Mouse 91 #1
39 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1 The Flaming Lips 30 #15
40 Goodnight Goodnight Hot Hot Heat 23 #15
41 All These Things That I've Done The Killers 50 #2
42 Alive And Amplified The Mooney Suzuki 12 #42
43 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 83 #5
44 Run Snow Patrol 43 #7
45 Precious Depeche Mode 35 #3
46 Best of You Foo Fighters 75 #1
47 Combat Baby Metric 11 #38
48 Nth Degree Morningwood 20 #8
49 Laid James 72 #1
50 Through The Walls RJD2 11 #33
51 The Distance Cake 91 #1
52 God Killed The Queen Louis XIV 10 #50
53 My Doorbell The White Stripes 42 #7
54 Pepper Butthole Surfers 76 #1
55 Darling Nikki Foo Fighters 37 #10
56 Death Or Glory Social Distortion 11 #56
57 My Coco Stellastarr* 16 #14
58 Hey Now Now The Cloud Room 1 #58
59 Everybody's Changing Keane 20 #51
60 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
61 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
62 Blood Red Summer Coheed and Cambria 8 #30
63 Black and White Town Doves 15 #49
64 Salt Lake City Dwarves 1 #64
65 I'm Not Okay (I Promise) My Chemical Romance 36 #21
66 Love and Memories O.A.R. 11 #34
67 The Guitar Man Cake 9 #67
68 People Who Died Jim Carroll Band 43 #17
69 Catch My Disease Ben Lee 16 #2
70 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 63 #4
71 Metal Afrika Bambaataa 3 #37
72 Hurt Johnny Cash 77 #1
73 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
74 I Predict a Riot Kaiser Chiefs 31 #5
75 Blue A Perfect Circle 14 #9
76 Bullet Frank Black & The Catholics 15 #7
77 Middle of Nowhere Hot Hot Heat 22 #6
78 Four Kicks Kings of Leon 9 #78
79 Jerry Was A Race Car Driver Primus 62 #26
80 Little Sister Queens of the Stone Age 35 #2
81 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 98 #6
82 E-Pro Beck 41 #2
83 Hey Pretty Poe 15 #49
84 Gangsters and Thugs Transplants 10 #46
85 Rock Lobster The B-52's 87 #5
86 Smile Like You Mean It The Killers 29 #10
87 Only Nine Inch Nails 44 #5
88 Bam Thwok The Pixies 14 #10
89 Drunk Is Better Than Dead The Pushstars 8 #89
90 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 71 #2
91 Story of My Life Social Distortion 43 #7
92 Anniversary Watershed 9 #82
93 Can't Be Myself Watershed 14 #10
94 Transdermal Celebration Ween 12 #40
95 Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave 31 #4
96 Delirious Love Neil Diamond 9 #71
97 Bleed Like Me Garbage 16 #42
98 Nothing Is Wrong Gomez 11 #79
99 Clint Eastwood Gorillaz 74 #2
100 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
101 Oh My God Kaiser Chiefs 10 #47

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About this countdown

CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 was broadcast by CD101 (Columbus, OH). 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.

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