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Mediabase Year-End #1s (2009-2019)

2009 Inverse Points:
1 Muse “Uprising”  [419]
2 Weezer “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To” [394]
3 Rise Against “Savior” [373]
4 Breaking Benjamin “I Will Not Bow” [335]
5 Three Days Grace “Break” [298]

6 Chevelle “Jars” [292]
7 Alice In Chains “Check My Brain” [280]
8 Silversun Pickups “Panic Switch” [276]
9 Foo Fighters “Wheels” [269]
10 AFI “Medicate” [251]

11 Pearl Jam “The Fixer” [248]
12 Kings of Leon “Use Somebody” [239]
13 Cage The Elephant “Back Against The Wall” [227]
14 30 Seconds To Mars “Kings And Queens” [224]
15 Paramore “Ignorance” [219]
16 Death Cab For Cutie “Meet Me On The Equinox” [216]
17 Phoenix “1901” [190]
18 Kings Of Leon “Notion” [165]
19 Anberlin “Feel Good Drag” [147]
20 Shinedown “If You Only Knew” [141]

21 Linkin Park “New Divide” [133]
22 Flyleaf “Again” [126]
23 Cage The Elephant “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” [104]
24 Sick Puppies “You’re Going Down” [104]
25 Them Crooked Vultures “New Fang” [104]
26 Green Day “East Jesus Nowhere” [82]
27 Silversun Pickups “Substitution” [76]
28 Pearl Jam “Just Breathe” [71]
29 Green Day “21 Guns” [66]
30 Jet “She’s A Genius” [53]

31 The Bravery “Slow Poison” [46]
32 Slipknot “Snuff” [42]
33 Shinedown “Sound Of Madness” [36]
34 Anberlin “Breaking” [34]
35 Franz Ferdinand “No You Girls” [33]
36 Metric “Help, I’m Alive” [30]
37 Switchfoot “Mess Of Me” [30]
38 Dead By Sunrise “Crawl Back In” [30]
39 Matisyahu “One Day” [26]
40 Hockey “Too Fake” [23]

41 Creed “Overcome” [19]
42 Crash Kings “Mountain Man” [16]
43 Puddle Of Mudd “Spaceship” [14]
44 After Midnight Project “Take Me Home” [13]
45 Owl City “Fireflies” [11]
46 Alice In Chains “Your Decision” [8]
47 Cavo “Champagne” [4]
48 Say Anything “Hate Everyone” [3]
49 Sick Puppies “Odd One” [3]
50 U2 “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” [2]

NOTE: This chart started on 09.11.2009, and points are based on the chart from that date onward.

2010 Inverse Points:
1 The Dirty Heads/Rome “Lay Me Down” [1,011]
2 Rise Against “Savior” [907]
3 Muse “Uprising” [880]
4 Phoenix “1901” [857]
5 Neon Trees “Animal” [838]

6 Muse “Resistance” [721]
7 Phoenix “Lisztomania” [676]
8 Cage The Elephant “In One Ear” [609]
9 30 Seconds To Mars “This Is War” [561]
10 The Black Keys “Tighten Up” [534]

11 Mumford and Sons “Little Lion Man” [502]
12 Crash Kings “Mountain Man”  [476]
13 Anberlin “Impossible” [471]
14 Jimmy Eat World “My Best Theory” [419]
15 Weezer “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To” [418]
16 Kings Of Leon “Radioactive” [390]
17 Alice In Chains “Your Decision”  [388]
18 Three Days Grace “The Good Life” [388]
19 Stone Sour “Say You’ll Haunt Me” [368]
20 Chevelle “Letter From A Thief” [365]

21 Flyleaf “Again” [362]
22 The Temper Trap “Sweet Disposition” [361]
23 Cage The Elephant “Back Against The Wall” [354]
24 30 Seconds To Mars “Kings And Queens” [343]
25 Switchfoot “The Sound (John M. Perkins’ Blues)” [331]
26 Stone Temple Pilots “Between The Lines” [329]
27 Brandon Flowers “Crossfire” [325]
28 Linkin Park “Waiting For The End” [322]
29 Silversun Pickups “The Royal We” [317]
30 Muse “Undisclosed Desires” [311]

31 Shinedown “The Crow and The Butterfly” [292]
32 Sick Puppies “Maybe” [291]
33 Civil Twilight “Letters From The Sky” [286]
34 Breaking Benjamin “Give Me A Sign” [274]
35 Paramore “Brick By Boring Brick” [266]
36 Broken Bells “The High Road”  [262]
37 Three Days Grace “Break”  [260]
38 Avenged Sevenfold “Nightmare” [248]
39 Sick Puppies “Odd One” [237]
40 Linkin Park “The Catalyst” [235]

41 Pearl Jam “Just Breathe” [232]
42 Cake “Sick Of You” [216]
43 30 Seconds To Mars “Closer To The Edge” [215]
44 Breaking Benjamin “I Will Not Bow” [212]
45 Silversun Pickups “Panic Switch” [191]
46 Finger Eleven “Living In A Dream” [190]
47 Against Me! “I Was A Teenage Anarchist” [178]
48 Jack Johnson “You And Your Heart” [167]
49 Switchfoot “Mess Of Me” [165]
50 Florence + The Machine “Dog Days Are Over” [164]

51 Shinedown “If You Only Knew” [159]
52 Metric “Gold Girls Guns” [155]
53 Slipknot “Snuff” [145]
54 Disturbed “Another Way To Die” [143]
55 Arcade Fire “Ready To Start” [139]
56 Three Days Grace “World So Cold” [129]
57 Deftones “Diamond Eyes” [126]
58 New Politics “Yeah Yeah Yeah” [121]
59 Crash Kings “You Got Me” [120]
60 My Chemical Romance “Na Na Na” [119]

61 The Temper Trap “Fader” [118]
62 Papa Roach “Kick In The Teeth” [112]
63 Them Crooked Vultures “New Fang” [100]
64 Muse “Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)” [92]
65 My Chemical Romance “Sing” [89]
66 Cage The Elephant “Shake Me Down” [86]
67 Apocalyptica/Gavin Rossdale “End Of Me” [80]
68 Pearl Jam “Amongst The Waves” [79]
69 Weezer “I’m Your Daddy” [77]
70 A Day To Remember “All I Want” [72]

71 Neon Trees “1983” [71]
72 Vampire Weekend “Cousins” [71]
73 Weezer “Memories” [67]
74 Death Cab For Cutie “Meet Me On The Equinox” [59]
75 Middle Class Rut “New Low” [56]
76 Chevelle “Shameful Metaphors” [55]
77 The Dead Weather “Die By The Drop” [54]
78 Kings of Leon “Use Somebody” [54]
79 Cypress Hill/Tom Morello “Rise Up” [50]
80 American Bang “Wild And Young”  [47]

81 The Dirty Heads “Stand Tall” [43]
82 Flobots/Tim McIllrath “White Flag Warrior” [41]
83 Paper Tongues “Ride To California” [41]
84 Mumford and Sons “The Cave” [40]
85 10 Years “Shoot It Out” [35]
86 Silversun Pickups “Substitution”  [34]
87 Bush “Afterlife” [33]
88 My Darkest Days “Porn Star Dancing” [32]
89 Hole “Skinny Little Bitch” [32]
90 Green Day “East Jesus Nowhere” [30]

91 AFI “Beautiful Thieves” [30]
92 Foo Fighters “Wheels” [28]
93 Paper Tongues “Trinity” [28]
94 Social Distortion “Machine Gun Blues” [27]
95 Stone Temple Pilots “Take A Load Off” [23]
96 Alice In Chains “Lesson Learned” [17]
97 Violent Soho “Jesus Stole My Girlfriend” [17]
98 AFI “Medicate” [14]
99 Soundgarden “Black Rain” [14]
100 Broken Bells “The Ghost Inside” [13]

101 Green Day “Last Of The American Girls” [11]
102 Puddle Of Mudd “Spaceship” [11]
103 Chevelle “Jars” [10]
104 Bullet For My Valentine “Your Betrayal” [10]
105 Godsmack “Love Hate Sex Pain” [8]
106 Alice In Chains “Check My Brain”  [7]
107 Gorillaz/Bobby Womack/Mos Def “Stylo” [6]
108 Godsmack “Cryin’ Like A Bitch” [6]
109 Manchester Orchestra “Shake It Out” [5]
110 Jimmy Eat World “Coffee and Cigarettes” [4]

111 Avenged Sevenfold “Welcome To The Family” [4]
112 The Smashing Pumpkins “Freak” [4]
113 Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes “Home” [3]
114 New Politics “Dignity” [2]
115 Paper Tongues “Get Higher” [1]
116 Phoenix “Lasso” [1]
117 Five Finger Death Punch “Bad Company” [1]

2011 Inverse Points:

1 Foster The People “Pumped Up Kicks” 1,073
2 AWOLnation “Sail” 851
3 Mumford and Sons “The Cave” 788
4 Foo Fighters “Walk” 747
5 Cage The Elephant “Shake Me Down” 744

6 The Black Keys “Howlin’ For You” 738
7 The Airborne Toxic Event “Changing” 707
8 Foo Fighters “Rope” 693
9 Rise Against “Help Is On The Way” 666
10 Red Hot Chili Peppers “The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie” 558
11 Linkin Park “Waiting For The End” 542
12 Death Cab For Cutie “You Are A Tourist” 538
13 Young The Giant “My Body” 506
14 Bush “The Sound Of Winter” 494
15 The Black Keys “Tighten Up” 445
16 Incubus “Adolescents” 439
17 Blink-182 “Up All Night” 435
18 Sublime With Rome “Panic” 426
19 Rise Against “Make It Stop (September’s Children)” 405
20 The Naked And Famous “Young Blood” 405
21 Young The Giant “Cough Syrup” 384
22 The Joy Formidable “Whirring” 382
23 Middle Class Rut “New Low” 380
24 Coldplay “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall” 348
25 Seether “Country Song” 330
26 Foster The People “Helena Beat” 327
27 Coldplay “Paradise” 316
28 My Chemical Romance “Sing” 310
29 Mumford and Sons “Roll Away Your Stone” 310
30 Switchfoot “Dark Horses” 304
31 311 “Sunset in July” 298
32 Muse “Undisclosed Desires” 274
33 Social Distortion “Machine Gun Blues” 231
34 Sick Puppies “Riptide” 226
35 Jane’s Addiction “Irresistible Force” 223
36 Seether “Tonight” 222
37 Grouplove “Colours” 221
38 Florence + The Machine “Dog Days Are Over” 203
39 The Black Keys “Lonely Boy” 201
40 Cage The Elephant “Aberdeen” 19741 The Strokes “Under Cover of Darkness” 194
42 Beastie Boys “Make Some Noise” 188
43 A Day To Remember “All I Want” 179
44 Chevelle “Face To The Floor” 172
45 Evanescence “What You Want” 171
46 Cake “Sick Of You” 162
47 Foo Fighters “These Days” 145
48 30 Seconds To Mars “Closer To The Edge” 143
49 Portugal. The Man “People Say” 141
50 Adele “Rolling In The Deep” 13451 Incubus “Promises, Promises” 133

52 Cake “Long Time” 128
53 Redlight King “Old Man” 128
54 Cage The Elephant “Around My Head” 124
55 Blink-182 “After Midnight” 119
56 Staind “Not Again” 115
57 The Naked And Famous “Punching In A Dream” 112
58 Neon Trees “1983″ 109
59 Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi/Jack White “Two Against One” 101
60 Mumford and Sons “Little Lion Man” 99

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61 Red Hot Chili Peppers “Monarchy Of Roses” 98
62 Sick Puppies “Maybe” 95
63 Avenged Sevenfold “Welcome To The Family” 95
64 Florence + The Machine “Shake It Out” 95
65 Linkin Park “Iridescent” 93
66 Kings of Leon “Pyro” 92
67 Avenged Sevenfold “So Far Away” 92
68 Neon Trees “Animal” 86
69 The Decemberists “This Is Why We Fight” 84
70 Shinedown “Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)” 84

71 The Airborne Toxic Event “All I Ever Wanted” 84
72 Kings Of Leon “Radioactive” 81
73 Three Days Grace “Lost In You” 77
74 My Chemical Romance “Bulletproof Heart” 72
75 Papa Roach “Burn” 66
76 Atomic Tom “Take Me Out” 59
77 Two Door Cinema Club “What You Know” 58
78 Panic! At The Disco “The Ballad Of Mona Lisa” 54
79 Arcade Fire “We Used To Wait” 52
80 AWOLnation “Not Your Fault” 52

81 The Kooks “Junk Of The Heart (Happy)” 47
82 Hollywood Undead “Hear Me Now” 47
83 Three Days Grace “World So Cold” 45
84 Paramore “Monster” 43
85 Sleeper Agent “Get It Daddy” 41
86 Anberlin “Impossible” 40
87 Sublime With Rome “Take It Or Leave It” 39
88 Foster The People “Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)” 38
89 Everlast “I Get By” 36
90 Disturbed “The Animal” 32

91 Rise Against “Satellite” 32
92 The Temper Trap “Fader” 31
93 Alter Bridge “Isolation” 30
94 Crystal Castles/Robert Smith “Not In Love” 27
95 Middle Class Rut “Busy Bein’ Born” 26
96 Korn “Narcissistic Cannibal” 24
97 Cold War Kids “Louder Than Ever” 18
98 Jimmy Eat World “Coffee and Cigarettes” 17
99 Neon Trees “Your Surrender” 17
100 My Darkest Days “Porn Star Dancing” 16

101 Cake “Mustache Man (Wasted)” 15
102 Broken Bells “The Ghost Inside” 13
103 Jimmy Eat World “My Best Theory” 11
104 Blue October “The Chills” 10
105 fun./Janelle Monáe “We Are Young” 9
106 Jane’s Addiction “Underground” 6
107 A Day To Remember “All Signs Points To Lauderdale” 4
108 Paper Tongues “Get Higher” 4
109 Gotye/Kimbra “Somebody That I Used To Know” 4
110 Chevelle “Shameful Metaphors” 4

111 MuteMath “Blood Pressure” 4
112 Saving Abel “The Sex Is Good” 3
113 Skillet “Awake and Alive” 2
114 Grouplove “Tongue Tied” 2
115 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds “If I Had A Gun” 1
116 The Joy Formidable “A Heavy Abacus” 1
117 The Dirty Heads “Stand Tall” 1

 

2012 Inverse Points:
1 Imagine Dragons “It’s Time” 905 Did NOT peak @#1 or #2.
2 Grouplove “Tongue Tied” 887 Highest with a #1 peak
3 Of Monsters and Men “Little Talks” 859
4 Gotye/Kimbra “Somebody That I Used To Know” 799
Most weeks @#1 [12] in 2012
5 The Black Keys “Gold On The Ceiling” 696
6 fun./Janelle Monáe “We Are Young” 664
7 Alex Clare “Too Close” 659
8 The Lumineers “Ho Hey” 646
9 Linkin Park “Burn It Down” 637
10 fun. “Some Nights” 607

11 M83 “Midnight City” 558
12 Mumford and Sons “I Will Wait” 511
13 The Black Keys “Little Black Submarines” 500
14 Passion Pit “Take A Walk” 490
15 AWOLnation “Kill Your Heroes” 484
16 Muse “Madness” 476 Most consecutive weeks @#1 [10] in 2012
17 The Black Keys “Lonely Boy” 463
18 AWOLnation “Not Your Fault” 435
19 Neon Trees “Everybody Talks” 435
20 Silversun Pickups “Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)” 406

21 Foo Fighters “These Days” 403
22 The Offspring “Days Go By” 371
23 Foster The People “Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)” 366
24 Young The Giant “Cough Syrup” 329
25 Atlas Genius “Trojans” 324
26 Rise Against “Satellite” 303
27 The Killers “Runaways” 303
28 Walk The Moon “Anna Sun” 290
29 Youngblood Hawke “We Come Running” 289
30 Green Day “Oh Love” 285

31 Red Hot Chili Peppers “Look Around” 281
32 Grouplove “Itchin’ On A Photograph” 274
33 The Dirty Heads “Spread Too Thin” 269
34 The Gaslight Anthem “45″ 267
35 Coldplay “Paradise” 258
36 Chevelle “Face To The Floor” 230
37 The Shins “Simple Song” 225
38 Three Days Grace “Chalk Outline” 214
39 Shinedown “Bully” 206
40 Linkin Park “Lost in the Echo” 199

41 Rise Against “Wait For Me” 193
42 Alabama Shakes “Hold On” 190
43 Metric “Youth Without Youth” 177
44 Switchfoot “Afterlife” 173
45 Bush “The Sound Of Winter” 170
46 Of Monsters and Men “Mountain Sound” 170
47 Florence + The Machine “Shake It Out” 165
48 Jack White “Love Interruption” 163
49 Cage The Elephant “Aberdeen” 159
50 Jack White “Sixteen Saltines” 159

51 Blink-182 “After Midnight” 157
52 Morning Parade “Headlights” 152
53 Two Door Cinema Club “Sleep Alone” 152
54 Soundgarden “Been Away Too Long” 148
55 Red Hot Chili Peppers “Monarchy Of Roses” 145
56 Chevelle “Hats Off To The Bull” 145
57 Silversun Pickups “The Pit” 143
58 Coldplay “Charlie Brown” 143
59 Bush “Baby Come Home” 139
60 Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” 138

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61 Green Day “Let Yourself Go” 135
62 Soundgarden “Live To Rise” 134
63 The Wombats “Jump Into The Fog” 134
64 Switchfoot “Dark Horses” 125
65 Florence + The Machine “No Light, No Light” 113
66 Garbage “Blood For Poppies” 112
67 fun. “Carry On” 96
68 Foo Fighters “Walk” 92
69 Foxy Shazam “I Like It” 92
70 Civil Twilight “Fire Escape” 89

71 Metric “Breathing Underwater” 86
72 Seether “Tonight” 76
73 Shinedown “Unity” 73
74 Korn “Narcissistic Cannibal” 69
75 Jack White “Freedom At 21″ 63
76 Walk The Moon “Tightrope” 60
77 No Doubt “Settle Down” 55
78 Foster The People “Helena Beat” 53
79 Cake “Mustache Man (Wasted)” 51
80 M83 “Reunion” 51

81 Gotye “Eyes Wide Open” 48
82 Churchill “Change” 46
83 Matt and Kim “Let’s Go” 37
84 The Naked And Famous “Punching In A Dream” 37
85 The Joy Formidable “This Ladder Is Ours” 32
86 The Killers “Miss Atomic Bomb” 28
87 The Used “I Come Alive” 28
88 Foo Fighters “Bridge Burning” 27
89 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Wanz “Thrift Shop” 25
90 Eve 6 “Victoria” 20

91 Jane’s Addiction “Underground” 18
92 The Airborne Toxic Event “All I Ever Wanted” 14
93 Seether “No Resolution” 14
94 Red Hot Chili Peppers “The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie” 13
95 Deftones “Tempest” 12
96 Grouplove “Colours” 12
97 Seether “Here and Now” 10
98 Coldplay “Hurts Like Heaven” 9
99 Sleeper Agent “Get Burned” 8
100 The Joy Formidable “A Heavy Abacus” 8

101 Everlast “I Get By” 7
101 P.O.D. “Lost In Forever” 6
102 Young The Giant “Apartment” 6
103 Snow Patrol “Called Out In The Dark” 5
104 Blondfire “Where The Kids Are” 4
105 Alt-J “Fitzpleasure” 4
106 Ellie Goulding “Lights” 4
107 Slightly Stoopid “Top Of The World” 3
108 Evanescence “What You Want” 3
109 The Dirty Heads/Matisyahu “Dance All Night” 2
110 Deadmau5/Gerard Way “Professional Griefers” 2

111 Twin Atlantic “Free” 2
112 The Lumineers “Stubborn Love” 1
113 Stone Sour “Absolute Zero” 1
114 The Smashing Pumpkins “The Celestials” 1
115 Animal Kingdom “Strange Attractor” 1
116 Electric Guest “This Head I Hold” 1
117 Middle Class Rut “Are You On Your Way” 1
118 Band Of Skulls” Sweet Sour” 1

2013 Inverse Points:
1 Capital Cities “Safe and Sound” 1,053
2 The Neighbourhood “Sweater Weather” 1,044
3 Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” 946 Most Weeks @#1 in 2013 [15]
4 Imagine Dragons “Demons” 830
5 Fitz and The Tantrums “Out Of My League” 823

6 Of Monsters and Men “Mountain Sound” 699 Highest Song NOT to go #1
7 Grouplove “Ways To Go” 611
8 New Politics “Harlem” 603
9 Lorde “Royals” 601
10 Bastille “Pompeii” 579

11 Muse “Madness” 558
12 The Lumineers “Stubborn Love” 526
13 Muse “Panic Station” 499
14 30 Seconds To Mars “Up In The Air” 457
15 Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer” 451
16 Fall Out Boy “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)” 445
17 Atlas Genius “Trojans” 444
18 The Black Keys “Little Black Submarines” 409
19 Mumford and Sons “I Will Wait” 386
20 Silversun Pickups “The Pit” 377

21 Mumford and Sons “Lover of the Light” 375
22 Panic! At The Disco/Lolo “Miss Jackson” 338
23 Ms Mr “Hurricane” 334
24 Atlas Genius “If So” 332
25 Daft Punk/Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” 324
26 Tame Impala “Elephant” 323
27 30 Seconds To Mars “City Of Angels” 293
28 Phoenix “Trying To Be Cool” 292
29 The Lumineers “Ho Hey” 292
30 Vampire Weekend “Diane Young” 270

31 fun. “Carry On” 255
32 Nine Inch Nails “Came Back Haunted” 252
33 Kings Of Leon “Supersoaker” 247
34 Pearl Jam “Sirens” 246
35 Twenty|one|pilots “Holding On To You” 240
36 Alt-J “Breezeblocks” 236
37 Linkin Park/Steve Aoki “A Light That Never Comes” 229
38 Phoenix “Entertainment” 217
39 Avicii “Wake Me Up” 215
40 Family Of The Year “Hero” 213

41 The Mowgli’s “San Francisco” 208
42 Arctic Monkeys “Do I Wanna Know?” 206
43 Passion Pit “Take A Walk” 186
44 The Neighbourhood “Afraid” 182
45 Lorde “Team” 181
46 The Airborne Toxic Event “Timeless” 163
47 Frank Turner “Recovery” 162
48 Pearl Jam “Mind Your Manners” 160
49 Portugal. The Man “Purple, Yellow, Red And Blue” 158
50 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Wanz “Thrift Shop” 157

51 Linkin Park “Castle of Glass” 141
52 Metric “Breathing Underwater” 135
53 Paramore “Now” 131
54 Of Monsters and Men “King and Lionheart” 131
55 Passion Pit “Carried Away” 125
56 Alt-J “Tessellate” 124
57 Mumford and Sons “Babel” 122
58 Vampire Weekend” Unbelievers” 110
59 Walk The Moon “Tightrope” 110
60 Foals “Inhaler” 104

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61 Switchfoot “Who We Are” 99
62 Young The Giant “It’s About Time” 95
63 Arcade Fire “Reflektor” 94
64 Queens Of The Stone Age “My God Is The Sun” 93
65 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Mary Lambert “Same Love” 91
66 Pepper “FKARND” 91
67 Twenty|one|pilots “House Of Gold” 90
68 Churchill “Change” 81
69 AWOLnation “Kill Your Heroes” 81
70 Foals “My Number” 77

71 Muse “Follow Me” 77
72 Coldplay “Atlas” 74
73 The Killers “Shot At The Night” 73
74 Deftones “Tempest” 71
75 Cold War Kids “Miracle Mile” 69
76 Blue October “Bleed Out” 65
77 Soundgarden “Been Away Too Long” 62
78 Avenged Sevenfold “Hail To The King” 58
79 AFI “17 Crimes” 57
80 CHVRCHES “The Mother We Share” 57

81 J. Roddy Walston And The Business “Heavy Bells” 57
82 Green Day “Let Yourself Go” 47
83 Sick Puppies “There’s No Going Back” 44
84 Imagine Dragons “It’s Time” 42
85 C2C “Down The Road” 37
86 Alice In Chains “Hollow” 36
87 Youngblood Hawke “We Come Running” 36
88 Stone Temple Pilots/Chester Bennington “Out of Time” 35
89 Biffy Clyro “Black Chandelier” 34
90 NONONO “Pumpin Blood” 33

91 Queens Of The Stone Age “I Sat By The Ocean” 33
92 Three Days Grace “The High Road” 32
93 Kings of Leon “Temple” 29
94 Three Days Grace “Chalk Outline” 28
95 The Joy Formidable “This Ladder Is Ours” 27
96 The Killers “Miss Atomic Bomb” 26
97 Jimmy Eat World “I Will Steal You Back” 25
98 Matt and Kim “Let’s Go” 23
99 The 1975 “Chocolate” 21
100 Franz Ferdinand “Right Action” 21

101 The Naked and Famous “Hearts Like Ours” 20
102 Smallpools “Dreaming” 20
103 AWOLnation “ThisKidsNotAlright” 17
104 Two Door Cinema Club “Sleep Alone” 17
105 Broken Bells “Holding On For Life” 14
106 The Dirty Heads “Cabin By The Sea” 13
107 Grouplove “Itchin’ On A Photograph” 11
108 The Airborne Toxic Event “Hell and Back” 10
109 Depeche Mode “Soothe My Soul” 5
110 New Politics “Tonight You’re Perfect” 4

111 Alt-J “Fitzpleasure” 4
112 Alabama Shakes “Hold On” 4
113 Alex Clare “Up All Night” 3
114 Shinedown “Enemies” 2
115 Imagine Dragons “On Top Of The World” 2
116 Hellogoodbye “(Everything Is) Debatable” 1
117 Neon Trees “Lessons In Love (All Day, All Night)” 1
118 Blondfire “Where The Kids Are” 1

 

2014 Inverse Points:
1 Kongos “Come With Me Now” 887
2 Big Data/Joywave “Dangerous” 844
3 Vance Joy “Riptide” 783
4 Arctic Monkeys “Do I Wanna Know?” 761
5 Bastille “Bad Blood” 710
Highest Song NOT to go #1
6 The Black Keys “Fever” 701 Most Weeks @#1 in 2014 [11]
7 Fitz and The Tantrums “The Walker” 695
8 Milky Chance “Stolen Dance” 675
9 Bleachers “I Wanna Get Better” 588
10 Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer” 583

11 Hozier “Take Me To Church” 516
12 The Dirty Heads “My Sweet Summer” 514
13 Alt-J “Left Hand Free” 466
14 Arctic Monkeys “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” 463
15 Lorde “Team” 450
16 Coldplay “A Sky Full Of Stars” 415
17 Phantogram “Fall In Love” 405
18 Bastille “Flaws” 398
19 Weezer “Back To The Shack” 390
20 Young The Giant “It’s About Time” 386

21 The Neighbourhood “Afraid” 382
22 Bear Hands “Giants” 379
23 Bastille “Pompeii” 359
24 Foster The People “Coming Of Age” 317
25 Fall Out Boy “Centuries” 317
26 Coldplay “Magic” 316
27 Neon Trees “Sleeping With A Friend” 311
28 Jack White “Lazaretto” 309
29 Cage The Elephant “Take It Or Leave It” 289
30 Rise Against “I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore” 269

31 Kongos “I’m Only Joking” 266
32 Cage The Elephant “Cigarette Daydreams” 264
33 Foo Fighters “Something From Nothing” 264
34 The Black Keys “Gotta Get Away” 260
35 Bad Suns “Cardiac Arrest” 249
36 Vampire Weekend “Unbelievers” 239
37 Tove Lo “Habits (Stay High)” 235
38 Wild Cub “Thunder Clatter” 233
39 Kings of Leon “Wait for Me” 225
40 Lorde “Yellow Flicker Beat” 207

41 Arctic Monkeys “R U Mine?” 206
42 J. Roddy Walston and The Business “Take It As It Comes” 192
43 Death From Above 1979 “Trainwreck 1979″ 184
44 Bleachers “Rollercoaster” 183
45 Priory “Weekend” 182
46 J. Roddy Walston And The Business “Heavy Bells” 176
47 Walk The Moon “Shut Up And Dance” 174
48 Fitz and The Tantrums “Fools Gold” 173
49 Bear Hands “Agora” 171
50 Imagine Dragons “I Bet My Life” 169

51 SomeKindaWonderful “Reverse” 168
52 Foster The People “Best Friend” 166
53 American Authors “Best Day Of My Life” 163
54 Pearl Jam “Sirens” 159
55 Imagine Dragons “Demons” 154
56 Silversun Pickups “Cannibal” 154
57 Meg Myers “Desire” 152
58 CHVRCHES “The Mother We Share” 148
59 New Politics “Tonight You’re Perfect” 146
60 Twenty|one|pilots “House Of Gold” 140

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61 Young The Giant “Mind Over Matter” 138
62 Broken Bells “Holding On For Life” 123
63 Banks “Beggin For Thread” 122
64 Lorde “Glory and Gore” 121
65 30 Seconds To Mars “Do Or Die” 113
66 The Griswolds “Beware The Dog” 111
67 New Politics “Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)” 107
68 Imagine Dragons “On Top Of The World” 105
69 Bush “The Only Way Out” 103
70 Lorde “Tennis Court” 103

71 The Airborne Toxic Event “Hell and Back” 99
72 Royal Blood “Figure It Out” 96
73 Queens Of The Stone Age “I Sat By The Ocean” 93
74 Grouplove “Shark Attack” 85
75 Linkin Park/Rakim “Guilty All The Same” 81
76 Of Monsters and Men “Dirty Paws” 75
77 The Pretty Reckless “Heaven Knows” 74
78 Kings of Leon “Temple” 74
79 Cherub “Doses and Mimosas” 61
80 Switchfoot “Who We Are” 61

81 Capital Cities “One Minute More” 59
82 Linkin Park “Until It’s Gone” 59
83 MAGIC! “Rude” 59
84 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite” 51
85 The Orwells “Who Needs You” 48
86 Sleeper Agent “Waves” 47
87 George Ezra “Budapest” 47
88 Chevelle “Take Out The Gunman” 42
89 Fitz and The Tantrums “Out Of My League” 42
90 Broods “Bridges” 41

91 Arcade Fire “Afterlife” 39
92 Joywave/KOPPS “Tongues” 38
93 Linkin Park/Steve Aoki “A Light That Never Comes” 37
94 Twenty|one|pilots “Car Radio” 36
95 Robert DeLong “Long Way Down” 35
96 Panic! At The Disco/Lolo “Miss Jackson” 35
97 Grouplove “Ways To Go” 34
98 Catfish and The Bottlemen “Kathleen” 32
99 Lana Del Rey “West Coast” 29
100 U2 “Every Breaking Wave” 26

101 Interpol “All The Rage Back Home” 25
102 U2 “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” 23
103 Avicii “Wake Me Up” 23
104 Glass Animals “Gooey” 20
105 AWOLnation “ThisKidsNotAlright” 20
106 The Kooks “Bad Habit” 15
107 Panic! At The Disco “This Is Gospel” 13
108 Portugal. The Man “Modern Jesus” 11
109 Rise Against “Tragedy + Time” 9
110 U2 “Invisible” 7

111 Modest Mouse “Lampshades On Fire” 7
112 Alt-J “Tessellate” 6
113 Royal Blood “Out Of The Black” 5
114 Blue October “Bleed Out” 5
115 The Eeries “Cool Kid” 4
116 TV On The Radio “Happy Idiot” 3
117 Sir Sly “Gold” 3
118 Crosses “The Epilogue” 3
119 Yelawolf “Till It’s Gone” 2
120 30 Seconds To Mars “City Of Angels” 2

121 Hellogoodbye “(Everything Is) Debatable” 1
122 Kings Of Leon “Family Tree” 1
123 Seether “Words As Weapons” 1
124 Spoon “Do You” 1
125 Twin Atlantic “Heart And Soul” 1

2015 Inverse Points:
1 X Ambassadors “Renegades” 894 Most Weeks @#1 in 2015 [11]
2 Cold War Kids “First” 766
3 Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” 737
4 Walk The Moon “Shut Up And Dance” 723
5 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite” 634 Highest Song NOT to go #1

6 Twenty|one|pilots “Tear In My Heart” 609
7 Mumford and Sons “Believe” 534
8 Mumford and Sons “The Wolf” 520
9 Death Cab For Cutie “Black Sun” 504
10 AWOLnation “Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)” 502

11 Vance Joy “Mess Is Mine” 496
12 Muse “Dead Inside” 493
13 Coleman Hell “2 Heads” 484
14 Robert DeLong “Long Way Down” 470
15 Beck “Dreams” 467
16 Death Cab For Cutie “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive” 453
17 Modest Mouse “Lampshades On Fire” 438
18 Of Monsters and Men “Crystals” 431
19 Milky Chance “Stolen Dance” 411
20 The Struts “Could Have Been Me” 409

21 AWOLnation “I Am” 401
22 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “S.O.B.” 372
23 Twenty|one|pilots “Stressed Out” 367
24 Foo Fighters “Congregation” 356
25 Cage The Elephant “Cigarette Daydreams” 340
26 Florence + The Machine “Ship To Wreck” 323
27 Walk The Moon “Different Colors” 321
28 Saint Motel “My Type” 315
29 George Ezra “Budapest” 293
30 Silversun Pickups “Nightlight” 289

31 Atlas Genius “Molecules” 284
32 Bleachers “Rollercoaster” 281
33 Panic! At The Disco “Hallelujah” 275
34 Muse “Mercy” 274
35 Imagine Dragons “I Bet My Life” 271
36 Wolf Alice “Moaning Lisa Smile” 248
37 Florence + The Machine “What Kind Of Man” 247
38 Hozier “Take Me To Church” 236
39 Arctic Monkeys “R U Mine?” 232
40 BØRNS “Electric Love” 229

41 Foals “Mountain At My Gates” 228
42 James Bay “Hold Back The River” 223
43 Imagine Dragons “Shots” 218
44 Vance Joy “Fire And The Flood” 211
45 Houndmouth “Sedona” 209
46 Alabama Shakes “Don’t Wanna Fight” 199
47 Foo Fighters “Outside” 199
48 Halsey “New Americana” 197
49 Foo Fighters “Something From Nothing” 193
50 Joywave “Somebody New” 184

51 The Black Keys “Weight Of Love” 180
52 The Offspring “Coming For You” 178
53 Cage The Elephant “Mess Around” 170
54 Imagine Dragons “Roots” 165
55 Meg Myers “Sorry” 162
56 Royal Blood “Little Monster” 147
57 The Arcs “Outta My Mind” 146
58 Royal Blood “Figure It Out” 142
59 CHVRCHES “Leave A Trace” 134
60 In The Valley Below “Peaches” 132
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61 Robert DeLong “Don’t Wait Up” 131
62 Banks “Beggin For Thread” 126
63 Modest Mouse “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box” 124
64 Catfish and The Bottlemen “Kathleen” 121
65 Coldplay “Adventure Of A Lifetime” 118
66 Alt-J “Every Other Freckle” 116
67 Big Data/Joywave “Dangerous” 114
68 Sublime With Rome “Wherever You Go” 111
69 Weezer “Thank God For Girls” 110
70 Chris Cornell “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart” 106

71 Nothing But Thieves “Trip Switch” 86
72 X Ambassadors “Unsteady” 84
73 Incubus “Absolution Calling” 80
74 Glass Animals “Gooey” 76
75 The 1975 “Love Me” 74
76 Fall Out Boy “Centuries” 70
77 Yelawolf “Till It’s Gone” 68
78 Disclosure/Lorde “Magnets” 56
79 Saint Motel “Cold Cold Man” 55
80 Glass Animals “Black Mambo” 53

81 Night Riots “Contagious” 49
82 JR JR “Gone” 48
83 The Kooks “Bad Habit” 46
84 The Dirty Heads “Sound Of Change” 44
85 Rise Against “Tragedy + Time” 44
86 Highly Suspect “Lydia” 44
87 Vance Joy “Riptide” 44
88 Bush “The Only Way Out” 37
89 New Politics “West End Kids” 34
90 Lorde “Yellow Flicker Beat” 33

91 Nate Ruess “Nothing Without Love” 32
92 Meg Myers “Lemon Eyes” 29
93 Fall Out Boy “Uma Thurman” 27
94 Passion Pit “Lifted Up (1985)” 26
95 The Dead Weather “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)” 25
96 Matt and Kim “Get It” 24
97 Panic! At The Disco “Victorious” 24
98 New Politics “Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)” 24
99 Mumford and Sons “Ditmas” 22
100 Milky Chance “Flashed Junk Mind” 18

101 Breaking Benjamin “Failure” 16
102 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “High Dive” 16
103 The Neighbourhood “R.I.P 2 My Youth” 15
104 Joywave “Now” 14
105 U2 “Every Breaking Wave” 11
106 Fitz and The Tantrums “Fools Gold” 10
107 Foo Fighters “Saint Cecilia” 9
108 The Struts “Kiss This” 6
109 Of Monsters and Men “Empire” 4
110 Big Grams “Lights On” 2

111 El Vy “Return To The Moon” 1
112 Ms Mr “Painted” 1
113 Weezer “Da Vinci” 1

2016 Inverse Points:
1 Kaleo “Way Down We Go” 877
2 Cage The Elephant “Trouble” 789
3 The Lumineers “Ophelia” 775
4 Twenty|one|pilots “Ride” 737
5 Blink-182 “Bored To Death” 723

6 Twenty|one|pilots “Heathens” 692 Most Weeks @#1 in 2016 [8]
7 The Strumbellas “Spirits” 678
8 Bastille “Good Grief” 606
9 Cold War Kids “First” 594 Had 7 weeks at #1 in 2015, none in 2016
10 The Head and The Heart “All We Ever Knew” 580

11 Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dark Necessities” 580
12 Bishop Briggs “River” 555 Highest Song NOT to go #1
13 Nothing But Thieves “Trip Switch” 487
14 Coldplay “Adventure Of A Lifetime” 454
15 Fitz and The Tantrums “HandClap” 454
16 Phantogram “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore” 434
17 Twenty|one|pilots “Stressed Out” 422
18 Grouplove “Welcome To Your Life” 417
19 The Struts “Kiss This” 416
20 X Ambassadors “Unsteady” 407

21 Empire Of The Sun “Walking On A Dream” 400
22 Foals “Mountain At My Gates” 389
23 Green Day “Bang Bang” 389
24 Cage The Elephant “Mess Around” 367
25 Kings Of Leon “Waste A Moment” 364
26 Judah and The Lion “Take It All Back” 339
27 AWOLnation “Woman Woman” 322
28 Young The Giant “Something To Believe In” 317
29 Beck “Wow” 307
30 JR JR “Gone” 301

31 Weezer “King Of The World” 300
32 Miike Snow “Genghis Khan” 299
33 Bear Hands “2AM” 284
34 Kongos “Take It From Me” 268
35 Jimmy Eat World “Sure and Certain” 262
36 Glass Animals “Life Itself” 261
37 Catfish and The Bottlemen “Soundcheck” 257
38 The Dirty Heads “That’s All I Need” 229
39 Declan McKenna “Brazil” 219
40 Vance Joy “Fire And The Flood” 218

41 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “High Dive” 216
42 Silversun Pickups “Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)” 212
43 Empire Of The Sun “High and Low” 192
44 Coin “Talk Too Much” 191
45 Foo Fighters “Saint Cecilia” 186
46 Barns Courtney “Fire” 184
47 Panic! At The Disco “Victorious” 181
48 Blink-182 “She’s Out Of Her Mind” 178
49 Joywave “Destruction” 168
50 K.Flay “Blood In The Cut” 166

51 Weezer “Thank God For Girls” 164
52 Saint Motel “Move” 158
53 Nothing But Thieves “Wake Up Call” 150
54 Imagine Dragons “Roots” 139
55 Red Hot Chili Peppers “Go Robot” 133
56 Mumford and Sons “Ditmas” 128
57 Disclosure/Lorde “Magnets” 126
58 Elle King “Under The Influence” 123
59 The 1975 “The Sound” 119
60 The Wombats “Give Me A Try” 119
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61 Silversun Pickups “Nightlight” 118
62 Disturbed “The Sound Of Silence” 116
63 The Struts “Put Your Money On Me” 106
64 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Fire Escape” 103
65 The 1975 “Somebody Else” 100
66 Green Day “Still Breathing” 98
67 Weathers “Happy Pills” 93
68 Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” 92
69 The Strumbellas “We Don’t Know” 87
70 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “S.O.B.” 87

71 Catfish and The Bottlemen “7” 82
72 Death Cab For Cutie “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive” 81
73 X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons “Low Life” 76
74 The Lumineers “Cleopatra” 71
75 Lewis Del Mar “Loud(y)” 70
76 BØRNS “10,000 Emerald Pools” 61
77 Coldplay “Up&Up” 59
78 Coldplay/Beyoncé “Hymn For The Weekend” 52
79 888 “Critical Mistakes” 52
80 Band Of Horses “Casual Party” 49

81 The 1975 “Love Me” 48
82 Finish Ticket “Color” 46
83 Fitz and The Tantrums “Roll Up” 45
84 Chris Cornell “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart” 43
85 Foals “What Went Down” 41
86 X Ambassadors “Renegades” 39
87 Bob Moses “Tearing Me Up” 34
88 Panic! At The Disco “Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time” 31
89 Saint Motel “Cold Cold Man” 30
90 The Dirty Heads “Oxygen” 30

91 Shinedown “State Of My Head” 29
92 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “I Need Never Get Old” 23
93 Death Cab For Cutie “Good Help (Is So Hard To Find)” 23
94 Broods “Free” 22
95 Lukas Graham “7 Years” 17
96 Capital Cities “Vowels” 17
97 Bleeker “Highway” 16
98 Zipper Club “Going The Distance” 16
99 Dreamers “Sweet Disaster” 13
100 The Hunna “You and Me” 8

101 Of Monsters and Men “Wolves Without Teeth” 5
102 Milky Chance “Cocoon” 4
103 Big Grams “Lights On” 4
104 Holy White Hounds “Switchblade” 3
105 Chef’Special “In Your Arms” 3
106 Highly Suspect “My Name Is Human” 3
107 Bishop Briggs “Wild Horses” 2
108 Radiohead “Burn The Witch” 2
109 Florence + The Machine “Delilah” 2
110 The Revivalists “Wish I Knew You” 1

111 The Avett Brothers “Ain’t No Man” 1
112 El Vy “Return To The Moon” 1

2017 Inverse Points:
1 Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still” 1,058 Most Weeks at #1 in 2017 [15], Most Consecutive Weeks at #1 in 2017 [10]
2 Imagine Dragons “Believer” 1,057

3 The Revivalists “Wish I Knew You” 956
4 Rag’n’Bone Man “Human” 605
5 Imagine Dragons “Thunder” 598
6 Weezer “Feels Like Summer” 591
7 Sir Sly “High” 579 Highest Song NOT to go #1
8 Judah and The Lion “Suit And Jacket” 555
9 The Killers “The Man” 540
10 Cold War Kids “Love Is Mystical” 517

11 Bastille “Blame” 491
12 Vance Joy “Lay It All On Me” 487
13 Bleachers “Don’t Take The Money” 480
14 The Lumineers “Angela” 419
15 Green Day “Still Breathing” 415
16 30 Seconds To Mars “Walk On Water” 414
17 Twenty|one|pilots “Heavydirtysoul” 413
18 Muse “Dig Down” 408
19 Cage The Elephant “Cold Cold Cold” 394
20 The Lumineers “Cleopatra” 379

21 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Fire Escape” 375
22 Cage The Elephant “Whole Wide World” 371
23 Kings Of Leon “Reverend” 353
24 New Politics “One Of Us” 346
25 Beck “Up All Night” 330
26 Dreamers “Sweet Disaster” 329
27 Kings Of Leon “Waste A Moment” 310
28 Queens Of The Stone Age “The Way You Used To Do” 297
29 Judah and The Lion “Take It All Back” 290
30 Foo Fighters “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” 280

31 Missio “Middle Fingers” 257
32 The Dirty Heads “Vacation” 257
33 The 1975 “Somebody Else” 246
34 Foo Fighters “Run” 241
35 Catfish and The Bottlemen “7” 240
36 Blink-182 “She’s Out Of Her Mind” 235
37 X Ambassadors “Ahead Of Myself” 228
38 Walk The Moon “One Foot” 227
39 K.Flay “Blood In The Cut” 224
40 Rise Against “The Violence” 220

41 Alice Merton “No Roots” 216
42 Lorde “Green Light” 214
43 Paramore “Hard Times” 211
44 Cold War Kids/Bishop Briggs “So Tied Up” 205
45 Foster The People “Doing It For The Money” 199
46 Arcade Fire “Everything Now” 195
47 Alt-J “In Cold Blood” 193
48 Cage The Elephant “Trouble” 182
49 The Chainsmokers/Coldplay “Something Just Like This” 164
50 Red Hot Chili Peppers “Go Robot” 159

51 Fall Out Boy “Champion” 154
52 K.Flay “High Enough” 154
53 Mondo Cozmo “Shine” 150
54 Royal Blood “Lights Out” 149
55 Foster The People “Sit Next To Me” 147
56 Barns Courtney “Golden Dandelions” 145
57 Lorde “Perfect Places” 142
58 Spoon “Hot Thoughts” 132
59 The Struts “One Night Only” 131
60 AWOLnation “Passion” 127

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61 AJR/Rivers Cuomo “Sober Up” 126
62 Twenty|one|pilots “Heathens” 124
63 Milky Chance “Cocoon” 116
64 Welshly Arms “Legendary” 115
65 Coin “Talk Too Much” 106
66 Phoenix “J-Boy” 106
67 Marian Hill “Down” 102
68 Kaleo “All The Pretty Girls” 95
69 Sleeping With Sirens “Legends” 94
70 J. Roddy Walston and The Business “The Wanting” 94

71 Highly Suspect “My Name Is Human” 92
72 Bishop Briggs “Wild Horses” 91
73 Bob Moses “Tearing Me Up” 86
74 Weezer “Happy Hour” 80
75 The Head and The Heart “Rhythm and Blues” 67
76 Royal Blood “I Only Lie When I Love You” 67
77 The xx “On Hold” 66
78 Fitz and The Tantrums “Roll Up” 65
79 311 “Too Much To Think” 64
80 Portugal. The Man “Live In The Moment” 62

81 Empire Of The Sun “High and Low” 60
82 Linkin Park “One More Light” 57
83 Green Day “Revolution Radio” 55
84 U2 “You’re The Best Thing About Me” 54
85 Joywave “It’s A Trip!” 54
86 Incubus “Nimble Bastard” 47
87 Saint Motel “Move” 46
88 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “So Close” 45
89 Lord Huron “The Night We Met” 42
90 Nine Inch Nails “Less Than” 41

91 Manchester Orchestra “The Gold” 41
92 Young The Giant “Silvertongue” 39
93 Kaleo “Way Down We Go” 39
94 Linkin Park/Kiiara “Heavy” 38
95 Bastille “World Gone Mad” 36
96 Magic Giant “Set On Fire” 33
97 The Killers “Run For Cover” 30
98 Grouplove “Good Morning” 29
99 Dreamcar “Kill For Candy” 29
100 Jimmy Eat World “Sure and Certain” 22

101 Bishop Briggs “Dream” 21
102 The Head and The Heart “All We Ever Knew” 18
103 Sofi Tukker/NERVO/The Knocks/Alisa Ueno “Best Friend” 16
104 Dreamers “Painkiller” 16
105 Red Hot Chili Peppers “Goodbye Angels” 16
106 Highly Suspect “Little One” 15
107 The Dirty Heads “Oxygen” 15
108 Bleachers “I Miss Those Days” 14
109 Dashboard Confessional “We Fight” 13
110 Coldplay/Beyoncé “Hymn For The Weekend” 13

111 Grouplove “Welcome To Your Life” 13
112 The Strumbellas “We Don’t Know” 11
113 Bleeker “Highway” 9
114 Imagine Dragons “Whatever It Takes” 8
115 Theory Of A Deadman “Rx” 3
116 Moon Taxi “Two High” 3
117 Paramore “Fake Happy” 2
118 BØRNS “Faded Heart” 2
119 Sundara Karma “She Said” 2
120 The Shins “Name For You” 2

121 Odesza/Wynne/Mansionair “Line Of Sight” 1
122 Franz Ferdinand “Always Ascending” 1
123 Capital Cities “Vowels” 1

2018 Inverse Points:
1 lovelytheband “Broken” [1,194] Most points in the inverse points era
2 Foster The People “Sit Next To Me” [908] Highest Song NOT to go #1
3 Imagine Dragons “Whatever It Takes” [819]
4 AJR “Burn The House Down” [640]
5 Imagine Dragons “Natural” [575]
 
Most Weeks at #1 in 2018 [9]
6 Panic! At The Disco “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” [547]
7 Portugal. The Man “Live In The Moment” [546]
8 Walk The Moon “One Foot” [510]
9 Sir Sly “&Run” [508]
10 Weezer “Africa” [484]

11 Muse “Thought Contagion” [480]
12 Two Feet “I Feel Like I’m Drowning” [461]
13 30 Seconds To Mars “Dangerous Night” [461]
14 Panic! At The Disco “High Hopes” [437]
15 Walk The Moon “Kamikaze” [434]
16 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “You Worry Me” [423]
17 The Interrupters “She’s Kerosene” [420]
18 AJR/Rivers Cuomo “Sober Up” [414]
19 Dennis Lloyd “Nevermind” [393]
20 Marshmello/Bastille “Happier” [387]

21 The Revivalists “All My Friends” [366]
22 Bastille “Quarter Past Midnight” [362]
23 Alice Merton “No Roots” [356]
24 Twenty|one|pilots “My Blood” [355]
25 AWOLnation “Handyman” [347]
26 Vance Joy “Saturday Sun” [346]
27 The Killers “Run For Cover” [318]
28 The Struts “Body Talks” [318]
29 Death Cab For Cutie “Gold Rush” [307]
30 flora cash “You’re Somebody Else” [299]

31 Mumford and Sons “Guiding Light” [283]
32 Beck “Colors” [272]
33 Twenty|one|pilots “Jumpsuit” [271]
34 Beck “Up All Night” [255]
35 Billie Eilish “you should see me in a crown” [255]
36 The Dirty Heads/The Unlikely Candidates “Celebrate” [237]
37 Blue October “I Hope You’re Happy” [237]
38 Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still” [230]
39 Moon Taxi “Two High” [230]
40 Florence + The Machine “Hunger” [221]

41 CHVRCHES “Miracle” [221]
42 Manchester Orchestra “The Gold” [218]
43 Portugal. The Man “Tidal Wave” [205]
44 lovelytheband “these are my friends” [202]
45 Rise Against “House On Fire” [198]
46 Muse “Something Human” [192]
47 Weezer “Happy Hour” [185]
48 Alice Merton “Lash Out” [184]
49 Elle King “Shame” [179]
50 30 Seconds To Mars “Walk On Water” [169]

51 The Knocks/Foster The People “Ride Or Die” [163]
52 Robert DeLong/K.Flay “Favorite Color Is Blue” [163]
53 Bishop Briggs “White Flag” [154]
54 Bastille “World Gone Mad” [152]
55 Dashboard Confessional “We Fight” [148]
56 30 Seconds To Mars “Rescue Me” [146]
57 Imagine Dragons “Thunder” [140]
58 King Princess “1950” [134]
59 CHVRCHES “Get Out” [132]
60 Barns Courtney “99” [126]
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61 Weezer “Can’t Knock The Hustle” [122]
62 Royal Blood “I Only Lie When I Love You” [120]
63 Muse “Pressure” [117]
64 The 1975 “Give Yourself A Try” [115]
65 Dreamers “Screws” [107]
66 The Lumineers “Angela” [106]
67 Judah and The Lion “Going To Mars” [104]
68 Bob Moses “Back Down” [103]
69 Sofi Tukker/NERVO/The Knocks/Alisa Ueno “Best Friend” [99]
70 The Dirty Heads/Chloe Chaidez “Visions” [98]

71 The 1975 “Love It If We Made It” [93]
72 Arctic Monkeys “Four Out Of Five” [89]
73 Young The Giant “Simplify” [85]
74 Jukebox The Ghost “Everybody’s Lonely” [82]
75 Jack White “Over and Over and Over” [78]
76 Jack White “Connected By Love” [75]
77 Bear Hands “Back Seat Driver (Spirit Guide)” [74]
78 Young The Giant “Superposition” [65]
79 Mike Shinoda/K.Flay “Make It Up As I Go” [63]
80 Joywave “Doubt” [63]

81 Tom Morello/Portugal. The Man/Whethan “Every Step That I Take” [60]
82 grandson “Blood//Water” [59]
83 AWOLnation “Passion” [55]
84 Rainbow Kitten Surprise “Fever Pitch” [54]
85 The Neighbourhood “Scary Love” [50]
86 Foo Fighters “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” [43]
87 Mt. Joy “Silver Lining” [43]
88 Bleachers “I Miss Those Days” [42]
89 Vance Joy “Lay It All On Me” [40]
90 Blue October “Daylight” [38]

91 Albert Hammond Jr. “Far Away Truths” [37]
92 Badflower “Ghost” [36]
93 Cold War Kids “Can We Hang On?” [33]
94 Yungblud “I Love You, Will You Marry Me” [31]
95 Nothing But Thieves “Sorry” [31]
96 Just Loud “Electrified” [31]
97 Cold War Kids/Bishop Briggs “So Tied Up” [30]
98 morgxn/Walk The Moon “Home” [29]
99 K.Flay “Giver” [29]
100 Houses “Fast Talk” [25]

101 Foster The People “Worst Nites” [24]
102 Bad Wolves “Zombie” [24]
103 St. Vincent “Los Ageless” [22]
104 Bishop Briggs “Dream” [20]
105 Odesza/Wynne/Mansionair “Line Of Sight” [20]
106 Amy Shark “Adore” [14]
107 Mike Shinoda “Crossing A Line” [14]
108 Franz Ferdinand “Always Ascending” [13]
109 James Bay “Pink Lemonade” [13]
110 Death Cab For Cutie “Northern Lights” [12}

111 Superorganism “Everybody Wants To Be Famous” [12]
112 The Struts “One Night Only” [10]
113 Linkin Park “One More Light” [9]
114 Rex Orange County/Benny Sings “Loving Is Easy” [8]
115 Welshly Arms “Legendary” [7]
116 Pearl Jam “Can’t Deny Me” [7]
117 Bishop Briggs “Baby” [5]
118 Gorillaz/George Benson “Humility” [3]
119 Fall Out Boy “The Last Of The Real Ones” [3]
120 Hozier/Mavis Staples “Nina Cried Power” [3]

121 Shinedown “Get Up” [2]
122 Just Loud/Debbie Harry “Soul Train” [1]
123 Robert DeLong “Revolutionary” [1]

2019 Inverse Points:
1 Shaed “Trampoline” [47|1(2x)] [1,080] 
2 Panic! At The Disco “High Hopes” [44|1(10x)] [685]
3 Lana Del Rey “Doin’ Time” [27|1(3x)] [576]
4 The Lumineers “Gloria” [24|1(5x)] [574]
5 Matt Maeson “Cringe” [30|1(4x)] [570]

6 Dominic Fike “3 Nights” [25|1(1x)] [517]
7 Twenty|one|pilots “The Hype” [21|1(8x)] [514]  Most Weeks at #1 in 2019 [8]
8 Of Monsters and Men “Alligator” [21|2] [502] Highest Song NOT to go #1
9 Illenium/Jon Bellion “Good Things Fall Apart” [25|3] [498]
10 Cage The Elephant “Ready To Let Go” [21|1(5x)] [495]

11 AJR “100 Bad Days” [24|3] [462]
12 Marshmello/Bastille “Happier” [35|1(1x)] [458]
13 Billie Eilish “bad guy” [20|1(3x)] [456]
14 Catfish and The Bottlemen “Longshot” [23|2] [450]
15 The Head and The Heart “Missed Connection” [22|1(1x)] [443]
16 Panic! At The Disco “Hey Look Ma, I Made It” [28|5] [437]
17 Cage The Elephant “Social Cues” [20|1(1x)] [433]
18 Twenty|one|pilots “Chlorine” [21|1(3x)] [417]
19 The Black Keys “Lo/Hi” [20|1(2x)] [417]
20 Billie Eilish “bury a friend” [20|1(1x)] [399]

21 Oliver Tree “Hurt” [22|4] [386]
22 Absofacto “Dissolve” [23|3] [385]
23 The Black Keys “Go” [20|2] [371]
24 half•alive “Still Feel” [21|7] [370]
25 Meg Myers “Running Up That Hill” [25|3] [367]
26 Young The Giant “Superposition” [21|1(3x)] [347]
27 lovelytheband “Broken” [65|1(7x)] [327]
28 Weezer “The End Of The Game” [14|2] [323]
29 Green Day “Father Of All…” [14|3] [306]
30 Barns Courtney “99” [26|5] [295]

31 Mumford and Sons “Beloved” [18|10] [284]
32 flora cash “You’re Somebody Else” [32|1(1x)] [275]
33 Dreamers “Die Happy” [19|9] [258]
34 White Reaper “Might Be Right” [18|6] [251]
35 Imagine Dragons “Bad Liar” [17|8] [251]
36 Muse “Pressure” [18|4] [248]
37 Bastille “Joy” [17|10] [248]
38 I Don’t Know How But They Found Me “Choke” [18|13] [247]
39 The 1975 “Love It If We Made It” [20|4] [245]
40 Vampire Weekend “Harmony Hall” [14|8] [238]

41 Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)” [13|8] [231]
42 Judah and The Lion “Why Did You Run?” [20|12] [216]
43 morgxn/Walk The Moon “Home” [19|11] [213]
44 lovelytheband “maybe, i’m afraid” [17|12] [212]
45 Billie Eilish “all the good girls go to hell” [10|5] [210]
46 Judah and The Lion “Over My Head” [11|8] [190]
47 The Revivalists “Change” [15|12] [188]
48 Mumford and Sons “Guiding Light” [19|1(2x)] [187]
49 Vampire Weekend “This Life” [16|14] [186]
50 Rex Orange County “10/10” [12|8] [184]

51 Coldplay “Orphans” [7|1(1x)] [183]
52 Local Natives “When Am I Gonna Lose You” [13|8] [182]
53 Death Cab For Cutie “Northern Lights” [18|12] [181]
54 Imagine Dragons “Natural” [30|1(9x)] [177]
55 Blink-182 “Blame It On My Youth” [12|11] [174]
56 Silversun Pickups “It Doesn’t Matter Why” [17|14] [165]
57 Houses “Fast Talk” [15|10] [164]
58 Catfish and The Bottlemen “2all” [14|9] [160]
59 Cold War Kids “Complainer” [17|17] [153]
60 Machine Gun Kelly/YUNGBLUD/Travis Barker “I Think I’m Okay” [14|16] [150]

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61 Highly Suspect “16” [16|12] [149]
62 Weezer “Can’t Knock The Hustle” [16|9] [145]
63 Walk The Moon “Timebomb” [11|14] [136]
64 Foster The People “Worst Nites” [13|14] [131]
65 Twenty|one|pilots “My Blood” [20|2] [130]
66 Blink-182 “I Really Wish I Hated You” [10|13] [129]
67 Young The Giant “Heat Of The Summer” [12|17] [125]
68 YUNGBLUD and Halsey/Travis Barker “11 Minutes” [11|18] [116]
69 The Unlikely Candidates “Novocaine” [11|11] [114]
70 Billie Eilish “you should see me in a crown” [21|7] [110]

71 Tones and I “Dance Monkey” [12|16] [103]
72 The Raconteurs “Help Me Stranger” [12|20] [93]
73 The 1975 “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)” [12|18] [90]
74 Twin XL “Good” [14|21] [88]
75 Shaed “Thunder” [13|18] [86]
76 The Interrupters “Gave You Everything” [12|20] [86]
77 Phantogram “Into Happiness” [9|21] [74]
78 The Strumbellas “Salvation” [11|22] [72]
79 Mumford and Sons “Blind Leading The Blind” [6|14] [63]
80 Bob Moses “Back Down” [15|15] [58]

81 The Lumineers “Life In The City” [9|17] [57]
82 Bishop Briggs “Champion” [11|23] [57]
83 YUNGBLUD/Dan Reynolds “Original Me” [8|20] [54]
84 Foals “Exits” [10|23] [53]
85 Tom Morello/Portugal. The Man/Whethan “Every Step That I Take” [12|18] [47]
86 X Ambassadors “Boom” [7|21] [47]
87 Smith and Thell/Swedish Jam Factory “Forgive Me Friend” [10|24] [46]
88 AWOLNATION “The Best” [4|15] [44]
89 RÜFÜS DU SOL “Treat You Better” [11|23] [43]
90 Hobo Johnson “Typical Story” [9|25] [43]

91 Joywave “Obsession” [10|24] [42]
92 lovelytheband “these are my friends” [17|10] [41]
93 The Glorious Sons “S.O.S.” [9|24] [35]
94 Sub Urban “Cradles” [5|19] [33]
95 Marshmello/CHVRCHES “Here With Me” [8|23] [33]
96 AJR “Dear Winter” [10|27] [33]
97 Mike Shinoda/K.Flay “Make It Up As I Go” [13|20] [32]
98 Blue October “Daylight” [14|22] [32]
99 Badflower “Ghost” [12|22] [30]
100 Shinedown “Get Up” [6|25] [24]

101 K.Flay “Bad Vibes” [5|26] [23]
102 Of Monsters and Men “Wars” [7|24] [22]
103 Barns Courtney “You And I” [8|25] [22]
104 Beck “Saw Lightning” [8|25] [22]
105 Neon Trees “Used To Like” [3|21] [19]
106 Just Loud/Debbie Harry “Soul Train” [5|25] [18]
107 Fitz and The Tantrums “123456” [6|27] [18]
108 SYML “Clean Eyes” [7|27] [17]
109 Greta Van Fleet “You’re The One” [5|28] [10]
110 The Revivalists “All My Friends” [20|6] [9]

111 Billie Eilish “everything i wanted“ [2|26] [8]
112 Bear Hands/Ursula Rose “Blue Lips” [3|28] [6]
113 Post Malone “Circles” [3|29] [6]
114 SWMRS “April In Houston” [3|28] [5]
115 Silversun Pickups “Don’t Know Yet” [1|27] [4]
116 Saint Motel “Van Horn” [1|28] [3]
117 Foals “The Runner” [3|30] [3]
118 Alice Merton “Funny Business” [1|30] [1]
119 Badflower “Promise Me” [1|30] [1]
120 Angels and Airwaves “Rebel Girl” [1|30] [1]
Tiebreaker 1: Higher Peak.  Tiebreaker 2: More Weeks

 

 

2020s inverse points here.

 

Year-end #1s: 
2009: Muse “Uprising” [419]
2010: The Dirty Heads/Rome “Lay Me Down” [1,011]
2011: Foster The People “Pumped Up Kicks” [1,073]
2012: Imagine Dragons “It’s Time” [905]
2013: Capital Cities “Safe and Sound” [1,053]
2014: Kongos “Come With Me Now” [887]
2015: X Ambassadors “Renegades” [894]
2016: Kaleo “Way Down We Go” [877]
2017: Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still” [1,058]
2018: lovelytheband “Broken” [1,194]
2019: Shaed “Trampoline” [1,080]

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