2010 Top Crossover Songs

A couple of posts past, I listed the biggest songs that crossed over from alternative to AAA and vice versa, based upon appearances in the year end charts of 2011.  Let's do the same for the year 2010.

 I looked at the year end charts for 37 alternative and 13 AAA stations.  I assigned points based upon the percentage of each genre and added the two numbers up.  To qualify the song must have appeared on two charts of each format.  For example if a song appeared on 11 alternative charts and 13 AAA charts,  The alternative score would be 33 and the AAA score would be 100 for a total of 133 points.

1. Radioactive -- Kings of Leon. 33/12, 89/92, 181
2.  Tighten Up -- The Black Keys 30/12, 81/92, 173
3.  Little Lion Man -- Mumford & Sons 31/11, 84/85, 169
4.  The High Road -- Broken Bells 26/10, 70/77, 147
5.  Ready to Start -- Arcade Fire 28/8, 76/62, 138
6.  Dog Days Are Over -- Florence and the Machine 20/9, 54/69, 123
7.  Crossfire -- Brandon Flowers 25/7, 68/54, 122
8T. Lay Me Down -- Dirty Heads feat. Rome 29/5, 78/38, 116
8T. You and Your Heart -- Jack Johnson 20/8, 54/62, 116
10.  Cousins -- Vampire Weekend 18/8, 49/62, 111
11.  Sick of You -- Cake, 23/6, 62/46, 108
12.  Animal -- Neon Trees, 30/3, 81/23, 104
13.  Lisztomania -- Phoenix, 24/5, 65/38, 103
14.  Laredo -- Band of Horses, 9/10, 24/77, 101
15.  Sweet Disposition -- Temper Trap, 23/5, 62/38, 100
16.  The Sound of Sunshine -- Michael Franti & Spearhead, 3/11, 8/85, 93
17.  1901 -- Phoenix, 17/6, 46/46, 92
18T. Forget You -- Cee Lo Green, 13/7, 35/54, 89
18T  Home -- Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros 13/7, 35/54, 89
18T  Stylo -- Gorillaz, 19/5, 51/38, 89
21.  Just Breathe -- Pearl Jam, 18/5, 49/38, 87
22.  Written In Reverse -- Spoon, 9/8, 24/62, 86
23T  Between the Lines -- Stone Temple Pilots, 25/2, 68/15, 83
23T  The Catalyst -- Linkin Park, 25/2, 68/15, 83
25T Resistance -- Muse, 24/2, 65/15, 80
25T Undisclosed Desires -- Muse, 24/2, 65/15, 80
27.  Giving Up the Gun -- Vampire Weekend, 12/6, 32/46, 78
28.  Do You Love Me? -- Guster 5/8, 14/62, 76
29.  Letters From the Sky -- Civil Twilight, 19/3, 51/23, 74
30. The Cave -- Mumford & Sons, 15/4, 41/31, 72
31T.  At or With Me -- Jack Johnson, 9/6, 24/46
31T The Ghost Inside -- Broken Bells, 12/5, 32/38, 70
33. Bloodbuzz Ohio -- The National, 7/6, 19/46, 65
35T Down By the Water -- The Decemberists, 2/7, 5/54, 59
35T New Morning -- Alpha Rev, 2/7, 5/54, 59
37. The Suburbs -- Arcade Fire, 5/5, 14/38, 52
38.  Bushwick Blues -- Delta Spirit, 2/6, 5/46, 51
39.  Amongst the Waves -- Pearl Jam, 13/2, 35/15, 50
40.  Wheels -- Foo Fighters, 9/3, 24/23, 47

Top Crossover Alternative Songs of 2011

A couple of posts past, I listed the biggest songs that crossed over from alternative to AAA and vice versa, based upon appearances in the year end charts of 2011.  Let's do the same for the year 2010.

 I looked at the year end charts for 37 alternative and 13 AAA stations.  I assigned points based upon the percentage of each genre and added the two numbers up.  To qualify the song must have appeared on two charts of each format.  For example if a song appeared on 11 alternative charts and 13 AAA charts,  The alternative score would be 33 and the AAA score would be 100 for a total of 133 points.

1. Radioactive -- Kings of Leon. 33/12, 89/92, 181
2. Tighten Up -- The Black Keys 30/12, 81/92, 173
3.  Little Lion Man -- Mumford and Sons, 31/11, 84/85, 169
4.  The High Road -- Broken Bells 26/10, 70/77, 147
5.  Ready to Start -- Arcade Fire 28/8, 76/62, 138
6.  Dog Days Are Over -- Florence and the Machine 20/9, 54/69, 123
7.  Crossfire -- Brandon Flowers 25/7, 68/54, 122
8T Lay Me Down -- Dirty Heads feat. Rome 29/5, 78/38, 116
8T You and Your Heart -- Jack Johnson 20/8, 54/62, 116
10. Cousins -- Vampire Weekend 18/8, 49/62, 111
11.  Sick of You -- Cake 23/6, 62/46, 108
12.  Animal -- Neon Trees 30/3, 81/23, 104
13.  Lisztomania -- Phoenix 24/5, 65/38, 103
14.  Laredo -- Band of Horses 9/10, 24/77, 101
15. Sweet Disposition -- Temper Trap 23/5, 62/38, 100
16. The Sound of Sunshine -- Michael Franti & Spearhead 3/11, 8/85, 93
17.  1901 -- Phoenix 17/6, 46/46, 92
18T Forget You -- Ceelo Green 13/7, 35/54, 89
18T Home -- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes 13/7, 35/54, 89
18T Stylo -- Gorillaz 19/5, 51/38, 89
21. Just Breathe -- Pearl Jam 18/5, 49/38, 87
22. Written In Reverse -- Spoon 9/8, 24/62, 86
23T Between the Lines -- Stone Temple Pilots 25/2, 68/15, 83
23T The Catalyst -- Linkin Park 25/2, 68/15, 83
25T Resistance -- Muse 24/2, 65/15, 80
25T Undisclosed Desires -- Muse 24/2, 65/14, 80
27. Giving Up the Gun -- Vampire Weekend 12/6, 32/46, 78
28.  Do You Love Me? -- Guster 5/8, 14/62, 76
29.  Letters From the Sky -- Civil Twilight 19/3, 51/23, 74
30. The Cave -- Mumford and Sons 15/4, 41/31, 72
31T At Or With Me -- Jack Johnson 9/6, 24/46, 70
31T The Ghost Inside -- Broken Bells 12/5, 32/38, 70
33. Bloodbuzz Ohio -- The National 7/6, 19/46, 65
34T Down By the Water -- The Decembrists 2/7, 5/54, 59
34T New Morning -- Alpha Rev 2/7, 5/54, 59
36. Uprising -- Muse 15/2, 41/15, 56
37  The Suburbs -- Arcade Fire 5/5, 14/38, 52
38. Bushwick Blues -- Delta Spirit 2/6, 5/46, 51
39. Amongst the Waves -- Pearl Jam  13/2, 35/15, 50
40. Wheels -- Foo Fighters 9/3, 24/23, 47

My favorite stations

To give you an idea of my taste, here's a list of my favorite alternative/AAA commercial stations, roughly in order of preference

1. WWCD "CD101", Columbus, OH
2. WEQX, Manchester, VT
3. WRNR, Annapolis MD
4. KNRK, "94/7" Portland OR
5. WFNX, Boston, MA
6. CKPK, "The Peak" Vancouver, BC
7. KTNI, "Indie 101.5", Denver, CO
8. WXRT, Chicago IL
9. WIYY-3 Baltimore, MD
10. KBZT, "FM 94/9" San Diego, CA
11. CFEX, "92.9x" Calgary AB
12. WXRK-2 "K-ROCK" New York, NY
13. WXPK, "The Peak", White Plains, NY
14. KSLG, "K-SLUG" Eureka, CA.
15. BRRU, Providene, RI
16. WBOS-2, Boston, MA
17. KPRI, San Diego, CA
18. KNDD, "The End" Seattle WA
19. CILV, "Live 88.5" Ottawa, ON
20. CJZN, "The Zone", Victoria BC
21. KROX, "101X" Austin, TX
22. WRXP "The New York Rock Experience", New York, NY
23. KXRK, "X96" Salt Lake City, UT
24. KRXF "92/7 FM" Bend OR
25. CFNY "The Edge" Toronto ON
26. KROQ "K-Rock" Los Angeles, CA
27. CHDI "Sonic 102.9" Edmonton, AB
28 WDST "Radio Woodstock" Woodstock, NY
29. XETRA Tujana, Mexico/San Diego, CA
30, WRLT, "Lightning 100, Nashville, TN

Favorite Non-Commerical stations (not an exhaustive list, in no particular order)

WXPN-2 "Y-ROCK" Philadelphia, PA
WTMD Baltimore, MD
WFUV New York, NY
WBER -Rochester, NY
WAPS Akron OH
CFML "Evolution 107.9" Vancouver, BC
WERG, Erie PA
WMVY, Nantucket, MA