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SONG
ARTIST
Album
Debut
1)
1130.65
The Sound of Settling
Death Cab For Cutie
Transatlanticism
9/26/04
2)
1122.24
Primitive (the way I treat you)
Ambulance LTD
Ambulance LTD
8/15/04
3)
1091.26
Time Is Running Out
Muse
Absolution
3/21/04
4)
1076.28
Somersault
Zero 7
When It Falls
9/12/04
5)
1061.66
Mad World
Andrews/Jules
OST: Donnie Darko
2/22/04
6)
1052.77
Float On
Modest Mouse
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
3/7/04
7)
1043.2
Nothing Is Wrong
Gomez
Split The Difference
9/19/04
8)
1039.45
Ocean Breathes Salty
Modest Mouse
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
9/5/04
9)
1001.79
Hysteria
Muse
Absolution
11/23/03
10)
1001.38
Hold Me Now
The Polyphonic Spree
Together We're Heavy
7/25/04
11)
998.63
Just Pretend
The Bens
The Bens
4/11/04
12)
989.65
It's A Hit
Rilo Kiley
More Adventurous
8/22/04
13)
978.44
Take Your Mama
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
7/18/04
14)
964.66
Cannonball
Damien Rice
O
1/4/04
15)
963.7
Beautiful Night
The Burden Brothers
Buried In Your Black Heart
2/15/04
16)
935.93
Walkie Talkie Man
Steriogram
Schmack
3/21/04
17)
897.74
Motown Cinderella
Catch 22
Dinosaur Sounds
1/25/04
18)
894.98
Transdermal Celebration
Ween
Quebec
1/4/04
19)
877.78
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
The Darkness
Permission to Land
12/7/03
20)
872.98
The One You Want
Get Up Kids
Guilt Show
3/7/04
21)
863
Ways + Means
Mike Doughty
Rockity Roll
4/11/04
22)
860.24
The Dog Song
Nellie McKay
Get Away From Me
8/22/04
23)
858.9
Nowhere Again
Secret Machines
Now Here Is Nowhere
10/10/04
24)
829.9
Somebody Told Me
Killers
Hot Fuss
6/13/04
25)
816.79
Sacrifice
Rachael Sage
Ballads & Burlesque
8/8/04
26)
811.38
Hit That
The Offspring
Splinter
11/23/03
27)
810.32
Big Sur
The Thrills
So Much for the City
3/28/04
28)
806.76
Who's Gonna Save Us?
Living End
Modern Artillery
12/28/03
29)
803.73
Some Postman
Presidents of the USA
Love Everybody
8/15/04
30)
777.17
Am I Awake
They Might Be Giants
Indesctructable Object EP
4/18/04
31)
775.82
Grace
Supergrass
Life On Other Planets
11/9/03
32)
740.03
Stay Loose
Belle & Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
5/9/04
33)
727.05
Tell Me Ten Words
Idlewild
The Remote Part
12/7/03
34)
726.16
Curbside Prophet
Jason Mraz
Waiting For My Rocket To Come
2/8/04
35)
715.19
I Was On The Moon
Apollo Sunshine
Katonah
7/25/04
36)
689.29
This Love
Maroon 5
Songs About Jane
12/14/03
37)
685.1
Mary Ann
Ben Arthur
Edible Darling
1/18/04
38)
646.52
Silence
Gomez
Split the Difference
6/6/04
39)
617.78
Almost
Sarah Harmer
All of Our Names
4/18/04
40)
616.49
Written and Erased
Brian Vander Ark
Resurrection
6/20/04
41)
612.98
God In Training
Breaking Laces
Sohcahtoa
8/1/04
42)
603.71
Happy Happy
Spookie Daly Pride
Marshmallow Pie
1/18/04
43)
601
Arthur Nix
Jupiter Sunrise
Under A Killer Blue Sky
11/30/03
44)
592.57
The Rest Of My Life
Sloan
Action Pact
4/4/04
45)
581.09
Home
Zero 7
When It Falls
4/18/04
46)
575.76
Suspended
Matt Nathanson
Beneath These Fireworks
1/11/04
47)
574.2
2 + 2 = 5
Radiohead
Hail To The Thief
1/11/04
48)
564.96
Y Control
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Fever To Tell
8/8/04
49)
562.69
Young America
Jump
Between The Dim & The Dark
4/25/04
50)
553.36
The First Single
The Format
Interventions & Lullabies
12/21/03
51)
548.86
Red Hot Moon
Rancid
Indestructible
10/26/03
52)
544.33
Blood In Alphabet Soup
Marcy Playground
MP3
6/27/04
53)
532.58
Seven Deadly Sins
Flogging Molly
Within a Mile of Home
10/3/04
54)
519.39
Run
Snow Patrol
Final Straw
10/17/04
55)
510.28
Fond Farewell
Elliott Smith
From A Basement On The Hill
8/29/04
56)
509.9
Prevenge
They Might Be Giants
The Spine
8/15/04
57)
503.97
Used Black Cars
Jen Foster
Everybody's Girl
3/14/04
58)
503.6
Lover I Don't Have To Love
Bright Eyes
Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
9/26/04
59)
499.79
I Love You Cause I Have To
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Please Describe Yourself
10/10/04
60)
498.73
Bad Day
REM
In Time
10/19/03
61)
457.54
Go Or Go Ahead
Rufus Wainwright
Want One
2/29/04
62)
455.9
Los Angeles is Burning
Bad Religion
The Empire Strikes First
5/2/04
63)
447.62
Astronaut
G. Love
Astronaut
7/18/04
64)
440.95
27 Jennifers
Mike Doughty
Rockity Roll
10/24/04
65)
432.65
Dtla
Gary Jules
Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
7/11/04
66)
428.16
Alive & Amplified
The Mooney Suzuki
Alive & Amplified
9/12/04
67)
424.8
Mercy Of The Fallen
Dar Williams
The Beauty Of The Rain
2/1/04
68)
422.45
She Says
Howie Day
Stop All The World Now
2/8/04
69)
417.87
California Songs
Local H
Whatever Happened To P.J. Soles
5/30/04
70)
413.8
World Full Of Hate
Dropkick Murphys
Blackout
5/23/04
71)
396.58
Fell In Love With A Boy
Joss Stone
The Soul Sessions
2/1/04
72)
361.97
Prozak
Dexter Freebish
Tripped Into Divine
2/15/04
73)
358.53
Careful
Guster
Keep It Together
10/19/03
74)
353.12
21 & Invincible
Something Corporate
North
3/14/04
75)
348.2
Tie The Rope
The Format
Interventions & Lullabies
4/25/04
76)
335.96
Lucky Me
Sarah Slean
Day One
9/5/04
77)
322.48
Laura
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
11/14/04
78)
321.83
Reach For The Sky
Social Distortion
Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll
10/31/04
79)
309.69
Hey Driver
Lucky Boys Confusion
Commitment
11/2/03
80)
307.79
You're The Ocean
Teitur
Poetry & Aeroplanes
12/14/03
81)
302.63
Modern World America
The Toasters
Enemy Of The System
5/30/04
82)
300.89
Mission Responsible
Michael Tolcher
I Am
4/25/04
83)
298.55
Love Song
311
OST: 50 First Dates
2/1/04
84)
296.61
Golden Touch
Razorlight
Up All Night
11/14/04
85)
292.03
Wine Stained Lips
Catch 22
Dinosaur Sounds
5/16/04
86)
279.78
Sweaters
Beth Waters
Beth Waters
7/4/04
87)
272.81
Tonight
Ben Arthur
Edible Darling
8/8/04
88)
269.86
Coin-Operated Boy
Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls
11/21/04
89)
253.29
Fortune Faded
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Greatest Hits
11/9/03
90)
251.52
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Ben Lee
Hey You, Yes You
9/28/03
91)
246.47
She Will Be Loved
Maroon 5
Songs About jane
6/13/04
92)
245.91
Memory
Sugarcult
Palm Trees And Power Lines
3/21/04
93)
243.6
Stare At The Sun
Thrice
Artist In The Ambulance
12/21/03
94)
242
Ghosts
Dexter Freebish
Tripped Into Divine
7/11/04
95)
213.64
Hey Julie
Fountains Of Wayne
Welcome Interstate Managers
11/16/03
96)
197.85
Saturday Night
Ozomatli
Street Signs
7/4/04
97)
192.43
Letter Read
Rachael Yamagata
Happenstance
11/28/04
98)
168.04
The Dirty Glass
Dropkick Murphys
Blackout
10/5/03
99)
145.58
Misstake
Horrorpops
Hell Yeah
12/5/04
100)
145.46
Free
Donavon Frankenreiter
Donavon Frankenreiter
5/2/04