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Top 100 Songs of 1996

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100
Counting Crows
 - A Long December
 
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99
Blackout Allstars
 - I Like It
 
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98
Collective Soul
 - The World I Know
 
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97
Corona
 - The Rhythm Of The Night
 
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96
Red Hot Chili Peppers
 - Love Roller Coaster
 
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95
Crush
 - Jellyhead
 
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94
R. Kelly
 - I Believe I Can Fly
 
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93
Jewel
 - You Were Meant For Me
 
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92
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
 - Walls
 
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91
Outhere Brothers
 - Boom Boom Boom
 
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90
Foo Fighters
 - Big Me
 
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89
Donna Lewis
 - Without Love
 
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88
The Nixons
 - Sister
 
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87
Planet Soul
 - Set You Free
 
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86
Patti Rothberg
 - Inside
 
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85
Blackstreet
 - No Diggity
 
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84
Seal
 - Don't Cry
 
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83
Tracy Chapman
 - Smoke & Ashes
 
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82
Smashing Pumpkins
 - Tonight Tonight
 
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81
Le Click
 - Tonight Is The Night
 
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80
DC Talk
 - Just Between You And Me
 
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79
Dave Matthews Band
 - So Much To Say
 
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78
Toni Braxton
 - Un-Break My Heart
 
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77
Leah Andreone
 - It's Alright It's O.K.
 
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Seal
 - Fly Like An Eagle
 
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La Bouche
 - Fallin' In Love
 
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74
Butthole Surfers
 - Pepper
 
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73
Livin' Joy
 - Dreamer
 
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Sting
 - You Still Touch Me
 
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Love Spit Love
 - How Soon Is Now
 
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70
Blues Traveler
 - But Anyway
 
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69
Adam Clayton F/Larry Mullen
 - Theme From Mission:Impossible
 
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68
Billie Ray Martin
 - Your Loving Arms
 
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67
Jars Of Clay
 - Flood
 
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66
Melissa Etheridge
 - I Want To Come Over
 
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65
Journey
 - When You Love A Woman
 
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64
Garbage
 - Stupid Girl
 
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63
Madonna
 - You Must Love Me
 
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62
Original
 - I Love You Baby
 
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Hootie & The Blowfish
 - Tucker's Town
 
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60
Robert Miles
 - Children
 
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En Vogue
 - Don't Let Go Love
 
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58
Melissa Etheridge
 - Nowhere To Go
 
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57
Keith Sweat
 - Twisted
 
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56
The Wallflowers
 - 6th Avenue Heartache
 
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55
Ghost Town DJ's
 - My Boo
 
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54
Natalie Merchant
 - Carnival
 
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53
Fun Factory
 - Close To You
 
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Alanis Morissette
 - You Oughta Know
 
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John Mellencamp
 - Key West Intermezzo I Saw You ...
 
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