December 24, 1996

Here it is, the moment you've all been waiting for.  It's Christmas
Eve, of course, so you can have your presents now.  This is the first
time I've ever compiled it before I got my hands / saw Billboard's.
So, I'm a little early.  Amazing, isn't it? :)  

Rob's Top 100 Songs Of 1996
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100 My Friends-Red Hot Chili Peppers
 99 Here In Your Bedroom-Goldfinger
 98 Sister-The Nixons
 97 Closer To Free-Bodeans
 96 Don't Cry-Seal
 95 Novocaine For The Soul-The Eels
 94 Natural One-Folk Implosion
 93 I'll Say Goodbye For The Two Of Us-Expose
 92 Tonight Tonight-Smashing Pumpkins
 91 Bullet With Butterfly Wings-Smashing Pumpkins
 
 90 Dreaming Of You-Selena
 89 I'm Getting Used To You-Selena
 88 Aeroplane-Red Hot Chili Peppers
 87 Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money-Primitive Radio Gods
 86 Amish Paradise-'Weird Al' Yankovich
 85 Promises Broken-Soul Asylum
 84 Comedown-Bush
 83 Diggin' On You-TLC
 82 Glycerine-Bush
 81 Un-Break My Heart-Toni Braxton

 80 Head Over Feet-Alanis Morissette
 79 The One-Tracy Bonham
 78 Naturally-Deborah Gibson
 77 Don't Look Back In Anger-Oasis
 76 I Want To Come Over-Melissa Etheridge
 75 Old Man & Me (When I Get To Heaven)-Hootie & The Blowfish
 74 Tell Me-Groove Theory
 73 When You Love A Woman-Journey
 72 Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)-John Mellencamp
 71 Missing-Everything But The Girl 

 70 Children-Robert Miles
 69 Pepper-Butthole Surfers
 68 Down-311
 67 Where It's At-Beck
 66 Sucked Out-Superdrag
 65 Ready To Go-Republica
 64 Who You Are-Pearl Jam
 63 Dance Into The Light-Phil Collins
 62 Walls-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
 61 All I Really Want-Alanis Morissette
 
 60 Counting Blue Cars-Dishwalla
 59 Free As A Bird-The Beatles
 58 Get Together-Big Mountain
 57 Like A Rolling Stone-Rolling Stones
 56 Waiting For Tonight-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
 55 You're Makin' Me High-Toni Braxton
 54 Where Do You Go-No Mercy
 53 Right Hand Man-Joan Osborne
 52 Too Much-Dave Matthews Band
 51 One Sweet Day-Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men

 50 Exhale (Shoop Shoop)-Whitney Houston
 49 Didn't Have The Heart-Debbie Gibson
 48 This Is Your Night-Amber
 47 Banditos-The Refreshments
 46 Sweet Dreams-La Bouche
 45 Only Love-Sophie B. Hawkins
 44 I Go Blind-Hootie & The Blowfish
 43 Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)-Sponge
 42 Jealousy-Natalie Merchant
 41 When Love And Hate Collide-Def Leppard

 40 So Much To Say-Dave Matthews Band
 39 All I Know-Screaming Trees
 38 Dangerous Type-Letters To Cleo
 37 Tahitian Moon-Porno For Pyros
 36 But Anyway-Blues Travler
 35 Love Untold-Paul Westerberg
 34 Beautiful Life-Ace Of Base
 33 That Thing You Do!-The Wonders
 32 The World I Know-Collective Soul
 31 Hook-Blues Traveler

 30 Ode To A Would Be Lover-Deborah Gibson
 29 Only Words-Deborah Gibson 
 28 Angry Johnny-Poe
 27 Be My Lover-La Bouche
 26 Naked-Goo Goo Dolls
 25 Your Loving Arms-Billy Ray Martin
 24 Mother Mother-Tracy Bonham
 23 Free To Decide-The Cranberries
 22 If It Makes You Happy-Sheryl Crow
 21 Follow You Down-Gin Blossoms
 
 20 Only Happy When It Rains-Garbage
 19 Ironic-Alanis Morissette
 18 Stupid Girl-Garbage 
 17 Salvation-The Cranberries
 16 Always Be My Baby-Mariah Carey
 15 Popular-Nada Surf
 14 Who Will Save Your Soul-Jewel
 13 Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart-Stone Temple Pilots
 12 You Learn-Alanis Morissette
 11 One Of Us-Joan Osborne
 
 10 BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME-CELINE DION
  9 SPIDERWEBS-NO DOUBT
  8 NOBODY KNOWS-TONY RICH PROJECT
  7 NAME-GOO GOO DOLLS
  6 I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER-DONNA LEWIS
  5 LONG WAY DOWN-GOO GOO DOLLS 
  4 JUST A GIRL-NO DOUBT
  3 DON'T SPEAK-NO DOUBT
  2 WONDER-NATALIE MERCHANT
  1 IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW-CELINE DION 

Have A Happy 1997, Everyone!