TOP 100 FAVORITE SONGS OF 2005
1. LET ME GO (John Wetton/Geoffery Downes)
2. BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS (Green Day)
3. NO MORE CLOUDY DAYS (The Eagles)
4. IN MY DREAMS (Wig Wam)
5. NO PLACE FOR THE INNOCENT (Pendragon)
6. STAND MY GROUND (Within Temptation)
7. HEY JOSEPHINE (John Wetton/Geoffery Downes)
8. WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS (Green Day)
9. THE COURAGE TO LOVE SOMEBODY (Pride of Lions)
10. ENCORE (Eminem feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent)
11. SOMEONE LIKE YOU (Stage Dolls)
12. THE PLACE IN YOUR HEART (Journey)
13. MEMORIES (Within Temptation)
14. B.Y.O.B. (BRING YOUR OWN BOMBS) (System Of A Down)
15. HOLIDAY (Green Day)
16. EDGE OF THE WORLD (Blanc Faces)
17. LIKE TOY SOLDIERS (Eminem)
18. I'M NOT OK (I PROMISE) (My Chemical Romance)
19. OHIO IS FOR LOVERS (Hawthorne Heights)
20. BITCHES AIN'T SHIT (Ben Folds)
21. IS ANYBODY WATCHING ME (From the Inside)
22. HATE IT OR LOVE IT (The Game feat. 50 Cent)
23. BLESSING IN DISGUISE (From the Inside)
24. LONG WAY FROM HOME (Asia)
25. THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (Shadow Gallery)
26. SUGAR, WE'RE GOIN DOWN (Fall Out Boy)
27. LET'S GET BLOWN (Snoop Dogg)
28. BURIED A LIE (Senses Fail)
29. JOYSTICC (213)
30. ALL THAT I'VE GOT (The Used)
31. A BRAND NEW START (David Pack with Steve Perry)
32. ROUGH JUSTICE (The Rolling Stones)
33. CANDY SHOP (50 Cent)
34. GOD WALKS WITH US (John Wetton/Geoffery Downes)
35. RAVENSHEART (Xandria)
36. HEARTS ON FIRE (Final Frontier)
37. SHOT OF LAUGHTER (Sugar Ray)
38. DAYS GONE BY (Dare)
39. HAVE A NICE DAY (Bon Jovi)
40. FAITH IN THE HEARTLAND (Journey)
41. SIGNS (Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake)
42. LETTER TO THE FUTURE (Pride of Lions)
43. FALL TO PIECES (Avril Lavigne)
44. BLESS THE NIGHT (Wig Wam)
45. DON'T JUMP THE GUN (Shy)
46. DOA (Foo Fighters)
47. BIG TIME (Big & Rich)
48. TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS (Final Frontier)
49. VOW (Shadow Gallery)
50. FOXTROT UNIFORM CHARLIE KILO (Bloodhound Gang)
51. TOMORROW COMES (Jaded Heart)
52. RUNNING BACK TO YOU (Stage Dolls)
53. BEVERLY HILLS (Weezer)
54. TAKE ME BACK (Mike Reno)
55. OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (Saga)
56. SOONER OR LATER (Shadows Fade)
57. HOLLABACK GIRL (Gwen Stefani)
58. HIGH TIME (Shy)
59. NUMB/ENCORE (Jay-Z & Linkin Park)
60. ONLY (Nine Inch Nails)
61. ROCKSTAR (Bizarre)
62. SHADOWMAN (Steve Walsh)
63. WHY DO YOU LOVE ME (Garbage)
64. IF I DIE TOMORROW (Motley Crue)
65. THE HAND THAT FEEDS (Nine Inch Nails)
66. EVERYTHING I WANT (Gotthard)
67. DARK CHEST OF WONDERS (Nightwish)
68. COMING HOME (Soul Sirkus)
69. STILL IN LOVE ALONE (Mike Reno)
70. UNDERWEAR GOES INSIDE THE PANTS (LazyboyTV)
71. MISSION PROFILE (Threshold)
72. WATERLOO SUNSET (Def Leppard)
73. MISSING (Evanesence)
74. YOU FOR ME (Bombay Black)
75. LIFT U UP (Gotthard)
76. HIGHEST GROUND (Soul Sirkus)
77. OOH CHILD (Daryl Hall John Oates)
78. COOL (Gwen Stefani)
79. SHUT ME UP (Mindless Self Indulgence)
80. ASS LIKE THAT (Eminem)
81. SLIDE ALONG SIDE (Shifty)
82. NO MATTER WHAT (Def Leppard)
83. BEST OF YOU (Foo Fighters)
84. CAR UNDERWATER (Armor For Sleep)
85. DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT (Tim McGraw)
86. WHAT YOU DESERVE (Ill Nino)
87. WALK THROUGH FIRE (Shy)
88. I'LL BE THE WIND (Dare)
89. GHOST IN THE MIRROR (Asia)
90. WHO'S GONNA LOVE YOU NOW (Final Frontier)
91. UP IN PARADISE (Last Autumn's Dream)
92. SHOES (Shania Twain)
93. WITHOUT A MOMENT'S NOTICE (Adriangale)
94. HELENA (My Chemical Romance)
95. CRAZY THINGS (Wig Wam)
96. I CAUGHT FIRE (The Used)
97. HOLLYWOOD DRAMA (Final Frontier)
98. LIKE THE WAY IT IS (Charade)
99. STREETS OF LOVE (The Rolling Stones)
100. I PLAY CHICKEN WITH THE TRAIN (Cowboy Troy)
Just Missed Out:
OHIO (COME BACK TO TEXAS) (Bowling For Soup)
ROLLIN OVER (Insane Clown Posse)
MY EYES BURN (Matchbook Romance)
SO WHAT THE FUSS (Stevie Wonder)
ROCK YOU TO HEAVEN (Blue Tears)
HERO (Europe)
DOESN'T REMIND ME (Audioslave)
STOP (From the Inside)
MY BALLZ (D-12 feat. Eminem)
THE LAST GOODBYE (Magnum)
LOVE TKO (Daryl Hall John Oates)
BOUNCE 2 THIS (George Clinton & P-Funk All-Stars feat. Kendra Foster)
TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2005
1. ICON (John Wetton/Geoffery Downes)
2. American Idiot (Green Day)
3. Believe (Pendragon)
4. The Silent Force (Within Temptation)
5. Hard to Be A Rock N Roller... in Kiev (Wig Wam)
6. High Tension Wire (Final Frontier)
7. Blanc Faces (Blanc Faces)
8. Retaliation (Dane Cook)
9. Encore (Eminem)
10. Generations (Journey)
11. A Bigger Bang (The Rolling Stones)
12. From the Inside (From the Inside)
13. The Destiny Stone (Pride of Lions)
14. Room V (Shadow Gallery)
15. Sunset & Vine (Shy)
16. Curtain Call (Eminem)
17. Get a Life (Stage Dolls)
18. Mesmerize (System of a Down)
19. Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (My Chemical Romance)
20. Live Like You Were Dying (Tim McGraw)
21. Helluva Time (Jaded Heart)
22. The Massacre (50 Cent)
23. Bulletproof (Hush)
24. Take Me To Your Leader (Hawkwind)
25. Ravenheart (Xandria)
26. Hannicap Circus (Bizarre)
27. R&G: Rhythm and Gangsta (The Masterpiece) (Snoop Dogg)
28. Mad, Bad and Dangerous (Blue Tears)
29. Best of (Sugar Ray)
30. Bleed Like Me (Garbage)
31. Angel of Retribution (Judas Priest)
32. MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents: Collision Course (Jay-Z/Linkin Park)
33. Once (Nightwish)
34. One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back (The Darkness)
35. Beneath the Shining Water (Dare)
36. Place Vendome (Place Vendome)
37. You'll Rebel to Anything (Mindless Self Indulgence)
38. Lipservice (Gotthard)
39. Make Believe (Weezer)
40. One Nation Underground (Ill Nino)
Just Missed Out:
Love Angel Music Baby (Gwen Stefani)
Forgotten Freshness Vol. 4 (Insane Clown Posse)
Mercy (Bombay Black)
Version 2.1 (Johnny Lima)
A New Promise (Khymera)
With Teeth (Nine Inch Nails)
Shadowman (Steve Walsh)
TOP AOR/MELODIC HARD ROCK SONGS
1. Let Me Go (John Wetton/Geoffery Downes)
2. In My Dreams (Wig Wam)
3. Hey Josephine (John Wetton/Geoffery Downes)
4. The Courage to Love Somebody (Pride of Lions)
5. Someone Like You (Stage Dolls)
6. The Place in Your Heart (Journey)
7. Edge of the World (Blanc Faces)
8. Is Anybody Watching Me (From the Inside)
9. Blessing in Disguise (From the Inside)
10. Long Way From Home (Asia)
11. The Andromeda Strain (Shadow Gallery)
12. A Brand New Start (David Pack with Steve Perry)
13. God Walks With Us (John Wetton/Geoffery Downes)
14. Hearts on Fire (Final Frontier)
15. Days Gone By (Dare)
16. Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi)
17. Faith in the Heartland (Journey)
18. Letter to the Future (Pride of Lions)
19. Bless the Night (Wig Wam)
20. Don't Jump the Gun (Shy)
AOR/MELODIC HARD ROCK ALBUMS
1. Icon (John Wetton/Geoffery Downes)
2. Hard to Be a Rock n Roller... In Kiev (Wig Wam)
3. High Tension Wire (Final Frontier)
4. Blanc Faces (Blanc Faces)
5. Generations (Journey)
6. The Destiny Stone (Pride of Lions)
7. Room V (Shadow Gallery)
8. Sunset & Vine (Shy)
9. Get a Life (Stage Dolls)
10. Helluva Time (Jaded Heart)
TOP MODERN ROCK SONGS
1. Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
2. Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day)
3. B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs) (System of a Down)
4. Holiday (Green Day)
5. I'm Not OK (I Promise) (My Chemical Romance)
6. Ohio is For Lovers (Hawthorne Heights)
7. Bitches Ain't Shit (Ben Folds)
8. Sugar, We're Goin Down (Fall Out Boy)
9. Buried a Lie (Senses Fail)
10. All That I've Got (The Used)
11. Shot of Laughter (Sugar Ray)
12. Fall to Pieces (Avril Lavigne)
13. DOA (Foo Fighters)
14. Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo (Bloodhound Gang)
15. Beverly Hills (Weezer)
16. Only (Nine Inch Nails)
17. Why Do You Love Me (Garbage)
18. The Hand That Feeds (Nine Inch Nails)
19. Underwear Goes Inside the Pants (LazyboyTV)
20. Missing (Evanescence)
MODERN ROCK ALBUMS
1. American Idiot (Green Day)
2. Mesmerize (System of A Down)
3. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (My Chemical Romance)
4. Best of (Sugar Ray)
5. Bleed Like Me (Garbage)
6. One Way Ticket to Hell... And Back (The Darkness)
7. You'll Rebel to Anything (Mindless Self Indulgence)
8. Make Believe (Weezer)
9. One Nation Underground (Ill Nino)
10. With Teeth (Nine Inch Nails)
TOP COUNTRY SONGS
1. Big Time (Big & Rich)
2. Mud on the Tires (Brad Paisley)
3. Do You Want Fries With That (Tim McGraw)
4. Something to Be Proud of (Montgomery Gentry)
5. Making Memories of Us (Keith Urban)
6. Shoes (Shania Twain)
7. You're Like Coming Home (Lonestar)
8. Keg in the Closet (Kenny Chesney)
9. I Play Chicken With the Train (Cowboy Troy)
10. Gone (Montgomery Gentry)
11. Hillbillies (Hot Apple Pie)
12. Drugs or Jesus (Tim McGraw)
13. The Talkin' Song Repair Blues (Alan Jackson)
14. Good Ride Cowboy (Garth Brooks)
15. Alcohol (Brad Paisley)
16. Tequila Makes Her Clothes Come Off (Joe Nichols)
17. As Good As I Once Was (Toby Keith)
18. Some Beach (Blake Shelton)
19. You're My Better Half (Keith Urban)
20. 4th of July (Shooter Jennings)
COUNTRY ALBUMS
1. Live Like You Were Dying (Tim McGraw)
2. Horse of a Different Color (Big & Rich)
3. When The Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney)
4. You Do Your Thing (Montgomery Gentry)
5. Be Here (Keith Urban)
TOP HIP/HOP/RAP/R&B SONGS
1. Encore (Eminem)
2. Like Toy Soldiers (Eminem)
3. Hate It or Love It (The Game feat. 50 Cent)
4. Let's Get Blown (Snoop Dogg)
5. Joysticc (213)
6. Candy Shop (50 Cent)
7. Signs (Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake)
8. Rockstar (Bizarre)
9. Ass Like That (Eminem)
10. So What The Fuss (Stevie Wonder)
11. Rollin' Over (Insane Clown Posse)
12. My Ballz (D12 feat. Eminem)
13. Sugar (Gimme Some) (Trick Daddy)
14. Number One Spot (Ludacris)
15. Thugs Get Lonely Too (2Pac feat. Nate Dogg)
16. How We Do (The Game feat. 50 Cent)
17. Hush is Coming (Hush feat. Nate Dogg)
18. Drama Setter (Tony Yayo feat. Eminem)
19. The Criminal Set (Xzibit)
20. Pimpin' All Over the World (Ludacris)
HIP/HOP/RAP/R&B ALBUMS
1. Encore (Eminem)
2. Curtain Call (Eminem)
3. The Massacre (50 Cent)
4. Bulletproof (Hush)
5. Hannicap Circus (Bizarre)
6. R&G: Rhythm and Gangsta (The Masterpiece) (Snoop Dogg)
7. Forgotten Freshness Vol. 4 (Insane Clown Posse)
8. The Documentary (The Game)
9. The Hard Way (213)
10. Loyal To The Game (2Pac)
TOP 10 CANADIAN CONTENT
1. Fall To Pieces (Avril Lavigne)
2. Take Me Back (Mike Reno)
3. Outside Looking In (Saga)
4. Still in Love Alone (Mike Reno)
5. Shoes (Shania Twain)
6. Photograph (Nickelback)
7. Afterglow (Harem Scarem)
8. We Fall, We Fall (Dead Celebrity Status)
9. Pieces (Sum 41)
10. Walking With a Ghost (Tegan & Sara)
TOP MOVIES
1. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
2. 40 Year Old Virgin
3. Saw 2
4. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
5. War of the Worlds
6. Wedding Crashers
7. High Tension
8. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
9. Walk the Line
10. Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
TOP CD REISSUES
1. Better Late Than Never (Surrender)
2. We Want It (Laos)
3. Baby Talk (Friction)
4. Marilyn Martin (Marilyn Martin)
5. Ambition (Tommy Shaw)
6. Blood From Stone (Dare)
7. Boys Will Be Boys (Emergency)
8. Ain't It A Sin (Envy)
9. Little America/Fairgrounds (Little America)
10. Visitors (Automatic Man)
MUSIC MAN OF THE YEAR: Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
WORST/MOST DISAPPOINTING CDs:
1. SAY HELLO TO SUNSHINE (Finch)
2. PREPARE FOR IMPACT (Tom Green)
3. MUTANT VOL. 2 (Twiztid)
4. LOCO MOTIVE (Cowboy Troy)
5. BIG BANG THEORY (Styx)
TOP COMEBACK ARTISTS
1. JUDAS PRIEST
2. BILLY IDOL
3. INXS
4. STEVIE WONDER
5. STRYPER
6. BLUE TEARS
7. GARBAGE
8. ROX DIAMOND
9. DAVID PACK
10. GARTH BROOKS
TOP NEW/BREAKTHROUGH ARTISTS
1. WIG WAM
2. WITHIN TEMPTATION
3. BLANC FACES
4. FALL OUT BOY
5. HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS
6. XANDRIA
7. SENSES FAIL
8. BIZARRE
9. THRESHOLD
10. MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE
TOP COMEDY ALBUMS
1. Retaliation (Dane Cook)
2. Never Scared (Chris Rock)
3. Mitch All Together (Mitch Hedberg)
THE #1 SONGS FROM 2005 IN DETAIL
ENCORE (Eminem) (4 inconsec. weeks at no.1)
Dec 3, 10, Dec 24, 31)
The tightest jam on Eminem Encore was the title track, a 4-week no. 1 holder in December of 2004. Anytime Dr. Dre shows up on a track, it's a big event, so combine that with a stellar vocal from Nate Dogg and the usual high standards of Eminem, and you have a song that dominated the charts for good reason.
THE COURAGE TO LOVE SOMEBODY (Pride of Lions) (2 weeks at no. 1)
Jan 7, 14
After building a solid foundation with the debut CD, Pride of Lions roared back in late '04 and 2005 with The Destiny Stone. First single, "Courage", was the band's second no. 1 ("Sound of Home" was their first) and the first of 5 Pride of Lions tracks that hit the Top 40 in 2005.
LIKE TOY SOLDIERS (Eminem) (1 week at no. 1)
Jan 21
Shortly after "Encore" vacated the no. 1 spot, Eminem was back... with his third no. 1 hit in as many months from "Encore". This was his 8th no. 1 as a solo act and his 9th if you include his no. 1 collaboration with D-12, "My Band".
SOMEONE LIKE YOU (Stage Dolls) (2 weeks at no. 1)
Jan 28, Feb 4
After coming close twice in 2004 ("Get a Life" and "You're the One"), Stage Dolls finally hit the top in 2005 with third single and beautiful ballad, "Someone Like You".
BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS (Green Day) (5 weeks at no. 1)
Feb 11, 18, 25, Mar 4, 11
First-ever no. 1 for Green Day and the song that helped keep American Idiot the no. 1 album for 12 weeks!
STAND MY GROUND (Within Temptation) (2 weeks at no. 1)
Mar 18, 25
The success of Nightwish meant other female-fronted goth metal bands were sure to follow. Within Temptation actually did better than Nightwish in 2005, as this first of two chart toppers clearly shows.
HOLIDAY (Green Day) (3 weeks at no. 1)
Apr 1, 8, 15
Green Day logged a total of 9 weeks at no. 1 on the Top 40, a feat matched only by Pendragon in 2005. Second no. 1 and third single, "Holiday", took occupation of no. 1 a mere 3 weeks after "Boulevard".
BITCHES AIN'T SHIT (Ben Folds) (1 week at no. 1)
Apr 22
A rare case of a song that was only available as a download and a rare vinyl-only B-side hitting no. 1. Ben Folds' cover of the Dr. Dre track echoed Dynamite Hack's similar sounding hip hop cover, "Boyz-N-the-Hood" (2000).
IN MY DREAMS (Wig Wam) (5 weeks at no. 1)
Apr 29, May 5, 12, 19, 26
A winning song in the Eurovision contest, and a 5-time chart champion on the Top 40, this song literally blasted onto the charts! A #16 debut was followed by a 14-notch jump to no. 2 and then the inevitable seizure of no. 1 for 5 weeks!
B.Y.O.B. (BRING YOUR OWN BOMBS) (System of a Down) (1 week at no. 1)
Jun 3
First-ever no. 1 hit for System of a Down!
LET ME GO (John Wetton/Geoffery Downes) (4 inconsec. weeks at no. 1)
June 10, 17, 24, July 8)
A reunion of two of the central members of Asia had all the elements of the former band. The second highest debut of the year (#9), this powerhouse took the charts by storm in late May, and didn't leave the Top 40 until the end of summer. In that time, it logged 4 inconsecutive weeks at the top and is crowned no. 1 on the year-end Top 100.
MEMORIES (Within Temptation) (1 week at no. 1)
July 1
Second of two no. 1 hits for Within Temptation. Only two other CDs spent longer on the Top 10 Album Chart than their Silent Force breakthrough: American Idiot (30 weeks) and Icon (33 weeks).
NO MORE CLOUDY DAYS (The Eagles) (8 weeks at no. 1)
Jul 15, 22, 29, Aug 5, 12, 19, 26, Sep 2
Like the Ben Folds track, this was also a tough song to find on the CD format. Only available on their Live in Melbourne Farewell Tour DVD and on a rare promo-only 4 track sampler, this song was definitely not tough to find at the top of the charts. It spent 8 weeks there, becoming The Eagles' longest running no. 1 and one of the longest running no. 1 hits ever. Including "No More Cloudy Days", there have only been 12 different songs that have spent 8 weeks or more at no. 1 in the last 21 years of chart compilation.
THE PLACE IN YOUR HEART (Journey)(3 weeks at no. 1)
Sept 9, 16, 23
Journey's "Generations" may have missed the top spot on the album chart (#2) but its first single went the distance on the Top 40. It became their 12th no. 1 overall, and fifth with lead singer, Steve Augeri.
WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS (Green Day) (1 week at no. 1)
Sept 30
Fittingly, this song hit no. 1 at the end of September, and went on to log 23 weeks on the Top 40. Only one other song spent more time on the charts in 2005: "Ohio is For Lovers" by Hawthorne Heights amassed 24 weeks.
NO PLACE FOR THE INNOCENT (Pendragon) (5 weeks at no. 1)
Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4
Not surprisingly, the 1st new studio album from Pendragon in 4 years sent its lead-off single straight to no. 1. It became the band's 17th no. 1 hit.
HEY JOSEPHINE (John Wetton/Geoffery Downes) (4 weeks at no. 1)
Nov 11, 18, 25, Dec 2
Second of 2 no. 1 hits for John Wetton/Geoffery Downes, whose "Icon" spent 18 weeks atop the Album Chart. This tied John Wetton's "Battle Lines" (which also spent 18 weeks at no. 1) but couldn't match the 20 weeks logged by Journey's "Trial By Fire" in 1996 and 1997.
SOU' BY SOU'WEST (Pendragon) (4 weeks at no. 1)
Dec 9, 16, 23, 30
The second single entered the chart at no. 8, making it the biggest debut of the year. It also quickly became Pendragon's 18th no. 1 hit- no other band or artist has had more.
To qualify for this year-end chart, songs and albums must have peaked on the Top 40 Favorites Chart between Dec 24, 2004 and Dec 16, 2005. Any songs or albums still moving up on the charts on or after the Dec 16, 2005 cut-off date will be charted on 2006's year-end survey. For a look back at 2004's year-end survey, click here.
