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The X List 2006

added 24 August 2006 at 16.55

Every summer, we stage our annual mega-poll where we give you the chance to vote for your Top 3 tracks of all time ahead, which will go to form The X List 2006, which is played out on August Bank Holiday Monday.

We had thousands of votes over the past few weeks (and one lucky entrant won weekend tickets for the Reading Festival and a video iPod along the way) and the votes were collated into the huge 104 strong X-List 2006 that got played out on August Bank Holiday Monday.

But who won? Last year Muse make it to Number 1 with 'Hysteria' knocking previous winners Nirvana and Radiohead into second and fourth place while The Killers scored the highest new entry (though 2006 wasn't as kind).

However, this year, Kurt Cobain, Krist Noveselic and Dave Grohl returned to the top of the pile closely followed by the ever-present Muse, Joy Division and The Stone Roses.

As for new entries, it'll be no surprise to see the Arctic Monkeys have made their debut in the X-List just inside the Top 20. Check out the whole list below (last year's positions are in brackets)

The X-List 2006

1. Nirvana ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ (2)

2. Muse ‘Hysteria’ (1)

3. Joy Division ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ (3) 

4. The Stone Roses ‘I Am The Resurrection’ (13)

5. Radiohead ‘Paranoid Android’ (4)

6. Smiths ‘There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out’ (5)

7. Pixies ‘Where Is My Mind’ (20)

8. Jeff Buckley ‘Grace’ (24)

9. Foo Fighters ‘Everlong’ (21)

10. Massive Attack ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ (53)

11. The Verve ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ (8)

12. Radiohead ‘Creep’ (46)

13. Libertines ‘Up The Bracket’ (New Entry)

14. Oasis ‘Live Forever' (7)

15. The Clash ‘London Calling’ (No Change)

16. Muse ‘Plug In Baby’ (New Entry)

17. Arctic Monkeys ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’ (New Entry)

18. The White Stripes ‘Seven Nation Army’ (58)

19. The Smiths ‘How Soon Is Now’ (44)

20. The Rolling Stones ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ (New Entry)

21. Johnny Cash 'Hurt' (37)

22. Red Hot Chilli Peppers 'Under The Bridge' (44)

23. Oasis ‘Wonderwall’ (40)

24. Franz Ferdinand ‘Take Me Out’ (22)

25. The Libertines ‘Can't Stand Me Now’ (New Entry)

26. Blur ‘Song 2’ (14)

27. The Strokes ‘Last Night’ (New Entry)

28. Manic Street Preachers ‘Motorcycle Emptiness’ (25)

29. PJ Harvey ‘Good Fortune’ (New Entry)

30. The Foo Fighters ‘All My Life’ (New Entry)

31. The Charlatans ‘One To Another’ (68)

32. Nirvana ‘Lithium’ (New Entry)

33. U2 ‘With Or Without You’ (33) (New Entry)

34. Guns And Roses ‘Sweet Child Of Mine’ (30)

35. The Undertones ‘Teenage Kicks’ (54)

36. Snow Patrol ‘Run’ (55)

37. The Smashing Pumpkins ‘Today’ (84)

38. Muse ‘Newborn’ (New Entry)

39. Rage Against The Machine ‘Killing In The Name Of’

40. Razorlight ‘Golden Touch’ (26)

41. Pulp ‘Babies’ (New Entry)

42. Nirvana ‘Heart Shaped Box’ (49)

43. The Arctic Monkeys ‘Mardy Bum’ (New Entry)

44. Suede ‘Saturday Night’ (New Entry)

45. The Stone Rose ‘ Wanna Be Adored’ (32)

46. Oasis ‘Champagne Supernova’ (19)

47. Kasabian ‘Club Foot’ (New Entry)

48. Feeder ‘Just A Day’ (New Entry)

49. Faithless ‘Insomnia’ (New Entry)

50. The Cult ‘She Sells Sanctuary’ (62)

51. Prodigy ‘Breathe’ (New Entry)

52. Radiohead ‘Just’ (61)

53. Jeff Buckley ‘Last Goodbye’ (New Entry)

54. The Coral ‘Dreaming Of You’ (75)

55. The Buzzcocks ‘Ever Fallen In Love With Someone’ (69)

56. The Only Ones ‘Another Girl Another Planet’ (New Entry)

57. Bloc Party ‘Banquet’ (12)

58. AC/DC ‘Back In Black’ (77)

59. The Smiths ‘This Charming Man’ (New Entry)

60. Pulp ‘Common People’ (45)

61. Pixies ‘Debaser’ (42)

62. Tenacious D ‘Tribute’ (New Entry)

63. Depeche Mode ‘Enjoy The Silence’ (76)

64. Coldplay ‘Fix You’ (New Entry)

65. Ash ‘Burn Baby Burn’ (New Entry)

66. The Stone Roses ‘Fools Gold’ (51)

67. The Sex Pistols ‘God Save The Queen’ (93)

68. Queens Of The Stone Age ‘No One Knows’ (New Entry)

69. Red Hot Chilli Peppers ‘Scar Tissue’ (10)

70. New Order ‘Blue Monday’ (67)

71. Primal Scream ‘Rocks’ (New Entry)

72. Hard-Fi ‘Living For The Weekend’ (New Entry)

73. Green Day ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’ (35) 

74. The Charlatans ‘The Only One I Know’ (96)

75. The Verve ‘Lucky Man’ (New Entry)

76. The Stooges ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ (New Entry)

77. The Specials ‘Ghost Town’ (63)

78. Blur ‘Girls And Boys’ (New Entry)

79. Placebo ‘Nancy Boy’ (18)

80. The Clash ‘White Man In Hammersmith Palais’ (New Entry)

81. Led Zeppelin ‘Rock N Roll’ (New Entry)

82. The Killers ‘Mr Brightside’ (6)

83. The Jam ‘That's Entertainment’ (New Entry)

84. Guns And Roses ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ (New Entry)

85. Kasabian ‘LSF’ (95)

86. David Bowie ‘Life On Mars’ (83)

87. Coldplay ‘Yellow’ (36)

88. Oasis ‘Rock N Roll Star’ (New Entry)

89. The Strokes ‘The Modern Age’ (104)

90. The Cure ‘Close To Me’ (New Entry)

91. Aphex Twin ‘Windowlicker’ (New Entry)

92. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ‘Y Control’(New Entry)

93. The Vines ‘Get Free’ (New Entry)

94. The Stereophonics ‘Local Boy In The Photograph’ (New Entry)

95. Smashing Pumpkins ‘Cherub Rock’ (New Entry)

96. R.E.M. ‘Loosing My Religion’ (102)

97. Placebo ‘Pure Morning’ (New Entry)

98. Ocean Colour Scene ‘The River Boat Song’ (New Entry)

99. Morrisey ‘Every Day Is Like Sunday’ (73)

100. The La's ‘There She Goes’ (No Change)

101. House Of Pain ‘Jump Around’ (New Entry)

102. Green Day ‘Basket Case’ (New Entry)

103. Feeder ‘Buck Rogers’ (43)

104. The Dandy Warhols ‘Bohemian Like You’ (New Entry)

Previous X-List Charts

2005 - Muse knock previous winners Nirvana and Radiohead off the top, and did you really vote in The Mooney Suzuki and Caesars? Yes you did. click here. 

2004 - Dominating the year's shortlist with six tracks, Radiohead reclaimed the top spot with the epic 'Paranoid Android'. click here. 

2003 - The Clash scored a surprise new entry and claimed last year's top spot, knocking previous winners Nirvana into second place. click here. 

2002 - Nirvana retained the top spot for the second year running but with a song not included in the 2001 poll. click here.

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