TC’s top 120 songs of 2003

This is the TC 10 top 120 of 2003, a complete list of every song to make the TC 10 since its debut on March 9, 2003.

Point System

To add up all the songs for this year, I created a point system. Any premiere, wannabe, or close call is 0.1 points. When a song is at #10, it gets 1 point. #9 is 2 points, and so on, until #1 is 10 points.

So, a song on this countdown can have anywhere from minimum of 0.1 points (1 week as a wannabe) to a maximum of 100 points (10 weeks at #1). In case you’re keeping track, 80 songs this year appeared on the top 10, and 40 remaining songs never broke on to the actual top ten. Songs are retired after 10 weeks and appear in crimson on this list.

The List

With all of that explanation out of the way, here is the TC 10 top 120 of 2003…

#	Artist & Song	Points
120	The Libertines – Up The Bracket	0.1
119	Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Date With The Night	0.1
118	Interpol – Obstacle 1	0.1
117	Transplants – DJ, DJ	0.1
116	The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots	0.1
115	The D4 – Get Loose	0.1
114	Longwave – Everywhere You Turn	0.1
113	Evanescence – My Immortal	0.2
112	The Strokes – 12:51	0.2
111	Static-X – The Only	0.2
110	Brand New – Quiet Things No One Ever Knows	0.2
109	Cat Power – He War	0.2
108	Theory Of A Deadman – Make Up Your Mind	0.2
107	B.R.M.C. – Stop	0.3
106	Guster – Amsterdam	0.3
105	Mudvayne – World So Cold	0.3
104	Smile Empty Soul – Bottom of a Bottle	0.3
103	Tegan and Sara – Monday Monday Monday	0.3
102	Iggy Pop f/ Sum 41 – Little Know It All	0.4
101	Alien Ant Farm – Glow	0.4
100	Sevendust – Enemy	0.4
99	Marilyn Manson – This Is The New (S)hit	0.4
98	Fountains of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom	0.4
97	Kelly Clarkson – Miss Independent	0.4
96	Brand New – Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades	0.5
95	Coldplay – God Put A Smile Upon Your Face	0.5
94	Jewel – Stand	0.5
93	Adema – Unstable	0.5
92	Outkast – Flip Flop Rock	0.5
91	The Ataris – Boys Of Summer	0.5
90	Marilyn Manson – mOBSCENE	0.5
89	Matchbox Twenty – Unwell	0.5
88	Travis – Re-Offender	0.6
87	Offspring – Hit That	0.7
86	P.O.D. – Will You	0.7
85	R.E.M. – Bad Day	0.7
84	Dido – White Flag	0.7
83	Andrew W.K. – Never Let Down	0.7
82	Hoobastank – Out Of Control	0.8
81	Yellowcard – Way Away	0.8
80	System Of A Down – Boom!	1.1
79	Ms. Dynamite – It Takes More	1.1
78	American Hi-Fi – The Art Of Losing	1.2
77	Stacie Orrico – (There’s Gotta Be) More To Life	1.3
76	No Doubt – Running	1.3
75	Queens Of The Stone Age – First It Giveth	2.0
74	3 Doors Down – The Road I’m On	2.1
73	The Shins – So Says I	2.1
72	Blink 182 – Action/Feeling This	2.2
71	Dashboard Confessional – Hands Down	2.4
70	Joss Stone – Fell In Love With A Boy	2.7
69	Staind – So Far Away	2.8
68	Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl	2.9
67	Christina Aguilera – Fighter	3.1
66	The Chemical Brothers – The Golden Path	3.3
65	Coldplay – The Scientist	3.9
64	Supergrass – Rush Hour Soul	4.1
63	Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop	4.2
62	Metallica – Frantic	4.3
61	Audioslave – Like A Stone	4.5
60	Sarah McLachlan – Fallen	5.3
59	Incubus – Megalomaniac	6.1
58	Blur – Crazy Beat	6.6
57	Avril Lavigne – Losing Grip	7.3
56	Tegan and Sara – I Hear Noises	8.1
55	Kelly Clarkson and Foo Fighters – Low	8.2
54	The Donnas – Who Invited You	8.6
53	Sahara Hotnights – Alright, Alright	10.1
52	The Ataris – In This Diary	10.2
51	Powerman 5000 – Free	10.6
50	Alkaline Trio – We’ve Had Enough	12.5
49	Coldplay – Clocks	13.1
48	Red Hot Chili Peppers – Fortune Faded	13.1
47	Linkin Park – Faint	15.5
46	P.O.D. – Sleeping Awake	16.2
45	Staind – Price To Play	16.3
44	Hot Hot Heat – Bandages	16.4
43	The Distillers – Drain The Blood	18.2
42	Cursive – Art Is Hard	18.6
41	Thrice – Stare At The Sun	19.1
40	Korn – Did My Time	22.5
39	Thursday – Signals Over the Air	24.2
38	Michelle Branch – Breathe	25.3
37	Blue Man Group f/ Gavin Rossdale – The Current	27.2
36	Rancid – Fall Back Down	27.3
35	A Perfect Circle – The Outsider	29.2
34	Transplants – Diamonds and Guns	29.2
33	Dave Matthews – Gravedigger	29.2
32	Stone Temple Pilots – All In The Suit You Wear	30.1
31	Switchfoot – Meant To Live	31.1
30	AFI – Silver And Cold	32.1
29	Jewel – Intuition	32.2
28	Billy Talent – Try Honesty	36.1
27	The Music – Take The Long Road And Walk It	38.1
26	Audioslave – Show Me How To Live	40.1
25	Evanescence – Bring Me To Life	41.1
24	Radiohead – Go To Sleep	44.3
23	Outkast – Hey Ya / The Way You Move	47.2
22	Liam Lynch – United States Of Whatever	48.1
21	Fefe Dobson – Take Me Away	51.1
20	Metallica – St. Anger	51.2
19	Michelle Branch – Are You Happy Now	54.1
18	Foo Fighters – Times Like These	55.0
17	Kings Of Leon – Molly’s Chambers	58.0
16	Deftones – Minerva	58.1
15	Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage!	63.0
14	AFI – The Leaving Song Pt. 2	63.1
13	Radiohead – There There	65.1
12	Evanescence – Going Under	66.1
11	Thrice – All That’s Left	67.2
10	311 – Creatures (For Awhile)	68.1
9	A Perfect Circle – Weak And Powerless	70.4
8	Sum 41 – The Hell Song	73.0
7	AFI – Girl’s Not Grey	73.0
6	No Doubt – It’s My Life	79.1
5	The White Stripes – Hardest Button To Button	83.0
4	Queens Of The Stone Age – Go With The Flow	84.0
3	The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love	84.1
2	The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army	91.0
1	Jane’s Addiction – Just Because	100.0

Summary

And there you have it. Closing out the year at #1 is "Just Because" by Jane’s Addiction, which accumulated 100 points by remaining at #1 for all 10 weeks. And that wraps up the TC 10 top 120 of 2003!

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