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KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)

The all-time countdown (Memorial Day 1989) from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 495 songs, with “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell at number one. The list features 172 different artists; Depeche Mode has the most entries with 16 songs. Positions 161, 221, 222, 281, 282 are missing from the source list.

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1 Tainted Love Soft Cell 76 #1
2 I Melt With You Modern English 96 #2
3 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 67 #2
4 Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) Dramarama 55 #2
5 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 86 #1
6 Only a Lad Oingo Boingo 24 #6
7 Dear God XTC 92 #1
8 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 204 #2
9 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
10 The One Thing INXS 52 #10
11 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 104 #7
12 Nowhere Girl B-Movie 26 #5
13 Love Removal Machine The Cult 50 #13
14 White Lines (Don't Do It) Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel 17 #7
15 Train in Vain The Clash 120 #10
16 Red Red Wine UB40 49 #1
17 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 102 #3
18 Girls on Film Duran Duran 51 #18
19 Wild World Maxi Priest 9 #11
20 People Are Strange Echo and the Bunnymen 37 #20
21 Just Like Heaven The Cure 104 #1
22 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
23 Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy 25 #13
24 Everything Counts Depeche Mode 43 #24
25 Wild Thing X 10 #25
26 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 143 #3
27 Happy Birthday Altered Images 13 #27
28 What is Love Howard Jones 17 #10
29 Yellow Pills 20/20 5 #29
30 Tomorrow People Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers 28 #23
31 Rock Lobster The B-52's 87 #5
32 Change Tears for Fears 34 #32
33 People are People Depeche Mode 66 #11
34 In Between Days The Cure 81 #3
35 Sex Dwarf Soft Cell 17 #3
36 Lil' Devil The Cult 6 #36
37 Oh L'Amour Erasure 31 #3
38 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 168 #1
39 I Ran (So Far Away) A Flock of Seagulls 49 #2
40 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 163 #8
41 I Got You Split Enz 50 #39
42 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 64 #10
43 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police 85 #20
44 Suedehead Morrissey 56 #4
45 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 72 #4
46 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 59 #1
47 Little Girls Oingo Boingo 11 #47
48 The Metro Berlin 24 #7
49 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 125 #1
50 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 140 #9
51 Get the Balance Right Depeche Mode 18 #42
52 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 53 #9
53 Situation Yaz 46 #8
54 Changes David Bowie 128 #17
55 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 58 #13
56 Panic The Smiths 56 #5
57 Mad World Tears for Fears 38 #5
58 Our House Madness 66 #15
59 Don't You Want Me The Human League 41 #5
60 And She Was Talking Heads 81 #21
61 Words Missing Persons 24 #4
62 The One I Love R.E.M. 150 #5
63 Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling 38 #8
64 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
65 Roxanne The Police 167 #10
66 It's My Life Talk Talk 61 #18
67 1999 Prince 37 #1
68 Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones 22 #42
69 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 65 #1
70 Sowing the Seeds of Love Tears for Fears 33 #5
71 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 90 #1
72 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 83 #4
73 Prison Bound Social Distortion 21 #14
74 Favorite Shirts Haircut 100 8 #74
75 If You Leave Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 48 #14
76 Modern Love David Bowie 84 #12
77 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 40 #23
78 What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) Information Society 16 #4
79 De Do Do Do De Da Da Da The Police 32 #8
80 Rio Duran Duran 44 #18
81 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 90 #1
82 Private Life Oingo Boingo 6 #82
83 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 69 #2
84 World Destruction Time Zone 31 #17
85 Dance Hall Days Wang Chung 14 #85
86 New Year's Day U2 182 #4
87 Space Age Love Song A Flock of Seagulls 23 #25
88 Don't Go Yaz 27 #37
89 Mony Mony Billy Idol 46 #13
90 Crash The Primitives 40 #12
91 Wrapped Around Your Finger The Police 38 #29
92 Save a Prayer Duran Duran 26 #14
93 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
94 In a Big Country Big Country 77 #3
95 Stand or Fall The Fixx 13 #63
96 Cars Gary Numan 66 #11
97 Goodbye The Psychedelic Furs 2 #97
98 Devil Inside INXS 43 #42
99 Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) Icicle Works 32 #22
100 Two Hearts Beat As One U2 52 #19
101 Winning Side Oingo Boingo 3 #31
102 Fascination Street The Cure 52 #5
103 Head Over Heels Tears for Fears 42 #16
104 Never Stop Echo and the Bunnymen 21 #17
105 Erotic City Prince 4 #5
106 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 61 #21
107 Dancing in Heaven Q-Feel 15 #73
108 Every Breath You Take The Police 124 #3
109 Red Skies The Fixx 33 #102
110 Let's Dance David Bowie 98 #6
111 Need You Tonight INXS 87 #5
112 Route 66 Depeche Mode 53 #1
113 Shout Tears for Fears 70 #5
114 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 151 #3
115 Primary The Cure 22 #19
116 Ask The Smiths 48 #5
117 Just Another Day Oingo Boingo 15 #27
118 Stop This Car The Woodentops 2 #15
119 Turning Japanese The Vapors 52 #14
120 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 92 #1
121 Locomotion Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 8 #31
122 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive 36 #6
123 Let's Go The Cars 64 #89
124 All Day and All of the Night The Stranglers 3 #124
125 Here Comes The Rain Again Eurythmics 38 #82
126 Pale Shelter Tears for Fears 20 #29
127 Tears of a Clown The English Beat 16 #82
128 Love Song The Cure 80 #1
129 Shellshock New Order 22 #9
130 (Keep Feeling) Fascination The Human League 9 #100
131 Message in a Bottle The Police 127 #24
132 Walking in L.A. Missing Persons 22 #11
133 Bad U2 78 #5
134 What You See Oingo Boingo 3 #63
135 Mothers Talk Tears for Fears 7 #80
136 Suburbia Pet Shop Boys 7 #1
137 Let's Go Crazy Prince 27 #3
138 Tenderness General Public 47 #1
139 Don't Change INXS 58 #28
140 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins 31 #10
141 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds 46 #1
142 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals 46 #4
143 Can't Stand Losing You The Police 52 #49
144 Send Me an Angel Real Life 22 #25
145 Poison Arrow ABC 19 #63
146 Head Over Heels The Go-Go's 6 #79
147 Peter Gunn Art of Noise 17 #80
148 Take On Me a-ha 46 #2
149 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 52 #11
150 One Way or Another Blondie 74 #19
151 Gratitude Danny Elfman 7 #73
152 Rock the Casbah The Clash 164 #1
153 Gloria U2 48 #51
154 Listen Like Thieves INXS 27 #44
155 Whip It Devo 78 #1
156 Chains of Love Erasure 34 #7
157 King of Pain The Police 49 #17
158 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 125 #4
159 Living on Video Trans-X 12 #54
160 True Faith New Order 78 #3
162 That'll Do Nicely Bad Manners 2 #112
163 Europa and the Pirate Twins Thomas Dolby 10 #37
164 Pistol Erasure 1 #164
165 Dancing With Myself Billy Idol 84 #18
166 Walk Like an Egyptian The Bangles 23 #6
167 Bullet the Blue Sky U2 59 #16
168 Oblivious Aztec Camera 28 #29
169 Synchronicity II The Police 78 #15
170 Stand R.E.M. 65 #4
171 Electricity Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 8 #23
172 Love Plus One Haircut 100 34 #26
173 Sixty Eight Guns The Alarm 20 #59
174 Be Near Me ABC 16 #18
175 Legal Tender The B-52's 13 #65
176 Strangelove Depeche Mode 62 #2
177 I Will Follow U2 96 #9
178 China Girl David Bowie 49 #61
179 Love is the Seventh Wave Sting 2 #179
180 No More Words Berlin 8 #127
181 The Walk The Cure 27 #49
182 Just What I Needed The Cars 109 #23
183 Flash and Blood Oingo Boingo 1 #183
184 Lies Thompson Twins 25 #50
185 Stay Up Late Talking Heads 38 #14
186 The Dead Heart Midnight Oil 33 #20
187 Spirits In The Material World The Police 44 #57
188 Dreaming Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 10 #26
189 Mustapha Dance The Clash 1 #189
190 The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs 49 #30
191 Big Time Peter Gabriel 39 #16
192 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 158 #1
193 Promised You a Miracle Simple Minds 16 #30
194 Close to Me The Cure 83 #11
195 All She Wants Is Duran Duran 2 #44
196 Look Away Big Country 13 #25
197 Lover Come Back to Me Dead or Alive 5 #59
198 White Wedding Billy Idol 152 #7
199 Stay Oingo Boingo 10 #31
200 Tears Run Rings Marc Almond 6 #13
201 Life During Wartime Talking Heads 87 #41
202 Melting in the Sun INXS 2 #49
203 Summer of Love The B-52's 24 #8
204 I Fought the Law The Clash 62 #13
205 Talk Talk Talk Talk 27 #9
206 Forever Live and Die Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 6 #44
207 Orange Crush R.E.M. 76 #1
208 Hot You're Cool General Public 13 #51
209 Heartbreak Beat The Psychedelic Furs 36 #38
210 Don't Let's Start They Might Be Giants 49 #39
211 If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free Sting 9 #20
212 Opportunities (Let's Make Lot's of Money) Pet Shop Boys 23 #3
213 Pain Oingo Boingo 7 #3
214 Cosmic Thing The B-52's 5 #36
215 The Look of Love ABC 25 #56
216 One Thing Leads To Another The Fixx 48 #19
217 A Little Respect Erasure 50 #4
218 Rain in the Summertime The Alarm 38 #19
219 Bang on the Drum Bad Manners 3 #219
220 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 77 #1
223 Back on the Chain Gang The Pretenders 83 #15
224 What's Gone Wrong The Untouchables 3 #18
225 The Safety Dance Men Without Hats 35 #2
226 New Toy Lene Lovich 9 #18
227 Absolute Perfection Private Domain 4 #35
228 Give Me Back My Man The B-52's 5 #5
229 Our Lips Are Sealed The Go-Go's 33 #32
230 Wild Flower The Cult 17 #28
231 Always the Sun The Stranglers 28 #16
232 Saved By Zero The Fixx 11 #44
233 We Close Our Eyes Oingo Boingo 17 #22
234 No New Tale To Tell Love and Rockets 49 #13
235 Lullaby The Cure 37 #3
236 Black and White INXS 3 #78
237 Good Times Roll The Cars 81 #17
238 Strength The Alarm 33 #20
239 Destination Unknown Missing Persons 16 #40
240 Bang a Gong (Get It On) Power Station 3 #66
241 One World (Not Three) The Police 10 #58
242 Good Thing Fine Young Cannibals 19 #6
243 Secret Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 11 #48
244 Wild Wild Life Talking Heads 39 #4
245 Desire Gene Loves Jezebel 31 #6
246 All The Things She Said Simple Minds 18 #69
247 Do You Wanna Hold Me? Bow Wow Wow 6 #225
248 On the Outside Oingo Boingo 3 #6
249 Everlasting Love U2 12 #3
250 Flesh For Fantasy Billy Idol 12 #19
251 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 58 #7
252 Heaven The Psychedelic Furs 32 #50
253 What Difference Does It Make? The Smiths 36 #17
254 I Send a Message INXS 21 #9
255 Sometimes Erasure 16 #27
256 Party At Ground Zero Fishbone 43 #65
257 Vanity Kills ABC 2 #55
258 Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant 41 #25
259 Lay Your Hands on Me Thompson Twins 11 #22
260 Jane's Getting Serious Jon Astley 12 #52
261 Never You Done That General Public 7 #75
262 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 53 #38
263 The Look Roxxette 1 #263
264 In God's Country U2 42 #44
265 Shoplifters of the World Unite The Smiths 11 #20
266 Only A Memory The Smithereens 22 #13
267 But Not Tonight Depeche Mode 16 #2
268 Come Out and Play UB40 1 #268
269 Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me Oingo Boingo 5 #161
270 Ship of Fools World Party 44 #45
271 Dreamworld Midnight Oil 8 #43
272 Mystify INXS 25 #82
273 Catch My Fall Billy Idol 5 #23
274 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
275 Under the Milky Way The Church 85 #3
276 Is There Something I Should Know? Duran Duran 9 #1
277 Breakfast in Bed UB40 5 #26
278 Ink and Paper Modern English 3 #14
279 Love on Your Side Thompson Twins 5 #279
280 Channel Z The B-52's 15 #8
283 When Doves Cry Prince 30 #12
284 Don't Tell Me Blancmange 13 #38
285 Blasphemous Rumours Depeche Mode 62 #1
286 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 64 #9
287 Do Not Stand in the Shadows Billy Idol 1 #287
288 Vacation The Go-Go's 21 #8
289 Steppin' Out Joe Jackson 32 #66
290 Violent Love Oingo Boingo 3 #114
291 Private Idaho The B-52's 58 #25
292 New Sensation INXS 43 #6
293 Best Friend The English Beat 2 #103
294 It's a Mug's Game Soft Cell 12 #37
295 Rescue Me The Alarm 18 #295
296 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 70 #9
297 Our Lips Are Sealed Fun Boy Three 7 #287
298 I Got You Babe UB40 6 #29
299 Middle of the Road The Pretenders 53 #25
300 Behind the Wall of Sleep The Smithereens 23 #62
301 I Would Die 4 U Prince 20 #63
302 Pleasure And Pain The Divinyls 22 #43
303 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 85 #4
304 The Perfect Kiss New Order 43 #2
305 Harley David (Son of a Bitch) Bollock Brothers 10 #2
306 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 75 #24
307 Do Wot You Do INXS 1 #307
308 So In Love Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 16 #17
309 Can't Get Enough of You Baby The Colourfield 8 #65
310 Blind Vision Blancmange 6 #93
311 Strobe Light The B-52's 15 #58
312 The Bottom Line Big Audio Dynamite 27 #15
313 All in My Mind Love and Rockets 10 #32
314 The More You Live, the More You Love A Flock of Seagulls 5 #30
315 Heartache Gene Loves Jezebel 9 #69
316 Don't Turn Around Aswad 4 #68
317 Slave to Love Bryan Ferry 27 #30
318 Kids In America Kim Wilde 20 #98
319 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 28 #29
320 What Soft Cell 1 #320
321 Master and Servant Depeche Mode 44 #5
322 The Reflex Duran Duran 18 #22
323 Clampdown The Clash 51 #1
324 Electric Blue Icehouse 7 #61
325 Stand and Deliver Adam & the Ants 27 #11
326 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 50 #34
327 What I Am Edie Brickell And New Bohemians 34 #9
328 Hourglass Squeeze 8 #11
329 Mental Hopscotch Missing Persons 10 #1
330 We Love You Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 2 #84
331 Sweet 16 Billy Idol 3 #57
332 Christine Siouxsie and the Banshees 15 #80
333 Save It For Later The English Beat 69 #9
334 Alone Again Or The Damned 29 #36
335 Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 56 #5
336 There is No Love Between Us Anymore Pop Will Eat Itself 5 #29
337 Antmusic Adam & the Ants 34 #2
338 Mystery Achievement The Pretenders 29 #19
339 A Girl in Trouble (is a Temporary Thing) Romeo Void 25 #64
340 No Promises Icehouse 10 #86
341 Baby Oh No Bow Wow Wow 7 #80
342 Rock This Town The Stray Cats 40 #6
343 I'll Be You The Replacements 49 #8
344 Obsession Animotion 16 #32
345 Scenario Dramarama 4 #294
346 Eighties Killing Joke 29 #37
347 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 39 #17
348 The Big Heat Stan Ridgway 1 #348
349 Up All Night Boomtown Rats 21 #92
350 Cindereella Undercover Oingo Boingo 1 #350
351 We Got the Beat The Go-Go's 38 #3
352 Original Sin INXS 44 #19
353 Manic Monday The Bangles 19 #57
354 I Don't Want Your Love Duran Duran 5 #24
355 Stories For Boys U2 10 #287
356 Reap the Wild Wind Ultravox 12 #90
357 Sanctify Yourself Simple Minds 20 #4
358 Charlie Don't Surf The Clash 3 #257
359 Beautiful World Devo 23 #108
360 Road to Nowhere Talking Heads 36 #2
361 Secret Separation The Fixx 6 #48
362 Bad Case of Loving You Robert Palmer 31 #116
363 Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies 39 #3
364 Absolute Beginners David Bowie 3 #3
365 Always on My Mind Pet Shop Boys 17 #7
366 Rapture Blondie 54 #31
367 Big in Japan Alphaville 17 #23
368 So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) R.E.M. 39 #7
369 The Wait The Pretenders 9 #2
370 Don't Look Back Fine Young Cannibals 6 #62
371 The Lovecats The Cure 60 #2
372 Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood 36 #1
373 Flexible Depeche Mode 3 #19
374 Driven To Tears The Police 20 #83
375 Deeper and Deeper The Fixx 3 #375
376 I've Got Mine UB40 1 #376
377 Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) Bananarama 2 #377
378 All You Ever Think About is Sex Sparks 4 #88
379 Tumbling Down Ziggy Marley 2 #379
380 Would I Lie To You? Eurythmics 34 #61
381 Who Needs Love Like That Erasure 5 #83
382 Tempted Squeeze 89 #21
383 All That Money Wants The Psychedelic Furs 7 #23
384 Heart Pet Shop Boys 4 #33
385 A Million Miles Away The Plimsouls 47 #44
386 Addicted to Love Robert Palmer 44 #50
387 Smoke Two Joints The Toyes 10 #22
388 Planet Earth Duran Duran 17 #38
389 Generals and Majors XTC 28 #62
390 Only When You Leave Spandau Ballet 5 #56
391 King for a Day Thompson Twins 3 #49
392 Hairdresser on Fire Morrissey 11 #39
393 Love and Pride King 12 #16
394 Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys 50 #6
395 Night You Murdered Love ABC 1 #395
396 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat 23 #36
397 Domino Dancing Pet Shop Boys 4 #47
398 Walking Away Information Society 4 #33
399 Don't Need That Much Private Domain 2 #100
400 10:15 Saturday Night The Cure 12 #43
401 Cool Places Sparks 13 #39
402 Heartbeat The Psychedelic Furs 6 #61
403 Vanishing Girl The Dukes of Stratosphear 6 #33
404 I Know What Boys Like The Waitresses 31 #27
405 Right and Wrong Joe Jackson 4 #405
406 Skin Trade Duran Duran 3 #44
407 One Night in Bangkok Murray Head 13 #24
408 Mirror Man The Human League 5 #381
409 Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) A Flock of Seagulls 12 #81
410 When The World Is Running Down The Police 12 #410
411 Just Got Lucky JoBoxxers 6 #104
412 Warm Leatherette The Normal 12 #193
413 Homosapien Pete Shelley 10 #13
414 Love Comes Quickly Pet Shop Boys 4 #59
415 I Predict Sparks 5 #7
416 Never Say Never Romeo Void 59 #8
417 88 Lines About 44 Women The Nails 35 #3
418 Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel 53 #20
419 In the Name of Love Thompson Twins 10 #83
420 No Thugs in Our House XTC 3 #406
421 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 62 #2
422 Won't You Hold My Hand Now King 3 #52
423 This Town The Go-Go's 5 #50
424 A Question of Lust Depeche Mode 17 #2
425 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 60 #25
426 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 49 #23
427 Brand New Lover Dead or Alive 15 #12
428 Driven Out The Fixx 4 #53
429 (Nothing But) Flowers Talking Heads 35 #20
430 Infected The The 23 #75
431 One More Shot C-Bank 5 #35
432 Kiss and Tell Bryan Ferry 11 #61
433 Big Hollow Man Danielle Dax 4 #35
434 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 83 #2
435 You Know I Love You, Don't You? Howard Jones 3 #58
436 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
437 The Politics of Dancing Re-Flex 17 #44
438 Senses Working Overtime XTC 38 #23
439 Eyes of a Stranger The Payolas 15 #92
440 This Time INXS 25 #8
441 Everybody Have Fun Tonight Wang Chung 6 #46
442 Town Called Malice The Jam 62 #7
443 Let Me Go Heaven 17 25 #31
444 We Care A Lot Faith No More 33 #29
445 Ladykiller The Vandals 8 #7
446 Kundalini Express Love and Rockets 12 #45
447 Victim of Love Erasure 5 #49
448 Johnny Come Home Fine Young Cannibals 11 #68
449 Pleasure Little Treasure Depeche Mode 3 #45
450 Perfect Way Scritti Politti 12 #32
451 Trust Me to Open My Mouth Squeeze 2 #96
452 To Be a Lover Billy Idol 7 #15
453 Kick INXS 21 #10
454 Mirror in the Bathroom The English Beat 64 #38
455 Sweetest Thing U2 50 #3
456 Shock The Psychedelic Furs 2 #55
457 Living on the Ceiling Blancmange 10 #32
458 Free Yourself The Untouchables 5 #62
459 Walking Down Your Street The Bangles 2 #263
460 Why? Bronski Beat 13 #4
461 Little Red Corvette Prince 21 #12
462 Blowing Up Detroit John Palumbo 3 #30
463 Breathless X 5 #168
464 Fields of Fire Big Country 6 #55
465 Medicine Show Big Audio Dynamite 15 #56
466 Up on the Catwalk Simple Minds 7 #74
467 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 95 #2
468 Hot in the City Billy Idol 11 #106
469 Right By Your Side Eurythmics 4 #465
470 Make a Circuit With Me The Polecats 14 #21
471 White China Ultravox 5 #73
472 Hyperactive Thomas Dolby 9 #53
473 Balloon Man Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians 29 #23
474 Seconds The Human League 4 #51
475 Simply Irresistible Robert Palmer 9 #42
476 In Your Room The Bangles 5 #44
477 Subculture New Order 9 #18
478 Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen 43 #21
479 Music That You Can Dance To Sparks 4 #33
480 Hot Lava The B-52's 1 #480
481 Wild Wild West Escape Club 8 #16
482 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 102 #30
483 I'm An Adult Now The Pursuit of Happiness 24 #73
484 Notorious Duran Duran 8 #9
485 It's a Sin Pet Shop Boys 23 #11
486 Behind the Wheel Depeche Mode 25 #9
487 Not My Slave Oingo Boingo 9 #21
488 Hero Takes a Fall The Bangles 8 #88
489 Dog Eat Dog Adam & the Ants 5 #43
490 Tesla Girls Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 12 #100
491 Burn for You INXS 4 #37
492 Canary In A Coalmine The Police 29 #61
493 Communication Spandau Ballet 3 #94
494 Samson and Delilah Bad Manners 1 #494
495 Popularity Sparks 1 #495
496 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Ultravox 14 #76
497 A Question of Time Depeche Mode 10 #11
498 Friend or Foe Adam Ant 12 #221
499 Dirty Creature Split Enz 2 #499
500 So Excited Ranking Roger 3 #63

Positions 161, 221, 222, 281, 282 are missing from the source list.

About this countdown

KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) was broadcast by KROQ (Los Angeles, CA) in Memorial Day 1989. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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