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“What's The Matter Here” by 10,000 Maniacs

From the album In My Tribe (1986)

“What's The Matter Here” by 10,000 Maniacs appears on 35 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1988 and 2014. It was first released in 1986 on the album In My Tribe. Its best result is #21 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #26 alternative song of 1988, #678 alternative song of all time and #164 of the '80s.

35countdowns
9stations
#21best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1988–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 58 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107
1988 21 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 91
1988 23 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 158 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1989 87 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 227 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 76 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 296 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 275 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 491 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 178 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 272 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 269 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 170 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 337 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 239 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 319 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 870 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 522 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 338 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
2000 462 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2001 461 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1684 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1676 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1662 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1862 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1663 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1662 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 958 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 889 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 908 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 939 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 973 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1017 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1078 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: What's the Matter Here; What's the Matter Here?; What's The Matter Here?.

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