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ABC

Band Sheffield United Kingdom Formed 1980 English 80s pop group

ABC formed in 1980 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. ABC has 69 chart appearances on 30 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 1982–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Look of Love”, which appears on 21 lists with a best position of #56. The station that charted ABC most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 26 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1985.

69appearances

30countdowns

11songs charted

10stations

0#1 finishes

1982–2003years

Songs by ABC on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	The Look of Love	1,097	21	#56	–	1982
2	Poison Arrow	775	17	#63	–	–
3	Be Near Me	633	14	#18	–	1985
4	When Smokey Sings	160	4	#50	–	1987
5	Vanity Kills	98	2	#55	–	1985
6	How To Be A Millionaire	81	2	#72	–	1985
7	All of My Heart	47	3	#755	–	–
8	That Was Then But This Is Now	43	2	#1441	–	–
9	Night You Murdered Love	21	1	#395	–	–
10	Tears are Not Enough	11	1	#1827	–	–
11	The Real Thing	3	1	#1985	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

82 85 87

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2003	187	The Look of Love	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	520	Be Near Me	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	867	Poison Arrow	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1198	When Smokey Sings	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1441	That Was Then But This Is Now	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1636	All of My Heart	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1827	Tears are Not Enough	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1985	The Real Thing	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	107	Be Near Me	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	378	Poison Arrow	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	799	The Look of Love	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1557	When Smokey Sings	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1737	That Was Then But This Is Now	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1950	All of My Heart	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
1999	351	The Look of Love	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	416	Poison Arrow	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	539	How To Be A Millionaire	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	970	Be Near Me	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	396	Poison Arrow	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	442	The Look of Love	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	446	The Look of Love	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999	755	All of My Heart	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999	96	Poison Arrow	Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999)
1998	173	The Look of Love	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1998	248	Poison Arrow	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1998	364	Be Near Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1996	106	The Look of Love	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1996	279	Be Near Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1996	289	Poison Arrow	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1996	313	The Look of Love	Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1996	354	Poison Arrow	Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1995	423	The Look of Love	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1995	460	Be Near Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1995	273	Poison Arrow	Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)
1994	354	The Look of Love	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994	416	Be Near Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994	142	Poison Arrow	Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1994	425	The Look of Love	Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1992	103	The Look of Love	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992	275	Be Near Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992	395	Poison Arrow	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992	71	The Look of Love	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)
1991	227	Poison Arrow	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991)
1991	288	The Look of Love	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1991	703	Poison Arrow	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1990	137	The Look of Love	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990)
1989	145	Poison Arrow	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989	174	Be Near Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989	215	The Look of Love	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989	257	Vanity Kills	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989	395	Night You Murdered Love	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989	365	The Look of Love	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)
1989	63	Poison Arrow	91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989)
1989	162	Be Near Me	91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989)
1989	82	Artist ranking	Live 105 Top 105 Artists of All-Time (1989)
1988	217	Poison Arrow	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988	363	Be Near Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988	434	The Look of Love	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988	56	The Look of Love	Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1988	355	Poison Arrow	Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1987	62	When Smokey Sings	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987
1987	50	When Smokey Sings	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987
1985	33	Be Near Me	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985
1985	55	Vanity Kills	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985
1985	72	How To Be A Millionaire	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985
1985	18	Be Near Me	91X Top 91 Songs of 1985
1982	97	The Look of Love	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982
–	88	Be Near Me	WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s
–	113	The Look of Love	WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s