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“Contact” by Big Audio Dynamite

From the album Megatop Phoenix (1989)

“Contact” by Big Audio Dynamite appears on 20 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1989 and 2014. It was first released in 1989 on the album Megatop Phoenix. Its best result is #29 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 alternative song of 1989, #971 alternative song of all time and #318 of the '80s.

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#29best position
0#1 finishes
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1989–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 36 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 107
1989 29 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 105

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 351 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 764 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 804 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1344 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1442 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1403 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1409 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1284 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1335 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1342 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1376 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Charting alongside it in 1989

Best songs of 1989 →
  1. 1Love SongThe Cure
  2. 2StandR.E.M.
  3. 3Here Comes Your ManThe Pixies
  4. 4She Drives Me CrazyFine Young Cannibals
  5. 5Love ShackThe B-52's
  6. 6Personal JesusDepeche Mode