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Bronski Beat

Band Brixton United Kingdom Active 1983–1995

Bronski Beat formed in 1983 in Brixton, United Kingdom and was active until 1995. Bronski Beat has 35 chart appearances on 20 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 1984–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Smalltown Boy”, which appears on 18 lists with a best position of #36. The station that charted Bronski Beat most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1984.

35appearances
20countdowns
3songs charted
7stations
0#1 finishes
1984–2020years

Songs by Bronski Beat on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Smalltown Boy
740		 18 #36 – 1984
2 Why?
600		 12 #4 – 1984
3 Hit That Perfect Beat
171		 4 #56 – 1986

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.

84 86

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2020 1342 Smalltown Boy WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2003 36 Smalltown Boy Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 277 Why? Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002 509 Why? Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 685 Smalltown Boy Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
1999 737 Smalltown Boy Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 838 Why? Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 424 Smalltown Boy CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999 779 Why? CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1998 384 Smalltown Boy KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1998 462 Hit That Perfect Beat KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1996 338 Why? Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1996 375 Smalltown Boy Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1994 330 Why? KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994 487 Smalltown Boy KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1992 242 Why? KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992 425 Smalltown Boy KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992 77 Smalltown Boy Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)
1991 151 Smalltown Boy Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991)
1991 425 Smalltown Boy CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1991 519 Why? CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1990 247 Smalltown Boy Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990)
1989 396 Smalltown Boy KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989 460 Why? KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989 88 Artist ranking Live 105 Top 105 Artists of All-Time (1989)
1988 99 Why? KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 164 Smalltown Boy KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 220 Hit That Perfect Beat KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 45 Smalltown Boy Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 210 Hit That Perfect Beat Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 272 Why? Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1986 56 Hit That Perfect Beat KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986
1984 4 Why? KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984
1984 103 Smalltown Boy KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984
1984 48 Smalltown Boy John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1984