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“Route 66” by Depeche Mode

Released 1987

“Route 66” by Depeche Mode appears on 53 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1988 and 2024. It was first released in 1987. Its best result is #1 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988, and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #4 alternative song of 1988, #168 alternative song of all time and #19 of the '80s.

53countdowns
9stations
#1best position
2#1 finishes
6top 10 finishes
1988–2024years charted

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Route 66

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Depeche Mode's "Route 66" dates from 1987, and it finds the band taking a road trip through somebody else's songbook. Bobby Troup wrote "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" back in 1946, a rhythm and blues number that follows a westward drive along the old U.S. highway from Chicago to Los Angeles, and it had long since become a standard, with plenty of versions finding their way onto the charts.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 1 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107
1988 7 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 91
1988 2 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 106
1988 1 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 23 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 31 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 26 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 59 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 52 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 112 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 73 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 170 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 24 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 2 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 47 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 78 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 21 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 292 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 5 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 86 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 282 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 96 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 12 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 198 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 159 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 86 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 509 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 17 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 737 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 37 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 789 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 38 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 792 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 102 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 792 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 183 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 792 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 792 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 792 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 321 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 326 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 715 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 286 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 765 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 447 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 789 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 805 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 831 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 840 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 887 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 529 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2023 505 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800
2024 338 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850

Charting alongside it in 1988

Best songs of 1988 →
  1. 1SuedeheadMorrissey
  2. 2DesireU2
  3. 3Beds are BurningMidnight Oil
  4. 5Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees
  5. 6Chains of LoveErasure
  6. 7Everyday Is Like SundayMorrissey

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