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“Strangelove” by Depeche Mode

From the album Music for the Masses (1987)

“Strangelove” by Depeche Mode appears on 58 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1987 and 2023. It was first released in 1987 on the album Music for the Masses. Its best result is #2 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #5 alternative song of 1987, #74 alternative song of all time and #6 of the '80s.

58countdowns
12stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
5top 10 finishes
1987–2023years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 3 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 4 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91
1987 2 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 105
1987 2 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 46 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 8 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 46 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 22 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 36 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 437 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 28 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 31 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 416 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 17 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 47 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 110 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 146 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 441 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 111 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 169 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 51 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 184 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 158 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 129 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 96 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 19 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 270 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 193 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 34 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 352 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 733 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 177 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 661 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 94 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 150 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 661 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 152 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 667 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 199 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 667 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 748 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 273 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 667 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 678 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 667 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 667 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 253 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 46 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 489 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 156 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 483 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 248 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 495 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 507 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 509 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 518 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 526 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 17 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of The Last 40 Years 91

Also listed as: Strange Love; Stranglelove.

Charting alongside it in 1987

Best songs of 1987 →
  1. 1Girlfriend in a ComaThe Smiths
  2. 2With or Without YouU2
  3. 3Dear GodXTC
  4. 4Why Can't I Be You?The Cure
  5. 6Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen
  6. 7Need You TonightINXS