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“Tom's Diner” by DNA with Suzanne Vega

With Suzanne Vega

“Tom's Diner” by DNA with Suzanne Vega appears on 25 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1990 and 2023. Its best result is #14 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #30 alternative song of 1990 and #807 alternative song of all time.

25countdowns
7stations
#14best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1990–2023years charted

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Suzanne Vega, DNA - Tom's Diner

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Suzanne Vega wrote "Tom's Diner" back in 1981 or 1982, and it took its time finding an audience: it first surfaced on the January 1984 issue of Fast Folk Musical Magazine, then landed on her second album, Solitude Standing, in 1987, and went out as a Europe-only single on the heels of "Luka".

Then, in 1990, the English electronic producers DNA took the song as the raw material for a remix, with Vega credited as the featured singer, and that reworked "Tom's Diner" is the one that went all the way to number one in Austria, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 48 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 107
1990 14 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 105
1990 18 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 90

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 180 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1994 383 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 297 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 226 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 281 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 228 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
2000 242 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2001 243 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 153 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 231 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2005 358 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2006 286 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 447 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 333 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 466 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 460 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 462 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 457 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 468 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 470 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 475 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 345 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800

Also listed as: Toms Diner.

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  5. 5Here's Where The Story EndsThe Sundays
  6. 6The Emperor's New ClothesSinéad O'Connor

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