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“Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” by Echo and the Bunnymen

From the album Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)

“Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” by Echo and the Bunnymen appears on 25 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1988 and 2014. It was first released in 1987 on the album Echo & the Bunnymen. Its best result is #25 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #52 alternative song of 1988, #692 alternative song of all time and #327 of the '80s.

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#25best position
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1988–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 25 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107
1988 103 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 106
1988 45 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 439 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 129 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 257 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 239 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1999 726 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 727 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 727 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 727 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 577 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 727 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 133 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 727 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 429 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 728 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 430 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 1099 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1022 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1031 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 920 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 949 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 980 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 997 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Bedbugs and Ballyoo; Bedbugs And Ballyhoo.

Charting alongside it in 1988

Best songs of 1988 →
  1. 1SuedeheadMorrissey
  2. 2DesireU2
  3. 3Beds are BurningMidnight Oil
  4. 4Route 66Depeche Mode
  5. 5Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees
  6. 6Chains of LoveErasure