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“Lips Like Sugar” by Echo and the Bunnymen

From the album Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)

“Lips Like Sugar” by Echo and the Bunnymen appears on 60 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1987 and 2023. It was first released in 1987 on the album Echo & the Bunnymen. Its best result is #2 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #6 alternative song of 1987, #60 alternative song of all time and #13 of the '80s.

60countdowns
13stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
5top 10 finishes
1987–2023years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 4 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 2 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91
1987 6 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 105
1987 7 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 41 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 277 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 295 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 45 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 27 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 82 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 83 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 85 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 80 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 77 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 83 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 234 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 49 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 33 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 66 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 77 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 77 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 78 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 58 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 45 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 86 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 337 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 78 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 90 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 354 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 155 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 431 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 163 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 155 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 165 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 155 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 194 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 155 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 14 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 209 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 155 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 4 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 317 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 155 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 153 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 152 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 189 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 428 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 128 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 21 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 313 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 90 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 245 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 270 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 243 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 263 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 267 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 269 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 272 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 413 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2023 47 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of The Last 40 Years 91

Also listed as: Lips like Sugar.

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