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“Desire” by Gene Loves Jezebel

Released 1985

“Desire” by Gene Loves Jezebel appears on 31 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1986 and 2009. It was first released in 1985. Its best result is #6 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #15 alternative song of 1986, #647 alternative song of all time and #186 of the '80s.

31countdowns
9stations
#6best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1986–2009years charted

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Desire (Come and Get It)

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"Desire (Come and Get It)" comes off Discover, the 1986 album from Gene Loves Jezebel, and it's gloriously overheated: guitars chiming and slashing, a big dramatic pulse, a come-hither vocal pitched halfway between seduction and melodrama. Jay Aston wrote the words and music and plays the guitar, Michael Aston produced it, Alvin Clark engineered and Mark Dearnley mixed, and the result is moody and melodramatic, sleek enough for the radio without losing its swoon.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1986 6 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 107
1986 20 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 90
1987 69 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 49 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 29 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 110 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 100 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 245 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 84 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 264 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 259 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 77 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 249 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 389 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 197 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 330 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 482 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1998 266 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 675 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 367 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 676 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 678 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 678 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 650 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 678 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 487 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 678 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 679 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1971 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1953 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1983 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010

Also listed as: Desire (Come And Get It); Desire (come And Get It); Desire (Come and Get It); Desire (Come and Get it).

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