RockLists.com

Song · Icicle Works

“Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” by Icicle Works

From the album The Icicle Works (1984)

“Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” by Icicle Works appears on 24 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1983 and 2014. It was first released in 1984 on the album The Icicle Works. Its best result is #22 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #90 alternative song of 1983 and #468 alternative song of all time.

24countdowns
4stations
#22best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1983–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 41 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 46 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 96 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 99 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 22 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1992 160 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 231 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 55 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 206 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1998 93 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 436 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 436 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 438 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 438 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 438 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 438 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 439 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1279 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1201 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1198 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1234 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1287 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1307 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1352 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly); whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly); Whisper To A Scream (birds Fly).

Charting alongside it in 1983

Best songs of 1983 →
  1. 1The LovecatsThe Cure
  2. 2New Year's DayU2
  3. 3In a Big CountryBig Country
  4. 4Never StopEcho and the Bunnymen
  5. 5Union of the SnakeDuran Duran
  6. 6Mad WorldTears for Fears