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“Listen Like Thieves” by INXS

From the album Listen Like Thieves (1985)

“Listen Like Thieves” by INXS appears on 25 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1986 and 2014. It was first released in 1985 on the album Listen Like Thieves. Its best result is #44 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #50 alternative song of 1986, #624 alternative song of all time and #362 of the '80s.

25countdowns
8stations
#44best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1986–2014years charted

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Alternative & Modern Rock

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1986 68 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 107
1986 44 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 90

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 129 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 496 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 163 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 154 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1991 357 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1992 288 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1996 376 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 570 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 570 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 570 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 570 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 177 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 570 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 990 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 570 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 570 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 731 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 696 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 712 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 728 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 753 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 779 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 781 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Listen Like Theives; Listen Like theives.

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