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“Original Sin” by INXS

From the album The Swing (1984)

“Original Sin” by INXS appears on 40 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1984 and 2018. It was first released in 1984 on the album The Swing. Its best result is #19 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #55 alternative song of 1984, #280 alternative song of all time and #290 of the '80s.

40countdowns
9stations
#19best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1984–2018years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1984 19 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 63 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 24 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 123 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 77 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 352 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 52 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 195 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 119 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 148 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 313 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 400 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 426 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 324 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 445 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 265 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 203 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 290 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 302 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 659 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 287 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 971 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 365 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 530 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 530 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 530 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 530 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 35 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 530 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 350 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 530 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 530 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 682 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 637 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 657 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 676 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 697 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 726 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 760 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 58 Triple M Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018) 100

Also listed as: original Sin; Origional Sin; Oiginal Sin.

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