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“So Alive” by Love and Rockets

From the album Love and Rockets (1989)

“So Alive” by Love and Rockets appears on 54 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1989 and 2014. It was first released in 1989 on the album Love and Rockets. Its best result is #1 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 alternative song of 1989, #97 alternative song of all time and #50 of the '80s.

54countdowns
12stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
1989–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 7 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 107
1989 10 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 90
1989 1 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 105

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 92 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1989 185 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 63 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1990 159 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 272 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 89 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 277 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 121 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 206 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 199 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 220 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 237 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 244 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 99 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 64 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 230 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 133 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 354 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 249 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 203 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 462 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 165 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 103 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 90 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 141 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 103 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 143 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 95 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 239 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 158 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 95 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 200 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 221 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 95 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 142 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 95 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 223 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 93 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 292 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 427 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 184 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 45 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 22 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 361 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 13 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 445 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 14 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 18 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 18 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 18 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 19 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Charting alongside it in 1989

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