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“One Step Beyond” by Madness

From the album One Step Beyond… (1979)

“One Step Beyond” by Madness appears on 40 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1988 and 2024. It was first released in 1979 on the album One Step Beyond…. Its best result is #4 on the KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #306 alternative song of all time.

40countdowns
11stations
#4best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1988–2024years charted

RockLists rankings

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 151 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 333 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 182 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 138 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 181 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 251 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 457 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 492 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 46 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 486 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 262 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 121 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 33 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 266 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 4 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 245 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 924 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 192 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 335 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 832 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 106 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 883 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 838 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 838 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 359 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 837 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 86 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 837 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 838 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 78 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 1356 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 134 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1189 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 369 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 1129 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1166 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1207 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1226 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1241 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2024 280 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738