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“The Dead Heart” by Midnight Oil

From the album Diesel and Dust (1987)

“The Dead Heart” by Midnight Oil appears on 29 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1988 and 2014. It was first released in 1987 on the album Diesel and Dust. Its best result is #20 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #15 alternative song of 1988, #746 alternative song of all time and #116 of the '80s.

29countdowns
8stations
#20best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1988–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 21 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107
1988 20 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 91
1988 45 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 106
1988 58 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 419 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1989 175 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 186 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1991 451 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 488 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 426 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1998 404 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 412 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 895 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 713 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 946 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 951 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 951 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 253 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 936 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1211 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 936 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 935 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1102 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1023 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1042 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1081 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1117 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1177 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1234 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Charting alongside it in 1988

Best songs of 1988 →
  1. 1SuedeheadMorrissey
  2. 2DesireU2
  3. 3Beds are BurningMidnight Oil
  4. 4Route 66Depeche Mode
  5. 5Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees
  6. 6Chains of LoveErasure