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“I Melt With You” by Modern English

From the album After the Snow (1982)

“I Melt With You” by Modern English appears on 96 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 1983 and 2026. It was first released in 1982 on the album After the Snow. Its best result is #2 on the Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #132 alternative song of 1983, #40 alternative song of all time and #43 of the '80s.

96countdowns
27stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
14top 10 finishes
1983–2026years charted

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"I Melt with You" was the second single from After the Snow, the 1982 album by British new wave band Modern English, and it's a burst of pure, wide-eyed joy with a guitar chime and a beat you can't sit still to. Hugh Jones produced and engineered it, and the band wrote it together, all five of them: Robbie Grey singing, Gary McDowell on guitar, Stephen Walker on keyboards, Richard Brown on drums and percussion, and Michael Conroy on bass and violin.

It became their most successful single, mostly in the United States, where it turned up in the film Valley Girl and on MTV. In 1983 it climbed to number seven on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart while stalling at 78 on the Hot 100, and a 1990 re-release got it to 76.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 63 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 2 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 3 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 2 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 5 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 19 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 3 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 2 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 3 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 3 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 4 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 15 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 16 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 2 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 4 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 26 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 3 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 18 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 25 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 9 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 15 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 35 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 15 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1997 931 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 62 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 9 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 120 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 253 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 16 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 62 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 105 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 36 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 293 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 125 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 41 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 294 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 42 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 306 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 1426 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2001 91 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 49 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 306 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 21 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 55 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 306 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 108 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 182 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 367 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 306 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 76 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 306 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 931 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 85 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 51 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 77 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 61 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 368 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 210 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 329 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 151 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 330 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 325 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 322 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 420 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2012 288 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 323 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 307 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 104 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 323 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 570 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 688 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2016 739 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2016 239 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 129 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 138 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 137 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 407 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2020 306 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 1456 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 60 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2021 663 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 751 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 179 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 755 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 216 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2023 23 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 51 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of The Last 40 Years 91
2023 979 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 678 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 266 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 1016 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 47 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2025 914 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 774 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 46 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 578 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Also listed as: I Melt with You; Melt With You; Melt with You.

Charting alongside it in 1983

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