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“Blue Monday” by New Order

“Blue Monday” by New Order appears on 82 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 1983 and 2023. Its best result is #1 on the Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988), and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 alternative song of 1983, #12 alternative song of all time and #7 of the '80s.

82countdowns
19stations
#1best position
2#1 finishes
20top 10 finishes
1983–2023years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 54 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107
1983 87 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91
1983 1 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983 50
1984 57 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984 91
1988 47 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 4 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 14 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 1 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 14 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 3 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 10 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 22 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 4 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1989 5 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1989) 100
1990 6 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1990 5 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990) 100
1991 7 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 22 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 5 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1991 10 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991) 100
1992 4 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 3 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 74 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 17 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 40 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 11 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 4 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 8 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 33 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 33 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 18 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1998 30 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1998) 100
1999 3 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 99 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 144 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 60 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 38 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 101 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 13 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 190 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 314 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 190 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2000 6 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (2000) 50
2001 192 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 47 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2001 207 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 16 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 192 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 239 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 40 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 91
2003 14 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 192 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 17 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 240 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 192 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 829 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2004 52 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 16 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 191 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 103 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 81 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) 100
2006 42 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 4 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 21 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 304 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2006 22 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 430 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 44 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 417 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 16 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 412 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 32 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (2009) 100
2010 408 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 408 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 411 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 411 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 291 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2018 107 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 56 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2020 291 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 16 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491
2023 5 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of The Last 40 Years 91

Also listed as: Blue Monday '88.

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