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“Love Vigilantes” by New Order

From the album Low‐Life (1985)

“Love Vigilantes” by New Order appears on 38 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1985 and 2024. It was first released in 1985 on the album Low‐Life. Its best result is #1 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #21 alternative song of 1985, #279 alternative song of all time and #307 of the '80s.

38countdowns
11stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1985–2024years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1985 24 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1985 91
1985 16 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985 50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 149 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 51 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 203 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 1 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1994 83 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 65 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 59 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 404 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 118 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 327 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 867 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 417 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 328 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 419 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 333 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 380 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 333 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 361 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 367 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 333 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 87 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 333 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 340 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 334 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 286 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 598 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 583 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 593 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 883 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 615 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 633 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 647 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 664 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 824 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2020 1407 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2024 341 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738

Also listed as: Love Vigiliantes.

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