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“Big Time” by Peter Gabriel

From the album So (1986)

“Big Time” by Peter Gabriel appears on 31 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1986 and 2014. It was first released in 1986 on the album So. Its best result is #16 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #26 alternative song of 1986, #474 alternative song of all time and #91 of the '80s.

31countdowns
8stations
#16best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1986–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1986 35 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 107
1986 23 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 90
1987 16 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987 29

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 43 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 314 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1989 113 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 191 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1992 408 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 203 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 354 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 444 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 958 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 456 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 137 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 421 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 137 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 422 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 138 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 138 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 474 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 138 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 769 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 138 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 138 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 735 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 700 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 716 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 733 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 761 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 789 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 799 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Charting alongside it in 1986

Best songs of 1986 →
  1. 1PanicThe Smiths
  2. 2AskThe Smiths
  3. 3Bigmouth Strikes AgainThe Smiths
  4. 4SledgehammerPeter Gabriel
  5. 5Wild Wild LifeTalking Heads
  6. 6Don't Get Me WrongThe Pretenders