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“Shock the Monkey” by Peter Gabriel

From the album Peter Gabriel (1982)

“Shock the Monkey” by Peter Gabriel appears on 48 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1982 and 2022. It was first released in 1982 on the album Peter Gabriel. Its best result is #21 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 1982, #250 alternative song of all time and #183 of the '80s.

48countdowns
13stations
#21best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2022years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 21 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 107
1983 91 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 79 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 412 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 271 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 88 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 89 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 106 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 346 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 184 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1992 151 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 245 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 295 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 170 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 425 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 399 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 170 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 190 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 418 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 293 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 408 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 944 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 276 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 385 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 918 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 239 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 386 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 240 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 390 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 257 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 274 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 390 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1340 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 373 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 390 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 390 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 272 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 393 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 236 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 525 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 513 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 516 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 525 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 541 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 555 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 569 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 1004 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 525 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043

Also listed as: Shock The Monkey.

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