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“Cuts You Up” by Peter Murphy

From the album Deep (1989)

“Cuts You Up” by Peter Murphy appears on 51 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1990 and 2019. It was first released in 1989 on the album Deep. Its best result is #10 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #15 alternative song of 1990, #233 alternative song of all time and #391 of the '90s.

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13stations
#10best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1990–2019years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 23 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 107
1990 12 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 91
1990 36 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 105
1990 19 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 90

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 96 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 135 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 134 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 182 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 121 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 55 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 420 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 161 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 126 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 245 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 315 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 194 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 150 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 143 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 256 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 102 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 216 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 823 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 187 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1397 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 425 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 165 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1397 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 167 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1402 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 272 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 206 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1401 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 683 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 208 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1387 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 10 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1387 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 195 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1385 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 359 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 204 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 1100 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 433 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1015 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 487 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 1034 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1073 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1109 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1143 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1204 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 609 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627

Also listed as: Cuts You up.

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