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“Rise” by Public Image Ltd.

From the album Album (1985)

“Rise” by Public Image Ltd. appears on 41 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1986 and 2014. It was first released in 1985 on the album Album. Its best result is #24 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #71 alternative song of 1986, #214 alternative song of all time and #217 of the '80s.

41countdowns
8stations
#24best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1986–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1986 24 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 134 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 248 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 42 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 25 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 43 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 44 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 220 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 271 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 348 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 125 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 397 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 401 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 141 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 452 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 252 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 237 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 214 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 154 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 835 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 444 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 89 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 886 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 91 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 891 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 136 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 891 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 143 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 887 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 711 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 887 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 143 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 887 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 138 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 570 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 521 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 505 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 501 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 515 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 512 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 500 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

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