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“This is Not a Love Song” by Public Image Ltd.

From the album This Is What You Want… This Is What You Get (1984)

“This is Not a Love Song” by Public Image Ltd. appears on 26 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1983 and 2014. It was first released in 1984 on the album This Is What You Want… This Is What You Get. Its best result is #12 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 1983, #811 alternative song of all time and #397 of the '80s.

26countdowns
8stations
#12best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1983–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 96 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107
1983 72 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91
1983 12 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983 50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 229 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 78 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1991 374 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 997 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1999 482 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 291 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 908 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 752 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 959 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 939 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 939 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 989 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 924 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 664 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 924 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 924 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1123 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1112 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1132 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 995 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 965 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 983 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 978 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: This Is Not A Love Song; This is not a Love Song.

Charting alongside it in 1983

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