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Spandau Ballet

Band Islington United Kingdom Active 1979–1990

Spandau Ballet formed in 1979 in Islington, United Kingdom and was active until 1990. Spandau Ballet has 31 chart appearances on 21 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 1981–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “True”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #32. The station that charted Spandau Ballet most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 12 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1984.

31appearances
21countdowns
8songs charted
9stations
0#1 finishes
1981–2003years

Songs by Spandau Ballet on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 True
427		 11 #32 – –
2 To Cut a Long Story Short
229		 4 #29 – 1981
3 Only When You Leave
192		 5 #56 – 1984
4 Lifeline
92		 4 #52 – 1983
5 Communication
74		 3 #94 – 1983
6 Round and Round
67		 1 #680 – –
7 Revenge for Love
30		 1 #75 – 1984
8 Gold
8		 1 #463 – –

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

81 83 84

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2003 472 To Cut a Long Story Short Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 680 Round and Round Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 836 Communication Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 955 Only When You Leave Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1016 True Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1569 Lifeline Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002 954 To Cut a Long Story Short Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1198 Only When You Leave Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1468 True Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 88 Artist ranking Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Artists of All-Time (December 2002)
2001 463 Gold Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
1999 833 True Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 257 True CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999 32 True Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999)
1996 497 True KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1995 495 True KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1994 469 True KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1992 149 True KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1991 143 True Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991)
1991 449 True CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1989 390 Only When You Leave KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989 493 Communication KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989 489 Lifeline WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)
1988 371 To Cut a Long Story Short KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1984 68 Only When You Leave KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984
1984 75 Revenge for Love KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984
1984 56 Only When You Leave 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984
1983 52 Lifeline KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983
1983 94 Communication KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983
1983 79 Lifeline 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983
1981 29 To Cut a Long Story Short KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981