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“Crosseyed And Painless” by Talking Heads

From the album Remain in Light (1980)

“Crosseyed And Painless” by Talking Heads appears on 29 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1980 and 2022. It was first released in 1980 on the album Remain in Light. Its best result is #37 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #37 alternative song of 1980 and #771 alternative song of all time.

29countdowns
7stations
#37best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1980–2022years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1980 37 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 455 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 487 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1994 488 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 169 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 168 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 301 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 891 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 286 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 308 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 942 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 309 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 948 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 293 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 948 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 794 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 283 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 933 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 369 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 933 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 219 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 932 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 241 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 1978 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1957 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1981 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2014 804 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2020 1531 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 300 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491

Also listed as: Crosseyed and Painless; Cross Eyed and Painless; Crosseyed & Painless; Cross-eyed And Painless.

Charting alongside it in 1980

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