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“Sowing the Seeds of Love” by Tears for Fears

From the album The Seeds of Love (1989)

“Sowing the Seeds of Love” by Tears for Fears appears on 27 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1989 and 2014. It was first released in 1989 on the album The Seeds of Love. Its best result is #5 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 1989, #605 alternative song of all time and #118 of the '80s.

27countdowns
9stations
#5best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1989–2014years charted

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 5 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 107
1989 12 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 90
1989 19 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 105
1989 30 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1989 30

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 70 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1990 148 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 646 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1994 490 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1999 285 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 709 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 311 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 710 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 711 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 277 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 711 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1122 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 711 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 958 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 711 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 711 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 792 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 743 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 767 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 784 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 812 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 834 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 870 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Sowing The Seeds Of Love; Sowing The Seeds of Love.

Charting alongside it in 1989

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