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“My Best Friend's Girl” by The Cars

From the album The Cars (1978)

“My Best Friend's Girl” by The Cars appears on 80 radio countdowns from 32 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1978 on the album The Cars. Its best result is #69 on the BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,144 alternative song of all time.

80countdowns
32stations
#69best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"My Best Friend's Girl" comes off The Cars' self-titled 1978 debut on Elektra, and it's new wave with a rockabilly swagger, chiming guitars and Ric Ocasek's cool, clipped delivery wrapped around a situation he figured had probably happened to plenty of people. Ocasek wrote it alone, and a demo version was already getting played on the radio in the band's Boston hometown in 1977.

Re-recorded with Roy Thomas Baker producing and Geoff Workman engineering, it got the full candy-gloss treatment, every harmony stacked and every hook polished to a shine. It was the album's second single and did its best business in Britain, where it reached number three.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 230 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1991 243 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 451 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 384 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 477 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 383 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 485 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 252 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 411 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 426 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1998 565 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 227 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 1076 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 537 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 741 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 471 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 197 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 464 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 196 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2004 362 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 485 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2011 174 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 294 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 175 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 69 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 262 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 140 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 517 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 151 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 171 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 324 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 218 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 301 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 518 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 276 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 78 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 97 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 233 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 290 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 145 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 288 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 292 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 477 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 446 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 207 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 271 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2020 243 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 539 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 201 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2021 205 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 331 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 181 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 906 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 401 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 90 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2022 117 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 357 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 153 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 793 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 301 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 258 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 134 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 258 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2023 215 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 404 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 301 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 108 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 892 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2024 402 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 406 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 366 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 435 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 260 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 550 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 401 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 444 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 209 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 355 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 231 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 311 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500

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