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“The Only One I Know” by The Charlatans

From the album Some Friendly (1990)

“The Only One I Know” by The Charlatans appears on 32 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1990 and 2006. It was first released in 1990 on the album Some Friendly. Its best result is #6 on the CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #2 alternative song of 1990, #522 alternative song of all time and #299 of the '90s.

32countdowns
13stations
#6best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1990–2006years charted

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 14 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 107
1990 19 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 91
1990 11 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 105
1990 6 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 90
1990 17 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990 50
1990 22 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1990 30
1991 91 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 102 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 136 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 28 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 464 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 109 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 409 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 163 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 421 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 146 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 387 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 327 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 289 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 211 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 129 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 313 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 134 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2001 136 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 305 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 202 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 238 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 172 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 83 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2005 151 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2006 443 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 165 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499

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