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“Never Enough” by The Cure

Released 1990

“Never Enough” by The Cure appears on 24 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1990 and 2023. It was first released in 1990. Its best result is #2 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #16 alternative song of 1990 and #663 alternative song of all time.

24countdowns
9stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
1990–2023years charted

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"Never Enough" came out on Fiction as a single in September 1990, taken from the Cure's remix album Mixed Up, and it finds the band in a heavy, hungry mood. Robert Smith sings and plays guitar alongside Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup holds down bass and Boris Williams drums, with Smith writing the words.

Smith produced it with Mark Saunders, who also mixed it, and they let the guitars run wild: a churning squall over a dirty, swaggering groove, with Smith yelping over the top. It's the Cure as a sweaty, greedy rock band.

It topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, got to number three in Finland and landed in the top 20 in Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Spain and the UK. It followed "Pictures of You" and came before "Close to Me".

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 28 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 107
1990 2 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 91
1990 70 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 105
1990 8 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 90

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 139 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1994 323 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 285 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 538 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 663 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 663 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 668 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 668 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 668 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1268 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 668 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 668 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 210 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 154 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 158 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 168 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 180 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 186 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 184 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 538 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893

Charting alongside it in 1990

Best songs of 1990 →
  1. 1Nothing Compares 2 USinéad O'Connor
  2. 2The Only One I KnowThe Charlatans
  3. 3Blue Sky MineMidnight Oil
  4. 4Enjoy the SilenceDepeche Mode
  5. 5Here's Where The Story EndsThe Sundays
  6. 6The Emperor's New ClothesSinéad O'Connor

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