Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1983	38	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983	107
1983	2	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 1983	91
1983	15	John Peel (BBC Radio 1)	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983	50
1984	31	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 1984	91

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
–	38	WLIR / WDRE	WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s	200
1988	32	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)	496
1988	77	Live 105	Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)	501
1988	71	WLIR / WDRE	WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988)	200
1989	18	91X	91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989)	191
1989	19	WFNX	WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989)	101
1989	371	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)	495
1989	20	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)	500
1990	59	Live 105	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990)	299
1990	67	Triple J	Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990)	100
1991	24	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)	500
1991	74	Triple J	Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991)	100
1992	76	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)	500
1992	81	Live 105	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)	299
1994	69	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)	497
1994	206	Live 105	Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)	500
1994	230	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)	500
1995	93	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)	500
1995	17	Live 105	Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)	300
1996	35	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)	500
1996	88	Q101	Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)	500
1996	205	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)	498
1998	118	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)	488
1998	66	Triple J	Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1998)	100
1999	225	91X	91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)	500
1999	198	WLIR / WDRE	WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	300
1999	439	WFNX	WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)	500
1999	685	107.7 The End	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1077
1999	51	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
1999	134	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)	1002
2000	51	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	50	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2001	248	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	500
2002	50	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	521	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	50	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2003	163	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)	2044
2004	51	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2004	75	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	500
2005	52	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2005	174	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	500
2005	34	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005)	100
2006	336	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)	500
2006	161	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006)	500
2008	248	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)	500
2018	829	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs	892
2019	459	KEXP	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time	627
2020	1524	WXPN	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time	2020

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