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“I Confess” by The English Beat

From the album Special Beat Service (1982)

“I Confess” by The English Beat appears on 35 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1983 and 2024. It was first released in 1982 on the album Special Beat Service. Its best result is #10 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 alternative song of 1983, #349 alternative song of all time and #180 of the '80s.

35countdowns
8stations
#10best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
1983–2024years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 10 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107
1983 10 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 246 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 23 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 164 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 85 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 262 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 62 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 94 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 247 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 99 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 100 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 246 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 59 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 302 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 56 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 168 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1998 182 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 728 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 729 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 729 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 729 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 362 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 729 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 296 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 729 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 729 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1212 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1163 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1180 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1216 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1269 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1251 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1193 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2024 510 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738

Charting alongside it in 1983

Best songs of 1983 →
  1. 1The LovecatsThe Cure
  2. 2New Year's DayU2
  3. 3In a Big CountryBig Country
  4. 4Never StopEcho and the Bunnymen
  5. 5Union of the SnakeDuran Duran
  6. 6Mad WorldTears for Fears