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“We Got the Beat” by The Go-Go's

From the album Beauty and the Beat (1981)

“We Got the Beat” by The Go-Go's appears on 30 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1981 and 2020. It was first released in 1981 on the album Beauty and the Beat. Its best result is #3 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #3 alternative song of 1981, #766 alternative song of all time and #108 of the '80s.

30countdowns
11stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1981–2020years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1981 3 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 73 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 104 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1989 23 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 351 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 319 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 127 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 388 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 187 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 268 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 497 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 249 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 309 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 346 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 240 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 317 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 295 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 176 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 68 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 180 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 574 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 281 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 859 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 910 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 914 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 914 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 479 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2006 425 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 101 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2020 1503 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020

Also listed as: We Got The Beat.

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