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“A Town Called Malice” by The Jam

Released 1982

“A Town Called Malice” by The Jam appears on 32 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1982 and 2020. It was first released in 1982. Its best result is #7 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #36 alternative song of 1982, #440 alternative song of all time and #447 of the '80s.

32countdowns
9stations
#7best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1982–2020years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 11 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982 50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 78 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 186 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 157 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 442 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 105 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 108 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1994 462 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 299 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 422 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 311 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 759 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 391 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 393 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 212 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 395 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 49 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 247 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 395 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 279 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 395 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 395 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 395 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 7 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 1373 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1314 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1309 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1190 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1129 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1065 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1041 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 1787 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020

Also listed as: A Town Called Malace.

Charting alongside it in 1982

Best songs of 1982 →
  1. 1Rock the CasbahThe Clash
  2. 2Should I Stay or Should I Go?The Clash
  3. 3Promised You a MiracleSimple Minds
  4. 4TemptationNew Order
  5. 5I Ran (So Far Away)A Flock of Seagulls
  6. 6Sex DwarfSoft Cell