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“Gigantic” by The Pixies

From the album Surfer Rosa (1988)

“Gigantic” by The Pixies appears on 29 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1988 and 2020. It was first released in 1988 on the album Surfer Rosa. Its best result is #7 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #66 alternative song of 1988, #633 alternative song of all time and #363 of the '80s.

29countdowns
9stations
#7best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1988–2020years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 83 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100
1988 7 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988 50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 83 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1999 360 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 1116 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 447 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1118 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 445 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1089 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 432 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1088 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1706 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 379 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1073 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 864 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1073 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 146 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1074 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 104 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 315 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 248 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 262 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 283 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 289 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 299 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 296 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 263 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 315 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2020 1224 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020

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