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“Canary In A Coalmine” by The Police

From the album Zenyattà Mondatta (1980)

“Canary In A Coalmine” by The Police appears on 21 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1980 and 2014. It was first released in 1980 on the album Zenyattà Mondatta. Its best result is #61 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #61 alternative song of 1980 and #691 alternative song of all time.

21countdowns
4stations
#61best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1980–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1980 61 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 492 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 354 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1994 452 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1996 454 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1999 261 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 261 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 261 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 261 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 762 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 261 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 775 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 261 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 263 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 993 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 929 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 935 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 964 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 996 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1006 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1040 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Canary in a Coalmine; Canary In a Coalmine.

Charting alongside it in 1980

Best songs of 1980 →
  1. 1Whip ItDevo
  2. 2The WaitThe Pretenders
  3. 3RefugeeTom Petty
  4. 4She's So ColdThe Rolling Stones
  5. 5Give Me Back My ManThe B-52's
  6. 6Another Brick in the Wall Part IIPink Floyd