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“Don't Get Me Wrong” by The Pretenders

From the album Get Close (1986)

“Don't Get Me Wrong” by The Pretenders appears on 21 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1986 and 2022. It was first released in 1986 on the album Get Close. Its best result is #8 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #6 alternative song of 1986, #970 alternative song of all time and #169 of the '80s.

21countdowns
8stations
#8best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1986–2022years charted

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1986 25 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 107
1986 30 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 90
1986 8 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1986 30

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 399 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 180 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1996 488 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1998 368 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 316 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 316 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 324 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 440 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 324 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1616 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 324 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 948 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 324 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 432 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 326 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 420 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2006 218 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2022 209 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043

Also listed as: Don't Get me Wrong.

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