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“Love My Way” by The Psychedelic Furs

From the album Forever Now (1982)

“Love My Way” by The Psychedelic Furs appears on 64 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1982 on the album Forever Now. Its best result is #10 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #55 alternative song of 1983, #159 alternative song of all time and #152 of the '80s.

64countdowns
19stations
#10best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Love My Way" was the first single from Forever Now, the Psychedelic Furs' third studio album, in 1982, and it is about as seductive as new wave ever got. All four members, Richard Butler, Tim Butler, John Ashton and Vince Ely, share the writing credit, and Todd Rundgren produced, engineered and played keyboards and marimba on it.

That marimba steals the show: a cool, rippling figure that dances over Tim Butler's bass and Ely's drums like light on water, while Ashton's guitar hangs back and lets the atmosphere do the work. Ann Sheldon's cello and the horns of Donn Adams and Gary Windo add color at the edges, and Flo & Eddie, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, float in on backing vocals. Richard Butler sings it in that smoky, sandpaper croon of his, sounding both seductive and faintly defiant.

It went top 10 in New Zealand, top 30 in Australia and top 50 in the UK and the US.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 29 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982 50
1983 76 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107
1983 41 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 193 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 52 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 216 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 130 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 42 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 54 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 291 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 95 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 10 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 517 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 41 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 228 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 167 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 140 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 89 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 134 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 202 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 172 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 132 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 81 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 151 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 31 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 403 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 319 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 117 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 748 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 248 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 137 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 799 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 139 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 801 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 1479 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 122 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 801 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 348 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 152 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 801 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 16 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 801 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 189 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 801 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 897 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2005 40 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s 96
2006 202 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 691 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 603 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 563 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 579 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 512 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 575 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 578 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 530 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 68 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2022 449 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2022 168 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 56 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 410 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 418 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2025 666 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 455 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498

Also listed as: Love my way.

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