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“We Want The Airwaves” by The Ramones

From the album Pleasant Dreams (1981)

“We Want The Airwaves” by The Ramones appears on 18 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1981 and 2014. It was first released in 1981 on the album Pleasant Dreams. Its best result is #9 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #9 alternative song of 1981 and #1,137 alternative song of all time.

18countdowns
3stations
#9best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1981–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1981 9 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 391 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1999 1321 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1321 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1324 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1323 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 418 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1308 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 217 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1308 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1308 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1229 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1166 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1134 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1015 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 990 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1003 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1029 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: We Want the Airwaves.

Charting alongside it in 1981

Best songs of 1981 →
  1. 1Mental HopscotchMissing Persons
  2. 2AntmusicAdam & the Ants
  3. 3We Got the BeatThe Go-Go's
  4. 4It's My PartyDave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin
  5. 5Johnny Are You Queer?Josie Cotton
  6. 6On the OutsideOingo Boingo