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“Alex Chilton” by The Replacements

From the EP The Replacements E.P. (1987)

“Alex Chilton” by The Replacements appears on 46 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1987 and 2020. It was first released in 1987 on the EP The Replacements E.P.. Its best result is #8 on the WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 alternative song of 1987, #170 alternative song of all time and #53 of the '80s.

46countdowns
14stations
#8best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1987–2020years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 30 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 36 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91
1987 13 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 105
1987 8 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 191 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 115 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 84 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 47 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 117 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 101 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1994 376 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 342 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 380 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 243 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 477 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 307 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 570 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 59 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 126 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 511 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 36 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 126 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 37 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 126 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 477 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 42 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 126 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 44 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 28 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 126 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 190 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 126 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 53 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 129 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 19 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 377 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 344 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 348 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 350 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 348 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 368 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 347 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 347 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 111 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 421 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2020 503 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020

Also listed as: Alec Chilton.

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