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“What I Like About You” by The Romantics

“What I Like About You” by The Romantics appears on 39 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1980 and 2025. Its best result is #16 on the WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #18 alternative song of 1980, #360 alternative song of all time and #105 of the '80s.

39countdowns
15stations
#16best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1980–2025years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1980 18 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 106
1983 35 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 16 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 27 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 102 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 70 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 92 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1990 54 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 85 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 269 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1991 239 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1992 132 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 79 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 500 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 46 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 137 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 110 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1998 243 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 401 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 116 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 453 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 751 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 226 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 802 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 804 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 101 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 804 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 169 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 804 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 100 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 146 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 804 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 805 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2012 718 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2020 827 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 942 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 358 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2024 377 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2025 653 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043

Also listed as: What 1 Like About You; What I like About You.

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