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“Bigmouth Strikes Again” by The Smiths

From the album The Queen Is Dead (1986)

“Bigmouth Strikes Again” by The Smiths appears on 60 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1986 and 2019. It was first released in 1986 on the album The Queen Is Dead. Its best result is #3 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #3 alternative song of 1986, #113 alternative song of all time and #42 of the '80s.

60countdowns
15stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1986–2019years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1986 37 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 107
1986 3 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 90
1986 16 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1986 30
1986 12 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1986 50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 198 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 179 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 55 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 27 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1988 37 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1988) 100
1989 38 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 62 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 202 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1989 27 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1989) 100
1990 100 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1990 79 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1990) 100
1990 53 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990) 100
1991 235 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 99 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1991 21 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1991) 100
1991 72 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991) 100
1992 215 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 51 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1992) 100
1993 85 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1993) 100
1994 78 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 277 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 328 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1994 87 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1994) 100
1995 251 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 295 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 107 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 65 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 306 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1996 89 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1996) 100
1998 185 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 156 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 614 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 70 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 92 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 290 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1982 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 102 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2002 429 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 307 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 201 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 30 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2005 156 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2006 161 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 153 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 188 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 334 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 382 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 271 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 229 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 277 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 280 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 286 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 290 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 294 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 804 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 282 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627

Also listed as: Bigmouth strikes again; Bigmouth Strikes AGain; Bigmouth Stikes Again; Big Mouth Strikes Again.

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