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“Girlfriend in a Coma” by The Smiths

From the album Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

“Girlfriend in a Coma” by The Smiths appears on 57 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1987 and 2014. It was first released in 1987 on the album Strangeways, Here We Come. Its best result is #2 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #1 alternative song of 1987, #88 alternative song of all time and #20 of the '80s.

57countdowns
13stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
4top 10 finishes
1987–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 2 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 7 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91
1987 12 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 105
1987 6 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 99
1987 15 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987 50
1987 5 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987 29

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 243 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 81 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 57 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 187 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 421 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 136 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1990 48 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 107 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 157 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 186 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 399 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 155 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 208 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 78 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 207 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 273 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 119 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 121 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 185 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 166 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 74 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 242 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 372 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 210 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 148 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 211 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 182 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 148 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 184 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 148 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 335 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 214 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 148 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 245 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 330 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 148 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 170 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 492 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 148 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 273 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 146 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 313 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 227 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 38 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 364 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 322 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 325 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 317 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 318 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 320 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 326 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Girlfriend In A Coma; Girlfriend in a coma.

Charting alongside it in 1987

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