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“What Difference Does It Make?” by The Smiths

From the album The Smiths (1984)

“What Difference Does It Make?” by The Smiths appears on 34 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1984 and 2019. It was first released in 1984 on the album The Smiths. Its best result is #17 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #21 alternative song of 1984, #378 alternative song of all time and #301 of the '80s.

34countdowns
11stations
#17best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1984–2019years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1984 54 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 106
1984 66 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984 91
1984 17 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1984 48

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 58 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 335 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 253 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 465 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 308 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 481 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 108 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1995 145 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 203 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 171 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 240 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 1008 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 292 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 839 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 908 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 890 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 895 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 895 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 368 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 891 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 250 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 891 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 892 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 456 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 433 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 423 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 420 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 422 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 420 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 421 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 390 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627

Also listed as: What Difference Does it Make; What Difference Does is Make; What Different Does it Make?; What Difference Does it Maek; What Difference Does It Make; What Difference Does it Make?.

Charting alongside it in 1984

Best songs of 1984 →
  1. 1Two TribesFrankie Goes to Hollywood
  2. 2Pride (In the Name of Love)U2
  3. 3RelaxFrankie Goes to Hollywood
  4. 4The Killing MoonEcho and the Bunnymen
  5. 5TendernessGeneral Public
  6. 6Master and ServantDepeche Mode