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“I Wanna Be Adored” by The Stone Roses

From the album The Stone Roses (1989)

“I Wanna Be Adored” by The Stone Roses appears on 47 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1989 and 2024. It was first released in 1989 on the album The Stone Roses. Its best result is #10 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #81 alternative song of 1989 and #190 alternative song of all time.

47countdowns
14stations
#10best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1989–2024years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 76 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 107
1989 84 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 90
1989 29 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989 50
1991 21 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1991 30

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 47 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 300 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 448 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 87 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 98 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 384 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 401 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 335 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 241 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 475 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 176 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 345 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 451 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 114 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 329 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 174 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 115 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 176 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 117 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 121 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 117 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 402 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 33 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 117 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 70 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 117 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 10 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 117 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 330 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 13 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 469 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 360 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 314 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 317 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 331 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 333 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 328 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 327 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 811 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 42 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2020 289 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 151 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491
2024 23 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738

Also listed as: I wanna be adored; I Wanna be Adored.

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