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“Always the Sun” by The Stranglers

From the album Dreamtime (1986)

“Always the Sun” by The Stranglers appears on 27 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1987 and 2014. It was first released in 1986 on the album Dreamtime. Its best result is #16 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #42 alternative song of 1987, #1,279 alternative song of all time and #316 of the '80s.

27countdowns
8stations
#16best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1987–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 52 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 28 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 105
1987 86 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 220 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 231 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 445 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 438 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 285 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 429 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 229 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 320 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 473 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 400 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1998 495 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 552 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 416 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2001 418 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2002 16 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 358 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 402 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2007 1703 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1673 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1688 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1727 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1800 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1854 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1921 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Always The Sun; Always in the Sun.

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