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“Rock This Town” by The Stray Cats

From the album Stray Cats (1981)

“Rock This Town” by The Stray Cats appears on 30 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1981 and 2025. It was first released in 1981 on the album Stray Cats. Its best result is #6 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 1982, #524 alternative song of all time and #152 of the '80s.

30countdowns
7stations
#6best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1981–2025years charted

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1981 45 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981 106
1982 6 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 255 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 40 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 342 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1992 264 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 113 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 179 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 159 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 135 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1998 234 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 36 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 214 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 214 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 214 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 214 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 484 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 214 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 937 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 214 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 215 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1646 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1604 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1619 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1660 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1725 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1791 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1851 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 800 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2025 871 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043

Also listed as: Rock this Town.

Charting alongside it in 1982

Best songs of 1982 →
  1. 1Rock the CasbahThe Clash
  2. 2Should I Stay or Should I Go?The Clash
  3. 3Promised You a MiracleSimple Minds
  4. 4TemptationNew Order
  5. 5I Ran (So Far Away)A Flock of Seagulls
  6. 6Sex DwarfSoft Cell