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“Birthday” by The Sugarcubes

From the album Life’s Too Good (1988)

“Birthday” by The Sugarcubes appears on 40 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1987 and 2026. It was first released in 1988 on the album Life’s Too Good. Its best result is #1 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 alternative song of 1988, #295 alternative song of all time and #80 of the '80s.

40countdowns
12stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
1987–2026years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 1 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987 50
1988 42 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 91
1988 7 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 26 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 90 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1989 9 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1989) 100
1990 16 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990) 100
1991 74 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 718 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1994 209 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 188 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 148 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 493 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 168 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 493 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2000 23 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (2000) 50
2001 170 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 494 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 176 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 494 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1024 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 177 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 494 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 572 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 494 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 419 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2005 194 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 495 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 164 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 987 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 935 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 952 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 981 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1013 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1062 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1114 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 395 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2020 1919 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 213 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491
2026 871 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Charting alongside it in 1988

Best songs of 1988 →
  1. 1SuedeheadMorrissey
  2. 2DesireU2
  3. 3Beds are BurningMidnight Oil
  4. 4Route 66Depeche Mode
  5. 5Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees
  6. 6Chains of LoveErasure