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“Turning Japanese” by The Vapors

From the album New Clear Days (1980)

“Turning Japanese” by The Vapors appears on 49 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1980 and 2014. It was first released in 1980 on the album New Clear Days. Its best result is #14 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 alternative song of 1980, #186 alternative song of all time and #193 of the '80s.

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12stations
#14best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1980–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1980 14 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 136 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 496 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 86 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 46 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 119 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 306 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 265 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 305 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 100 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 210 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 238 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 289 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 79 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 283 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 122 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 367 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 91 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 103 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 76 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 180 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 467 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 560 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 87 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 765 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 128 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 62 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 816 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 64 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 784 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 426 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 93 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 784 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 939 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 139 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 784 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 273 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 784 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 204 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 784 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 451 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 288 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 1095 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1041 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1047 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1085 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1122 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1183 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1242 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Turing Japanese.

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