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“Ship of Fools” by World Party

From the album Private Revolution (1986)

“Ship of Fools” by World Party appears on 30 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1987 and 2006. It was first released in 1986 on the album Private Revolution. Its best result is #45 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #159 alternative song of 1987 and #871 alternative song of all time.

30countdowns
8stations
#45best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1987–2006years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 45 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 270 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 407 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 401 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 684 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 172 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 204 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 450 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1995 476 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 345 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 312 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 331 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 522 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 468 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1345 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 74 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 446 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1345 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 444 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1347 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 335 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1346 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 497 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 451 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1331 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 887 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1331 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 393 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1331 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 426 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499

Also listed as: Ship Of Fools.

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