Studio Brussel · Year-end countdown series
De Afrekening
RockLists has 18 editions of the De Afrekening, from 1985 to 2022. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Orange Crush” by R.E.M., which appears in 1 edition.
18editions
1985–2022years
18different #1s
20missing years
Every edition and its number one
| Year | Countdown | Number one | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | De Eindafrekening 1985 | Alive and KickingSimple Minds | 30 |
| 1986 | De Eindafrekening 1986 | Papa Don't PreachMadonna | 30 |
| 1987 | De Eindafrekening 1987 partial | Dear GodXTC | 29 |
| 1988 | De Eindafrekening 1988 | Fast CarTracy Chapman | 30 |
| 1989 | De Eindafrekening 1989 | Orange CrushR.E.M. | 30 |
| 1990 | De Eindafrekening 1990 | Hard TimesThe Scabs | 30 |
| 1991 | De Eindafrekening 1991 | Losing My ReligionR.E.M. | 30 |
| 2006 | De Eindafrekening 2006 | HammerheadA Brand | 30 |
| 2007 | De Eindafrekening 2007 | You Don't KnowMilow | 60 |
| 2008 | De Eindafrekening 2008 | The architectdEUS | 50 |
| 2009 | De Eindafrekening 2009 | RexCustoms | 30 |
| 2010 | De Eindafrekening 2010 | The futureThe Van Jets | 40 |
| 2011 | De Eindafrekening 2011 | WalkFoo Fighters | 40 |
| 2012 | De Eindafrekening 2012 | R U Mine?Arctic Monkeys | 40 |
| 2013 | De Eindafrekening 2013 | PompeiiBastille | 40 |
| 2014 | De Eindafrekening 2014 | Strange EntityOscar and the Wolf | 50 |
| 2015 | De Eindafrekening 2015 | MercyMuse | 50 |
| 2022 | De Eindafrekening 2022 | GoneThe Haunted Youth | 109 |
Missing from the archive: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021. Have one of these?
How the top songs moved between editions
Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.
| # | Song | '85 | '86 | '87 | '88 | '89 | '90 | '91 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange CrushR.E.M. | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | RexCustoms | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | R U Mine?Arctic Monkeys | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | You Don't KnowMilow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Hard TimesThe Scabs | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | MercyMuse | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 7 | The futureThe Van Jets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Alive and KickingSimple Minds | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | PompeiiBastille | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 10 | Papa Don't PreachMadonna | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Losing My ReligionR.E.M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | The architectdEUS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | GoneThe Haunted Youth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 14 | WalkFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Fast CarTracy Chapman | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | HammerheadA Brand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Strange EntityOscar and the Wolf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 18 | Dear GodXTC | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | ZeitRammstein | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 20 | RubyKaiser Chiefs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | L'EnferStromae | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 22 | TryerMotek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Snap Out of ItArctic Monkeys | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 24 | HungryDotan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 25 | All this dancin aroundTriggerfinger | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Get FreeMajor Lazer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | No sound but the wind (live @werchter)Editors | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | A Ton of LoveEditors | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 29 | All Cool All FineHigh Hi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 30 | SledgehammerPeter Gabriel | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Shiny happy peopleR.E.M. & Kate Pierson | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | TeardropsWomack And Womack | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | NaïveThe Kooks | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | I Lie and I CheatWon Ton Ton | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | Here Comes Your ManThe Pixies | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | Heavy crossThe Gossip | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | Ik Wil JeDe Kreuners | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | Road to NowhereTalking Heads | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | MonsoonTokio Hotel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 40 | Leave Me DryIla | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 41 | BunkerBalthazar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 42 | Sex On FireKings of Leon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | HomeDotan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 44 | Life's Coming in SlowNothing But Thieves | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 45 | WordsGoose | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46 | Broken BonesThe Van Jets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 47 | RopeFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | Keep You ClosedEUS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | The PretenderFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | My LoveFlorence + The Machine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 51 | Take Me To ChurchHozier | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| 52 | JoaquimOscar and the Wolf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| 53 | Where do we go nowFreaky Age | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | Wet DreamWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 55 | Nothing Compares 2 USinéad O'Connor | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | NikitaElton John | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 58 | Planet of SoundThe Pixies | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 59 | StarlightMuse | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | An Englishmen In New YorkSting | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |