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 “Gone” by The Haunted Youth, 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 | GoneThe Haunted Youth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 2 | Alive and KickingSimple Minds | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | The architectdEUS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Losing My ReligionR.E.M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | WalkFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | HammerheadA Brand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Papa Don't PreachMadonna | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Strange EntityOscar and the Wolf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 9 | Orange CrushR.E.M. | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | RexCustoms | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | R U Mine?Arctic Monkeys | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | You Don't KnowMilow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Fast CarTracy Chapman | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | MercyMuse | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 15 | Hard TimesThe Scabs | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Dear GodXTC | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | The futureThe Van Jets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | PompeiiBastille | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 19 | ZeitRammstein | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 20 | RubyKaiser Chiefs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | L'EnferStromae | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 22 | HungryDotan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 23 | TryerMotek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Snap Out of ItArctic Monkeys | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 25 | Get FreeMajor Lazer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | No sound but the wind (live @werchter)Editors | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | A Ton of LoveEditors | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 28 | All this dancin aroundTriggerfinger | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | All Cool All FineHigh Hi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 30 | TeardropsWomack And Womack | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Ik Wil JeDe Kreuners | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | I Lie and I CheatWon Ton Ton | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | Road to NowhereTalking Heads | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | Shiny happy peopleR.E.M. & Kate Pierson | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | NaïveThe Kooks | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | SledgehammerPeter Gabriel | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | Here Comes Your ManThe Pixies | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | Heavy crossThe Gossip | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | MonsoonTokio Hotel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 40 | Leave Me DryIla | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 41 | HomeDotan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 42 | BunkerBalthazar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 43 | Sex On FireKings of Leon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 44 | Life's Coming in SlowNothing But Thieves | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 45 | RopeFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46 | Keep You ClosedEUS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 47 | WordsGoose | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | Broken BonesThe Van Jets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 49 | The PretenderFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | My LoveFlorence And The Machine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 51 | JoaquimOscar and the Wolf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| 52 | Where do we go nowFreaky Age | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | Take Me To ChurchHozier | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| 54 | Wet DreamWet Leg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 55 | StarlightMuse | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | Love SongThe Cure | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 58 | UprisingMuse | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 59 | An Englishmen In New YorkSting | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | Nothing Compares 2 USinéad O'Connor | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |