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Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time

RockLists has 3 editions of the Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time, from 1990 to 1992. Across all of them, the most successful song is “How Soon is Now?” by The Smiths, which appears in 3 editions. The Smiths’s “How Soon is Now?” finished first two times.

3editions
1990–1992years
2different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
1990 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) partial How Soon is Now?The Smiths 299
1991 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) Bizarre Love TriangleNew Order 302
1992 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) partial How Soon is Now?The Smiths 299

How the top songs moved between editions

Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.

#Song'90'91'92
1 How Soon is Now?The Smiths 1 2 1
2 Bizarre Love TriangleNew Order 2 1 5
3 I Melt With YouModern English 3 4 4
4 Just Like HeavenThe Cure 7 3 2
5 Blue MondayNew Order 6 7 3
6 Tainted LoveSoft Cell 8 5 7
7 Just Can't Get EnoughDepeche Mode 9 6 6
8 Love's TabooCube 11 11 15
9 Love Will Tear Us ApartJoy Division 14 14 12
10 Everyday is HalloweenMinistry 12 15 14
11 Rock LobsterThe B-52's 21 13 10
12 True FaithNew Order 13 10 28
13 Boys Don't CryThe Cure 24 9 22
14 SituationYaz 20 29 8
15 Oh L'AmourErasure 10 33 16
16 Forever YoungAlphaville 4 14 42
17 There is a Light That Never Goes OutThe Smiths 31 16 24
18 Enjoy the SilenceDepeche Mode 19 18 43
19 Dead Man's PartyOingo Boingo 26 38 17
20 Sunday Bloody SundayU2 50 8 29
21 In Between DaysThe Cure 17 22 58
22 AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)EBN-OZN 35 50 13
23 Anarchy in the U.K.The Sex Pistols 37 12 54
24 Pride (In the Name of Love)U2 18 62 25
25 It's My LifeTalk Talk 25 55 38
26 The MagicianSecession 16 21 95
27 Pictures of YouThe Cure 5 37 93
28 Should I Stay or Should I Go?The Clash 38 23 76
29 Blasphemous RumoursDepeche Mode 78 39 23
30 AvalonRoxy Music 33 63 51
31 Dear GodXTC 87 32 30
32 Train in VainThe Clash 73 71 11
33 Love SongThe Cure 40 58 67
34 People are PeopleDepeche Mode 58 52 57
35 StrangeloveDepeche Mode 28 31 110
36 Blister in the SunViolent Femmes 57 43 70
37 Jane SaysJane's Addiction 86 25 74
38 Close to MeThe Cure 44 111 32
39 Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen 80 77 33
40 I Wanna Be SedatedThe Ramones 140 30 37
41 Cities in DustSiouxsie and the Banshees 67 57 85
42 What I Like About YouThe Romantics 54 85 79
43 Private IdahoThe B-52's 129 35 56
44 Kiss MeStephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy 22 45 158
45 London CallingThe Clash 136 59 31
46 A ForestThe Cure 51 67 112
47 Wuthering HeightsKate Bush 68 20 142
48 The One I LoveR.E.M. 32 79 125
49 Go!Tones on Tail 75 64 101
50 Let Me GoHeaven 17 60 98 84
51 The PromiseWhen in Rome 23 61 167
52 Nowhere GirlB-Movie 70 42 139
53 I ConfessThe English Beat 62 94 100
54 New Year's DayU2 69 126 69
55 PainkillerWestworld 131 92 41
56 HeadhunterFront 242 88 70 117
57 BadU2 81 155 40
58 A Million Miles AwayThe Plimsouls 49 140 88
59 Don't You (Forget About Me)Simple Minds 77 135 65
60 ViennaUltravox 143 117 18