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WLIR Top 100 Songs of the Year

RockLists has 2 editions of the WLIR Top 100 Songs of the Year, from 1987 to 1988. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Need You Tonight” by INXS, which appears in 2 editions.

2editions
1987–1988years
2different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
1987 Top 100 Songs of 1987 partial Why Can't I Be You?The Cure 99
1988 Top 100 Songs of 1988 Route 66Depeche Mode 100

How the top songs moved between editions

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

#Song'87'88
1 Need You TonightINXS 5 53
2 Touched by the Hand of GodNew Order 47 51
3 Route 66Depeche Mode – 1
4 Why Can't I Be You?The Cure 1 –
5 StrangeloveDepeche Mode 2 –
6 DesireU2 – 2
7 Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees – 3
8 With or Without YouU2 3 –
9 True FaithNew Order 4 –
10 A Little RespectErasure – 4
11 New SensationINXS 26 80
12 SuedeheadMorrissey – 5
13 Girlfriend in a ComaThe Smiths 6 –
14 Orange CrushR.E.M. – 6
15 Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen 7 –
16 BirthdayThe Sugarcubes – 7
17 Beds are BurningMidnight Oil – 8
18 Alex ChiltonThe Replacements 8 –
19 Just Like HeavenThe Cure 9 –
20 Fine TimeNew Order – 9
21 SeattlePublic Image Ltd. 10 –
22 That Smiling FaceCamouflage – 10
23 Dear GodXTC 11 –
24 Angel of HarlemU2 – 11
25 Where the Streets Have No NameU2 12 –
26 Chains of LoveErasure – 12
27 I Beg Your PardonKon Kan – 13
28 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)R.E.M. 13 –
29 Never Let Me Down AgainDepeche Mode 14 –
30 Just Play MusicBig Audio Dynamite – 14
31 The PromiseWhen in Rome 15 –
32 Like the Weather10,000 Maniacs – 15
33 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking ForU2 16 –
34 Wild Wild WestEscape Club – 16
35 Hot! Hot! Hot!The Cure 17 –
36 God Part IIU2 – 17
37 Everyday Is Like SundayMorrissey – 18
38 No New Tale To TellLove and Rockets 18 –
39 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)U2 19 –
40 CrashThe Primitives – 19
41 Jesus on the PayrollThrashing Doves 20 –
42 She Won't Be HomeErasure – 20
43 The BodyPublic Image Ltd. 21 –
44 ColdsweatThe Sugarcubes – 21
45 I Go CrazyFlesh for Lulu 22 –
46 I Want You NowDepeche Mode – 22
47 MandinkaSinéad O'Connor 94 30
48 What's The Matter Here10,000 Maniacs – 23
49 It's a SinPet Shop Boys 23 –
50 PanicThe Smiths 24 –
51 I Don't Want Your LoveDuran Duran – 24
52 Soviet SnowShona Laing – 25
53 The Sweetest ThingU2 25 –
54 DreamingOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – 26
55 Can't Hardly WaitThe Replacements 27 –
56 PerfectFairground Attraction – 27
57 StandR.E.M. – 28
58 Behind the WheelDepeche Mode 28 –
59 1963New Order 29 –
60 Hey You!!!The Cure – 29