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WOXY Modern Rock 500

RockLists has 11 editions of the WOXY Modern Rock 500, from 1989 to 2006. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Just Like Heaven” by The Cure, which appears in 13 editions. The Smiths’s “How Soon is Now?” finished first three times.

11editions
1989–2006years
8different #1s

Every edition and its number one

YearCountdownNumber oneSize
1989 Modern Rock 500 (1989) How Soon is Now?The Smiths 500
1991 Modern Rock 500 (1991) Love VigilantesNew Order 500
1994 Modern Rock 500 (1994) Radio Free EuropeR.E.M. 500
1996 Modern Rock 500 (1996) Boys Don't CryThe Cure 498
1999 Modern Rock 500 (1999) How Soon is Now?The Smiths 500
2000 Modern Rock 500 (2000) Anarchy in the U.K.The Sex Pistols 500
2001 Modern Rock 500 (2001) I Wanna Be SedatedThe Ramones 498
2002 Modern Rock 500 (2002) Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana 500
2003 Modern Rock 500 (2003) Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana 500
2005 Modern Rock 500 (2005) Love Will Tear Us ApartJoy Division 500
2006 Modern Rock 500 (2006) How Soon is Now?The Smiths 499

How the top songs moved between editions

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

#Song'89'91'94'96'99'00'01'02'03'05'06
1 Just Like HeavenThe Cure 78 88 3 11 4 6 8 39 65 86 71
2 How Soon is Now?The Smiths 1 4 8 6 1 3 4 4 3 3 1
3 Radio Free EuropeR.E.M. 33 5 1 4 2 2 5 2 6 9 16
4 I Wanna Be SedatedThe Ramones 18 7 4 2 11 5 1 5 5 34 6
5 Anarchy in the U.K.The Sex Pistols 11 20 27 30 9 1 2 3 2 4 3
6 Blister in the SunViolent Femmes 12 25 6 7 7 7 7 9 19 18 8
7 Psycho KillerTalking Heads 28 6 11 19 12 44 45 8 15 17 18
8 Rock LobsterThe B-52's 14 16 32 39 25 21 22 14 35 28 36
9 Dear GodXTC 19 40 42 26 23 16 17 26 51 66 48
10 Love Will Tear Us ApartJoy Division 10 12 118 110 82 30 31 11 8 1 2
11 Sunday Bloody SundayU2 13 8 24 31 51 23 24 83 87 48 31
12 I Melt With YouModern English 3 15 18 15 36 41 42 49 55 76 77
13 Boys Don't CryThe Cure 26 71 35 1 65 45 46 20 31 63 25
14 RoxanneThe Police 185 14 51 50 20 11 10 22 25 19 30
15 Bizarre Love TriangleNew Order 7 43 10 18 53 39 40 50 59 68 57
16 Pretty In PinkThe Psychedelic Furs 130 64 9 16 27 59 61 46 47 57 79
17 Bela Lugosi's DeadBauhaus 15 11 134 136 57 63 65 62 44 39 38
18 Take The Skinheads BowlingCamper Van Beethoven 21 126 93 85 35 28 29 37 64 83 70
19 Train in VainThe Clash 30 18 53 44 104 98 100 71 91 52 23
20 Rock the CasbahThe Clash 82 66 103 100 71 32 33 40 49 97 68
21 Been Caught StealingJane's Addiction – 27 30 35 52 31 32 36 39 7 7
22 TemptedSqueeze 113 91 21 24 41 57 59 72 113 134 103
23 Should I Stay or Should I Go?The Clash 134 111 147 177 19 10 9 23 26 106 85
24 Cities in DustSiouxsie and the Banshees 6 9 69 98 95 82 84 95 110 112 89
25 People are PeopleDepeche Mode 96 69 62 101 83 53 55 63 81 103 106
26 Beds are BurningMidnight Oil 99 67 26 32 31 52 54 90 140 160 132
27 God Save the QueenThe Sex Pistols 35 121 189 164 143 97 99 18 11 14 12
28 Running Up That HillKate Bush 81 85 48 73 48 55 57 87 127 141 108
29 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)R.E.M. 2 26 87 94 32 17 18 41 67 59 –
30 Bitchin' CamaroDead Milkmen 23 94 45 45 44 24 – 25 41 55 59
31 Makes No Sense At AllHusker Du 162 130 165 158 70 51 53 56 37 43 39
32 Is She Really Going Out With Him?Joe Jackson 57 41 60 63 39 102 104 115 124 140 143
33 Dead Man's PartyOingo Boingo 91 84 46 56 62 29 30 55 108 228 223
34 Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana – – 2 5 3 4 3 1 1 2 5
35 AlisonElvis Costello 166 3 – 28 46 33 34 28 27 96 87
36 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?Elvis Costello & the Attractions 207 21 15 8 10 54 56 69 52 56 –
37 New Year's DayU2 – – 14 14 6 8 6 6 7 8 4
38 Whip ItDevo 69 65 63 41 21 188 189 99 155 110 80
39 Pump It UpElvis Costello & the Attractions 24 172 128 133 122 92 94 47 66 113 114
40 People Who DiedJim Carroll Band 68 60 17 21 – 18 19 45 102 138 118
41 Everyday is HalloweenMinistry 46 17 78 82 73 67 69 82 111 260 228
42 Burning Down the HouseTalking Heads 227 183 148 143 86 58 60 58 56 51 54
43 Jane SaysJane's Addiction 492 – 16 13 15 13 13 10 9 21 35
44 Alex ChiltonThe Replacements 117 101 342 307 59 36 37 42 28 53 19
45 London CallingThe Clash 42 32 257 211 206 129 131 96 46 11 10
46 Get On The BusThe Royal Crescent Mob 27 56 39 37 56 46 47 100 142 320 308
47 Blue MondayNew Order 4 22 40 33 13 – – 16 14 16 21
48 Losing My ReligionR.E.M. – 241 58 22 61 42 43 29 63 81 67
49 JeremyPearl Jam – – 75 27 14 19 20 15 16 22 17
50 TodayThe Smashing Pumpkins – – 19 23 18 15 16 24 21 38 63
51 RisePublic Image Ltd. 43 44 125 141 154 89 91 136 143 143 138
52 Never Say NeverRomeo Void 8 36 80 76 97 88 90 114 168 264 245
53 Love My WayThe Psychedelic Furs 54 10 89 81 117 137 139 122 152 189 202
54 Route 66Depeche Mode 73 2 5 12 17 37 38 102 183 – 326
55 Monkey Gone To HeavenThe Pixies – 125 255 232 68 34 35 27 13 6 11
56 Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers – – 67 64 34 20 21 35 24 20 40
57 Head Like a HoleNine Inch Nails – 118 37 29 5 – 49 34 23 15 26
58 Walk on the Wild SideLou Reed – 294 123 116 80 47 48 30 38 42 28
59 CannonballThe Breeders – – 12 20 45 27 28 48 53 116 20
60 RelaxFrankie Goes to Hollywood 77 70 25 43 40 215 218 156 170 188 187