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91X Top 91 Songs of 1986

The year-end countdown for 1986 from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 90 songs, with “Dead Man's Party” by Oingo Boingo at number one. The list features 53 different artists; Oingo Boingo has the most entries with four songs. Position 91 is missing from the source list.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 65 #1
2 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 86 #1
3 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 66 #3
4 Wild Wild Life Talking Heads 39 #4
5 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 95 #2
6 Walk Like an Egyptian The Bangles 23 #6
7 Pain Oingo Boingo 7 #3
8 Summer of Love The B-52's 24 #8
9 Shellshock New Order 22 #9
10 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 60 #2
11 A Question of Time Depeche Mode 10 #11
12 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 83 #4
13 Panic The Smiths 56 #5
14 Faults and All General Public 1 #14
15 What You Need INXS 65 #7
16 To Be a Lover Billy Idol 7 #15
17 Blood and Roses The Smithereens 40 #5
18 Wig The B-52's 3 #18
19 Bitchin' Camaro Dead Milkmen 35 #19
20 Desire Gene Loves Jezebel 31 #6
21 Not My Slave Oingo Boingo 9 #21
22 Missionary Man Eurythmics 24 #22
23 Big Time Peter Gabriel 39 #16
24 Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) Dramarama 55 #2
25 Cry For Love Iggy Pop 5 #25
26 Fall On Me R.E.M. 60 #26
27 Everywhere I Go The Call 17 #27
28 Red Rain Peter Gabriel 43 #28
29 Ask The Smiths 48 #5
30 Don't Get Me Wrong The Pretenders 26 #8
31 Stay Oingo Boingo 10 #31
32 Higher Love Steve Winwood 16 #32
33 The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades Timbuk 3 14 #33
34 Kiss The Dirt ( Falling Down the Mountain) INXS 5 #34
35 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 123 #2
36 If You Leave Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 48 #14
37 I Didn't Mean to Turn You On Robert Palmer 2 #37
38 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 52 #11
39 French Kissing in the USA Debbie Harry 1 #39
40 E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 30 #40
41 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 104 #7
42 Girl From Ipanema The B-52's 1 #42
43 Close to Me The Cure 83 #11
44 Listen Like Thieves INXS 27 #44
45 Venus Bananarama 7 #45
46 Everybody Have Fun Tonight Wang Chung 6 #46
47 Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen 43 #21
48 Land of Confusion Genesis 32 #48
49 Superman R.E.M. 57 #8
50 Watchdogs UB40 1 #50
51 I Still Believe (Great Design) The Call 18 #51
52 Look Away Big Country 13 #25
53 Fly on the Windscreen Depeche Mode 4 #53
54 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 92 #1
55 In Between Days The Cure 81 #3
56 Medicine Show Big Audio Dynamite 15 #56
57 Sweet 16 Billy Idol 3 #57
58 Addicted to Love Robert Palmer 44 #50
59 Babies Real Life 3 #47
60 Secret Separation The Fixx 6 #48
61 The Queen Is Dead The Smiths 19 #7
62 Thorn In My Side Eurythmics 12 #62
63 Paradise New Order 1 #63
64 Kundalini Express Love and Rockets 12 #45
65 Heartbreak Beat The Psychedelic Furs 36 #38
66 Behind the Wall of Sleep The Smithereens 23 #62
67 Puzzlin' Evidence Talking Heads 16 #46
68 Johnny Come Home Fine Young Cannibals 11 #68
69 Heartache Gene Loves Jezebel 9 #69
70 Come on Every Beatbox Big Audio Dynamite 2 #70
71 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 70 #9
72 Paranoimia Art of Noise 3 #72
73 The Perfect Kiss New Order 43 #2
74 Forever Live and Die Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 6 #44
75 In Conversation General Public 1 #75
76 Notorious Duran Duran 8 #9
77 You Know I Love You, Don't You? Howard Jones 3 #58
78 Things I Left Behind The Nails 1 #78
79 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds 46 #1
80 Peter Gunn Art of Noise 17 #80
81 Invisible Touch Genesis 19 #71
82 This Time INXS 25 #8
83 My Baby The Pretenders 11 #83
84 Is Your Love Strong Enough Bryan Ferry 1 #84
85 Mad About You Belinda Carlisle 2 #81
86 No Promises Icehouse 10 #86
87 Don't Need a Gun Billy Idol 3 #87
88 What About Love Til Tuesday 1 #88
89 Earn Enough For Us XTC 16 #89
90 Save it for Later Pete Townshend 2 #90

Position 91 is missing from the source list.

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About this countdown

91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 was broadcast by 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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