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Year-end countdown · 91X · 1987

91X Top 91 Songs of 1987

The year-end countdown for 1987 from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 91 songs, with “Just Like Heaven” by The Cure at number one. The list features 58 different artists; U2 has the most entries with eight songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
2 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 60 #2
3 True Faith New Order 69 #3
4 Strangelove Depeche Mode 58 #2
5 Need You Tonight INXS 52 #5
6 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 54 #1
7 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 57 #2
8 With or Without You U2 123 #3
9 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 51 #7
10 The One I Love R.E.M. 91 #5
11 Hourglass Squeeze 7 #11
12 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 77 #5
13 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 69 #2
14 Dear God XTC 76 #1
15 1963 New Order 14 #15
16 No New Tale To Tell Love and Rockets 47 #13
17 The Motion of Love Gene Loves Jezebel 6 #15
18 Seattle Public Image Ltd. 13 #10
19 Rain in the Summertime The Alarm 36 #19
20 How Beautiful You Are The Cure 3 #20
21 It's a Sin Pet Shop Boys 22 #11
22 We Close Our Eyes Oingo Boingo 14 #22
23 Love Removal Machine The Cult 40 #13
24 We'll Be Together Sting 11 #24
25 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 69 #16
26 My Boyfriend The Cucumbers 2 #26
27 Hazy Shade of Winter The Bangles 15 #12
28 Wild Flower The Cult 14 #28
29 Elvis Is Everywhere Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper 10 #29
30 Crazy Icehouse 6 #28
31 What's My Scene Hoodoo Gurus 4 #31
32 Pop Goes the World Men Without Hats 4 #32
33 Vanishing Girl The Dukes of Stratosphear 5 #33
34 Mony Mony Billy Idol 15 #34
35 Bullet the Blue Sky U2 37 #35
36 Alex Chilton The Replacements 46 #8
37 I Wanna Be a Flintstone Screaming Blue Messiahs 6 #37
38 The Kiss The Cure 4 #38
39 I Go Crazy Flesh for Lulu 22 #21
40 Spanish Eyes U2 6 #40
41 Unhappy Birthday The Smiths 4 #41
42 Alone Again Or The Damned 27 #36
43 See How We Are X 8 #43
44 New Direction Echo and the Bunnymen 5 #37
45 Ship of Fools World Party 30 #45
46 Good Times INXS 7 #46
47 No Stars Figures on a Beach 1 #47
48 Driving Away from Home It's Immaterial 5 #48
49 Suspicion Gene Loves Jezebel 2 #19
50 Sheila Take a Bow The Smiths 3 #34
51 Luka Suzanne Vega 25 #10
52 Jane's Getting Serious Jon Astley 12 #52
53 I Don't Wanna The Call 3 #53
54 Absolute Perfection Private Domain 4 #35
55 Ask The Smiths 47 #5
56 In the River The Call 1 #56
57 Painted Moon The Silencers 2 #49
58 One Tree Hill U2 20 #58
59 People Are Strange Echo and the Bunnymen 33 #20
60 April Skies The Jesus and Mary Chain 20 #16
61 Never Let Me Down David Bowie 4 #43
62 World Where You Live Crowded House 11 #62
63 All in My Mind Love and Rockets 9 #32
64 Heartbreak Beat The Psychedelic Furs 34 #38
65 Sometimes Erasure 15 #27
66 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 38 #17
67 Instant Club Hit Dead Milkmen 1 #67
68 In God's Country U2 27 #44
69 Good Times Hoodoo Gurus 1 #69
70 Not My Slave Oingo Boingo 9 #21
71 Strap Me In The Cars 1 #71
72 Fourth of July X 7 #40
73 Arizona Sky China Crisis 5 #73
74 World Shut Your Mouth Julian Cope 23 #45
75 The Passenger Siouxsie and the Banshees 10 #33
76 Happy When It Rains The Jesus and Mary Chain 14 #43
77 La Bamba Los Lobos 5 #26
78 Testify Peter Tosh 1 #78
79 Oh Yeah Yello 18 #79
80 Walk With an Erection The Swinging Erudites 2 #80
81 Trip Through Your Wires U2 6 #64
82 Mystify INXS 22 #82
83 The Game Echo and the Bunnymen 3 #83
84 Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison 6 #25
85 Heroine The Edge 2 #85
86 Time Will Crawl David Bowie 4 #45
87 The Right Stuff Bryan Ferry 5 #76
88 The Things I Do for Money The Northern Pikes 1 #88
89 Pump Up the Volume M/A/R/R/S 4 #46
90 Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before The Smiths 16 #12
91 Grass XTC 1 #91

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About this countdown

91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 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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