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91X Top 91 Songs of 1988

The year-end countdown for 1988 from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 91 songs, with “Peek-A-Boo” by Siouxsie and the Banshees at number one. The list features 64 different artists; U2 has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees 51 #1
2 Desire U2 96 #2
3 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 102 #3
4 What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) Information Society 16 #4
5 A Little Respect Erasure 50 #4
6 Suedehead Morrissey 56 #4
7 Route 66 Depeche Mode 53 #1
8 Where Did I Go Wrong? UB40 4 #8
9 What I Am Edie Brickell And New Bohemians 34 #9
10 The Great Commandment Camouflage 15 #10
11 Chains of Love Erasure 34 #7
12 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 60 #1
13 Reptile The Church 24 #13
14 Orange Crush R.E.M. 76 #1
15 Wild Thing Tone Loc 5 #9
16 Delicious Demon The Sugarcubes 5 #16
17 Like the Weather 10,000 Maniacs 40 #15
18 Tears Run Rings Marc Almond 6 #13
19 Wild Wild West Escape Club 8 #16
20 The Dead Heart Midnight Oil 33 #20
21 What's The Matter Here 10,000 Maniacs 42 #21
22 The Killing Jar Siouxsie and the Banshees 13 #20
23 Tomorrow People Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers 28 #23
24 Crash The Primitives 40 #12
25 I Don't Want Your Love Duran Duran 5 #24
26 Breakfast in Bed UB40 5 #26
27 Mandinka Sinéad O'Connor 56 #5
28 Under the Milky Way The Church 85 #3
29 I Want Your Hands On Me Sinéad O'Connor 36 #29
30 Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 56 #5
31 Winning Side Oingo Boingo 3 #31
32 Werewolves of London David Lindley 1 #32
33 Walking Away Information Society 4 #33
34 Doctorin' the Tardis The Timelords 4 #19
35 God Part II U2 12 #17
36 (Nothing But) Flowers Talking Heads 35 #20
37 Wild World Maxi Priest 9 #11
38 Angel of Harlem U2 46 #11
39 Hairdresser on Fire Morrissey 11 #39
40 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
41 Tower of Strength Mission U.K. 6 #32
42 Birthday The Sugarcubes 43 #1
43 Dreamworld Midnight Oil 8 #43
44 All She Wants Is Duran Duran 2 #44
45 Touched by the Hand of God New Order 6 #8
46 Motorcrash The Sugarcubes 8 #36
47 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
48 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 136 #1
49 Carolyn's Fingers Cocteau Twins 9 #26
50 Inside Out Mighty Lemon Drops 14 #24
51 This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy 36 #7
52 Tubular Bells Book of Love 2 #52
53 Ana Ng They Might Be Giants 39 #53
54 Talking About A Revolution Tracy Chapman 26 #54
55 All Night Long Peter Murphy 7 #55
56 People Have The Power Patti Smith 17 #56
57 Don't Talk 10,000 Maniacs 17 #57
58 In Your Room The Bangles 5 #44
59 Jump In The River Sinéad O'Connor 7 #59
60 Eye of Fatima Camper Van Beethoven 6 #60
61 Domino Dancing Pet Shop Boys 4 #47
62 Tell that Girl to Shut up Transvision Vamp 4 #56
63 Liar Liar Deborah Harry 2 #63
64 Dreaming Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 10 #26
65 Rescue Me (Live) The Alarm 1 #65
66 Perfect Fairground Attraction 3 #27
67 All That Money Wants The Psychedelic Furs 7 #23
68 Indigo Eyes Peter Murphy 21 #31
69 I Say Nothing Voice of the Beehive 2 #69
70 Underneath the Radar Underworld 2 #70
71 King of Emotion Big Country 2 #71
72 Balloon Man Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians 29 #23
73 When Love Comes To Town U2 29 #73
74 Soviet Snow Shona Laing 7 #25
75 Charlotte Anne Julian Cope 6 #46
76 Used to Love Her Guns N Roses 14 #76
77 Break Away Big Pig 1 #77
78 Call Me Blue A House 3 #62
79 Blind Talking Heads 17 #79
80 Cold Metal Iggy Pop 1 #80
81 Wild Thing Sim Kinison 1 #81
82 Airhead Thomas Dolby 3 #49
83 Don't Let's Start They Might Be Giants 49 #39
84 Don't Go The Hothouse Flowers 18 #84
85 Simply Irresistible Robert Palmer 9 #42
86 Big Hollow Man Danielle Dax 4 #35
87 House We Used to Live In The Smithereens 4 #87
88 Sometimes Midnight Oil 7 #88
89 Birth, School, Work, Death The Godfathers 32 #39
90 Motor Circus of Power 2 #90
91 Tumblin' Down Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers 4 #91

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About this countdown

91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 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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