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91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989)

The countdown of the '80s (1989) from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 191 songs, with “How Soon is Now?” by The Smiths at number one. The list features 107 different artists; The Cure has the most entries with ten songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
2 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
3 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
4 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 79 #1
5 Red Red Wine UB40 43 #1
6 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 83 #1
7 Whip It Devo 64 #1
8 Tainted Love Soft Cell 64 #1
9 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
10 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 59 #1
11 Love Shack The B-52's 61 #1
12 What You Need INXS 52 #7
13 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees 46 #1
14 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 62 #1
15 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
16 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 7 #16
17 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 49 #11
18 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
19 I Melt With You Modern English 71 #2
20 In a Big Country Big Country 63 #3
21 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
22 People are People Depeche Mode 59 #11
23 We Got the Beat The Go-Go's 30 #3
24 Let's Dance David Bowie 61 #6
25 Don't You Want Me The Human League 35 #5
26 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
27 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 60 #2
28 Tenderness General Public 42 #1
29 The Only Flame In Town Elvis Costello & the Attractions 11 #29
30 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 54 #30
31 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 53 #27
32 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 55 #1
33 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
34 Rio Duran Duran 39 #18
35 Only a Lad Oingo Boingo 23 #6
36 Strangelove Depeche Mode 58 #2
37 Summer of Love The B-52's 24 #8
38 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 60 #3
39 Love Song The Cure 62 #1
40 Rock This Town The Stray Cats 30 #6
41 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
42 The One I Love R.E.M. 91 #5
43 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 58 #2
44 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 43 #1
45 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 51 #9
46 Money for Nothing Dire Straits 38 #7
47 With or Without You U2 123 #3
48 Call Me Blondie 41 #39
49 Need You Tonight INXS 52 #5
50 Lies Thompson Twins 25 #50
51 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 59 #4
52 Route 66 Depeche Mode 50 #1
53 I Ran A Flock of Seagulls 32 #32
54 White Wedding Billy Idol 65 #7
55 AEIOU (and Sometimes Y) EBN-OZN 10 #13
56 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 42 #11
57 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 56 #9
58 Save It For Later The English Beat 55 #9
59 Desire U2 50 #2
60 Every Breath You Take The Police 56 #3
61 Lullaby The Cure 32 #3
62 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 71 #9
63 Poison Arrow ABC 17 #63
64 Tomorrow People Ziggy Marley 17 #23
65 Addicted to Love Robert Palmer 16 #50
66 Steppin' Out Joe Jackson 17 #66
67 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 53 #13
68 You Might Think The Cars 13 #68
69 Chains of Love Erasure 31 #7
70 I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Elvis Costello & the Attractions 12 #70
71 Los Angeles X 25 #16
72 Slave to Love Bryan Ferry 25 #30
73 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 49 #60
74 Hourglass Squeeze 7 #11
75 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 72 #9
76 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
77 The One Thing INXS 44 #10
78 Our House Madness 58 #15
79 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
80 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 36 #23
81 If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free Sting 6 #20
82 Pass the Dutchie Musical Youth 9 #36
83 Dear God XTC 76 #1
84 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins 28 #10
85 Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant 40 #25
86 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 73 #1
87 Private Idaho The B-52's 51 #25
88 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
89 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 48 #21
90 Walk Like an Egyptian The Bangles 19 #6
91 Suedehead Morrissey 51 #4
92 What I Like About You The Romantics 39 #16
93 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
94 True Faith New Order 69 #3
95 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 69 #2
96 Down Under Men At Work 30 #2
97 Tempted Squeeze 71 #21
98 Fascination Street The Cure 43 #5
99 Never Say Never Romeo Void 53 #8
100 Shout Tears for Fears 60 #5
101 Senses Working Overtime XTC 35 #23
102 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 58 #8
103 Best Friend The English Beat 2 #103
104 Reptile The Church 23 #13
105 A Night Like This The Cure 8 #6
106 Everywhere That I'm Not Translator 5 #88
107 Avalon Roxy Music 39 #33
108 Everyday is Halloween Ministry 31 #6
109 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats 48 #47
110 What I Am Edie Brickell 2 #110
111 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
112 Rock n' Roll Radio The Ramones 1 #112
113 Big Time Peter Gabriel 31 #16
114 Red Skies The Fixx 28 #102
115 The Stand The Alarm 15 #5
116 Fire Woman The Cult 32 #6
117 Oh Yeah Yello 18 #79
118 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 39 #23
119 Wild Thing Tone Loc 4 #9
120 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 30 #34
121 Panic The Smiths 51 #5
122 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 59 #2
123 Ball of Confusion Love and Rockets 39 #19
124 Magnificent Seven The Clash 5 #93
125 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 54 #2
126 Mad World Tears for Fears 31 #5
127 Missionary Man Eurythmics 23 #22
128 Orange Crush R.E.M. 59 #1
129 1999 Prince 29 #36
130 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 53 #10
131 Don't Come Round Here No More Tom Petty 1 #131
132 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 55 #5
133 Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel 39 #20
134 What is Love Howard Jones 15 #10
135 In Between Days The Cure 72 #3
136 Round and Round New Order 13 #7
137 Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy 19 #13
138 We'll Be Together Sting 11 #24
139 Blood and Roses The Smithereens 38 #5
140 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive 30 #6
141 Whammy Kiss The B-52's 8 #38
142 The Tide Is High Blondie 14 #142
143 Wot Captain Sensible 8 #143
144 Don't Change INXS 48 #28
145 Hungry Like the Wolf Duran Duran 53 #22
146 Shake It Up The Cars 8 #64
147 Cool Places Sparks 13 #39
148 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 77 #5
149 Generals and Majors XTC 24 #62
150 In the Name of Love Thompson Twins 10 #83
151 Channel Z The B-52's 13 #8
152 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 66 #10
153 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 10 #11
154 Message of Love The Pretenders 32 #95
155 Close (to the Edit) Art of Noise 12 #49
156 Last Time Forever Squeeze 2 #10
157 A Town Called Malice The Jam 32 #7
158 The Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 4 #158
159 Delicious Demon The Sugarcubes 5 #16
160 Stay Up Late Talking Heads 36 #14
161 Our Lips Are Sealed The Go-Go's 28 #32
162 Be Near Me ABC 14 #18
163 Concrete Jungle The Specials 17 #163
164 I Confess The English Beat 35 #10
165 I Got You Babe UB40 5 #29
166 Industrial Disease Dire Straits 3 #166
167 Hazy Shade of Winter The Bangles 15 #12
168 Master and Servant Depeche Mode 43 #5
169 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals 42 #4
170 China Girl David Bowie 40 #61
171 Fall On Me R.E.M. 46 #26
172 Some Like It Hot Power Station 5 #42
173 Elvis Is Everywhere Mojo Nixon 18 #26
174 Love Resurrection Alison Moyet 6 #17
175 The Dead Heart Midnight Oil 29 #20
176 Genius of Love Tom Tom Club 32 #92
177 Pretty Persuasion R.E.M. 32 #50
178 Hot in the City Billy Idol 10 #106
179 The Perfect Kiss New Order 27 #2
180 Sex Dwarf Soft Cell 17 #3
181 Like the Weather 10,000 Maniacs 31 #15
182 Dancing in Heaven Q-Feel 15 #73
183 Stepping Out Steel Pulse 1 #183
184 Promised You a Miracle Simple Minds 15 #30
185 So Alive Love and Rockets 54 #1
186 Bitchin' Camaro Dead Milkmen 32 #19
187 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 57 #2
188 Happy Birthday Altered Images 12 #27
189 Antmusic Adam & the Ants 33 #2
190 April Skies The Jesus and Mary Chain 20 #16
191 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 54 #1

About this countdown

91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) was broadcast by 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana) in 1989. 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.

Contributed by Chris Muckley. Thank you!

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