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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 106 #1
2 Just Like Heaven The Cure 104 #1
3 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
4 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 125 #1
5 Red Red Wine UB40 49 #1
6 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 168 #1
7 Whip It Devo 78 #1
8 Tainted Love Soft Cell 76 #1
9 Rock the Casbah The Clash 164 #1
10 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 65 #1
11 Love Shack The B-52's 79 #1
12 What You Need INXS 65 #7
13 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees 51 #1
14 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 77 #1
15 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 92 #1
16 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 8 #16
17 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 104 #7
18 The Lovecats The Cure 60 #2
19 I Melt With You Modern English 96 #2
20 In a Big Country Big Country 77 #3
21 Rock Lobster The B-52's 87 #5
22 People are People Depeche Mode 66 #11
23 We Got the Beat The Go-Go's 38 #3
24 Let's Dance David Bowie 98 #6
25 Don't You Want Me The Human League 41 #5
26 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 204 #2
27 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 69 #2
28 Tenderness General Public 47 #1
29 The Only Flame In Town Elvis Costello & the Attractions 11 #29
30 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 102 #30
31 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 72 #4
32 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 59 #1
33 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 102 #3
34 Rio Duran Duran 44 #18
35 Only a Lad Oingo Boingo 24 #6
36 Strangelove Depeche Mode 62 #2
37 Summer of Love The B-52's 24 #8
38 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 66 #3
39 Love Song The Cure 80 #1
40 Rock This Town The Stray Cats 40 #6
41 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
42 The One I Love R.E.M. 150 #5
43 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 95 #2
44 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 60 #1
45 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 53 #9
46 Money for Nothing Dire Straits 116 #7
47 With or Without You U2 213 #3
48 Call Me Blondie 71 #6
49 Need You Tonight INXS 87 #5
50 Lies Thompson Twins 25 #50
51 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 83 #2
52 Route 66 Depeche Mode 53 #1
53 I Ran (So Far Away) A Flock of Seagulls 49 #2
54 White Wedding Billy Idol 152 #7
55 AEIOU (and Sometimes Y) EBN-OZN 12 #13
56 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 52 #11
57 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 64 #9
58 Save It For Later The English Beat 69 #9
59 Desire U2 96 #2
60 Every Breath You Take The Police 124 #3
61 Lullaby The Cure 37 #3
62 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 90 #1
63 Poison Arrow ABC 19 #63
64 Tomorrow People Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers 28 #23
65 Addicted to Love Robert Palmer 44 #50
66 Steppin' Out Joe Jackson 32 #66
67 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 58 #13
68 You Might Think The Cars 51 #68
69 Chains of Love Erasure 34 #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 27 #30
73 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 53 #38
74 Hourglass Squeeze 8 #11
75 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 125 #4
76 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 65 #9
77 The One Thing INXS 52 #10
78 Our House Madness 66 #15
79 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 83 #4
80 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 40 #23
81 If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free Sting 9 #20
82 Pass the Dutchie Musical Youth 12 #36
83 Dear God XTC 92 #1
84 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins 31 #10
85 Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant 41 #25
86 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 86 #1
87 Private Idaho The B-52's 58 #25
88 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 85 #4
89 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 61 #21
90 Walk Like an Egyptian The Bangles 23 #6
91 Suedehead Morrissey 56 #4
92 What I Like About You The Romantics 92 #10
93 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 163 #8
94 True Faith New Order 78 #3
95 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
96 Down Under Men At Work 36 #2
97 Tempted Squeeze 89 #21
98 Fascination Street The Cure 52 #5
99 Never Say Never Romeo Void 59 #8
100 Shout Tears for Fears 70 #5
101 Senses Working Overtime XTC 38 #23
102 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 143 #3
103 Best Friend The English Beat 2 #103
104 Reptile The Church 24 #13
105 A Night Like This The Cure 9 #6
106 Everywhere That I'm Not Translator 7 #88
107 Avalon Roxy Music 52 #33
108 Everyday is Halloween Ministry 33 #6
109 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats 52 #47
110 What I Am Edie Brickell And New Bohemians 34 #9
111 New Year's Day U2 182 #4
112 Rock n' Roll Radio The Ramones 1 #112
113 Big Time Peter Gabriel 39 #16
114 Red Skies The Fixx 33 #102
115 The Stand The Alarm 23 #5
116 Fire Woman The Cult 75 #6
117 Oh Yeah Yello 20 #79
118 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 49 #23
119 Wild Thing Tone Loc 5 #9
120 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 50 #34
121 Panic The Smiths 56 #5
122 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 67 #2
123 Ball of Confusion Love and Rockets 41 #19
124 The Magnificent Seven The Clash 37 #93
125 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 60 #2
126 Mad World Tears for Fears 38 #5
127 Missionary Man Eurythmics 24 #22
128 Orange Crush R.E.M. 76 #1
129 1999 Prince 37 #1
130 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 64 #10
131 Don't Come Round Here No More Tom Petty 32 #44
132 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 64 #5
133 Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel 53 #20
134 What is Love Howard Jones 17 #10
135 In Between Days The Cure 81 #3
136 Round and Round New Order 13 #7
137 Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy 25 #13
138 We'll Be Together Sting 11 #24
139 Blood and Roses The Smithereens 40 #5
140 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive 36 #6
141 Whammy Kiss The B-52's 9 #38
142 The Tide Is High Blondie 20 #31
143 Wot Captain Sensible 8 #143
144 Don't Change INXS 58 #28
145 Hungry Like the Wolf Duran Duran 58 #22
146 Shake It Up The Cars 45 #19
147 Cool Places Sparks 13 #39
148 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 151 #3
149 Generals and Majors XTC 28 #62
150 In the Name of Love Thompson Twins 10 #83
151 Channel Z The B-52's 15 #8
152 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 123 #2
153 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 13 #11
154 Message of Love The Pretenders 40 #95
155 Close (to the Edit) Art of Noise 13 #49
156 Last Time Forever Squeeze 2 #10
157 Town Called Malice The Jam 62 #7
158 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 28 #29
159 Delicious Demon The Sugarcubes 5 #16
160 Stay Up Late Talking Heads 38 #14
161 Our Lips Are Sealed The Go-Go's 33 #32
162 Be Near Me ABC 16 #18
163 Concrete Jungle The Specials 18 #163
164 I Confess The English Beat 40 #10
165 I Got You Babe UB40 6 #29
166 Industrial Disease Dire Straits 11 #166
167 Hazy Shade of Winter The Bangles 20 #12
168 Master and Servant Depeche Mode 44 #5
169 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals 46 #4
170 China Girl David Bowie 49 #61
171 Fall On Me R.E.M. 60 #26
172 Some Like It Hot Power Station 8 #42
173 Elvis Is Everywhere Mojo Nixon 19 #26
174 Love Resurrection Alison Moyet 6 #17
175 The Dead Heart Midnight Oil 33 #20
176 Genius of Love Tom Tom Club 40 #81
177 Pretty Persuasion R.E.M. 35 #50
178 Hot in the City Billy Idol 11 #106
179 The Perfect Kiss New Order 43 #2
180 Sex Dwarf Soft Cell 17 #3
181 Like the Weather 10,000 Maniacs 40 #15
182 Dancing in Heaven Q-Feel 15 #73
183 Stepping Out Steel Pulse 1 #183
184 Promised You a Miracle Simple Minds 16 #30
185 So Alive Love and Rockets 61 #1
186 Bitchin' Camaro Dead Milkmen 35 #19
187 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 62 #2
188 Happy Birthday Altered Images 13 #27
189 Antmusic Adam & the Ants 34 #2
190 April Skies The Jesus and Mary Chain 22 #16
191 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 60 #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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