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All-time countdown · 91X · January 1, 2024

91X Top 91 Songs of The Last 40 Years

The all-time countdown (January 1, 2024) 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; Depeche Mode has the most entries with six songs.

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Published for 91X's 40th anniversary (station founded 1983); this list replaced the usual "Songs of 2023" year-end countdown on the station's site.

# Song ListsBest
1 Just Like Heaven The Cure 104 #1
2 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
3 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 107 #2
4 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
5 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
6 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 65 #1
7 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
8 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 125 #1
9 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 83 #4
10 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 90 #1
11 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
12 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 58 #7
13 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 112 #1
14 Black Pearl Jam 179 #1
15 Only a Lad Oingo Boingo 24 #6
16 In the End Linkin Park 92 #1
17 Strangelove Depeche Mode 62 #2
18 Love Song The Cure 80 #1
19 New Year's Day U2 182 #4
20 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 85 #4
21 Closer Nine Inch Nails 109 #1
22 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 92 #1
23 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
24 Save It For Later The English Beat 69 #9
25 True Faith New Order 78 #3
26 One U2 172 #1
27 Tenderness General Public 47 #1
28 Self-Esteem The Offspring 110 #1
29 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 83 #2
30 Badfish Sublime 38 #4
31 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 112 #1
32 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 135 #1
33 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 89 #1
34 What's My Age Again? blink-182 73 #1
35 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 104 #1
36 What I Got Sublime 106 #1
37 World In My Eyes Depeche Mode 35 #5
38 Basket Case Green Day 120 #1
39 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 140 #9
40 People are People Depeche Mode 66 #11
41 Mad World Tears for Fears 38 #5
42 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 93 #1
43 Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) Dramarama 55 #2
44 Save a Prayer Duran Duran 26 #14
45 Say It Ain't So Weezer 80 #4
46 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 64 #9
47 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 69 #2
48 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 173 #1
49 Need You Tonight INXS 87 #5
50 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 204 #1
51 I Melt With You Modern English 96 #2
52 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 154 #1
53 With or Without You U2 213 #3
54 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 135 #2
55 American Idiot Green Day 86 #1
56 Shout Tears for Fears 70 #5
57 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 115 #3
58 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 151 #3
59 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
60 Rio Duran Duran 44 #18
61 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
62 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 60 #2
63 In a Big Country Big Country 77 #3
64 Zombie The Cranberries 97 #1
65 Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots 23 #1
66 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 65 #9
67 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 108 #2
68 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 86 #1
69 Better Man Pearl Jam 148 #2
70 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
71 Modern Love David Bowie 84 #12
72 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 102 #1
73 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 77 #1
74 Last Nite The Strokes 77 #1
75 Pictures of You The Cure 71 #4
76 Hunger Strike Temple of the Dog 104 #7
77 Sabotage Beastie Boys 111 #3
78 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
79 All the Small Things blink-182 79 #2
80 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 80 #1
81 Just A Girl No Doubt 78 #2
82 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
83 Longview Green Day 113 #1
84 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 123 #2
85 Sorrow Bad Religion 29 #1
86 The Pretender Foo Fighters 78 #1
87 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 102 #3
88 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 63 #1
89 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
90 Feel It Still Portugal. The Man 46 #1
91 Red Red Wine UB40 49 #1

About this countdown

91X Top 91 Songs of The Last 40 Years was voted by 91X’s listeners (San Diego, CA / Tijuana) in January 1, 2024. 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.

Source: 91X FM, "Top 91 of The Last 40 Years (2023)" (via Wayback Machine).

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