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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 82 #1
2 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
3 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
4 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
5 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
6 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 59 #1
7 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
8 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 79 #1
9 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
10 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 71 #9
11 Mr. Brightside The Killers 80 #1
12 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 51 #7
13 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
14 Black Pearl Jam 101 #1
15 Only a Lad Oingo Boingo 23 #6
16 In the End Linkin Park 54 #1
17 Strangelove Depeche Mode 58 #2
18 Love Song The Cure 62 #1
19 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
20 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
21 Closer Nine Inch Nails 67 #1
22 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
23 Alive Pearl Jam 119 #1
24 Save It For Later The English Beat 55 #9
25 True Faith New Order 69 #3
26 One U2 114 #1
27 Tenderness General Public 42 #1
28 Self-Esteem The Offspring 62 #1
29 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 59 #4
30 Badfish Sublime 26 #4
31 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 70 #1
32 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 59 #1
33 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 65 #1
34 What's My Age Again? blink-182 48 #1
35 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 63 #1
36 What I Got Sublime 63 #1
37 World In My Eyes Depeche Mode 34 #5
38 Basket Case Green Day 74 #1
39 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 69 #16
40 People are People Depeche Mode 59 #11
41 Mad World Tears for Fears 31 #5
42 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 63 #1
43 Anything, Anything Dramarama 11 #6
44 Save a Prayer Duran Duran 24 #14
45 Say It Ain't So Weezer 46 #12
46 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 56 #9
47 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 60 #2
48 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
49 Need You Tonight INXS 52 #5
50 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 117 #1
51 I Melt With You Modern English 71 #2
52 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 75 #2
53 With or Without You U2 123 #3
54 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 85 #2
55 American Idiot Green Day 50 #1
56 Shout Tears for Fears 60 #5
57 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 75 #3
58 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 77 #5
59 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
60 Rio Duran Duran 39 #18
61 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
62 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 54 #2
63 In a Big Country Big Country 63 #3
64 Zombie The Cranberries 71 #1
65 Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots 9 #1
66 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
67 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 67 #2
68 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 73 #1
69 Better Man Pearl Jam 71 #3
70 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
71 Modern Love David Bowie 53 #12
72 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
73 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 57 #1
74 Last Nite The Strokes 54 #1
75 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
76 Hunger Strike Temple of the Dog 51 #7
77 Sabotage Beastie Boys 73 #3
78 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
79 All the Small Things blink-182 51 #3
80 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 50 #1
81 Just A Girl No Doubt 54 #2
82 It's the End of the World as We Know it R.E.M. 13 #12
83 Longview Green Day 63 #1
84 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 66 #10
85 Sorrow Bad Religion 26 #1
86 The Pretender Foo Fighters 38 #1
87 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
88 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 28 #1
89 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 22 #1
90 Feel It Still Portugal. The Man 12 #1
91 Red Red Wine UB40 43 #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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