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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · December 30, 1982

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982

The year-end countdown (December 30, 1982) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 50 songs, with “Temptation” by New Order at number one. The list features 35 different artists; The Clash has the most entries with four songs.

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The first strictly year-restricted Festive Fifty (from this year on the chart covered only that year's records), broadcast 15-30 December 1982 alongside a special bonus all-time chart (see 'festive-fifty-all-time-1982'). Positions 51-60 were announced but not played on air, and are excluded here. Rank 14 is a tie between two tracks.

# Song ListsBest
1 Temptation New Order 19 #1
2 Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt 2 #2
3 The Message Grandmaster Flash And The Furious 5 2 #3
4 The Back of Love Echo and the Bunnymen 2 #4
5 Mad World Tears for Fears 31 #5
6 Straight To Hell The Clash 19 #6
7 The Story Of The Blues Wah! 1 #7
8 Do You Believe In The Westworld Theatre Of Hate 1 #8
9 Into The Garden Artery 1 #9
10 Revolutionary Spirit The Wild Swans 1 #10
11 A Town Called Malice The Jam 32 #7
12 Only You Yazoo 6 #12
13 Faithless Scritti Politti 1 #13
14 (tie) Ziggy Stardust Bauhaus 6 #14
14 (tie) Party Fears Two The Associates 1 #14
16 Fireworks Siouxsie and the Banshees 1 #16
17 Hurt New Order 1 #17
18 Asylums In Jerusalem Scritti Politti 1 #18
19 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 55 #5
20 Empire Song Killing Joke 1 #20
21 Whatever Is He Like? Farmer's Boys 1 #21
22 African And White China Crisis 2 #22
23 Slowdive Siouxsie and the Banshees 3 #23
24 Pillar to Post Aztec Camera 2 #24
25 The Hanging Garden The Cure 13 #25
26 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
27 Know Your Rights The Clash 15 #27
28 The Figurehead The Cure 1 #28
29 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 53 #10
30 Promised You a Miracle Simple Minds 15 #30
31 Peasant Army Redskins 1 #31
32 Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) Simple Minds 4 #32
33 A Strange Day The Cure 2 #33
34 Living on the Ceiling Blancmange 10 #32
35 Feel Me Blancmange 1 #35
36 Pass the Dutchie Musical Youth 9 #36
37 Wax And Wane Cocteau Twins 1 #37
38 Love On The Terraces Serious Drinking 1 #38
39 The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) The Jam 15 #39
40 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
41 XOYO Passage 1 #41
42 In Shreds The Chameleons 1 #42
43 A View From Her Room Weekend 1 #43
44 Remember Shambeko Say Wah! 1 #44
45 Glittering Prize Simple Minds 1 #45
46 Third Uncle Bauhaus 3 #46
47 Conspiracy Higsons 1 #47
48 Suicide Bag Action Pact 1 #48
49 Melt Siouxsie and the Banshees 1 #49
50 I Think I Need Help Farmer's Boys 1 #50

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About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in December 30, 1982. 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: John Peel Wiki (Fandom), "1982 Festive Fifty".

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