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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · December 29, 1983

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983

The year-end countdown (December 29, 1983) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 50 songs, with “Blue Monday” by New Order at number one. The list features 31 different artists; New Order has the most entries with five songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
2 This Charming Man The Smiths 43 #2
3 Age of Consent New Order 27 #3
4 Song to the Siren This Mortal Coil 7 #4
5 Musette And Drums Cocteau Twins 1 #5
6 Reel Around the Fountain The Smiths 4 #6
7 A New England Billy Bragg 7 #7
8 Eat Y'Self Fitter The Fall 1 #8
9 Hand In Glove The Smiths 3 #9
10 Picture On The Wall Naturalites And The Mystics 1 #10
11 Good Technology Red Guitars 1 #11
12 This is Not a Love Song Public Image Ltd. 26 #12
13 Incubus Succubus II Xmal Deutschland 1 #13
14 Sugar Hiccup Cocteau Twins 3 #14
15 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
16 From The Flagstones Cocteau Twins 1 #16
17 Never Stop Echo and the Bunnymen 21 #17
18 Your Silent Face New Order 19 #18
19 Temple of Love Sisters of Mercy 41 #16
20 Dear Prudence Siouxsie and the Banshees 33 #20
21 The Man Whose Head Expanded The Fall 1 #21
22 The Cutter Echo and the Bunnymen 34 #22
23 Never Never Assembly 1 #23
24 Pills And Soap Elvis Costello (under the pseudonym The Imposter) 1 #24
25 Leave Me Alone New Order 1 #25
26 My Mother The War 10,000 Maniacs 1 #26
27 Alice Sisters of Mercy 26 #18
28 Peppermint Pig Cocteau Twins 1 #28
29 Oblivious Aztec Camera 25 #29
30 Lean On Me Redskins 1 #30
31 Second Skin The Chameleons 2 #31
32 Qual Xmal Deutschland 1 #32
33 Handsome Devil The Smiths 1 #33
34 Working And Shopping Tools You Can Trust 1 #34
35 Kicker Conspiracy The Fall 1 #35
36 Doppelganger Luddites 1 #36
37 Television/Satellite Sophie And Peter Johnston 1 #37
38 Hithertoo Cocteau Twins 1 #38
39 Metal Dance S.P.K. 1 #39
40 Wings The Fall 1 #40
41 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
42 Somewhere Danse Society 1 #42
43 Deep In The Woods Birthday Party 1 #43
44 Fascination Cabaret Voltaire 1 #44
45 The Village New Order 1 #45
46 Sonny's Burning Birthday Party 1 #46
47 Trees And Flowers Strawberry Switchblade 1 #47
48 Shipbuilding Elvis Costello 1 #48
49 The Walk The Cure 26 #49
50 War Baby Tom Robinson 2 #50

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About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in December 29, 1983. 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), "1983 Festive Fifty".

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