RockLists.com

Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · January 1, 1985

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1984

The year-end countdown (January 1, 1985) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 48 songs, with “How Soon is Now?” by The Smiths at number one. The list features 29 different artists; The Smiths has the most entries with seven songs. Positions 39 and 40 are missing from the source transcription and could not be recovered.

48songs
50countdown size
John Peel (BBC Radio 1)station
Make your own version All 24 editions
# Song ListsBest
1 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
2 Pearly Dewdrop Drops Cocteau Twins 1 #2
3 Green Fields Of France (No Man's Land) Men They Couldn't Hang 1 #3
4 Spangle Maker Cocteau Twins 1 #4
5 Come Back Mighty Wah 1 #5
6 Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder Membranes 1 #6
7 Thieves Like Us New Order 7 #7
8 Walk Away Sisters of Mercy 3 #8
9 Lay Of The Land The Fall 1 #9
10 Keep On Keeping On Redskins 1 #10
11 Saint Huck Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1 #11
12 Lonesome Tonight New Order 1 #12
13 Between The Wars Billy Bragg 2 #13
14 Nowhere Fast The Smiths 2 #14
15 Emma Sisters of Mercy 1 #15
16 Ivo Cocteau Twins 2 #16
17 What Difference Does It Make? The Smiths 34 #17
18 C.R.E.E.P. The Fall 1 #18
19 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
20 Murder New Order 1 #20
21 Kangaroo This Mortal Coil 1 #21
22 Domino Cocteau Twins 1 #22
23 William, It Was Really Nothing The Smiths 4 #23
24 Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now The Smiths 7 #24
25 Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood 34 #1
26 Masimba Bele Unknown Cases 1 #26
27 The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes Very Things 1 #27
28 Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want The Smiths 4 #28
29 The Saturday Boy Billy Bragg 1 #29
30 Spiritwalker The Cult 1 #30
31 Dr. Mabuse Propaganda 1 #31
32 Bias Binding Yeah Yeah Noh 1 #32
33 Another Day This Mortal Coil 1 #33
34 My Suitor Berntholer 1 #34
35 Biko Robert Wyatt 1 #35
36 Reel Around the Fountain The Smiths 4 #6
37 Upside Down The Jesus and Mary Chain 1 #37
38 Pandora Cocteau Twins 1 #38
41 Nelson Mandela The Special AKA 1 #41
42 Blue Canary Frank Chickens 1 #42
43 Vengeance New Model Army 1 #43
44 No Bulbs The Fall 1 #44
45 Dark Streets Of London The Pogues 1 #45
46 Dirty Hard Corps 1 #46
47 Thorn of Crowns Echo and the Bunnymen 2 #47
48 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat 18 #36
49 Pepper Tree Cocteau Twins 1 #49
50 Venceremos (We Will Win) Working Week 1 #50

Positions 39 and 40 are missing from the source transcription and could not be recovered.

More 1984 countdowns

Best songs of 1984 →

About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1984 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in January 1, 1985. 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), "1984 Festive Fifty".

Spot an error? Suggest a correction.