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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · December 30, 1986

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1986

The year-end countdown (December 30, 1986) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 50 songs, with “There is a Light That Never Goes Out” by The Smiths at number one. The list features 29 different artists; The Smiths has the most entries with seven songs.

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1 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 77 #1
2 Kiss Age Of Chance 1 #2
3 Mr. Pharmacist The Fall 3 #3
4 Velocity Girl Primal Scream 1 #4
5 Panic The Smiths 51 #5
6 I Know It's Over The Smiths 2 #6
7 The Queen Is Dead The Smiths 18 #7
8 Safety Net Shop Assistants 1 #8
9 Some Candy Talking The Jesus and Mary Chain 1 #9
10 US 80s 90s The Fall 1 #10
11 Ask The Smiths 47 #5
12 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 60 #3
13 Almost Prayed Weather Prophets 1 #13
14 Trumpton Riots Half Man Half Biscuit 1 #14
15 Living Too Late The Fall 1 #15
16 Once More Wedding Present 1 #16
17 Hang Ten! The Soup Dragons 1 #17
18 This Boy Can Wait Wedding Present 1 #18
19 Therese Bodines 1 #19
20 Bournemouth Runner The Fall 1 #20
21 Love's Easy Tears Cocteau Twins 1 #21
22 Really Stupid The Primitives 1 #22
23 Truck Train Tractor Pastels 1 #23
24 Levi Stubbs Tears Billy Bragg 4 #24
25 Whole Wide World The Soup Dragons 1 #25
26 R.O.D. (Realm Of Dusk) The Fall 1 #26
27 Bible Of The Beats Age Of Chance 1 #27
28 You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends Wedding Present 1 #28
29 It's A Good Thing That Petrol Emotion 1 #29
30 This Is Motortown Very Things 1 #30
31 Rules And Regulations We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It 1 #31
32 Heartland The The 1 #32
33 I Wish I Could Sprechen Sie Deutsch Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle 1 #33
34 Like An Angel Mighty Lemon Drops 1 #34
35 Cemetery Gates The Smiths 2 #35
36 Felicity Wedding Present 1 #36
37 Lucifer Over Lancashire The Fall 1 #37
38 Those Eyes, That Mouth Cocteau Twins 1 #38
39 Dickie Davies Eyes Half Man Half Biscuit 1 #39
40 I Want You Elvis Costello 30 #16
41 Greetings to the New Brunette Billy Bragg 4 #38
42 I Could Be In Heaven Flatmates 1 #42
43 I Don't Want To Be Friends With You Shop Assistants 1 #43
44 Is There Anyone Out There? Mighty Mighty 1 #44
45 By The Time I Get To Phoenix Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1 #45
46 The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme Colourbox 1 #46
47 Take The Skinheads Bowling Camper Van Beethoven 34 #21
48 Dktr. Faustus The Fall 1 #48
49 Serpent's Kiss The Mission 1 #49
50 Body Of An American The Pogues 1 #50

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About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1986 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in December 30, 1986. 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), "1986 Festive Fifty".

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