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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · December 30, 1987

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987

The year-end countdown (December 30, 1987) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 50 songs, with “Birthday” by The Sugarcubes at number one. The list features 27 different artists; The Smiths has the most entries with eleven songs.

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The Smiths, who had recently split up, placed 11 tracks in this chart, including all but three from their final album Strangeways, Here We Come.

# Song ListsBest
1 Birthday The Sugarcubes 40 #1
2 Australians In Europe The Fall 1 #2
3 Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft Wedding Present 1 #3
4 Big Decision That Petrol Emotion 1 #4
5 Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me The Smiths 3 #5
6 My Favourite Dress Wedding Present 3 #6
7 True Faith New Order 69 #3
8 A Million Miles Wedding Present 1 #8
9 Hit the North Part 1 The Fall 2 #9
10 Anyone Can Make A Mistake Wedding Present 1 #10
11 Preposterous Tales I, Ludicrous 1 #11
12 Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before The Smiths 16 #12
13 Schizophrenia Sonic Youth 2 #13
14 Rebel Without A Pause Public Enemy 2 #14
15 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 57 #2
16 April Skies The Jesus and Mary Chain 20 #16
17 Sharp As A Needle Barmy Army 1 #17
18 Colombian Necktie Big Black 1 #18
19 Stop Killing Me The Primitives 1 #19
20 You Sexy Thing Cud 1 #20
21 Paint A Vulgar Picture The Smiths 1 #21
22 Big Rock Candy Mountain Motorcycle Boy 1 #22
23 Sweet And Tender Hooligan The Smiths 1 #23
24 Half a Person The Smiths 6 #24
25 Death Of A Disco Dancer The Smiths 2 #25
26 Athlete Cured The Fall 1 #26
27 Paid In Full Eric B & Rakim 2 #27
28 Brighter The Railway Children 1 #28
29 I Won't Share You The Smiths 1 #29
30 My Foolish Heart Bhundu Boys 1 #30
31 Getting Nowhere Fast Wedding Present 1 #31
32 Sign O The Times Prince 30 #8
33 Blow Up James Taylor Quartet 1 #33
34 Sheila Take a Bow The Smiths 3 #34
35 Frans Hals McCarthy 1 #35
36 I Know You Got Soul Eric B & Rakim 1 #36
37 (I Got A) Catholic Block Sonic Youth 1 #37
38 You're Gonna Get Yours Public Enemy 1 #38
39 Kill Surf City The Jesus and Mary Chain 1 #39
40 I Started Something I Couldn't Finish The Smiths 2 #40
41 Nine Million Rainy Days The Jesus and Mary Chain 2 #41
42 L Dopa Big Black 1 #42
43 1963 New Order 14 #15
44 22 Going On 23 Butthole Surfers 1 #44
45 Shoplifters of the World Unite The Smiths 9 #20
46 Pump Up the Volume M/A/R/R/S 4 #46
47 Considering A Move To Memphis Colorblind James Experience 1 #47
48 Breaking Hands Gun Club 1 #48
49 Rok Da House Beatmasters 1 #49
50 Talulah Gosh Talulah Gosh 1 #50

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About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in December 30, 1987. 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), "1987 Festive Fifty".

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