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Year-end countdown · John Peel (BBC Radio 1) · December 28, 1989

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989

The year-end countdown (December 28, 1989) from John Peel (BBC Radio 1) ranks 50 songs, with “Can't Be Sure” by The Sundays at number one. The list features 30 different artists; Wedding Present has the most entries with five songs.

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1 Can't Be Sure The Sundays 5 #1
2 Kennedy Wedding Present 1 #2
3 Debaser The Pixies 47 #3
4 W.F.L.-Vince Clarke Mix Happy Mondays 1 #4
5 Monkey Gone To Heaven The Pixies 59 #5
6 I Am The Resurrection The Stone Roses 2 #6
7 She Bangs the Drums The Stone Roses 10 #7
8 Sit Down James 28 #8
9 Joe Inspiral Carpets 1 #9
10 I Don't Know Why I Love You The House of Love 10 #10
11 Sight Of You Pale Saints 1 #11
12 Just Like Heaven Dinosaur Jr. 3 #12
13 Blues from a Gun The Jesus and Mary Chain 5 #13
14 Take Me! Wedding Present 1 #14
15 Only A Prawn In Whitby Cud 1 #15
16 You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) Mudhoney 1 #16
17 Made Of Stone The Stone Roses 1 #17
18 Last of the Famous International Playboys Morrissey 6 #18
19 Brassneck Wedding Present 2 #19
20 Ouija Board, Ouija Board Morrissey 8 #16
21 Find Out Why Inspiral Carpets 1 #21
22 Pacific State 808 State 1 #22
23 Fools Gold 9.53 The Stone Roses 1 #23
24 Bewitched Wedding Present 1 #24
25 She Rides The Waves Pale Saints 1 #25
26 Sensitive Field Mice 1 #26
27 Vanishing Point New Order 3 #27
28 Hollow Heart Birdland 1 #28
29 I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses 47 #10
30 The Perfect Needle Telescopes 1 #30
31 Convenience Bob 1 #31
32 Info Freako Jesus Jones 4 #32
33 Hypnotized Spacemen 3 1 #33
34 Eye Know De La Soul 2 #34
35 This Is How It Feels Inspiral Carpets 11 #35
36 Wave of Mutilation The Pixies 23 #36
37 Here Comes Your Man The Pixies 53 #2
38 Dead Beat Descendant The Fall 1 #38
39 Swerve Dub Sex 1 #39
40 Paradise Birdland 1 #40
41 Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste Galaxie 500 1 #41
42 Too Much Kissing Senseless Things 1 #42
43 Dead The Pixies 1 #43
44 Not Listening Snuff 1 #44
45 What Have I Said Now? Wedding Present 1 #45
46 Landslide Popguns 1 #46
47 Interesting Drug Morrissey 8 #14
48 Tom Verlaine The Family Cat 1 #48
49 Directing Traffic Inspiral Carpets 1 #49
50 She Comes In The Fall Inspiral Carpets 1 #50

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About this countdown

John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989 was voted by John Peel (BBC Radio 1)’s listeners in December 28, 1989. 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), "1989 Festive Fifty".

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