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96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s

The countdown (2005) from 96.5 The Buzz in Kansas City, MO-KS ranks 96 songs, with “London Calling” by The Clash at number one. The list features 44 different artists; The Cure has the most entries with eight songs.

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One of three decade lists the station posted together (70s & 80s, 90s, new millennium). Air date not given; the pages were online by January 2006. Printed in ALL CAPS.

# Song ListsBest
1 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
2 Love Song The Cure 80 #1
3 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 102 #1
4 Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones 81 #3
5 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
6 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
7 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 96 #1
8 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
9 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
10 Lust For Life Iggy Pop 92 #1
11 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 204 #2
12 Jammin' Bob Marley 43 #2
13 Here Comes Your Man The Pixies 68 #2
14 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 102 #3
15 Kiss Off Violent Femmes 47 #3
16 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 70 #9
17 Pictures of You The Cure 71 #4
18 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 158 #1
19 People are People Depeche Mode 66 #11
20 Orange Crush R.E.M. 76 #1
21 Train in Vain The Clash 120 #10
22 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 69 #2
23 Buffalo Soldier Bob Marley 39 #10
24 Punk Rock Girl Dead Milkmen 43 #19
25 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 92 #1
26 Dear God XTC 92 #1
27 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 83 #4
28 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 125 #4
29 Suedehead Morrissey 56 #4
30 Rock And Roll High School The Ramones 13 #30
31 So Alive Love and Rockets 61 #1
32 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 86 #1
33 Add It Up Violent Femmes 46 #8
34 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 83 #5
35 Clampdown The Clash 51 #1
36 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 168 #1
37 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 62 #2
38 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 53 #38
39 The One I Love R.E.M. 150 #5
40 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 64 #10
41 Just Like Heaven The Cure 104 #1
42 One Love Bob Marley 27 #36
43 Mountain Song Jane's Addiction 38 #43
44 True Faith New Order 78 #3
45 Joey Concrete Blonde 51 #15
46 Debaser The Pixies 53 #3
47 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 64 #9
48 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 163 #8
49 I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses 53 #10
50 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 72 #3
51 Sweet Jane Cowboy Junkies 57 #4
52 Lullaby The Cure 37 #3
53 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker The Ramones 67 #46
54 Fire Woman The Cult 75 #6
55 Under the Milky Way The Church 85 #3
56 Pop Song '89 R.E.M. 26 #32
57 Panic The Smiths 56 #5
58 Our House Madness 66 #15
59 I Fought the Law The Clash 62 #13
60 I'll Be You The Replacements 49 #8
61 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 151 #3
62 Gone Daddy Gone Violent Femmes 41 #45
63 Blasphemous Rumours Depeche Mode 62 #1
64 In Between Days The Cure 81 #3
65 Get Up, Stand Up Bob Marley 34 #58
66 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
67 Rock Lobster The B-52's 87 #5
68 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 143 #3
69 Whip It Devo 78 #1
70 Cuts You Up Peter Murphy 58 #10
71 Rock the Casbah The Clash 164 #1
72 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
73 Waiting Room Fugazi 29 #11
74 Bullet the Blue Sky U2 59 #16
75 Take The Skinheads Bowling Camper Van Beethoven 45 #21
76 Close to Me The Cure 83 #11
77 Wave of Mutilation The Pixies 28 #36
78 The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs 49 #30
79 Fall On Me R.E.M. 60 #26
80 It's My Life Talk Talk 61 #18
81 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 75 #24
82 Save It For Later The English Beat 69 #9
83 Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys 50 #6
84 Fascination Street The Cure 52 #5
85 Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen 43 #21
86 Bastards of Young The Replacements 31 #86
87 I Ran (So Far Away) A Flock of Seagulls 49 #2
88 Could You Be Loved Bob Marley 39 #53
89 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 58 #7
90 In a Big Country Big Country 77 #3
91 Monkey Gone To Heaven The Pixies 67 #5
92 Private Idaho The B-52's 58 #25
93 Finest Worksong R.E.M. 25 #67
94 Dancing With Myself Billy Idol 84 #18
95 Wild Wild Life Talking Heads 39 #4
96 I Will Follow U2 96 #9

About this countdown

96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s was broadcast by 96.5 The Buzz (Kansas City, MO-KS) in 2005. 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. Because it is a themed or special countdown, it is archived here but not counted in the combined rankings.

Source: 965thebuzz.com, "TOP 96 OF THE 70S & 80S" (Wayback Machine).

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