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KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)

The all-time countdown (Memorial Day 1988) from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 496 songs, with “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell at number one. The list features 198 different artists; Oingo Boingo has the most entries with 15 songs. Positions 285, 286, 300, 447 are missing from the source list.

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1 Tainted Love Soft Cell 64 #1
2 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 59 #2
3 I Melt With You Modern English 71 #2
4 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
5 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
6 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 59 #1
7 White Lines (Don't Do It) Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel 15 #7
8 Strangelove Depeche Mode 58 #2
9 Nowhere Girl B-Movie 26 #5
10 Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) Dramarama 41 #2
11 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 73 #1
12 Sex Dwarf Soft Cell 17 #3
13 Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy 19 #13
14 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
15 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 51 #9
16 Ladykiller The Vandals 8 #7
17 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 83 #1
18 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 55 #1
19 Los Angeles X 25 #16
20 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
21 A Question of Lust Depeche Mode 17 #2
22 Dear God XTC 76 #1
23 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 81 #1
24 Original Sin INXS 40 #19
25 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
26 Red Red Wine UB40 43 #1
27 What I Like About You The Romantics 39 #16
28 Only a Lad Oingo Boingo 23 #6
29 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 14 #29
30 World Destruction Time Zone 30 #17
31 Route 66 Depeche Mode 50 #1
32 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
33 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
34 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
35 One More Shot C-Bank 5 #35
36 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 53 #13
37 It's a Mug's Game Soft Cell 12 #37
38 Wild Thing X 10 #25
39 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
40 The Cutter Echo and the Bunnymen 34 #22
41 Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 47 #5
42 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 54 #2
43 Mirror in the Bathroom The English Beat 54 #38
44 Everything Counts Depeche Mode 41 #24
45 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 79 #1
46 Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) Icicle Works 24 #22
47 Girls on Film Duran Duran 46 #18
48 Big in Japan Alphaville 13 #23
49 Desire Gene Loves Jezebel 19 #6
50 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 58 #8
51 Pale Shelter Tears for Fears 16 #29
52 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 53 #10
53 Cool Places Sparks 13 #39
54 Stand and Deliver Adam & the Ants 19 #11
55 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 71 #6
56 Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies 37 #3
57 Tempted Squeeze 71 #21
58 What Difference Does It Make? The Smiths 34 #17
59 Lined Up Shriekback 2 #59
60 Homosapien Pete Shelley 9 #13
61 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
62 Never Say Never Romeo Void 53 #8
63 The Wait The Pretenders 8 #2
64 Lust For Life Iggy Pop 67 #1
65 Promised You a Miracle Simple Minds 15 #30
66 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 42 #11
67 Walking in L.A. Missing Persons 19 #11
68 Just a Gigolo Barbie and the Kens 9 #35
69 Kundalini Express Love and Rockets 11 #45
70 If You Leave Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 36 #14
71 I Love a Man in Uniform Gang of Four 11 #28
72 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
73 Hot You're Cool General Public 13 #51
74 Kings Lead Hat Brian Eno 1 #74
75 Grey Matter Oingo Boingo 3 #75
76 Homicide 999 8 #76
77 All in My Mind Love and Rockets 9 #32
78 A Town Called Malice The Jam 32 #7
79 White Wedding Billy Idol 65 #7
80 Janitor Suburban Lawns 7 #12
81 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 53 #27
82 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 48 #25
83 Who Needs Love Like That Erasure 5 #83
84 Flexible Depeche Mode 3 #19
85 The One Thing INXS 44 #10
86 Dreaming Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 10 #26
87 Middle of the Road The Pretenders 32 #82
88 Little Red Corvette Prince 11 #86
89 Train in Vain The Clash 68 #10
90 Situation Yaz 44 #8
91 Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys 47 #6
92 Save It For Later The English Beat 55 #9
93 Blind Vision Blancmange 6 #93
94 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 36 #23
95 Get the Balance Right Depeche Mode 18 #42
96 Oh L'Amour Erasure 27 #3
97 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 56 #9
98 Opportunities Pet Shop Boys 13 #3
99 Why? Bronski Beat 12 #4
100 Changes David Bowie 62 #54
101 Ask The Smiths 47 #5
102 Manic Monday The Bangles 17 #57
103 Primary The Cure 22 #19
104 We Got the Beat The Go-Go's 30 #3
105 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
106 Tesla Girls Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 11 #100
107 Shake the Disease Depeche Mode 37 #1
108 The Bottom Line Big Audio Dynamite 20 #15
109 Music That You Can Dance To Sparks 4 #33
110 Love Removal Machine The Cult 40 #13
111 In a Big Country Big Country 63 #3
112 That'll Do Nicely Bad Manners 2 #112
113 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats 48 #47
114 Violent Love Oingo Boingo 3 #114
115 I Do the Rock Tim Curry 4 #115
116 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 49 #60
117 Blue Spark X 4 #10
118 Summer of Love The B-52's 24 #8
119 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 38 #17
120 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 30 #34
121 Chains of Love Erasure 31 #7
122 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 23 #29
123 Obsession Animotion 13 #32
124 Living on Video Trans-X 12 #54
125 Yellow Pills 20/20 5 #29
126 Master and Servant Depehce Mode 1 #126
127 The Queen Is Dead The Smiths 18 #7
128 Private Idaho The B-52's 51 #25
129 The Hardest Part Blondie 4 #129
130 Tips for Teens Sparks 4 #67
131 White China Ultravox 5 #73
132 Change Tears for Fears 33 #32
133 I Ran A Flock of Seagulls 32 #32
134 Beat on the Brat The Ramones 20 #105
135 Clean Clean The Buggles 1 #135
136 Secret Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 11 #48
137 Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood 34 #1
138 Our Lips Are Sealed The Go-Go's 28 #32
139 The Perfect Kiss New Order 27 #2
140 Baby's on Fire Brian Eno 3 #140
141 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 43 #24
142 Little Girls Oingo Boingo 11 #47
143 I Want to Be a Cowboy Boys Don't Cry 5 #84
144 I Will Follow U2 69 #9
145 This is Radio The Clash The Clash 10 #145
146 Wild World Maxi Priest 9 #11
147 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 71 #9
148 Can't Get Enough of You Baby The Colourfield 7 #65
149 Lucky Number Lene Lovich 10 #121
150 Heroes David Bowie 93 #1
151 Don't You Want Me The Human League 35 #5
152 Lover Come Back to Me Dead or Alive 4 #59
153 Party Out of Bounds The B-52's 24 #91
154 W.O.R.K. Bow Wow Wow 2 #154
155 People are People Depeche Mode 59 #11
156 1999 Prince 29 #36
157 Shout Tears for Fears 60 #5
158 Shellshock New Order 21 #9
159 10:15 Saturday Night The Cure 9 #43
160 Electricity Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 7 #23
161 Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me Oingo Boingo 5 #161
162 5ive Gears in Reverse Elvis Costello & the Attractions 4 #43
163 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 77 #1
164 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat 18 #36
165 Close to Me The Cure 72 #11
166 Europa and the Pirate Twins Thomas Dolby 9 #37
167 Living on the Ceiling Blancmange 10 #32
168 Behind the Wheel Depeche Mode 19 #19
169 Heartbeat City The Cars 1 #169
170 Modesty Plays Sparks 1 #170
171 Clampdown The Clash 36 #1
172 Walk Like an Egyptian The Bangles 19 #6
173 Locomotion Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 6 #31
174 With or Without You U2 123 #3
175 Let's Dance David Bowie 61 #6
176 Happy Birthday Altered Images 12 #27
177 But Not Tonight Depeche Mode 16 #2
178 Give Me Back My Man The B-52's 4 #5
179 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 60 #3
180 Insecure Me Soft Cell 2 #85
181 Venus Bananarama 4 #45
182 Angst in My Pants Sparks 3 #73
183 Weird Science Oingo Boingo 30 #34
184 Mad World Tears for Fears 31 #5
185 E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 28 #40
186 Forever Live and Die Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 6 #44
187 China Girl David Bowie 40 #61
188 Christine Siouxsie and the Banshees 15 #80
189 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 59 #4
190 Hanging on the Telephone Blondie 22 #190
191 In Between Days The Cure 72 #3
192 Victim of Love Erasure 5 #49
193 Ink and Paper Modern English 3 #14
194 Aphrodisiac Bow Wow Wow 1 #194
195 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 51 #7
196 Ring of Fire Wall of Voodoo 3 #138
197 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 54 #30
198 Roxanne The Police 82 #10
199 Gloria U2 41 #51
200 Skin Trade Duran Duran 3 #44
201 Goon Squad Elvis Costello & the Attractions 10 #201
202 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 54 #1
203 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 62 #1
204 Big Hollow Man Danielle Dax 4 #35
205 Prison Bound Social Distortion 21 #14
206 Blasphemous Rumors Depeche Mode 24 #5
207 Breathless X 4 #207
208 Loveland The B-52's 2 #78
209 Lil' Devil The Cult 6 #36
210 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
211 Bad U2 59 #5
212 Hazy Shade of Winter The Bangles 15 #12
213 Take Me to the River Talking Heads 47 #66
214 Just Play Music Big Audio Dynamite 19 #8
215 I Predict Sparks 5 #7
216 We Close Our Eyes Oingo Boingo 14 #22
217 Poison Arrow ABC 17 #63
218 Fields of Fire Big Country 5 #55
219 A Million Miles Away The Plimsouls 42 #44
220 Hit That Perfect Beat Bronski Beat 4 #56
221 Friend or Foe Adam Ant 12 #221
222 So In Love Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 15 #17
223 Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel 39 #20
224 Freedom of Choice Devo 21 #17
225 It's My Life Talk Talk 55 #18
226 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 63 #3
227 A Man Inside My Mouth The Cure 2 #66
228 Dazzle Siouxsie and the Banshees 5 #17
229 This is Not a Love Song Public Image Ltd. 26 #12
230 Head Over Heels Tears for Fears 33 #16
231 A Question of Time Depeche Mode 9 #11
232 This Town The Go-Go's 4 #50
233 Cash Flow Leisure Process 1 #233
234 Dance This Mess Around The B-52's 21 #157
235 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
236 Understanding Jane Icicle Works 5 #63
237 Rapture Blondie 46 #31
238 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 58 #9
239 All You Ever Think About is Sex Sparks 4 #88
240 Pain Oingo Boingo 7 #3
241 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
242 I Need A Man Eurythmics 13 #51
243 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 57 #2
244 Suspicious Minds Fine Young Cannibals 12 #51
245 Telephone Operator Pete Shelley 3 #99
246 I Confess The English Beat 35 #10
247 New Toy Lene Lovich 9 #18
248 Rise Public Image Ltd. 41 #24
249 Rent Pet Shop Boys 2 #17
250 Hot in the City Billy Idol 10 #106
251 Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen 39 #21
252 I Wish I Looked a Little Better Sparks 1 #252
253 Police Truck Dead Kennedys 1 #253
254 Smart Patrol / Mr. DNA Devo 2 #254
255 The Sweetest Thing U2 27 #3
256 Breakfast in Bed UB40 4 #26
257 Charlie Don't Surf The Clash 3 #257
258 Message in a Bottle The Police 61 #24
259 See You on the Other Side Brian Briggs 2 #40
260 Delicious Demon The Sugarcubes 5 #16
261 Is It Really So Strange The Smiths 8 #16
262 Dancing With Myself Billy Idol 47 #18
263 Walking Down Your Street The Bangles 2 #263
264 Angel Eyes Roxy Music 1 #264
265 Working Man Martini Ranch 1 #265
266 One Way or Another Blondie 52 #22
267 Sometimes Erasure 15 #27
268 Something Isn't Right Oingo Boingo 2 #61
269 The Motion of Love Gene Loves Jezebel 6 #15
270 The Walk The Cure 26 #49
271 Tenderness General Public 42 #1
272 Spanish Eyes U2 6 #40
273 Mission of Mercy The Motels 2 #273
274 Love Plus One Haircut 100 22 #26
275 Bang Bang Iggy Pop 3 #39
276 Nip it in the Bud The B-52's 4 #22
277 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 60 #2
278 The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs 42 #30
279 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 39 #23
280 Baby Oh No Bow Wow Wow 7 #80
281 Don't Go Yaz 27 #37
282 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
283 Hungry Like the Wolf Duran Duran 53 #22
284 Upstairs Sparks 3 #28
287 Stories For Boys U2 10 #287
288 Cracking Up Nick Lowe 2 #288
289 Go! Tones on Tail 42 #35
290 Mystery Achievement The Pretenders 21 #19
291 Fourth of July X 7 #40
292 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
293 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 49 #11
294 Scenario Dramarama 4 #294
295 Candy-O The Cars 3 #295
296 Medicine Show Big Audio Dynamite 14 #56
297 Oblivious Aztec Camera 25 #29
298 Cars Gary Numan 57 #11
299 This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy 34 #7
301 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 69 #16
302 Legal Tender The B-52's 13 #65
303 Prince of Darkness Bow Wow Wow 1 #303
304 Never Stop Echo and the Bunnymen 21 #17
305 Radio Waves Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 2 #66
306 New Song Howard Jones 12 #28
307 No More Words Berlin 8 #127
308 Hairdresser on Fire Morrissey 11 #39
309 Pleasure Little Treasure Depehce Mode 1 #309
310 Just Another Day Oingo Boingo 15 #27
311 People Who Died Jim Carroll Band 28 #17
312 Don't Tell Me Blancmange 12 #38
313 Funny Face Sparks 2 #15
314 Big Time Peter Gabriel 31 #16
315 Generals and Majors XTC 24 #62
316 Tomorrow People Ziggy Marley 17 #23
317 Please The Bolshoi 3 #21
318 Spellbound Siouxsie and the Banshees 7 #71
319 Here Comes The Rain Eurythmics 13 #82
320 What You Need INXS 52 #7
321 Rules and Regulatiosn Public Image Ltd. 1 #321
322 Girl U Want Devo 26 #48
323 Hyperactive Thomas Dolby 8 #53
324 20 Killer Hertz Gene Loves Jezebel 3 #23
325 Hanging Around The Stranglers 3 #32
326 Vacation The Go-Go's 18 #8
327 He Was Really Saying Something Bananarama 1 #327
328 Whammy Kiss The B-52's 8 #38
329 Two Hearts Beat As One U2 40 #19
330 Hero Takes a Fall The Bangles 7 #88
331 Wild Sex (In the Working Class) Oingo Boingo 4 #47
332 Skin on Skin Boomtown Rats 2 #52
333 Alone Again Or The Damned 27 #36
334 Make a Circuit With Me The Polecats 13 #21
335 Chihuahua Bow Wow Wow 2 #70
336 Mothers Talk Tears for Fears 7 #80
337 Something's Gone Wrong Again The Buzzcocks 3 #337
338 Words Missing Persons 22 #4
339 I Eat Cannibals Toto Coelo 10 #55
340 Wild Flower The Cult 14 #28
341 Peekaboo! Devo 2 #20
342 Mickey Mouse Sparks 3 #60
343 Touch and Go The Cars 2 #7
344 I Got You Babe UB40 5 #29
345 Don't Argue Cabaret Voltaire 1 #345
346 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 77 #5
347 In the Name of Love Thompson Twins 10 #83
348 So. Central Rain R.E.M. 26 #7
349 Lava The B-52's 1 #349
350 Boom! There She Was Scritti Politti 2 #57
351 Heaven The Psychedelic Furs 30 #50
352 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker The Ramones 55 #46
353 To Be a Lover Billy Idol 7 #15
354 Erotic City Prince 4 #5
355 Simply Irresistible Robert Palmer 5 #42
356 I Got You Split Enz 45 #41
357 Big Mess Devo 4 #75
358 This Wheel's on Fire Siouxsie and the Banshees 3 #80
359 Accidents Will Happen Blondie 1 #359
360 Cruel To Be Kind Nick Lowe 22 #281
361 What's Gone Wrong The Untouchables 3 #18
362 Jumping Someone Else's Train The Cure 15 #117
363 Be Near Me ABC 14 #18
364 Heartache Gene Loves Jezebel 9 #69
365 Ghost Town The Specials 26 #21
366 A Girl in Trouble (is a Temporary Thing) Romeo Void 14 #64
367 Up All Night Boomtown Rats 20 #92
368 Animal Song Europeans 5 #154
369 Bullet the Blue Sky U2 37 #35
370 Precious The Jam 4 #69
371 To Cut a Long Story Short Spandau Ballet 4 #29
372 Don't Be My Enemy Wang Chung 1 #372
373 Dog Eat Dog Adam & the Ants 5 #43
374 Love and Pride King 12 #16
375 Soul Kitchen X 1 #375
376 There is No Love Between Us Anymore Pop Will Eat Itself 5 #29
377 It's a Sin Pet Shop Boys 22 #11
378 Talking In Your Sleep The Romantics 18 #9
379 Some Like It Hot Power Station 5 #42
380 So Important Sparks 3 #47
381 Planet Claire The B-52's 33 #104
382 Elephant Talk King Crimson 3 #18
383 Cow Punk Scott Goddard 2 #13
384 Fascist Groove Thing Heaven 17 5 #29
385 Ain't This the Life Oingo Boingo 2 #47
386 Fashion David Bowie 23 #45
387 Silver And Gold U2 19 #50
388 People Are Strange Echo and the Bunnymen 33 #20
389 Digging Your Scene Blow Monkeys 14 #43
390 Radio Heart Gary Numan 3 #74
391 We Want The Airwaves The Ramones 18 #9
392 Suedehead Morrissey 51 #4
393 Wrapped Around Your Finger The Police 14 #29
394 Mirror People Love and Rockets 6 #65
395 X-Ray Eyes 3D 1 #395
396 The Fanatic Felony 6 #196
397 Heart Pet Shop Boys 4 #33
398 Electric Avenue Eddy Grant 18 #365
399 Follow the Leaders Killing Joke 2 #28
400 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees 46 #1
401 Addicted to Love Robert Palmer 16 #50
402 Not My Slave Oingo Boingo 9 #21
403 Talk Dirty Romeo Void 1 #403
404 Whip It Devo 64 #1
405 My Spine is the Bassline Shriekback 2 #405
406 Crash The Primitives 38 #12
407 Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio The Ramones 14 #192
408 Never You Done That General Public 7 #75
409 Heart and Soul Rock n' Roll Junkie Herman Brood and His Wild Romance 1 #409
410 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) David Bowie 18 #76
411 Senses Working Overtime XTC 35 #23
412 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 48 #21
413 Don't Let's Start They Might Be Giants 47 #39
414 Ever Fallen in Love Fine Young Cannibals 3 #28
415 The Perfect Way Scritti Politti 7 #32
416 The Metro Berlin 21 #7
417 Head Over Heels The Go-Go's 4 #79
418 What We All Want Gang of Four 2 #85
419 The Dead Heart Midnight Oil 29 #20
420 T-Birds Blondie 1 #420
421 Won't You Hold My Hand Now King 3 #52
422 Dave Boomtown Rats 3 #94
423 Sex And Drugs And Rock-N-Roll Ian Dury & The Blockheads 15 #164
424 Sun City Artists United Against Apartheid 4 #6
425 Let Me Go Heaven 17 24 #31
426 American Music The Blasters 3 #45
427 Love is the Drug Roxy Music 44 #47
428 Absolute Perfection Private Domain 4 #35
429 Look Sharp Joe Jackson 16 #269
430 Just Got Back from Heaven Sparks 1 #430
431 Hey Saint Peter Flash and the Pan 8 #431
432 I Want Your Hands On Me Sinéad O'Connor 35 #29
433 Planet Earth Duran Duran 13 #38
434 The Look of Love ABC 21 #56
435 Five Foot Obe Iggy Pop 1 #435
436 Urban Struggle The Vandals 3 #177
437 Look Away Big Country 13 #25
438 Lies Thompson Twins 25 #50
439 Bedbugs and Ballyhoo Echo and the Bunnymen 25 #25
440 Do You Want to Hold Me Bow Wow Wow 2 #84
441 Dancing in Heaven Q-Feel 15 #73
442 Making Plans For Nigel XTC 40 #29
443 Pretty Baby Blondie 3 #443
444 Horror Movies Bollock Brothers 1 #444
445 Kinko the Kid Loving Clown Ogden Edsl 2 #273
446 I Know What Boys Like The Watiresses 1 #446
448 One Thing Leads To Another The Fixx 38 #19
449 She Talks in Stereo Gary Myrick and the Figures 3 #449
450 Rio Duran Duran 39 #18
451 Money Flying Lizards 10 #94
452 Open Your Eyes Lords of the New Church 4 #32
453 Elevator Man Oingo Boingo 2 #61
454 No New Tale To Tell Love and Rockets 47 #13
455 I Got Mine UB40 1 #455
456 Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling 21 #8
457 Torture The Cure 1 #457
458 Suffragette City David Bowie 33 #60
459 Beat Surrender The Jam 19 #75
460 Tumbling Down Ziggy Marley 2 #379
461 What Does Sex Mean to Me? Human Sexual Response 2 #58
462 Wrap It Up Romeo Void 3 #462
463 Belly of the Whale Burning Sensations 24 #19
464 Wings of a Dove Madness 4 #83
465 Secret Agent Man Devo 1 #465
466 Gidget Goes to Hell Suburban Lawns 1 #466
467 Perfect Skin Lloyd Cole and the Commotions 6 #88
468 Infected The The 23 #75
469 Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage Killer Pussy 10 #50
470 Mongoloid Devo 3 #470
471 This is Not America David Bowie 4 #102
472 It's Too Late Jim Carroll Band 1 #472
473 Siamese Twist Flesh for Lulu 2 #85
474 Blowing Up Detroit John Palumbo 3 #30
475 The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum Fun Boy Three 2 #475
476 Blood and Roses The Smithereens 38 #5
477 Mental Hopscotch Missing Persons 10 #1
478 Talk Talk Talk Talk 25 #9
479 Eyes of a Stranger The Payolas 14 #92
480 T.V.O.D. The Normal 1 #480
481 Man They Love to Hate The Stranglers 1 #481
482 88 Lines About 44 Women The Nails 34 #3
483 White Girl X 9 #16
484 About the Weather Magazine 2 #475
485 Buffalo Gals Malcolm McLaren 5 #86
486 Dance Hall Days Wang Chung 10 #85
487 The Passenger Siouxsie and the Banshees 10 #33
488 The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun Julie Brown 5 #66
489 Amok Leder Naken 1 #489
490 Hard Act to Follow Split Enz 2 #38
491 Favourite Shirts Haircut 100 3 #154
492 Swear Tim Scott 4 #22
493 Say It Again Danse Society 3 #46
494 Daddy's Money Ogden Edsl 1 #494
495 Sweet Transvestite Rocky Horror Picture Show 2 #495
496 Turning Japanese The Vapors 49 #14
497 Telephone Style 2 #414
498 President Am I Slow Children 3 #479
499 I Love You Yello 4 #263
500 Fight Like a Brave Red Hot Chili Peppers 10 #389

Positions 285, 286, 300, 447 are missing from the source list.

About this countdown

KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) was broadcast by KROQ (Los Angeles, CA) in Memorial Day 1988. 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.

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