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KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)

The all-time countdown (Memorial Day 1998) from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 488 songs, with “Blasphemous Rumours” by Depeche Mode at number one. The list features 203 different artists; Depeche Mode has the most entries with 18 songs. Positions 288, 498 are missing from the source list.

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1 Blasphemous Rumours Depeche Mode 32 #1
2 Brass Monkey Beastie Boys 31 #2
3 Kiss Off Violent Femmes 39 #3
4 One Step Beyond Madness 40 #4
5 Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) Dramarama 41 #2
6 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
7 88 Lines About 44 Women The Nails 34 #3
8 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
9 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 56 #9
10 Buffalo Soldier Bob Marley 27 #10
11 Cars Gary Numan 57 #11
12 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 81 #1
13 Girls Beastie Boys 30 #6
14 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 59 #1
15 99 Luftballoons Nena 23 #15
16 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
17 Crash The Primitives 38 #12
18 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
19 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
20 Master and Servant Depeche Mode 43 #5
21 Los Angeles X 25 #16
22 Smoke Two Joints The Toyes 7 #22
23 Heart of Glass Blondie 44 #14
24 Roxanne The Police 82 #10
25 Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies 37 #3
26 Red Red Wine UB40 43 #1
27 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
28 Tom's Diner Suzanne Vega 17 #24
29 Close to Me The Cure 72 #11
30 Paul Revere Beastie Boys 15 #30
31 The Metro Berlin 21 #7
32 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
33 Jammin' Bob Marley 36 #2
34 Add It Up Violent Femmes 39 #8
35 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees 46 #1
36 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 65 #1
37 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
38 Whip It Devo 64 #1
39 Tainted Love Soft Cell 64 #1
40 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
41 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
42 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
43 Our House Madness 58 #15
44 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 59 #2
45 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 60 #2
46 Love Song The Cure 62 #1
47 Mirror in the Bathroom The English Beat 54 #38
48 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 36 #23
49 The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs 42 #30
50 World Destruction Time Zone 30 #17
51 Sweet Jane Cowboy Junkies 43 #17
52 Gone Daddy Gone Violent Femmes 34 #45
53 Tenderness General Public 42 #1
54 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 69 #16
55 One Love Bob Marley 22 #36
56 Save a Prayer Duran Duran 24 #14
57 One Way or Another Blondie 52 #22
58 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 56 #2
59 Under the Milky Way The Church 66 #3
60 True Faith New Order 69 #3
61 Fight for Your Right to Party Beastie Boys 22 #1
62 I Melt With You Modern English 71 #2
63 Major Tom Peter Schilling 11 #55
64 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 69 #2
65 Party At Ground Zero Fishbone 39 #65
66 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 49 #60
67 Sin Nine Inch Nails 20 #67
68 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 73 #1
69 If You Leave Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 36 #14
70 Girl U Want Devo 26 #48
71 Nowhere Girl B-Movie 26 #5
72 Sex Dwarf Soft Cell 17 #3
73 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
74 Little Girls Oingo Boingo 11 #47
75 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 83 #1
76 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
77 Hazy Shade of Winter The Bangles 15 #12
78 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 79 #1
79 People Are Strange Echo and the Bunnymen 33 #20
80 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley 55 #17
81 A Million Miles Away The Plimsouls 42 #44
82 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
83 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 58 #9
84 Dear God XTC 76 #1
85 Under Pressure David Bowie/Queen 10 #48
86 Love Plus One Haircut 100 22 #26
87 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
88 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 51 #9
89 With or Without You U2 123 #3
90 Private Idaho The B-52's 51 #25
91 Never Tear Us Apart INXS 40 #1
92 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive 30 #6
93 Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) Icicle Works 24 #22
94 Change Tears for Fears 33 #32
95 Living on Video Trans-X 12 #54
96 Strangelove Depeche Mode 58 #2
97 No Sleep Til Brooklyn Beastie Boys 28 #7
98 Never Say Never Romeo Void 53 #8
99 Dear Prudence Siouxsie and the Banshees 33 #20
100 White Wedding Billy Idol 65 #7
101 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 55 #1
102 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
103 Turning Japanese The Vapors 49 #14
104 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
105 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 53 #27
106 Train in Vain The Clash 68 #10
107 I Ran A Flock of Seagulls 32 #32
108 Video Killed The Radio Star The Buggles 45 #42
109 White Lines (Don't Do It) Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel 15 #7
110 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 42 #11
111 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds 42 #1
112 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 53 #13
113 Kiss Them for Me Siouxsie and the Banshees 48 #3
114 Strip Adam Ant 26 #8
115 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 51 #7
116 Money Flying Lizards 10 #94
117 Favorite Shirts Haircut 100 8 #74
118 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
119 Situation Yaz 44 #8
120 Love Removal Machine The Cult 40 #13
121 Let's Dance David Bowie 61 #6
122 Don't Change INXS 48 #28
123 It's My Life Talk Talk 55 #18
124 Can't Stand Losing You The Police 38 #49
125 The Safety Dance Men Without Hats 15 #2
126 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 55 #5
127 Story of My Life Social Distortion 36 #7
128 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 71 #9
129 She's Crafty Beastie Boys 11 #68
130 People are People Depeche Mode 59 #11
131 Words Missing Persons 22 #4
132 Don't You Want Me The Human League 35 #5
133 So Alive Love and Rockets 54 #1
134 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 66 #10
135 Rio Duran Duran 39 #18
136 The One I Love R.E.M. 91 #5
137 In a Big Country Big Country 63 #3
138 Space Age Love Song A Flock of Seagulls 19 #25
139 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 72 #9
140 China Girl David Bowie 40 #61
141 Red Rain Peter Gabriel 38 #28
142 Is This Love? Bob Marley 22 #142
143 Cuts You Up Peter Murphy 51 #10
144 Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy 19 #13
145 Destination Unknown Missing Persons 13 #40
146 Just Another Day Oingo Boingo 15 #27
147 Da Da Da Trio 28 #98
148 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
149 Somebody Depeche Mode 14 #7
150 Let Me Go Heaven 17 24 #31
151 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 53 #10
152 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police 42 #22
153 What is Love Howard Jones 15 #10
154 Modern Love David Bowie 53 #12
155 Where the Streets Have No Name U2 77 #5
156 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 58 #8
157 In Between Days The Cure 72 #3
158 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins 28 #10
159 Walking in L.A. Missing Persons 19 #11
160 Stay Oingo Boingo 9 #31
161 The Promise When in Rome 21 #11
162 Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant 40 #25
163 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
164 Genius of Love Tom Tom Club 32 #92
165 Tempted Squeeze 71 #21
166 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 57 #2
167 Take On Me a-ha 33 #7
168 Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol 29 #26
169 Lies Thompson Twins 25 #50
170 3 Little Birds Bob Marley 1 #170
171 Space Oddity David Bowie 84 #8
172 Too Shy Kajagoogoo 13 #54
173 The Look of Love ABC 21 #56
174 Hey Ladies Beastie Boys 19 #107
175 Doot Doot Freur 16 #28
176 We Got the Beat The Go-Go's 30 #3
177 Head Over Heels Tears for Fears 33 #16
178 Obsession Animotion 13 #32
179 Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers 49 #9
180 Twilight Zone Golden Earring 18 #144
181 Pop Muzik M 13 #81
182 I Confess The English Beat 35 #10
183 Girls on Film Duran Duran 46 #18
184 Mountain Song Jane's Addiction 33 #58
185 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 60 #3
186 Just What I Needed The Cars 29 #62
187 Back on the Chain Gang The Pretenders 45 #43
188 Opportunities Pet Shop Boys 13 #3
189 Rush Big Audio Dynamite II 40 #5
190 Voices Carry Til Tuesday 32 #28
191 Lust For Life Iggy Pop 67 #1
192 Dancing in Heaven Q-Feel 15 #73
193 Rapture Blondie 46 #31
194 Always Something There To Remind Me Naked Eyes 26 #70
195 Epic Faith No More 49 #11
196 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 49 #11
197 Dancing With Myself Billy Idol 47 #18
198 Route 66 Depeche Mode 50 #1
199 Need You Tonight INXS 52 #5
200 The Perfect Kiss New Order 27 #2
201 My Sharona The Knack 18 #69
202 Summer of Love The B-52's 24 #8
203 One Thing Leads To Another The Fixx 38 #19
204 Fascination Street The Cure 43 #5
205 Everything Counts Depeche Mode 41 #24
206 Down In It Nine Inch Nails 47 #47
207 Bad U2 59 #5
208 Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys 47 #6
209 Call Me Blondie 41 #39
210 The Perfect Way Scritti Politti 7 #32
211 Only a Lad Oingo Boingo 23 #6
212 Chains of Love Erasure 31 #7
213 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 54 #30
214 The Politics of Dancing Re-Flex 15 #44
215 Policy of Truth Depeche Mode 52 #2
216 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
217 Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones 17 #42
218 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 54 #1
219 Kids In America Kim Wilde 16 #133
220 Save It For Later The English Beat 55 #9
221 Message in a Bottle The Police 61 #24
222 So. Central Rain R.E.M. 26 #7
223 Shout Tears for Fears 60 #5
224 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
225 Mystery Achievement The Pretenders 21 #19
226 What You Need INXS 52 #7
227 Send Me an Angel Real Life 20 #25
228 Avalon Roxy Music 39 #33
229 Our Lips Are Sealed The Go-Go's 28 #32
230 World In My Eyes Depeche Mode 34 #5
231 All I Want Is You U2 36 #32
232 No More Words Berlin 8 #127
233 De Do Do Do De Da Da Da The Police 10 #8
234 Rock This Town The Stray Cats 30 #6
235 I Go Crazy Flesh for Lulu 22 #21
236 A Little Respect Erasure 41 #4
237 Party Out of Bounds The B-52's 24 #91
238 Secret Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 11 #48
239 Punk Rock Girl Dead Milkmen 36 #69
240 What Difference Does It Make? The Smiths 34 #17
241 A Question of Lust Depeche Mode 17 #2
242 Heartbreak Beat The Psychedelic Furs 34 #38
243 What I Like About You The Romantics 39 #16
244 Life During Wartime Talking Heads 52 #64
245 Changes David Bowie 62 #54
246 Eighties Killing Joke 28 #37
247 Good Times Roll The Cars 13 #90
248 Poison Arrow ABC 17 #63
249 Every Breath You Take The Police 56 #3
250 Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood 34 #1
251 Valley Girl Moon Unit Zappa 5 #137
252 In the Name of Love Thompson Twins 10 #83
253 The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun Julie Brown 5 #66
254 Rock Me Amadeus Falco 9 #12
255 Weird Science Oingo Boingo 30 #34
256 Stray Cat Strut The Stray Cats 26 #53
257 Work for Love Ministry 18 #112
258 Hungry Like the Wolf Duran Duran 53 #22
259 Vacation The Go-Go's 18 #8
260 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus 46 #3
261 Forever Young Alphaville 19 #1
262 I Wanna Be a Cowboy Boys Don't Cry 2 #262
263 And She Was Talking Heads 52 #21
264 Happy Birthday Altered Images 12 #27
265 The Reflex Duran Duran 15 #22
266 Desire Gene Loves Jezebel 19 #6
267 Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 47 #5
268 This is Radio The Clash The Clash 10 #145
269 So In Love Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 15 #17
270 Who Can It Be Now? Men At Work 20 #36
271 Der Kommisar Falco 7 #70
272 Postcards from Paradise Flesh for Lulu 6 #192
273 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 48 #25
274 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
275 Mickey Toni Basil 6 #15
276 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 77 #1
277 Cruel Summer Bananarama 11 #81
278 Homicide 999 8 #76
279 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats 48 #47
280 Everyday is Halloween Ministry 31 #6
281 Only the Lonely The Motels 6 #184
282 Get the Balance Right Depeche Mode 18 #42
283 Edie (Ciao Baby) The Cult 16 #15
284 Slave to Love Bryan Ferry 25 #30
285 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker The Ramones 55 #46
286 I Eat Cannibals Toto Coelo 10 #55
287 Accidents Never Happen Blondie 17 #287
299 The Walk The Cure 26 #49
300 Life In A Northern Town The Dream Academy 24 #190
301 Stay Up Late Talking Heads 36 #14
302 Original Sin INXS 40 #19
303 Fame David Bowie 36 #34
304 The Cutter Echo and the Bunnymen 34 #22
305 Mental Hopscotch Missing Persons 10 #1
306 China Red Rockers 10 #40
307 Ask The Smiths 47 #5
308 Tesla Girls Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 11 #100
309 We Care A Lot Faith No More 29 #29
310 Love Comes Quickly Pet Shop Boys 4 #59
311 The Globe Big Audio Dynamite II 29 #9
312 Mandinka Sinéad O'Connor 50 #5
313 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 71 #6
314 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 47 #5
315 This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy 34 #7
316 Promises Promises Naked Eyes 6 #244
317 Love and Pride King 12 #16
318 Fire Woman The Cult 32 #6
319 What's The Matter Here 10,000 Maniacs 35 #21
320 Gloria U2 41 #51
321 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 54 #2
322 Suedehead Morrissey 51 #4
323 Rock Hard Beastie Boys 2 #323
324 Panic The Smiths 51 #5
325 Electric Avenue Eddie Grant 2 #325
326 Lullaby The Cure 32 #3
327 867-5309/Jenny Tommy Tutone 10 #54
328 Oh Yeah Yello 18 #79
329 Bullet the Blue Sky U2 37 #35
330 Shake the Disease Depeche Mode 37 #1
331 Ship of Fools World Party 30 #45
332 Shellshock New Order 21 #9
333 Stand R.E.M. 52 #4
334 Cool Places Sparks 13 #39
335 Heaven The Psychedelic Furs 30 #50
336 Pale Shelter Tears for Fears 16 #29
337 We Close Our Eyes Oingo Boingo 14 #22
338 Two Hearts Beat As One U2 40 #19
339 Oh L'Amour Erasure 27 #3
340 Desperate, But Not Serious Adam Ant 24 #140
341 Is There Something I Should Know? Duran Duran 9 #1
342 Church of the Poison Mind Culture Club 8 #5
343 W.O.R.K. Bow Wow Wow 2 #154
344 Heroes David Bowie 93 #1
345 Don't Let's Start They Might Be Giants 47 #39
346 Walk Like an Egyptian The Bangles 19 #6
347 AEIOU (and Sometimes Y) EBN-OZN 10 #13
348 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 62 #1
349 Ghost Town The Specials 26 #21
350 Legal Tender The B-52's 13 #65
351 (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love, And Understanding Elvis Costello & the Attractions 10 #209
352 Madness Madness 13 #339
353 Surrender Cheap Trick 18 #88
354 Ball of Confusion Love and Rockets 39 #19
355 I Want Your Hands On Me Sinéad O'Connor 35 #29
356 I Got You Split Enz 45 #41
357 Here Comes The Rain Eurythmics 13 #82
358 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals 42 #4
359 King of Pain The Police 29 #17
360 Pass the Dutchie Musical Youth 9 #36
361 New Song Howard Jones 12 #28
362 Baby Oh No Bow Wow Wow 7 #80
363 I Send a Message INXS 20 #9
364 Be Near Me ABC 14 #18
365 Dance This Mess Around The B-52's 21 #157
366 Tears of a Clown The English Beat 15 #82
367 Let's Go The Cars 13 #123
368 Don't Get Me Wrong The Pretenders 21 #8
369 Orange Crush R.E.M. 59 #1
370 Hanging on the Telephone Blondie 22 #190
371 Saved By Zero The Fixx 8 #44
372 One More Shot C-Bank 5 #35
373 Goodbye Goodbye Oingo Boingo 3 #63
374 Venus Bananarama 4 #45
375 Take Me to the River Talking Heads 47 #66
376 The Way You Do The Things You Do UB40 22 #20
377 Synchronicity II The Police 38 #15
378 Stripped Depeche Mode 12 #24
379 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 38 #17
380 Head On The Jesus and Mary Chain 29 #21
381 Oblivious Aztec Camera 25 #29
382 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Culture Club 11 #11
383 I'll Be You The Replacements 44 #8
384 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat 18 #36
385 Superman R.E.M. 48 #8
386 Suffragette City David Bowie 33 #60
387 Spirits In The Material World The Police 20 #57
388 The Hardest Part Blondie 4 #129
389 Desire U2 50 #2
390 Lover Come Back Dead or Alive 1 #390
391 Veronica Elvis Costello 29 #10
392 Planet Claire The B-52's 33 #104
393 You Might Think The Cars 13 #68
394 Red Skies (At Night) The Fixx 2 #394
395 But Not Tonight Depeche Mode 16 #2
396 Steppin' Out Joe Jackson 17 #66
397 Antmusic Adam & the Ants 33 #2
398 (Keep Feeling) Fascination The Human League 6 #100
399 Fight Like a Brave Red Hot Chili Peppers 10 #389
400 Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz 31 #15
401 Flesh For Fantasy Billy Idol 11 #19
402 I Know What Boys Like The Waitresses 27 #27
403 No New Tale To Tell Love and Rockets 47 #13
404 The Dead Heart Midnight Oil 29 #20
405 One Night in Bangkok Murray Head 9 #24
406 The Wait The Pretenders 8 #2
407 Devil Inside INXS 34 #42
408 Sometimes Erasure 15 #27
409 Dangerous Type The Cars 3 #345
410 Never Stop Echo and the Bunnymen 21 #17
411 Uncertain Smile The The 45 #3
412 Hot You're Cool General Public 13 #51
413 Union of the Snake Duran Duran 5 #4
414 Rain in the Summertime The Alarm 36 #19
415 Kiss and Tell Bryan Ferry 10 #61
416 Mad World Tears for Fears 31 #5
417 Pain Oingo Boingo 7 #3
418 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 48 #21
419 Lucky Number Lene Lovich 10 #121
420 Big in Japan Alphaville 13 #23
421 Satisfaction Devo 15 #62
422 Manic Monday The Bangles 17 #57
423 Belly of the Whale Burning Sensations 24 #19
424 Clampdown The Clash 36 #1
425 In God's Country U2 27 #44
426 My Best Friend's Girl The Cars 19 #205
427 Mony Mony Billy Idol 15 #34
428 Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage Killer Pussy 10 #50
429 No Promises Icehouse 10 #86
430 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 43 #24
431 Talk Talk Talk Talk 25 #9
432 Ladykiller The Vandals 8 #7
433 A View to a Kill Duran Duran 7 #38
434 Everlasting Love U2 11 #3
435 Grey Matter Oingo Boingo 3 #75
436 Alone Again Or The Damned 27 #36
437 I Love a Man in Uniform Gang of Four 11 #28
438 Primary The Cure 22 #19
439 Human The Human League 2 #439
440 Strobe Light The B-52's 15 #58
441 Europa and the Pirate Twins Thomas Dolby 9 #37
442 Walking on the Moon The Police 29 #63
443 Shake It Up The Cars 8 #64
444 Round and Round New Order 13 #7
445 Legs Art of Noise 3 #90
446 Beat on the Brat The Ramones 20 #105
447 I Heard a Rumor Bananarama 1 #447
448 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 23 #29
449 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 30 #34
450 Lay Your Hands on Me Thompson Twins 9 #22
451 Don't Tell Me Blancmange 12 #38
452 Rise Public Image Ltd. 41 #24
453 Driven To Tears The Police 13 #83
454 A Girl Like You The Smithereens 39 #30
455 Time (Clock of the Heart) Culture Club 4 #265
456 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 60 #9
457 Brand New Lover Dead or Alive 15 #12
458 What's On Your Mind Information Society 9 #4
459 Stand or Fall The Fixx 11 #77
460 68 Guns The Alarm 13 #59
461 Young Americans David Bowie 37 #122
462 Hit That Perfect Beat Bronski Beat 4 #56
463 Wild Wild Life Talking Heads 30 #4
464 Violent Love Oingo Boingo 3 #114
465 Christine Siouxsie and the Banshees 15 #80
466 This Town The Go-Go's 4 #50
467 When the Walls Came Down The Call 1 #467
468 What Have I Done To Deserve This? Pet Shop Boys 17 #36
469 You're All I've Got Tonight The Cars 4 #469
470 Chamber of Hellos Wire Train 6 #167
471 To Be a Lover Billy Idol 7 #15
472 So Lonely The Police 44 #94
473 Wild Thing X 10 #25
474 Planet Earth Duran Duran 13 #38
475 Living on the Ceiling Blancmange 10 #32
476 Something About You Level 42 3 #257
477 Jerkin' Back and Forth Devo 2 #17
478 Road to Nowhere Talking Heads 28 #2
479 Love is the Drug Roxy Music 44 #47
480 Janitor Suburban Lawns 7 #12
481 Eyes of a Stranger The Payolas 14 #92
482 Alison Elvis Costello 49 #3
483 Go! Tones on Tail 42 #35
484 Johnny Are You Queer? Josie Cotton 6 #5
485 I Fought the Law The Clash 47 #84
486 Talk of the Town The Pretenders 24 #59
487 Warm Leatherette The Normal 11 #193
488 A Sort of Homecoming U2 19 #57
489 Age of Consent New Order 27 #3
490 Harley David (Son of a Bitch) Bollock Brothers 8 #2
491 Killing An Arab The Cure 10 #98
492 Yellow Pills 20/20 5 #29
493 Mayor of Simpleton XTC 33 #3
494 The Telephone Call Kraftwerk 2 #485
495 Always the Sun The Stranglers 27 #16
496 Quiche Lorraine The B-52's 7 #219
497 Goo Goo Muck The Cramps 5 #95
499 (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Elvis Costello 29 #272
500 Peter Gunn Art of Noise 14 #80

Positions 288, 498 are missing from the source list.

About this countdown

KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) was broadcast by KROQ (Los Angeles, CA) in Memorial Day 1998. 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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