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