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Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991)

The all-time countdown (Memorial Day 1991) from Live 105 in San Francisco, CA ranks 302 songs, with “Bizarre Love Triangle” by New Order at number one. The list features 169 different artists; The Cure has the most entries with 16 songs.

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1 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 92 #1
2 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
3 Just Like Heaven The Cure 104 #1
4 I Melt With You Modern English 96 #2
5 Tainted Love Soft Cell 76 #1
6 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 67 #2
7 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
8 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 204 #2
9 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 86 #1
10 True Faith New Order 78 #3
11 Love's Taboo Cube 7 #1
12 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 96 #1
13 Rock Lobster The B-52's 87 #5
14 (tie) Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
14 (tie) Forever Young Alphaville 26 #1
15 Everyday is Halloween Ministry 33 #6
16 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 90 #1
17 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 83 #4
18 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 107 #2
19 So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) R.E.M. 39 #7
20 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 50 #16
21 The Magician Secession 6 #16
22 In Between Days The Cure 81 #3
23 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 163 #8
24 Route 66 Depeche Mode 53 #1
25 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 106 #2
26 Suedehead Morrissey 56 #4
27 The Lovecats The Cure 60 #2
28 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 57 #7
29 Situation Yaz 46 #8
30 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 158 #1
31 Strangelove Depeche Mode 62 #2
32 Dear God XTC 92 #1
33 Oh L'Amour Erasure 31 #3
34 Fall On Me R.E.M. 60 #26
35 Private Idaho The B-52's 58 #25
36 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 83 #2
37 Pictures of You The Cure 71 #4
38 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 65 #1
39 Blasphemous Rumours Depeche Mode 62 #1
40 Master and Servant Depeche Mode 44 #5
41 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 123 #2
42 Nowhere Girl B-Movie 26 #5
43 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 102 #1
44 Welcome Machine Gun Hubert KaH 1 #44
45 Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy 25 #13
46 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 89 #1
47 To the Sky The Cure 1 #47
48 Don't Change INXS 58 #28
49 Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) Dramarama 55 #2
50 AEIOU (and Sometimes Y) EBN-OZN 12 #13
51 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus 48 #3
52 People are People Depeche Mode 66 #11
53 Alison Elvis Costello 66 #3
54 The Perfect Kiss New Order 43 #2
55 It's My Life Talk Talk 61 #18
56 Never Say Never Romeo Void 59 #8
57 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 60 #2
58 Love Song The Cure 80 #1
59 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
60 This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy 36 #7
61 The Promise When in Rome 24 #11
62 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 168 #1
63 Avalon Roxy Music 52 #33
64 Go! Tones on Tail 44 #35
65 Right Here, Right Now Jesus Jones 58 #3
66 Tears The Chameleons 5 #45
67 A Forest The Cure 63 #4
68 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 58 #7
69 If You Leave Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 48 #14
70 Headhunter Front 242 13 #63
71 Train in Vain The Clash 120 #10
72 Ask The Smiths 48 #5
73 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 53 #38
74 88 Lines About 44 Women The Nails 35 #3
75 Tempted Squeeze 89 #21
76 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 112 #1
77 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 69 #2
78 Everything Counts Depeche Mode 43 #24
79 The One I Love R.E.M. 150 #5
80 Getting Away With It Electronic 18 #21
81 Senses Working Overtime XTC 38 #23
82 Down In It Nine Inch Nails 53 #47
83 Love is a Stranger Eurythmics 18 #62
84 Pure The Lightning Seeds 37 #13
85 What I Like About You The Romantics 92 #10
86 The Last of the Famous International Playboys Morrissey 11 #10
87 But Not Tonight Depeche Mode 16 #2
88 More Sisters of Mercy 24 #23
89 This Charming Man The Smiths 52 #2
90 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 53 #9
91 With or Without You U2 213 #3
92 Painkiller Westworld 6 #17
93 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 72 #3
94 I Confess The English Beat 40 #10
95 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 64 #10
96 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 63 #4
97 Shake the Disease Depeche Mode 38 #1
98 Let Me Go Heaven 17 25 #31
99 A Night Like This The Cure 9 #6
100 Doot Doot Freur 17 #28
101 The Magnificent Seven The Clash 37 #93
102 The Only One I Know The Charlatans 37 #6
103 No New Tale To Tell Love and Rockets 49 #13
104 Planet Claire The B-52's 37 #62
105 Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 56 #5
106 Just Another Day Oingo Boingo 15 #27
107 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 62 #2
108 Superman R.E.M. 57 #8
109 Stripped Depeche Mode 12 #24
110 1963 New Order 14 #15
111 Close to Me The Cure 83 #11
112 Alone Again Or The Damned 29 #36
113 Sweetest Thing U2 50 #3
114 Whisper to a Scream Icicle Works 18 #59
115 Uncertain Smile The The 51 #3
116 Just a Gigolo Barbie and the Kens 9 #35
117 Vienna Ultravox 33 #18
118 Only You Yaz 20 #24
119 Original Sin INXS 44 #19
120 I'm Free The Soup Dragons 47 #1
121 I Ran (So Far Away) A Flock of Seagulls 49 #2
122 Heroes David Bowie 125 #1
123 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 75 #24
124 The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight Dominatrix 4 #59
125 A Question of Lust Depeche Mode 17 #2
126 New Year's Day U2 182 #4
127 Legal Tender The B-52's 13 #65
128 Rapture Blondie 54 #31
129 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 52 #11
130 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 98 #6
131 Images of Heaven Peter Godwin 10 #21
132 Beautiful World Devo 23 #108
133 Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays 56 #3
134 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 85 #4
135 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 125 #1
136 Pale Shelter Tears for Fears 20 #29
137 Love Plus One Haircut 100 34 #26
138 I Got You Split Enz 50 #39
139 Heroine The Edge 2 #85
140 A Million Miles Away The Plimsouls 47 #44
141 Antmusic Adam & the Ants 34 #2
142 Make a Circuit With Me The Polecats 14 #21
143 True Spandau Ballet 14 #32
144 The Walk The Cure 27 #49
145 Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling 38 #8
146 In a Big Country Big Country 77 #3
147 That's Entertainment The Jam 46 #4
148 Eyes of a Stranger The Payolas 15 #92
149 This Is The Day The The 44 #45
150 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive 36 #6
151 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat 23 #36
152 Eighties Killing Joke 29 #37
153 Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen 43 #21
154 Punk Rock Girl Dead Milkmen 43 #19
155 Bad U2 78 #5
156 Black Coffee in Bed Squeeze 55 #55
157 Dance This Mess Around The B-52's 24 #157
158 I Touch Roses Book of Love 7 #158
159 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 102 #3
160 E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 30 #40
161 October Love Song Chris and Cosey 2 #161
162 Genius of Love Tom Tom Club 40 #81
163 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 102 #30
164 Hope Road Anne Clark 5 #14
165 Belly of the Whale Burning Sensations 25 #19
166 The Different Story Peter Schilling 5 #33
167 Girls on Film Duran Duran 51 #18
168 Rain The Cult 25 #74
169 Wot Captain Sensible 8 #143
170 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 59 #1
171 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
172 Chains of Love Erasure 34 #7
173 Work for Love Ministry 18 #112
174 Suspicious Minds Fine Young Cannibals 13 #51
175 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 60 #25
176 Tenderness General Public 47 #1
177 Step On Happy Mondays 42 #8
178 Need You Tonight INXS 87 #5
179 Public Image Public Image Ltd. 18 #9
180 Love is the Drug Roxy Music 52 #47
181 One Step Beyond Madness 42 #4
182 Have in Mind Cetu Javu 5 #20
183 Madame Butterfly Malcolm McLaren 8 #43
184 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 61 #21
185 White Wedding Billy Idol 152 #7
186 Always Something There To Remind Me Naked Eyes 29 #70
187 Ouija Board, Ouija Board Morrissey 8 #16
188 Temptation New Order 22 #1
189 Dreamworld Midnight Oil 8 #43
190 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats 52 #47
191 The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs 49 #30
192 The Great Commandment Camouflage 15 #10
193 Love Like Blood Killing Joke 8 #27
194 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees 51 #1
195 It's a Mug's Game Soft Cell 12 #37
196 Oblivious Aztec Camera 28 #29
197 Don't Go Yaz 27 #37
198 Space Age Love Song A Flock of Seagulls 23 #25
199 Fire Woman The Cult 75 #6
200 Nellie the Elephant Toy Dolls 13 #36
201 Mirror in the Bathroom The English Beat 64 #38
202 Under the Milky Way The Church 85 #3
203 Love Vigilantes New Order 46 #1
204 Get Up, Stand Up Bob Marley 34 #58
205 Biting My Nails Renegade Soundwave 2 #50
206 Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) Squeeze 44 #42
207 Dance Away Roxy Music 14 #207
208 Fire in Cairo The Cure 4 #208
209 We Close Our Eyes Oingo Boingo 17 #22
210 Strobe Light The B-52's 15 #58
211 Wasteland Mission U.K. 2 #211
212 Blue Hotel Chris Isaak 2 #141
213 Rock n' Roll High School The Ramones 32 #61
214 This Party Sucks The Slickee Boys 4 #1
215 Red Red Wine UB40 49 #1
216 Let's Dance David Bowie 98 #6
217 Don't Let's Start They Might Be Giants 49 #39
218 I Will Follow U2 96 #9
219 Kingdom of Rain The The 11 #22
220 Save It For Later The English Beat 69 #9
221 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
222 Making Plans For Nigel XTC 43 #29
223 Love and Pride King 12 #16
224 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 64 #9
225 Joey Concrete Blonde 51 #15
226 Dancing With Myself Billy Idol 84 #18
227 Poison Arrow ABC 19 #63
228 Crash The Primitives 40 #12
229 Gone Daddy Gone Violent Femmes 41 #45
230 Our House Madness 66 #15
231 Harley David (Son of a Bitch) Bollock Brothers 10 #2
232 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 64 #5
233 Slave to Love Bryan Ferry 27 #30
234 God Tonight Real Life 4 #29
235 The Safety Dance Men Without Hats 35 #2
236 The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys 51 #14
237 Consolidated Consolidated 4 #55
238 If You Were Here Thompson Twins 6 #58
239 Half a Person The Smiths 6 #24
240 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 44 #1
241 Whip It Devo 78 #1
242 Rio Duran Duran 44 #18
243 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 39 #17
244 Veronica Elvis Costello 37 #10
245 White Lines Grandmaster Flash 6 #80
246 What You Need INXS 65 #7
247 Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones 22 #42
248 Echo Beach Martha and the Muffins 10 #156
249 Mandinka Sinéad O'Connor 56 #5
250 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 77 #1
251 Just Got Lucky JoBoxxers 6 #104
252 Lucky Number Lene Lovich 10 #121
253 A Little Respect Erasure 50 #4
254 Love Removal Machine The Cult 50 #13
255 99 Luftballoons Nena 25 #15
256 Only Tongue Can Tell The Trash Can Sinatras 7 #7
257 Generals and Majors XTC 28 #62
258 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker The Ramones 67 #46
259 Heartbreak Beat The Psychedelic Furs 36 #38
260 Mad World Tears for Fears 38 #5
261 Orange Crush R.E.M. 76 #1
262 Twist And Crawl The English Beat 19 #261
263 Nobody's Diary Yaz 8 #75
264 Desire Gene Loves Jezebel 31 #6
265 Turning Japanese The Vapors 52 #14
266 Fascination Street The Cure 52 #5
267 Rock the Casbah The Clash 164 #1
268 Head On The Jesus and Mary Chain 31 #21
269 Oh Yeah Yello 20 #79
270 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 125 #4
271 Strength The Alarm 33 #20
272 So Alive Love and Rockets 61 #1
273 Panic The Smiths 56 #5
274 Soviet Snow Shona Laing 7 #25
275 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 40 #23
276 World Destruction Time Zone 31 #17
277 Time Will Tell The Twins 4 #38
278 Roxanne The Police 167 #10
279 Leader of the Pack The Joan Collins Fan Club 2 #106
280 Red Skies The Fixx 33 #102
281 Summer of Love The B-52's 24 #8
282 Christian Boy Robert Siedler 2 #231
283 Only a Lad Oingo Boingo 24 #6
284 Def.Con.One Pop Will Eat Itself 8 #25
285 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 71 #2
286 Mayor of Simpleton XTC 45 #3
287 Video Killed The Radio Star The Buggles 50 #42
288 Brick Fake 2 #288
289 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 58 #13
290 Driver 8 R.E.M. 51 #46
291 Where Did I Go Wrong? UB40 4 #8
292 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie 81 #37
293 (tie) Lullaby The Cure 37 #3
293 (tie) Medicine Show Big Audio Dynamite 15 #56
294 Tower of Strength Mission U.K. 6 #32
295 Shellshock New Order 22 #9
296 Gloria U2 48 #51
297 Ghost Town The Specials 34 #21
298 I Will Dare The Replacements 42 #50
299 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 65 #9
300 I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses 53 #10

About this countdown

Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) was broadcast by Live 105 (San Francisco, CA) in Memorial Day 1991. 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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