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Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)

The all-time countdown (Memorial Day 1992) from Live 105 in San Francisco, CA ranks 299 songs, with “How Soon is Now?” by The Smiths at number one. The list features 188 different artists; Depeche Mode has the most entries with 15 songs. Positions 172, 232 are missing from the source list.

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1 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
2 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
3 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
4 I Melt With You Modern English 71 #2
5 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
6 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 59 #2
7 Tainted Love Soft Cell 64 #1
8 Situation Yaz 44 #8
9 Behind the Wheel/Route 66 Depeche Mode 3 #9
10 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
11 Train in Vain The Clash 68 #10
12 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
13 AEIOU (and Sometimes Y) EBN-OZN 10 #13
14 Everyday is Halloween Ministry 31 #6
15 Love's Taboo Cube 7 #1
16 Oh L'Amour Erasure 27 #3
17 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 59 #1
18 Vienna Ultravox 26 #18
19 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 56 #9
20 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
21 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
22 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 73 #1
23 Blasphemous Rumours Depeche Mode 32 #1
24 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 77 #1
25 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 83 #1
26 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus 46 #3
27 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 55 #1
28 True Faith New Order 69 #3
29 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
30 Dear God XTC 76 #1
31 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
32 Close to Me The Cure 72 #11
33 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 60 #2
34 The Perfect Kiss New Order 27 #2
35 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
36 Policy of Truth Depeche Mode 52 #2
37 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 81 #1
38 It's My Life Talk Talk 55 #18
39 Unbelievable EMF 50 #2
40 Bad U2 59 #5
41 Painkiller Westworld 6 #17
42 Forever Young Alphaville 19 #1
43 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
44 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 72 #9
45 Right Here, Right Now Jesus Jones 49 #3
46 One Step Beyond Madness 40 #4
47 Space Oddity David Bowie 84 #8
48 Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 47 #5
49 Fall On Me R.E.M. 46 #26
50 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 117 #1
51 Avalon Roxy Music 39 #33
52 Never Say Never Romeo Void 53 #8
53 I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred 15 #24
54 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
55 The Unforgettable Fire U2 29 #48
56 Private Idaho The B-52's 51 #25
57 People are People Depeche Mode 59 #11
58 In Between Days The Cure 72 #3
59 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 41 #1
60 The One Thing INXS 44 #10
61 Tower of Strength Mission U.K. 6 #32
62 Whip It Devo 64 #1
63 Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) Dramarama 41 #2
64 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 65 #1
65 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 79 #1
66 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 71 #6
67 Love Song The Cure 62 #1
68 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) They Might Be Giants 24 #24
69 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
70 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
71 The Look of Love ABC 21 #56
72 Oblivious Aztec Camera 25 #29
73 Love Shack The B-52's 61 #1
74 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
75 Medicine Show Big Audio Dynamite 14 #56
76 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
77 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat 18 #36
78 Mirror in the Bathroom The English Beat 54 #38
79 What I Like About You The Romantics 39 #16
80 Shake the Disease Depeche Mode 37 #1
81 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
82 Here Comes The Rain Eurythmics 13 #82
83 Doot Doot Freur 16 #28
84 Let Me Go Heaven 17 24 #31
85 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 54 #2
86 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 58 #16
87 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 59 #4
88 A Million Miles Away The Plimsouls 42 #44
89 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 53 #27
90 Superman R.E.M. 48 #8
91 Safety Dance Eurythmics 1 #91
92 Eyes of a Stranger The Payolas 14 #92
93 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
94 Alone Again Or The Damned 27 #36
95 The Magician Secession 6 #16
96 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 36 #23
97 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side The Smiths 16 #8
98 I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses 47 #10
99 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
100 I Confess The English Beat 35 #10
101 Go! Tones on Tail 42 #35
102 The Sweetest Thing U2 27 #3
103 Mayor of Simpleton XTC 33 #3
104 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 43 #24
105 The Metro Berlin 21 #7
106 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats 48 #47
107 Tears The Chameleons UK 3 #66
108 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
109 The Only One I Know The Charlatans 32 #6
110 Strangelove Depeche Mode 58 #2
111 This Charming Man The Smiths 43 #2
112 A Forest The Cure 58 #4
113 Changes David Bowie 62 #54
114 A Little Respect Erasure 41 #4
115 Buffalo Soldier Bob Marley 27 #10
116 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 55 #5
117 Headhunter Front 242 12 #63
118 Brand New Lover Dead or Alive 15 #12
119 What is Love Howard Jones 15 #10
120 Save a Prayer Duran Duran 24 #14
121 Cuts You Up Peter Murphy 51 #10
122 Love is a Stranger Eurythmics 16 #62
123 Planet Claire The B-52's 33 #104
124 White Lines (Don't Do It) Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel 15 #7
125 The One I Love R.E.M. 91 #5
126 Madame Butterfly Malcolm McLaren 8 #43
127 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 38 #17
128 Ghost Town The Specials 26 #21
129 88 Lines About 44 Women The Nails 34 #3
130 Love and Pride King 12 #16
131 Caribbean Blue Enya 14 #28
132 It's a Mug's Game Soft Cell 12 #37
133 Don't Change INXS 48 #28
134 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
135 Suedehead Morrissey 51 #4
136 Send Me an Angel Real Life 20 #25
137 Christine Siouxsie and the Banshees 15 #80
138 Chorus Erasure 12 #8
139 Nowhere Girl B-Movie 26 #5
140 Love Sees No Colour The Farm 1 #140
141 Just Another Day Oingo Boingo 15 #27
142 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 43 #16
143 Join in the Chant Nitzer Ebb 6 #129
144 I'll Be You The Replacements 44 #8
145 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 47 #5
146 Images of Heaven Peter Godwin 10 #21
147 The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs 42 #30
148 Jumping Someone Else's Train The Cure 15 #117
149 Pet Sematary The Ramones 11 #26
150 Take 5 Northside 5 #24
151 Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers 49 #9
152 Work for Love Ministry 18 #112
153 Christian Boy Robert Seidler 1 #153
154 Ana Ng They Might Be Giants 32 #53
155 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 57 #2
156 Echo Beach Martha and the Muffins 9 #156
157 Master and Servant Depeche Mode 43 #5
158 Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy 19 #13
159 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 71 #9
160 Creep Mute Against Envy 1 #160
161 Mony Mony Billy Idol 15 #34
162 Nemesis Shriekback 20 #11
163 World Destruction Time Zone 30 #17
164 Under the Milky Way The Church 66 #3
165 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 51 #9
166 With or Without You U2 123 #3
167 The Promise When in Rome 21 #11
168 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
169 Nellie the Elephant Toy Dolls 12 #36
170 Senses Working Overtime XTC 35 #23
171 Only a Lad Oingo Boingo 23 #6
173 Only You Yaz 14 #24
174 Life During Wartime Talking Heads 52 #64
175 In a Big Country Big Country 63 #3
176 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 54 #1
177 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
178 Ever Fallen in Love The Buzzcocks 29 #19
179 Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie 1 #179
180 Crush Story Too Much Joy 22 #14
181 Heaven or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins 24 #51
182 Jerry Was A Race Car Driver Primus 48 #26
183 Everything Counts Depeche Mode 41 #24
184 Indigo Eyes Peter Murphy 21 #31
185 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 62 #1
186 Going Under Devo 1 #186
187 Don't Let's Start They Might Be Giants 47 #39
188 Our House Madness 58 #15
189 Radio Radio Elvis Costello & the Attractions 34 #22
190 Chains of Love Erasure 31 #7
191 Girls on Film Duran Duran 46 #18
192 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 63 #3
193 Love Like Blood Killing Joke 8 #27
194 Last Cigarette Dramarama 20 #11
195 I Go Crazy Flesh for Lulu 22 #21
196 The Fanatic Felony 6 #196
197 Los Angeles X 25 #16
198 I Love a Man in Uniform Gang of Four 11 #28
199 Blood and Roses The Smithereens 38 #5
200 Tenderness General Public 42 #1
201 Stripped Depeche Mode 12 #24
202 Belly of the Whale Burning Sensations 24 #19
203 Make a Circuit With Me The Polecats 13 #21
204 Ship of Fools World Party 30 #45
205 Save It For Later The English Beat 55 #9
206 So Alive Love and Rockets 54 #1
207 It Must Be Love Madness 9 #9
208 Broken English Marianne Faithful 4 #208
209 Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen 39 #21
210 Turning Japanese The Vapors 49 #14
211 Jesus Built My Hotrod Ministry 21 #3
212 Always on My Mind Pet Shop Boys 14 #7
213 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 49 #4
214 Ouija Board, Ouija Board Morrissey 8 #16
215 This is Radio The Clash The Clash 10 #145
216 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 66 #10
217 1963 New Order 14 #15
218 No One Lives Forever Oingo Boingo 1 #218
219 Seattle Public Image Ltd. 13 #10
220 If You Leave Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 36 #14
221 The Different Story Peter Schilling 5 #33
222 3 Strange Days School of Fish 34 #1
223 Sex Dwarf Soft Cell 17 #3
224 Happy Ned's Atomic Dustbin 22 #22
225 Don't Go Yaz 27 #37
226 Shiny Happy People R.E.M. 30 #8
227 Rat In The Kitchen UB40 12 #227
228 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 53 #10
229 Always the Sun The Stranglers 27 #16
230 Crazy Seal 36 #6
231 Wot Captain Sensible 8 #143
233 Knock Me Down Red Hot Chili Peppers 25 #66
234 Vapour Trail Ride 15 #33
235 Dear Prudence Siouxsie and the Banshees 33 #20
236 Oh Yeah Yello 18 #79
237 Whole of the Moon The Waterboys 10 #41
238 More Sisters of Mercy 24 #23
239 Always Something There To Remind Me Naked Eyes 26 #70
240 My Ever Changing Moods The Style Council 28 #57
241 Uncertain Smile The The 45 #3
242 Born of Frustration James 32 #3
243 But Not Tonight Depeche Mode 16 #2
244 Like the Weather 10,000 Maniacs 31 #15
245 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 53 #13
246 Sin Nine Inch Nails 20 #67
247 The Politics of Dancing Re-Flex 15 #44
248 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 51 #7
249 Desire Gene Loves Jezebel 19 #6
250 We Care A Lot Faith No More 29 #29
251 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 54 #30
252 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 49 #60
253 Antmusic Adam & the Ants 33 #2
254 Panic The Smiths 51 #5
255 I Touch Roses Book of Love 7 #158
256 Bang on the Drum Bad Manners 3 #219
257 Have in Mind Cetu Javu 5 #20
258 Just a Gigolo Barbie and the Kens 9 #35
259 Joey Concrete Blonde 43 #15
260 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
261 Whisper to a Scream Icicle Works 16 #59
262 Rain in the Summertime The Alarm 36 #19
263 Fascination Street The Cure 43 #5
264 Computer World Kraftwerk 2 #264
265 Here She Comes Motorcycle Boy 3 #18
266 Video Killed The Radio Star The Buggles 45 #42
267 Going Underground The Jam 17 #7
268 We Got the Beat The Go-Go's 30 #3
269 The Great Commandment Camouflage 14 #10
270 In Dulce Decorum The Damned 4 #199
271 Fire Woman The Cult 32 #6
272 Getting Away With It Electronic 16 #21
273 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive 30 #6
274 This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy 34 #7
275 Blind Vision Blancmange 6 #93
276 Stand R.E.M. 52 #4
277 Money (That's What I Want) Flying Lizards 3 #156
278 Cars Gary Numan 57 #11
279 Happy When It Rains The Jesus and Mary Chain 14 #43
280 I Know What Boys Like (tie) The Waitresses 1 #280
280 Don't Let Me Down Gently (tie) The Wonderstuff 1 #280
281 Is She Really Going Out With Him? Joe Jackson 36 #39
282 Don't Sniff Coke Pato Banton 6 #106
283 Time Will Tell The Twins 4 #38
284 Tempted Squeeze 71 #21
285 Major Tom Peter Schilling 11 #55
286 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 42 #7
287 Some Like It Hot Power Station 5 #42
288 Kiss Prince 16 #34
289 Pure The Lightning Seeds 33 #13
290 Animal Song Europeans 5 #154
291 I'm Free The Soup Dragons 42 #1
292 Naked Rain This Picture 6 #38
293 I Got You Split Enz 45 #41
294 World In My Eyes Depeche Mode 34 #5
295 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 58 #8
296 Only Tongue Can Tell The Trash Can Sinatras 7 #7
297 Digging Your Scene Blow Monkeys 14 #43
298 Bob's Yer Uncle Happy Mondays 4 #73
299 Rapture Blondie 46 #31
300 Happy Boy The Beat Farmers 5 #300

Positions 172, 232 are missing from the source list.

About this countdown

Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) was broadcast by Live 105 (San Francisco, CA) in Memorial Day 1992. 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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