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

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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