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Live 105 Top 105 Artists of All-Time (1989)

The all-time artists countdown (1989) is Live 105’s ranking of its listeners’ favorite artists in San Francisco, CA, with The Cure voted the number one artist.

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# Artist Entries
1 The Cure 1,447
2 Depeche Mode 1,209
3 The Smiths 725
4 New Order 657
5 U2 3,464
6 R.E.M. 2,090
7 Erasure 218
8 The B-52's 559
9 Echo and the Bunnymen listed as “Echo & the Bunnymen” 377
10 Love and Rockets 260
11 Siouxsie and the Banshees 360
12 Elvis Costello & the Attractions 539
13 Oingo Boingo 261
14 Talking Heads 1,072
15 Pet Shop Boys 188
16 The Police 1,294
17 Alphaville 54
18 INXS 743
19 Yaz 110
20 The Clash 1,325
21 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark listed as “OMD” 161
22 Morrissey 373
23 David Bowie 1,793
24 XTC 439
25 Devo 332
26 The Psychedelic Furs 360
27 The English Beat 228
28 Bauhaus 98
29 Roxy Music 221
30 Simple Minds 292
31 The Sex Pistols 261
32 Fine Young Cannibals 100
33 Joy Division 251
34 Eurythmics 271
35 The Ramones 607
36 Modern English 106
37 10,000 Maniacs 309
38 UB40 160
39 The Cult 356
40 Kate Bush 238
41 Public Image Ltd. 177
42 Tears for Fears 409
43 The Jesus and Mary Chain 225
44 Dead or Alive 64
45 The Alarm 203
46 Book of Love 20
47 The Church 177
48 Duran Duran 386
49 Billy Idol 563
50 Kraftwerk 34
51 Peter Gabriel 785
52 Cocteau Twins 104
53 Shriekback 46
54 Joe Jackson 300
55 Ministry 138
56 The Pretenders 671
57 Information Society 24
58 Violent Femmes 429
59 Howard Jones 69
60 The Fixx 138
61 Sisters of Mercy listed as “The Sisters of Mercy” 176
62 Soft Cell 116
63 A Flock of Seagulls 100
64 Crowded House 278
65 Secession 9
66 The Replacements 567
67 Blondie 444
68 Big Country 103
69 Voice Farm 7
70 Squeeze 410
71 Xymox 5
72 Bow Wow Wow 80
73 Gene Loves Jezebel 91
74 Sinéad O'Connor 303
75 Ultravox 71
76 Art of Noise listed as “The Art of Noise” 51
77 The Jam 255
78 Thomas Dolby 108
79 Mission U.K. 26
80 Thompson Twins 115
81 Nina Hagen 4
82 ABC 78
83 The Stranglers 88
84 Camouflage 30
85 Wall of Voodoo 69
86 Blancmange 36
87 Midnight Oil 349
88 Bronski Beat 41
89 The Damned 90
90 CCCP 4
91 Split Enz 101
92 Lene Lovich 23
93 The Specials 129
94 Adam Ant 149
95 X 164
96 Peter Schilling 44
97 The The 208
98 The Untouchables 12
99 The Human League 76
100 Icehouse 27
101 Yello 27
102 Talk Talk 115
103 Hubert KaH 5
104 Icicle Works 56
105 Pop Will Eat Itself 24

About this countdown

Live 105 Top 105 Artists of All-Time (1989) was broadcast by Live 105 (San Francisco, CA) in 1989. 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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