All-time countdown · Studio Brussel · 1988

Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1988)

The all-time countdown (1988) from Studio Brussel in Flanders, Belgium ranks 100 songs, with “Angie” by The Rolling Stones at number one. The list features 67 different artists; U2 has the most entries with five songs.

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Studio Brusselstation
Flanders, Belgiummarket
# Song ListsBest
1 Angie The Rolling Stones 50 #1
2 Child in Time Deep Purple 42 #1
3 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 69 #2
4 Hotel California The Eagles 65 #3
5 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 73 #1
6 Paradise by the Dashboard Light Meat Loaf 33 #6
7 The River Bruce Springsteen 48 #5
8 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits 67 #6
9 I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 34 #2
10 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 60 #9
11 A Forest The Cure 58 #4
12 Yesterday The Beatles 36 #12
13 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
14 Imagine John Lennon 54 #1
15 Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues 35 #12
16 Purple Rain Prince 51 #1
17 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 61 #1
18 Heroes David Bowie 93 #1
19 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
20 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 43 #16
21 Biko Peter Gabriel 25 #21
22 Every Breath You Take The Police 56 #3
23 Music John Miles 13 #20
24 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 58 #16
25 Light My Fire The Doors 44 #5
26 Roxanne The Police 82 #10
27 The Passenger Iggy Pop 33 #10
28 Riders on the Storm The Doors 53 #20
29 Message in a Bottle The Police 61 #24
30 Hey Jude The Beatles 39 #2
31 Alice Sisters of Mercy 26 #18
32 Private Investigations Dire Straits 10 #32
33 Layla Derek and the Dominos 37 #2
34 Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 32 #20
35 I Will Follow U2 69 #9
36 1999 Prince 29 #36
37 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 60 #3
38 Summer of '69 Bryan Adams 33 #16
39 Another Brick in the Wall Part II Pink Floyd 18 #3
40 Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You Glenn Medeiros 1 #40
41 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
42 Let It Be The Beatles 36 #3
43 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 77 #1
44 Like a Hurricane Neil Young 56 #8
45 Sailing Rod Stewart 2 #45
46 Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix 34 #24
47 Slippery People Talking Heads 4 #47
48 Heaven Bryan Adams 6 #43
49 Goodnight Saigon Billy Joel 10 #49
50 Lola The Kinks 40 #24
51 Bright Eyes Art Garfunkel 2 #51
52 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 13 #25
53 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 43 #1
54 Vienna Ultravox 26 #18
55 Still Loving You Scorpions 11 #31
56 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
57 Born to be Wild Steppenwolf 28 #1
58 The Sound of Silence Simon and Garfunkel 11 #42
59 Thriller Michael Jackson 11 #26
60 The House Of The Rising Sun The Animals 7 #41
61 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 65 #1
62 Sebastian Cockney Rebel 12 #50
63 Sign O The Times Prince 30 #8
64 A Day in the Life The Beatles 44 #4
65 Dirty Diana Michael Jackson 2 #30
66 No Fun The Stooges 3 #66
67 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 72 #9
68 Perfect Day Lou Reed 30 #12
69 With or Without You U2 123 #3
70 I'm Not in Love 10cc 4 #48
71 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 63 #3
72 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 42 #18
73 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 83 #1
74 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley 55 #17
75 Oh La La La TC Matic 27 #13
76 More than a Feeling Boston 26 #27
77 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 79 #1
78 With a Little Help from My Friends Joe Cocker 17 #42
79 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 48 #2
80 Wild Thing Troggs 13 #29
81 In the Air Tonight Phil Collins 21 #62
82 Avalon Roxy Music 39 #33
83 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 23 #43
84 The One I Love R.E.M. 91 #5
85 Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen 23 #48
86 Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac 38 #31
87 Have A Little Faith In Me John Hiatt 17 #40
88 The End The Doors 52 #10
89 I Was Made for Lovin' You Kiss 2 #89
90 Troy Sinéad O'Connor 44 #4
91 I Want You Elvis Costello 30 #16
92 Temple of Love Sisters of Mercy 41 #16
93 Bad Michael Jackson 1 #93
94 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 58 #2
95 Space Oddity David Bowie 84 #8
96 Your Song Elton John 18 #88
97 I Want Your Sex George Michael 1 #97
98 Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton 26 #6
99 When Doves Cry Prince 19 #12
100 I Lie and I Cheat Won Ton Ton 2 #2

About this countdown

Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1988) was voted by Studio Brussel’s listeners (Flanders, Belgium) in 1988. 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.

Source: tijdloze.rocks, "De Tijdloze van 1988" (data via api.tijdloze.rocks/core-data; rankings cross-checked against nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijdloze_100 top-10 table).

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