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Year-end countdown · WLIR / WDRE · 1988

WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988

The year-end countdown for 1988 from WLIR / WDRE in Long Island, NY ranks 100 songs, with “Route 66” by Depeche Mode at number one. The list features 67 different artists; Erasure has the most entries with seven songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Route 66 Depeche Mode 50 #1
2 Desire U2 50 #2
3 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees 46 #1
4 A Little Respect Erasure 41 #4
5 Suedehead Morrissey 51 #4
6 Orange Crush R.E.M. 59 #1
7 Birthday The Sugarcubes 40 #1
8 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
9 Fine Time New Order 10 #9
10 That Smiling Face Camouflage 1 #10
11 Angel of Harlem U2 29 #11
12 Chains of Love Erasure 31 #7
13 I Beg Your Pardon Kon Kan 6 #13
14 Just Play Music Big Audio Dynamite 19 #8
15 Like the Weather 10,000 Maniacs 31 #15
16 Wild Wild West Escape Club 7 #16
17 God Part II U2 12 #17
18 Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 47 #5
19 Crash The Primitives 38 #12
20 She Won't Be Home Erasure 1 #20
21 Coldsweat The Sugarcubes 3 #21
22 I Want You Now Depeche Mode 1 #22
23 What's The Matter Here 10,000 Maniacs 35 #21
24 I Don't Want Your Love Duran Duran 5 #24
25 Soviet Snow Shona Laing 7 #25
26 Dreaming Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 10 #26
27 Perfect Fairground Attraction 3 #27
28 Stand R.E.M. 52 #4
29 Hey You!!! The Cure 1 #29
30 Mandinka Sinéad O'Connor 50 #5
31 Indigo Eyes Peter Murphy 21 #31
32 Strangers Images In Vogue 1 #32
33 The Different Story Peter Schilling 5 #33
34 What I Am Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians 11 #9
35 Don't Worry Be Happy Bobby McFerrin 1 #35
36 I Don't Mind If You Forget Me Morrissey 1 #36
37 I Hate Myself for Loving You Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 5 #37
38 Yahoo! Erasure 1 #38
39 Under the Milky Way The Church 66 #3
40 Im Nin'Alu ofra Haza 2 #36
41 Balloon Man Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians 22 #41
42 Simply Irresistible Robert Palmer 5 #42
43 (Nothing But) Flowers Talking Heads 28 #20
44 What's On Your Mind Information Society 9 #4
45 Bedbugs and Ballyhoo Echo and the Bunnymen 25 #25
46 All I Wanted In Tua Nua 1 #46
47 Domino Dancing Pet Shop Boys 4 #47
48 One Day Fishbone 1 #48
49 Ship of Fools Erasure 4 #46
50 Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) Enya 2 #50
51 Touched by the Hand of God New Order 6 #8
52 I Want Your Hands On Me Sinéad O'Connor 35 #29
53 Need You Tonight INXS 52 #5
54 Reptile The Church 23 #13
55 Tomorrow People Ziggy Marley 17 #23
56 Big Thing Duran Duran 1 #56
57 This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy 34 #7
58 The Dead Heart Midnight Oil 29 #20
59 Ana Ng They Might Be Giants 32 #53
60 Sister I'm a Poet Morrissey 4 #60
61 Somewhere In My Heart Aztec Camera 6 #49
62 When I Feel This Way APB 1 #62
63 Kiss and Tell Bryan Ferry 10 #61
64 Tears Run Rings Marc Almond 6 #13
65 Never Tear Us Apart INXS 40 #1
66 Charlotte Anne Julian Cope 6 #46
67 Jesus Christ U2 2 #67
68 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
69 Full of Love Dr. Calculus 1 #69
70 Dirty Blvd. Lou Reed 12 #70
71 Neighbours Camouflage 1 #71
72 Doctorin' the Tardis The Timelords 4 #19
73 Devil Inside INXS 34 #42
74 Wild World Maxi Priest 9 #11
75 Phantom Bride Erasure 1 #75
76 Motorcrash The Sugarcubes 8 #36
77 Dreamworld Midnight Oil 8 #43
78 Situations Cetu Javu 3 #22
79 All That Money Wants The Psychedelic Furs 7 #23
80 New Sensation INXS 38 #6
81 There is No Love Between Us Anymore Pop Will Eat Itself 5 #29
82 Be Still My Beating Heart Sting 1 #82
83 Gigantic The Pixies 29 #7
84 Left to My Own Devices Pet Shop Boys 1 #84
85 The Canary Song Crossfire Choir 1 #85
86 Christine The House of Love 5 #9
87 Liar Liar Deborah Harry 2 #63
88 Put Down That Weapon Midnight Oil 9 #88
89 Put this Love to the Test Jon Astley 1 #89
90 Different World INXS 1 #90
91 Def.Con.One Pop Will Eat Itself 8 #25
92 Crucify Me Moev 1 #92
93 Carolyn's Fingers Cocteau Twins 6 #26
94 Don't Turn Around Aswad 4 #68
95 Sixty-Five Thousand Erasure 1 #95
96 In Your Room The Bangles 4 #44
97 I'm An Adult Now The Pursuit of Happiness 23 #73
98 Don't Fear Me Now In Tua Nua 1 #98
99 Jump In The River Sinéad O'Connor 7 #59
100 Bitin' My Nails Renegade Soundwave 1 #100

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About this countdown

WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 was broadcast by WLIR / WDRE (Long Island, NY). 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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