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WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988)

The all-time countdown (1988) from WLIR / WDRE in Long Island, NY ranks 200 songs, with “Forever Young” by Alphaville at number one. The list features 86 different artists; Depeche Mode has the most entries with 15 songs.

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1 Forever Young Alphaville 19 #1
2 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 83 #1
3 A Question of Lust Depeche Mode 17 #2
4 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
5 I Melt With You Modern English 71 #2
6 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
7 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
8 Bad U2 59 #5
9 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 59 #2
10 Oh L'Amour Erasure 27 #3
11 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
12 Blasphemous Rumours Depeche Mode 32 #1
13 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
14 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
15 I Will Follow U2 69 #9
16 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
17 Everyday is Halloween Ministry 31 #6
18 Dear God XTC 76 #1
19 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
20 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 54 #1
21 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
22 Strangelove Depeche Mode 58 #2
23 Roxanne The Police 82 #10
24 Only You Yaz 14 #24
25 It's My Life Talk Talk 55 #18
26 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 73 #1
27 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 60 #3
28 People are People Depeche Mode 59 #11
29 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus 46 #3
30 Tainted Love Soft Cell 64 #1
31 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
32 The Promise When in Rome 21 #11
33 This Charming Man The Smiths 43 #2
34 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 51 #9
35 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 63 #3
36 Shake the Disease Depeche Mode 37 #1
37 Eighties Killing Joke 28 #37
38 In Between Days The Cure 72 #3
39 With or Without You U2 123 #3
40 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
41 Shellshock New Order 21 #9
42 Rise Public Image Ltd. 41 #24
43 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 77 #1
44 I Go Crazy Flesh for Lulu 22 #21
45 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 60 #2
46 E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 28 #40
47 Close to Me The Cure 72 #11
48 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 81 #1
49 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
50 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 42 #11
51 Gloria U2 41 #51
52 True Faith New Order 69 #3
53 World Destruction Time Zone 30 #17
54 If You Leave Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 36 #14
55 Let Me Go Heaven 17 24 #31
56 Need You Tonight INXS 52 #5
57 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 57 #2
58 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 79 #1
59 Route 66 Depeche Mode 50 #1
60 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 38 #17
61 Situation Yaz 44 #8
62 Red Red Wine UB40 43 #1
63 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
64 Ball of Confusion Love and Rockets 39 #19
65 White Wedding Billy Idol 65 #7
66 The Sweetest Thing U2 27 #3
67 Stripped Depeche Mode 12 #24
68 Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy 19 #13
69 Jesus on the Payroll Thrashing Doves 2 #20
70 What I Like About You The Romantics 39 #16
71 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
72 But Not Tonight Depeche Mode 16 #2
73 Two Hearts Beat As One U2 40 #19
74 Rain The Cult 25 #74
75 Temptation New Order 19 #1
76 I Dig You Cult Hero 1 #76
77 Original Sin INXS 40 #19
78 This is Not a Love Song Public Image Ltd. 26 #12
79 The Perfect Kiss New Order 27 #2
80 Always on My Mind Pet Shop Boys 14 #7
81 A Night Like This The Cure 8 #6
82 The Unforgettable Fire U2 29 #48
83 The Great Commandment Camouflage 14 #10
84 Alex Chilton The Replacements 46 #8
85 Master and Servant Depeche Mode 43 #5
86 Panic The Smiths 51 #5
87 Don't Go Yaz 27 #37
88 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 48 #21
89 The Body Public Image Ltd. 4 #21
90 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
91 Private Idaho The B-52's 51 #25
92 Heartbeat The Psychedelic Furs 6 #61
93 A Question of Time Depeche Mode 9 #11
94 Say Hello, Wave Goodbye Soft Cell 3 #94
95 Glad I'm Not a Kennedy Shona Laing 5 #35
96 Out of Control U2 2 #96
97 One More Time The Cure 2 #58
98 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 14 #29
99 Every Breath You Take The Police 56 #3
100 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 55 #1
101 Rock n' Roll High School The Ramones 24 #80
102 Behind the Wheel Depeche Mode 19 #19
103 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 54 #2
104 Black Coffee in Bed Squeeze 44 #55
105 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 49 #60
106 Uncertain Smile The The 45 #3
107 The One Thing INXS 44 #10
108 1963 New Order 14 #15
109 We Care A Lot Faith No More 29 #29
110 Desire Gene Loves Jezebel 19 #6
111 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 69 #2
112 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 72 #9
113 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie 45 #61
114 Heartbreak Beat The Psychedelic Furs 34 #38
115 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 43 #24
116 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds 42 #1
117 Seattle Public Image Ltd. 13 #10
118 Shoplifters of the World Unite The Smiths 9 #20
119 Push The Cure 3 #119
120 Dancing in Heaven Q-Feel 15 #73
121 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 66 #10
122 Slowdive Siouxsie and the Banshees 3 #23
123 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 51 #7
124 I Fought the Law The Clash 47 #84
125 68 Guns The Alarm 13 #59
126 Catch The Cure 4 #34
127 Nowhere Girl B-Movie 26 #5
128 Tempted Squeeze 71 #21
129 Bedbugs and Ballyhoo Echo and the Bunnymen 25 #25
130 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 49 #11
131 Subculture New Order 9 #18
132 This Is Radio Clash The Clash 26 #59
133 Kids In America Kim Wilde 16 #133
134 Black Celebration Depeche Mode 6 #99
135 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 71 #6
136 Thieves Like Us New Order 7 #7
137 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
138 Images of Heaven Peter Godwin 10 #21
139 Ask The Smiths 47 #5
140 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 36 #23
141 A Celebration U2 3 #141
142 Dancing With Myself Billy Idol 47 #18
143 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 58 #9
144 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 58 #2
145 A New England Billy Bragg 7 #7
146 Train in Vain The Clash 68 #10
147 Alison Elvis Costello 49 #3
148 Love Song Simple Minds 6 #36
149 Love Vigilantes New Order 38 #1
150 She's a Sensation The Ramones 3 #150
151 Spirit in the Sky Doctor and the Medics 3 #151
152 Tesla Girls Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 11 #100
153 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
154 Favourite Shirts Haircut 100 3 #154
155 The Bottom Line Big Audio Dynamite 20 #15
156 Summer Love APB 3 #156
157 Fly on the Windscreen Depeche Mode 4 #53
158 Tenderness General Public 42 #1
159 The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight Dominatrix 2 #124
160 Pulling Mussels (From a Shell) Squeeze 12 #42
161 Take Me to the River Talking Heads 47 #66
162 Do It Clean Echo and the Bunnymen 18 #162
163 Listen Like Thieves INXS 25 #44
164 State Farm Yaz 1 #164
165 Seconds U2 19 #165
166 It's a Sin Pet Shop Boys 22 #11
167 Perfect Girl The Cure 1 #167
168 Rockaway Beach The Ramones 24 #67
169 Electric Dreams Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey 1 #169
170 Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel 39 #20
171 The Magnificent Seven The Clash 28 #158
172 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 58 #8
173 Madame Butterfly Malcolm McLaren 8 #43
174 Amok Lederknacken 1 #174
175 What is Love Howard Jones 15 #10
176 Medicine Show Big Audio Dynamite 14 #56
177 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 56 #9
178 Burn for You INXS 4 #37
179 Avalon Roxy Music 39 #33
180 Public Image Public Image Ltd. 17 #9
181 Girls on Film Duran Duran 46 #18
182 One Step Beyond Madness 40 #4
183 Whip It Devo 64 #1
184 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 48 #25
185 Revenge Ministry 1 #185
186 A Town Called Malice The Jam 32 #7
187 A Sort of Homecoming U2 19 #57
188 Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen 39 #21
189 Get Out of London Intaferon 1 #189
190 Goo Goo Muck The Cramps 5 #95
191 Changes David Bowie 62 #54
192 I Send a Message INXS 20 #9
193 Warm Leatherette The Normal 11 #193
194 Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones 17 #42
195 Safety Dance Men Without Hats 17 #47
196 This Must Be The Place Talking Heads 14 #2
197 The Metro Berlin 21 #7
198 Suburbia Pet Shop Boys 7 #1
199 Nemesis Shriekback 20 #11
200 Ca Plane Pour Moi Plastic Bertrand 20 #200

About this countdown

WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) was broadcast by WLIR / WDRE (Long Island, NY) 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.

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