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WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)

The all-time countdown (Memorial Day 1989) from WOXY 97X in Cincinnati, OH ranks 500 songs, with “How Soon is Now?” by The Smiths at number one. The list features 195 different artists; The Smiths has the most entries with 13 songs.

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1 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
2 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 69 #2
3 I Melt With You Modern English 71 #2
4 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
5 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
6 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 54 #2
7 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
8 Never Say Never Romeo Void 53 #8
9 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 51 #9
10 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
11 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
12 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
13 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 116 #2
14 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
15 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus 46 #3
16 88 Lines About 44 Women The Nails 34 #3
17 World Destruction Time Zone 30 #17
18 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 81 #1
19 Dear God XTC 76 #1
20 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
21 Take The Skinheads Bowling Camper Van Beethoven 34 #21
22 Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) Icicle Works 24 #22
23 Bitchin' Camaro Dead Milkmen 32 #19
24 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 43 #24
25 Ball of Confusion Love and Rockets 39 #19
26 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 73 #1
27 Get On The Bus The Royal Crescent Mob 18 #27
28 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 71 #6
29 Making Plans For Nigel XTC 40 #29
30 Train in Vain The Clash 68 #10
31 Blasphemous Rumors Depeche Mode 24 #5
32 Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen 1 #32
33 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 62 #1
34 Save It For Later The English Beat 55 #9
35 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 63 #3
36 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 79 #1
37 Situation Yaz 44 #8
38 Senses Working Overtime XTC 35 #23
39 Free Nelson Mandela The Special AKA 11 #31
40 In Between Days The Cure 72 #3
41 Confusion New Order 2 #41
42 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
43 Rise Public Image Ltd. 41 #24
44 (Don't Go Back To) Rockville R.E.M. 29 #37
45 Kundalini Express Love and Rockets 11 #45
46 Everyday is Halloween Ministry 31 #6
47 Uncertain Smile The The 45 #3
48 Close to Me The Cure 72 #11
49 Birth, School, Work, Death The Godfathers 28 #39
50 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 36 #23
51 Love Vigilantes New Order 38 #1
52 Original Sin INXS 40 #19
53 Fashion David Bowie 23 #45
54 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 53 #10
55 Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) Squeeze 29 #55
56 Sweet Jane Lou Reed 17 #51
57 Is She Really Going Out With Him? Joe Jackson 36 #39
58 More Than This Roxy Music 38 #36
59 I Will Dare The Replacements 35 #50
60 Eighties Killing Joke 28 #37
61 Can't Stand Losing You The Police 38 #49
62 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 23 #29
63 Change Tears for Fears 33 #32
64 10:15 Saturday Night The Cure 9 #43
65 Hungry Like the Wolf Duran Duran 53 #22
66 Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith 20 #47
67 Jammin' Bob Marley 36 #2
68 People Who Died Jim Carroll Band 28 #17
69 Whip It Devo 64 #1
70 Can't Get There From Here R.E.M. 30 #33
71 I Will Follow U2 69 #9
72 Nemesis Shriekback 20 #11
73 Route 66 Depeche Mode 50 #1
74 Antmusic Adam & the Ants 33 #2
75 Inside Out Mighty Lemon Drops 13 #24
76 68 Guns The Alarm 13 #59
77 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 55 #1
78 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
79 Blood and Roses The Smithereens 38 #5
80 Watusi Rodeo Guadalcanal Diary 4 #80
81 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 59 #4
82 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
83 Mandinka Sinéad O'Connor 50 #5
84 Desire Gene Loves Jezebel 19 #6
85 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 60 #2
86 Tenderness General Public 42 #1
87 What's The Matter Here 10,000 Maniacs 35 #21
88 Oblivious Aztec Camera 25 #29
89 Johnny Come Home Fine Young Cannibals 10 #68
90 Birthday The Sugarcubes 40 #1
91 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 59 #1
92 Fear Is Never Boring The Bears 16 #92
93 World Shut Your Mouth Julian Cope 23 #45
94 Fall On Me R.E.M. 46 #26
95 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 71 #9
96 People are People Depeche Mode 59 #11
97 This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy 34 #7
98 Killing An Arab The Cure 10 #98
99 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
100 Love is the Drug Roxy Music 44 #47
101 Medicine Show Big Audio Dynamite 14 #56
102 If It Happens Again UB40 12 #35
103 Prove My Love Violent Femmes 20 #103
104 Good Guys and Bad Guys Camper Van Beethoven 2 #104
105 A Town Called Malice The Jam 32 #7
106 Jane's Getting Serious Jon Astley 12 #52
107 Reptile The Church 23 #13
108 Biko Peter Gabriel 25 #21
109 Golden Shower of Hits Circle Jerks 2 #109
110 Rapture Blondie 46 #31
111 Love Removal Machine The Cult 40 #13
112 Message of Love The Pretenders 32 #95
113 Tempted Squeeze 71 #21
114 And She Was Talking Heads 52 #21
115 No New Tale To Tell Love and Rockets 47 #13
116 Talk Talk Talk Talk 25 #9
117 Alex Chilton The Replacements 46 #8
118 Suedehead Morrissey 51 #4
119 I Got You Split Enz 45 #41
120 Private Idaho The B-52's 51 #25
121 Slave to Love Bryan Ferry 25 #30
122 Chains of Love Erasure 31 #7
123 Heroes David Bowie 93 #1
124 Gloria U2 41 #51
125 This Is The Sea The Waterboys 3 #86
126 Just Like Honey The Jesus and Mary Chain 24 #2
127 Superman R.E.M. 48 #8
128 Promised You a Miracle Simple Minds 15 #30
129 Real Wild Child Iggy Pop 16 #53
130 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 58 #9
131 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 59 #2
132 Balloon Man Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians 22 #41
133 Twenty Killer Hurts Gene Loves Jezebel 3 #133
134 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
135 Big Electric Cat Adrian Belew 2 #135
136 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 57 #2
137 Tower of Strength Mission U.K. 6 #32
138 One Step Beyond Madness 40 #4
139 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 11 #61
140 Desperate, But Not Serious Adam Ant 24 #140
141 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 38 #17
142 She's Lost Control Joy Division 20 #20
143 Man with a Gun Jerry Harrison 4 #84
144 Hot You're Cool General Public 13 #51
145 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 83 #1
146 Litany (Life Goes On) Guadalcanal Diary 7 #146
147 Bastards of Young The Replacements 25 #90
148 Lucretia Sisters of Mercy 3 #132
149 A Million Miles Away The Plimsouls 42 #44
150 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 51 #7
151 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 77 #1
152 I Want Your Hands On Me Sinéad O'Connor 35 #29
153 Heaven The Psychedelic Furs 30 #50
154 Party Out of Bounds The B-52's 24 #91
155 Pretty Persuasion R.E.M. 32 #50
156 Soviet Snow Shona Laing 7 #25
157 The Wait The Pretenders 8 #2
158 Rain in the Summertime The Alarm 36 #19
159 Perfect Kiss New Order 12 #9
160 Desire U2 50 #2
161 Work for Love Ministry 18 #112
162 Makes No Sense At All Husker Du 15 #37
163 Sleepwalk Ultravox 3 #163
164 The One Thing INXS 44 #10
165 Happy Hour The Housemartins 27 #6
166 Alison Elvis Costello 49 #3
167 Fast Car Tracy Chapman 43 #1
168 Don't Let's Start They Might Be Giants 47 #39
169 Mr. Pharmacist The Fall 3 #3
170 Cheerleaders The Minutemen 1 #170
171 The Queen Is Dead The Smiths 18 #7
172 Police and Thieves The Clash 19 #23
173 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees 46 #1
174 Gunnin' For The Buddha Shriekback 2 #174
175 Get Up, Stand Up Peter Tosh 2 #175
176 Public Image Public Image Ltd. 17 #9
177 Don't You Want Me The Human League 35 #5
178 I'm The Man Joe Jackson 29 #178
179 Generals and Majors XTC 24 #62
180 Gloria Patti Smith 29 #52
181 Red Red Wine UB40 43 #1
182 Through Being Cool Devo 21 #53
183 Eye of Fatima Camper Van Beethoven 5 #60
184 Mirror in the Bathroom The English Beat 54 #38
185 Roxanne The Police 82 #10
186 I Send a Message INXS 20 #9
187 True Faith New Order 69 #3
188 Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs 2 #176
189 Black Coffee in Bed Squeeze 44 #55
190 Ask The Smiths 47 #5
191 Faith Violent Femmes 12 #191
192 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
193 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 72 #9
194 Church Not Made With Hands The Waterboys 4 #194
195 Shake the Disease Depeche Mode 37 #1
196 Come on Every Beatbox Big Audio Dynamite 2 #70
197 Rain The Cult 25 #74
198 Girls on Film Duran Duran 46 #18
199 Like the Weather 10,000 Maniacs 31 #15
200 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 54 #1
201 Sidewalking The Jesus and Mary Chain 17 #3
202 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 60 #3
203 Troy Sinéad O'Connor 44 #4
204 Motion of Love Gene Loves Jezebel 4 #15
205 Dirty Old Town The Pogues 4 #205
206 Praying Mantis Don Dixon 3 #82
207 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? Elvis Costello & the Attractions 22 #8
208 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds 42 #1
209 Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant 40 #25
210 Rip Her To Shreds Blondie 17 #210
211 Vanishing Girl The Dukes of Stratosphear 5 #33
212 Happy at Home The Royal Crescent Mob 5 #212
213 Wind Out R.E.M. 2 #6
214 Precious The Pretenders 8 #68
215 Annalisa Public Image Ltd. 1 #215
216 So Lonely The Police 44 #94
217 Coldsweat The Sugarcubes 3 #21
218 Behind the Wheel Depeche Mode 19 #19
219 Quiche Lorraine The B-52's 7 #219
220 Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys 47 #6
221 Death Or Glory The Clash 8 #221
222 Oh L'Amour Erasure 27 #3
223 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side The Smiths 16 #8
224 Cry For Love Iggy Pop 5 #25
225 Only A Memory The Smithereens 21 #13
226 No Killing Violent Femmes 2 #226
227 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
228 Avalon Roxy Music 39 #33
229 The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff 3 #229
230 Ana Ng They Might Be Giants 32 #53
231 Got The Time Joe Jackson 16 #208
232 My Wife and My Dead Wife Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians 1 #232
233 Stigmata Ministry 14 #61
234 Mystery Achievement The Pretenders 21 #19
235 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 48 #25
236 What You Need INXS 52 #7
237 Intoxication Shriekback 2 #214
238 Next To You The Police 9 #233
239 Sister Europe The Psychedelic Furs 16 #239
240 Strength The Alarm 32 #20
241 Reel Around the Fountain The Smiths 4 #6
242 Satisfaction Devo 15 #62
243 Crash The Primitives 38 #12
244 Seven Languages Camper Van Beethoven 2 #244
245 Swamp Talking Heads 11 #224
246 Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely Husker Du 1 #246
247 Cha Cha Loco Joe Jackson 1 #247
248 Slow Turning John Hiatt 2 #248
249 Mirror People Love and Rockets 6 #65
250 Don't Change INXS 48 #28
251 Lookin' For Lewis and Clark The Long Ryders 1 #251
252 With or Without You U2 123 #3
253 Champagne Big Audio Dynamite 2 #236
254 Jump Aztec Camera 2 #250
255 I Shot the Sheriff Bob Marley 10 #205
256 Black Celebration Depeche Mode 6 #99
257 Bedbugs and Ballyhoo Echo and the Bunnymen 25 #25
258 Cattle Prod Guadalcanal Diary 4 #258
259 Fadeaway The Bodeans 10 #259
260 Accidents Will Happen Elvis Costello & the Attractions 13 #121
261 Aches and Pains The Bears 2 #261
262 I Confess The English Beat 35 #10
263 Love Kills Joe Strummer 2 #199
264 When The Generals Talk Midnight Oil 9 #264
265 The Hardest Part Blondie 4 #129
266 Subculture New Order 9 #18
267 I'm Sorry The Hothouse Flowers 12 #267
268 Headmaster Ritual The Smiths 2 #268
269 Keep Moving Madness 2 #269
270 Forever Now The Psychedelic Furs 2 #270
271 New Sensation INXS 38 #6
272 Stay Up Late Talking Heads 36 #14
273 My City Was Gone The Pretenders 26 #86
274 Seattle Pubilic Image Limited 1 #274
275 Cold Life Ministry 1 #275
276 Shadows in the Rain Sting 2 #262
277 Happy When It Rains The Jesus and Mary Chain 14 #43
278 A Little Respect Erasure 41 #4
279 Never You Done That General Public 7 #75
280 Brand New Friend Lloyd Cole and the Commotions 5 #280
281 Baccala Sicilian Vespers 1 #281
282 Wasteland Mission U.K. 2 #211
283 Frank's Wild Years Tom Waits 1 #283
284 Local Girls Graham Parker 11 #264
285 Jocko Homo Devo 15 #58
286 The Momur Adrian Belew 1 #286
287 Jumpin' Jive Joe Jackson 1 #287
288 Turquoise Jewelry Camper Van Beethoven 2 #95
289 Five Foot One Iggy Pop 2 #289
290 Flip Your Wig Husker Du 3 #284
291 Panic The Smiths 51 #5
292 This Time INXS 25 #8
293 Peace Dog The Cult 1 #293
294 Temptation New Order 19 #1
295 The Cutter Echo and the Bunnymen 34 #22
296 Rock Non Stop (All Night Long) Big Audio Dynamite 1 #296
297 Exodus Bob Marley 5 #285
298 Somebody Depeche Mode 14 #7
299 Motorcrash The Sugarcubes 8 #36
300 Understanding Jane Icicle Works 5 #63
301 Go! Tones on Tail 42 #35
302 Rat In The Kitchen UB40 12 #227
303 Take a Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 1 #303
304 I Love a Man in Uniform Gang of Four 11 #28
305 Lost In The Supermarket The Clash 33 #75
306 Turning Japanese The Vapors 49 #14
307 Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones 43 #3
308 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats 48 #47
309 Burning House of Love X 6 #37
310 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 56 #9
311 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 30 #34
312 Take Me I'm Yours Squeeze 18 #306
313 The One I Love R.E.M. 91 #5
314 The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades Timbuk 3 12 #33
315 Ashes to Ashes David Bowie 39 #23
316 Cynical Girl Marshall Crenshaw 9 #316
317 Love Plus One Haircut 100 22 #26
318 Every Word Means No Let's Active 4 #199
319 We Got the Beat The Go-Go's 30 #3
320 Calling All Nations INXS 2 #320
321 Away The Feelies 4 #299
322 Dear Prudence Siouxsie and the Banshees 33 #20
323 Bad (Live) U2 12 #231
324 In Dulce Decorum The Damned 4 #199
325 Bitterest Pill I Ever Had to Swallow The Jam 1 #325
326 Would I Lie To You? Eurythmics 32 #61
327 Pearl in the Shell Howard Jones 2 #327
328 Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel 39 #20
329 Middle of the Road The Pretenders 32 #82
330 It's My Life Talk Talk 55 #18
331 Life During Wartime Talking Heads 52 #64
332 Love On A Farm Boy's Wages XTC 17 #306
333 My Boyfriend The Cucumbers 2 #26
334 Things You Left Behind The Nails 5 #134
335 Left of the Dial The Replacements 23 #156
336 Skin Deep The Stranglers 11 #121
337 Reap the Wild Wind Ultravox 11 #90
338 The Caterpillar The Cure 14 #338
339 Locomotion Orchestral Manouvers in Dark 1 #339
340 Pulled Up Talking Heads 3 #340
341 Up on the Catwalk Simple Minds 7 #74
342 Pale Blue Eyes The Velvet Underground 16 #24
343 Planet Claire The B-52's 33 #104
344 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 53 #13
345 A Spy in the House of Love The Db's 16 #126
346 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 48 #21
347 Is It Really So Strange The Smiths 8 #16
348 I Wanna Be a Flintstone Screaming Blue Messiahs 6 #37
349 Stop Your Sobbing The Pretenders 24 #226
350 Bittersweet Hoodoo Gurus 13 #58
351 In a Big Country Big Country 63 #3
352 My Lips are Sealed Fun Boy Three 1 #352
353 Da Da Da Trio 28 #98
354 Canary In A Coalmine The Police 21 #61
355 The Lebanon The Human League 2 #28
356 Will The Wolf Survive? Los Lobos 12 #356
357 Sunday Papers Joe Jackson 26 #159
358 I Go Crazy Flesh for Lulu 22 #21
359 Under the Milky Way The Church 66 #3
360 Homosapien Pete Shelley 9 #13
361 Towers of London XTC 4 #356
362 Seconds U2 19 #165
363 Teenage Lobotomy The Ramones 10 #206
364 Cat People David Bowie 4 #57
365 The Look of Love ABC 21 #56
366 The Modern World The Jam 4 #126
367 Method To Our Madness Lords of the New Church 1 #367
368 Up on the Sun Meat Puppets 2 #368
369 Love on Your Side Thompson Twins 5 #279
370 I Still Want You Del Fuegos 1 #370
371 This is not a Love Song Pubilic Image Limited 1 #371
372 Swimming Horses Siouxsie and the Banshees 3 #326
373 Do It Clean Echo and the Bunnymen 18 #162
374 (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Elvis Costello 29 #272
375 Annie Get Your Gun Squeeze 10 #362
376 Hero Takes a Fall The Bangles 7 #88
377 Sing Our Own Song UB40 2 #377
378 Kidney Bingos Wire 2 #93
379 Hungry Like the Wolf X 1 #379
380 Fell Let's Active 1 #380
381 Here Comes a Regular The Replacements 8 #374
382 I Fought the Law The Clash 47 #84
383 Whenever You're On My Mind Marshall Crenshaw 2 #383
384 All Night Long Peter Murphy 7 #55
385 Take Me to the River Talking Heads 47 #66
386 Shout Tears for Fears 60 #5
387 Stay Oingo Boingo 9 #31
388 Love and Tunafish The Royal Crescent Mob 4 #388
389 Fight Like a Brave Red Hot Chili Peppers 10 #389
390 Sharkey's Night Laurie Anderson 2 #390
391 Tear Stained Letter Richard Thompson 2 #391
392 Modern Love Peter Gabriel 8 #392
393 Oh Yeah Roxy Music 2 #393
394 This Is The Day The The 36 #45
395 Seconds The Human League 4 #51
396 Behind the Wall of Sleep The Smithereens 22 #62
397 I Love You Suzanne Lou Reed 21 #7
398 A Message To You Rudy The Specials 34 #54
399 Radio Radio Elvis Costello & the Attractions 34 #22
400 The Walls Came Down The Call 29 #106
401 Enola Gay Orchestral Manouvers in Dark 1 #401
402 Lively Up Yourself Bob Marley 21 #248
403 Dead Heart Midnight Oil 2 #76
404 Temptation Joan Armatrading 1 #404
405 Time The Avenger The Pretenders 18 #275
406 No Thugs in Our House XTC 3 #406
407 Ship of Fools World Party 30 #45
408 Trip Through Your Wires U2 6 #64
409 Figure it Out The Bears 1 #409
410 Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before The Smiths 2 #28
411 Scary Monsters David Bowie 3 #411
412 Opportunities Pet Shop Boys 13 #3
413 Life's What You Make It Talk Talk 14 #115
414 You Can't Get What You Want Joe Jackson 1 #414
415 My Ever Changing Moods The Style Council 28 #57
416 Stray Fetchin' Bones 2 #407
417 Heartache Gene Loves Jezebel 9 #69
418 You'll Dance To Anything Dead Milkmen 1 #418
419 Love is a Stranger Eurythmics 16 #62
420 Orange Crush R.E.M. 59 #1
421 Message in a Bottle The Police 61 #24
422 New Song Howard Jones 12 #28
423 Telecommunication A Flock of Seagulls 5 #92
424 Pair of Long Brown Eyes The Pogues 2 #424
425 Happy Boy The Beat Farmers 5 #300
426 Legal Tender The B-52's 13 #65
427 Grimly Fiendish The Damned 2 #427
428 Dreams The Bodeans 5 #233
429 Memphis in the Meantime John Hiatt 2 #162
430 Drive, She Said Stan Ridgway 3 #78
431 Anchorage Michelle Shocked 1 #431
432 Thieves Like Us New Order 7 #7
433 Goodbye Girl Squeeze 18 #433
434 Elvis Is Everywhere Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper 10 #29
435 President Gas The Psychedelic Furs 13 #426
436 I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Elvis Costello & the Attractions 12 #70
437 Strangelove Depeche Mode 58 #2
438 Perfect Skin Lloyd Cole 3 #438
439 Slippin' Into Something The Feelies 1 #439
440 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 58 #2
441 Lost Meat Puppets 1 #441
442 Ways to Be Wicked Lone Justice 2 #88
443 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Ultravox 11 #76
444 Waterfront Simple Minds 8 #40
445 Always the Sun The Stranglers 27 #16
446 Police On My Back The Clash 25 #100
447 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker The Ramones 55 #46
448 Kid The Pretenders 7 #448
449 I'll Be You The Replacements 44 #8
450 I'll Do Anything Dead or Alive 1 #450
451 Unguarded Moment The Church 4 #42
452 American Heavy Metal Weekend Circle Jerks 2 #412
453 Seven Seas Echo and the Bunnymen 11 #4
454 Shakin' Shakin' Shakes Los Lobos 2 #371
455 Crosseyed And Painless Talking Heads 29 #37
456 Penthouse and Pavement Heaven 17 3 #436
457 Guns In The Sky INXS 10 #215
458 Mayor of Simpleton XTC 33 #3
459 John I'm Only Dancing David Bowie 9 #459
460 Close (to the Edit) Art of Noise 12 #49
461 Shake Dog Shake The Cure 2 #461
462 Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood 34 #1
463 Russian Roulette Lords of the New Church 1 #463
464 Blue Line Let's Active 4 #70
465 What Difference Does It Make? The Smiths 34 #17
466 Lies Thompson Twins 25 #50
467 Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies 37 #3
468 Infected The The 23 #75
469 I Want You Back Hoodoo Gurus 16 #269
470 So In Love Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 15 #17
471 Let It All Hang Out The Nails 1 #471
472 Dodge Vedge-O-Matic Jonathan Richman 5 #237
473 Summer of Love The B-52's 24 #8
474 I Threw a Brick U2 1 #474
475 See How We Are X 8 #43
476 Cool for Cats Squeeze 32 #50
477 Arabian Nights Siouxsie and the Banshees 1 #477
478 Different Kind of Tension The Buzzcocks 1 #478
479 Someday Some Way Marshall Crenshaw 15 #251
480 Baby's Got Rockets Dancing Hoods 1 #480
481 Look Sharp Joe Jackson 16 #269
482 Boom Boom Trio 4 #403
483 Cab It Up The Fall 2 #14
484 I Touch Roses Book of Love 7 #158
485 Hyperactive Thomas Dolby 8 #53
486 Cult of Personality Living Colour 47 #42
487 Here Comes the Weekend The Jam 2 #487
488 Black Light Trap Shriekback 2 #476
489 Lifeline Spandau Ballet 4 #52
490 Don't Run Wild Del Fuegos 2 #490
491 For the Singer of R.E.M. fIREHOSE 1 #491
492 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
493 Kosciusko Midnight Oil 3 #26
494 Amplifier The Db's 1 #494
495 The Bottom Line Big Audio Dynamite 20 #15
496 Snowman XTC 1 #496
497 Teenage Riot Sonic Youth 27 #19
498 Mystery Dance Elvis Costello 7 #498
499 The Strange Case of Frank Cash T-Bone Burnett 1 #499
500 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers 31 #34

About this countdown

WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) was broadcast by WOXY 97X (Cincinnati, OH) in Memorial Day 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.

Contributed by Craig Froehle. Thank you!

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