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| Top 191 Songs of the 80s | The 91X Fat 500 Countdown (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986
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Ranking |
Artist Name |
Song Title |
Album Title |
Click for sample |
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1. |
Oingo Boingo |
Dead Man's Party |
Dead Man's Party |
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2. |
The Cure |
Boys Don't Cry |
- |
- |
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3. |
The Smiths |
Bigmouth Strikes Again |
The Queen Is Dead |
- |
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4. |
Talking Heads |
Wild, Wild Life |
True Stories |
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5. |
Peter Gabriel |
Sledgehammer |
So |
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6. |
The Bangles |
Walk Like an Egyptian |
Different Light |
- |
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7. |
Oingo Boingo |
Pain |
Boi-ngo |
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8. |
The B-52's |
Summer of Love |
Bouncing Off The Satellites |
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9. |
New Order |
Shellshock |
Substance |
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10. |
Siouxsie and the Banshees |
Cities in Dust |
Tinderbox |
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11. |
Depeche Mode |
A Question of Time |
Black Celebration |
- |
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12. |
The Cult |
She Sells Sanctuary |
Love |
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13. |
The Smiths |
Panic |
Louder Than Bombs |
- |
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14. |
General Public |
Faults and All |
Hand To Mouth |
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15. |
INXS |
What You Need |
Listen Like Thieves |
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16. |
Billy Idol |
To Be a Lover |
Whiplash Smile |
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17. |
The Smithereens |
Blood and Roses |
Especially for You |
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18. |
The B-52's |
Wig |
Bouncing Off The Satellites |
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19. |
The Dead Milkmen |
Bitchin' Camaro |
- |
- |
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20. |
Gene Loves Jezebel |
Desire (Come And Get It) |
Discover |
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21. |
Oingo Boingo |
Not My Slave |
Boi-ngo |
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22. |
Eurythmics |
Missionary Man |
Revenge |
- |
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23. |
Peter Gabriel |
Big Time |
So |
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24. |
Dramarama |
Anything, Anything |
Cinéma Vérité |
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25. |
Iggy Pop |
Cry for Love |
Blah Blah Blah |
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26. |
R.E.M. |
Fall on Me |
Lifes Rich Pageant |
- |
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27. |
The Call |
Everywhere I Go |
- |
- |
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28. |
Peter Gabriel |
Red Rain |
So |
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29. |
The Smiths |
Ask |
Louder Than Bombs |
- |
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30. |
The Pretenders |
Don't Get Me Wrong |
Get Close |
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31. |
Oingo Boingo |
Stay |
Dead Man's Party |
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32. |
Steve Winwood |
Higher Love |
- |
- |
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33. |
Timbuk 3 |
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades |
- |
- |
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34. |
INXS |
Kiss the Dirt |
Listen Like Thieves |
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35. |
Peter Gabriel |
In Your Eyes |
So |
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36. |
OMD |
If You Leave |
- |
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37. |
Robert Palmer |
I Didn't Mean to Turn You On |
- |
- |
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38. |
Pet Shop Boys |
West End Girls |
Please |
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39. |
Debbie Harry |
French Kissing in the USA |
- |
- |
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40. |
Big Audio Dynamite |
E=MC2 |
This Is Big Audio Dynamite |
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41. |
The Police |
Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 |
Every Breath You Take: The Singles |
- |
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42. |
The B-52's |
Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland |
Bouncing Off The Satellites |
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43. |
The Cure |
Close to Me |
The Head on the Door |
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44. |
INXS |
Listen Like Thieves |
Listen Like Thieves |
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45. |
Bananarama |
Venus |
- |
- |
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46. |
Wang Chung |
Everybody Have Fun Tonight |
- |
- |
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47. |
Echo & the Bunnymen |
Bring on the Dancing Horses |
Songs to Learn & Sing |
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48. |
Genesis |
Land of Confusion |
- |
- |
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49. |
R.E.M. |
Superman |
Lifes Rich Pageant |
- |
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50. |
UB40 |
Watchdogs |
Rat In The Kitchen |
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51. |
The Call |
I Still Believe |
- |
- |
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52. |
Big Country |
Look Away |
The Seer |
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53. |
Depeche Mode |
Fly on the Windscreen |
Black Celebration |
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54. |
New Order |
Bizarre Love Triangle |
Brotherhood |
- |
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55. |
The Cure |
In Between Days |
The Head on the Door |
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56. |
Big Audio Dynamite |
Medicine Show |
This Is Big Audio Dynamite |
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57. |
Billy Idol |
Sweet Sixteen |
Whiplash Smile |
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58. |
Robert Palmer |
Addicted to Love |
- |
- |
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59. |
Real Life |
Babies |
- |
- |
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60. |
The Fixx |
Secret Separation |
Walkabout |
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61. |
The Smiths |
The Queen Is Dead |
The Queen Is Dead |
- |
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62. |
Eurythmics |
Thorn in My Side |
Revenge |
- |
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63. |
New Order |
Paradise |
Brotherhood |
- |
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64. |
Love and Rockets |
Kundalini Express |
Express |
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65. |
The Psychedelic Furs |
Heartbreak Beat |
Midnight To Midnight |
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66. |
The Smithereens |
Behind the Wall of Sleep |
Especially for You |
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67. |
Talking Heads |
Puzzlin' Evidence |
True Stories |
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68. |
Fine Young Cannibals |
Johnny Come Home |
Fine Young Cannibals |
- |
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69. |
Gene Loves Jezebel |
Heartache |
Discover |
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70. |
Big Audio Dynamite |
Come on Every Beatbox |
- |
- |
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71. |
The Psychedelic Furs |
Pretty in Pink |
- |
- |
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72. |
The Art of Noise |
Paranoimia |
- |
- |
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73. |
New Order |
The Perfect Kiss |
Low-Life |
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74. |
OMD |
(Forever Live) and Die |
The Pacific Age |
- |
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75. |
General Public |
In Conversation |
Hand To Mouth |
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76. |
Duran Duran |
Notorious |
Notorious |
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77. |
Howard Jones |
You Know I Love You...Don't You? |
One to One |
- |
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78. |
The Nails |
Things I Left Behind |
- |
- |
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79. |
Simple Minds |
Alive and Kicking |
Once Upon A Time |
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80. |
The Art of Noise |
Peter Gunn |
- |
- |
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81. |
Genesis |
Invisible Touch |
- |
- |
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82. |
INXS |
This Time |
Listen Like Thieves |
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83. |
The Pretenders |
My Baby |
Get Close |
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84. |
Bryan Ferry |
Is Your Love Strong Enough |
- |
- |
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85. |
Belinda Carlisle |
Mad About You |
- |
- |
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86. |
Icehouse |
No Promises |
- |
- |
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87. |
Billy Idol |
Don't Need a Gun |
Whiplash Smile |
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88. |
'Til Tuesday |
What About Love |
- |
- |
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89. |
XTC |
Earn Enough for Us |
Skylarking |
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90. |
Pete Townshend |
Save it for Later |
- |
- |
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91. |
Mojo Nixon |
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- |
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