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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 26 #1
2 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 168 #1
3 A Question of Lust Depeche Mode 17 #2
4 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
5 I Melt With You Modern English 96 #2
6 Just Like Heaven The Cure 104 #1
7 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 92 #1
8 Bad U2 78 #5
9 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 67 #2
10 Oh L'Amour Erasure 31 #3
11 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2 204 #2
12 Blasphemous Rumours Depeche Mode 62 #1
13 Rock Lobster The B-52's 87 #5
14 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
15 I Will Follow U2 96 #9
16 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 96 #1
17 Everyday is Halloween Ministry 33 #6
18 Dear God XTC 92 #1
19 New Year's Day U2 182 #4
20 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 60 #1
21 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 83 #4
22 Strangelove Depeche Mode 62 #2
23 Roxanne The Police 167 #10
24 Only You Yaz 20 #24
25 It's My Life Talk Talk 61 #18
26 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 86 #1
27 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 66 #3
28 People are People Depeche Mode 66 #11
29 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus 48 #3
30 Tainted Love Soft Cell 76 #1
31 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
32 The Promise When in Rome 24 #11
33 This Charming Man The Smiths 52 #2
34 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 53 #9
35 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 72 #3
36 Shake the Disease Depeche Mode 38 #1
37 Eighties Killing Joke 29 #37
38 In Between Days The Cure 81 #3
39 With or Without You U2 213 #3
40 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 163 #8
41 Shellshock New Order 22 #9
42 Rise Public Image Ltd. 47 #24
43 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 90 #1
44 I Go Crazy Flesh for Lulu 24 #21
45 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 69 #2
46 E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 30 #40
47 Close to Me The Cure 83 #11
48 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 158 #1
49 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
50 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 52 #11
51 Gloria U2 48 #51
52 True Faith New Order 78 #3
53 World Destruction Time Zone 31 #17
54 If You Leave Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 48 #14
55 Let Me Go Heaven 17 25 #31
56 Need You Tonight INXS 87 #5
57 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 62 #2
58 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 125 #1
59 Route 66 Depeche Mode 53 #1
60 Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure 39 #17
61 Situation Yaz 46 #8
62 Red Red Wine UB40 49 #1
63 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
64 Ball of Confusion Love and Rockets 41 #19
65 White Wedding Billy Idol 152 #7
66 Sweetest Thing U2 50 #3
67 Stripped Depeche Mode 12 #24
68 Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy 25 #13
69 Jesus on the Payroll Thrashing Doves 2 #20
70 What I Like About You The Romantics 92 #10
71 The Lovecats The Cure 60 #2
72 But Not Tonight Depeche Mode 16 #2
73 Two Hearts Beat As One U2 52 #19
74 Rain The Cult 25 #74
75 Temptation New Order 22 #1
76 I Dig You Cult Hero 1 #76
77 Original Sin INXS 44 #19
78 This is Not a Love Song Public Image Ltd. 28 #12
79 The Perfect Kiss New Order 43 #2
80 Always on My Mind Pet Shop Boys 17 #7
81 A Night Like This The Cure 9 #6
82 The Unforgettable Fire U2 32 #48
83 The Great Commandment Camouflage 15 #10
84 Alex Chilton The Replacements 58 #8
85 Master and Servant Depeche Mode 44 #5
86 Panic The Smiths 56 #5
87 Don't Go Yaz 27 #37
88 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 61 #21
89 The Body Public Image Ltd. 4 #21
90 Rock the Casbah The Clash 164 #1
91 Private Idaho The B-52's 58 #25
92 Heartbeat The Psychedelic Furs 6 #61
93 A Question of Time Depeche Mode 10 #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 7 #96
97 One More Time The Cure 2 #58
98 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 19 #29
99 Every Breath You Take The Police 124 #3
100 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 59 #1
101 Rock n' Roll High School The Ramones 32 #61
102 Behind the Wheel Depeche Mode 25 #9
103 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 60 #2
104 Black Coffee in Bed Squeeze 55 #55
105 I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 53 #38
106 Uncertain Smile The The 51 #3
107 The One Thing INXS 52 #10
108 1963 New Order 14 #15
109 We Care A Lot Faith No More 33 #29
110 Desire Gene Loves Jezebel 31 #6
111 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
112 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 125 #4
113 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie 81 #37
114 Heartbreak Beat The Psychedelic Furs 36 #38
115 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 75 #24
116 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds 46 #1
117 Seattle Public Image Ltd. 16 #10
118 Shoplifters of the World Unite The Smiths 11 #20
119 Push The Cure 3 #119
120 Dancing in Heaven Q-Feel 15 #73
121 In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel 123 #2
122 Slowdive Siouxsie and the Banshees 3 #23
123 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode 58 #7
124 I Fought the Law The Clash 62 #13
125 Sixty Eight Guns The Alarm 20 #59
126 Catch The Cure 4 #34
127 Nowhere Girl B-Movie 26 #5
128 Tempted Squeeze 89 #21
129 Bedbugs and Ballyhoo Echo and the Bunnymen 25 #25
130 Don't Stand So Close to Me The Police 104 #7
131 Subculture New Order 9 #18
132 This Is Radio Clash The Clash 29 #59
133 Kids In America Kim Wilde 20 #98
134 Black Celebration Depeche Mode 7 #99
135 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 98 #6
136 Thieves Like Us New Order 8 #7
137 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 65 #9
138 Images of Heaven Peter Godwin 10 #21
139 Ask The Smiths 48 #5
140 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 40 #23
141 A Celebration U2 3 #141
142 Dancing With Myself Billy Idol 84 #18
143 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 70 #9
144 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 95 #2
145 A New England Billy Bragg 13 #7
146 Train in Vain The Clash 120 #10
147 Alison Elvis Costello 66 #3
148 Love Song Simple Minds 6 #36
149 Love Vigilantes New Order 46 #1
150 She's a Sensation The Ramones 3 #150
151 Spirit In The Sky Dr. and the Medics 13 #151
152 Tesla Girls Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 12 #100
153 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 102 #1
154 Favourite Shirts Haircut 100 5 #154
155 The Bottom Line Big Audio Dynamite 27 #15
156 Summer Love APB 3 #156
157 Fly on the Windscreen Depeche Mode 4 #53
158 Tenderness General Public 47 #1
159 The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight Dominatrix 4 #59
160 Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) Squeeze 44 #42
161 Take Me to the River Talking Heads 85 #6
162 Do It Clean Echo and the Bunnymen 18 #162
163 Listen Like Thieves INXS 27 #44
164 State Farm Yaz 1 #164
165 Seconds U2 20 #165
166 It's a Sin Pet Shop Boys 23 #11
167 The Perfect Girl The Cure 3 #167
168 Rockaway Beach The Ramones 31 #7
169 Electric Dreams Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey 1 #169
170 Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel 53 #20
171 The Magnificent Seven The Clash 37 #93
172 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 143 #3
173 Madame Butterfly Malcolm McLaren 8 #43
174 Amok Lederknacken 1 #174
175 What is Love Howard Jones 17 #10
176 Medicine Show Big Audio Dynamite 15 #56
177 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 64 #9
178 Burn for You INXS 4 #37
179 Avalon Roxy Music 52 #33
180 Public Image Public Image Ltd. 18 #9
181 Girls on Film Duran Duran 51 #18
182 One Step Beyond Madness 42 #4
183 Whip It Devo 78 #1
184 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 60 #25
185 Revenge Ministry 1 #185
186 Town Called Malice The Jam 62 #7
187 A Sort of Homecoming U2 21 #57
188 Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen 43 #21
189 Get Out of London Intaferon 1 #189
190 Goo Goo Muck The Cramps 7 #95
191 Changes David Bowie 128 #17
192 I Send a Message INXS 21 #9
193 Warm Leatherette The Normal 12 #193
194 Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones 22 #42
195 The Safety Dance Men Without Hats 35 #2
196 This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Talking Heads 38 #2
197 The Metro Berlin 24 #7
198 Suburbia Pet Shop Boys 7 #1
199 Nemesis Shriekback 21 #11
200 Ca Plane Pour Moi Plastic Bertrand 24 #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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