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Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989

The year-end countdown for 1989 from Live 105 in San Francisco, CA ranks 105 songs, with “So Alive” by Love and Rockets at number one. The list features 93 different artists; The Cure has the most entries with three songs. Position 90 is missing from the source list.

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# Song ListsBest
1 So Alive Love and Rockets 54 #1
2 Love Song The Cure 62 #1
3 Mayor of Simpleton XTC 33 #3
4 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals 42 #4
5 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
6 Love Shack The B-52's 61 #1
7 Sold Me Down The River The Alarm 18 #7
8 I'll Be You The Replacements 44 #8
9 Good Thing Fine Young Cannibals 16 #6
10 Veronica Elvis Costello 29 #10
11 Disappointed Public Image Ltd. 21 #11
12 Fascination Street The Cure 43 #5
13 I Want That Man Deborah Harry 3 #13
14 Pure The Lightning Seeds 33 #13
15 Dream Attack New Order 2 #15
16 Ouija Board, Ouija Board Morrissey 8 #16
17 Fire Woman The Cult 32 #6
18 So Many People Hubert KaH 1 #18
19 Sowing the Seeds of Love Tears for Fears 27 #5
20 Have in Mind Cetu Javu 5 #20
21 Stand R.E.M. 52 #4
22 Kingdom of Rain The The 9 #22
23 Drama Erasure 4 #23
24 Everlasting Love U2 11 #3
25 Compulsion Martin Gore 7 #20
26 This Is Acid Maurice 1 #26
27 Between Something and Nothing The Ocean Blue 8 #15
28 Don't Ask Me Why Eurythmics 2 #28
29 Contact Big Audio Dynamite 20 #29
30 Proud to Fall Ian McCulloch 5 #12
31 Fine Time New Order 10 #9
32 Hairstyle of the Devil Momus 2 #32
33 Let The Day Begin The Call 21 #33
34 Lullaby The Cure 32 #3
35 Way of the World Max Q 3 #23
36 Cosmic Thing The B-52's 5 #36
37 She Bangs the Drums The Stone Roses 10 #7
38 Free Mason Boxcar 1 #38
39 Suboceana Tom Tom Club 1 #39
40 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
41 Disco Deutchland Bomb the House 1 #41
42 Love is a Shield Camouflage 2 #41
43 Pet Semetary The Ramones 5 #23
44 Regina The Sugarcubes 7 #44
45 Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus 4 #33
46 Dangerous Depeche Mode 2 #46
47 Give Give Give Me More More More The Wonderstuff 1 #47
48 Bring Me Edelweiss Edelweiss 1 #48
49 Can You Dig It Pop Will Eat Itself 1 #49
50 Last Cigarette Dramarama 20 #11
51 Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers 49 #9
52 Dear God Midge Ure 12 #46
53 Driven Out The Fixx 4 #53
54 Come Home With Me Baby Dead or Alive 1 #54
55 Consolidated Consolidated 4 #55
56 Look Who's Dancing Ziggy Marley 3 #41
57 Pop Song '89 R.E.M. 23 #32
58 The Sensual World Kate Bush 9 #58
59 Move Your Feet Hithouse 2 #59
60 Obsession Xymox 2 #60
61 Happy Public Image Ltd. 19 #61
62 Don't Look Back Fine Young Cannibals 5 #62
63 Here Comes Your Man The Pixies 53 #2
64 Give Me Your Lips No Panic 1 #64
65 Sugar Daddy Thompson Twins 2 #55
66 Dreamhouse Xmal Deutschland 1 #66
67 Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys 12 #57
68 Puss In Boots Kon Kan 1 #68
69 Sick of It The Primitives 3 #45
70 One Little Girl Toad The Wet Sprocket 8 #70
71 And Now You're in Heaven Julian Lennon 1 #71
72 Pictures of Matchstick Men Camper Van Beethoven 30 #28
73 Waiting For Mary Pere Ubu 1 #73
74 Tainted Love Impedance 1 #74
75 Nineteen Forever Joe Jackson 4 #32
76 Sex Taboo Plastic Bertrand 1 #76
77 Last of the Famous International Playboys Morrissey 6 #18
78 Going Southbound Stan Ridgway 2 #48
79 Hypnotized Cabaret Voltaire 1 #79
80 Dirty Boulevard Lou Reed 19 #19
81 See A Little Light Bob Mould 31 #69
82 Blues from a Gun The Jesus and Mary Chain 5 #13
83 You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Figures on a Beach 1 #83
84 Always Saturday Guadalcanal Diary 7 #84
85 Wonderland Lene Lovich 1 #85
86 Wait For Fire Burning Legal Reins 1 #86
87 Deadbeat Club The B-52's 19 #87
88 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah The Pogues 23 #85
89 50 Shades Of Blue Edwyn Collins 1 #89
91 No Big Deal Love and Rockets 6 #22
92 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers 31 #34
93 Techno Technoid 1 #93
94 Eardrum Buzz Wire 4 #62
95 Batdance Prince 2 #6
96 Tommy And Co Bill Pritchard 1 #96
97 Radio Silence Boris Grebenshikov 1 #97
98 Orinoco Flow Enya 12 #48
99 The Drowning Man The Hollow Men 1 #99
100 Oh Daddy Adrian Belew 19 #50
101 She's My Ex All 2 #93
102 Times Up Age Of Chance 1 #102
103 Agent Double-O Soul The Untouchables 1 #103
104 You're The Only One Transvision Vamp 1 #104
105 Will You Be There? Celebrate the Nun 2 #105
105.3 Don't Sniff Coke Pato Banton 6 #106

Position 90 is missing from the source list.

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Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 was broadcast by Live 105 (San Francisco, CA). 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 Alan J. Hall. Thank you!

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