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Top 191 Songs of the 80s The 91X Fat 500 Countdown (1999)

The 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986

Ranking

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Title

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1.

Oingo Boingo

Dead Man's Party

Dead Man's Party

Dead Man's Party

2.

The Cure

Boys Don't Cry

-

-

3.

The Smiths

Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Queen Is Dead

-

4.

Talking Heads

Wild, Wild Life

True Stories

Wild Wild Life

5.

Peter Gabriel

Sledgehammer

So

Sledgehammer

6.

The Bangles

Walk Like an Egyptian

Different Light

-

7.

Oingo Boingo

Pain

Boi-ngo

Pain

8.

The B-52's

Summer of Love

Bouncing Off The Satellites

Summer of Love

9.

New Order

Shellshock

Substance

Shellshock

10.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Cities in Dust

Tinderbox

Siouxsie and The Banshees - Tinderbox - Cities In Dust

11.

Depeche Mode

A Question of Time

Black Celebration

-

12.

The Cult

She Sells Sanctuary

Love

The Cult - Love - She Sells Sanctuary

13.

The Smiths

Panic

Louder Than Bombs

-

14.

General Public

Faults and All

Hand To Mouth

General Public - Hand to Mouth - Faults and All

15.

INXS

What You Need

Listen Like Thieves

What You Need

16.

Billy Idol

To Be a Lover

Whiplash Smile

To Be a Lover

17.

The Smithereens

Blood and Roses

Especially for You

Blood and Roses

18.

The B-52's

Wig

Bouncing Off The Satellites

Wig

19.

The Dead Milkmen

Bitchin' Camaro

-

-

20.

Gene Loves Jezebel

Desire (Come And Get It)

Discover

Desire (Come and Get It)

21.

Oingo Boingo

Not My Slave

Boi-ngo

Not My Slave

22.

Eurythmics

Missionary Man

Revenge

-

23.

Peter Gabriel

Big Time

So

Big Time

24.

Dramarama

Anything, Anything

Cinéma Vérité

Dramarama - Cinema Verite - Anything, Anything

25.

Iggy Pop

Cry for Love

Blah Blah Blah

Iggy Pop - Blah-Blah-Blah - Cry for Love

26.

R.E.M.

Fall on Me

Lifes Rich Pageant

-

27.

The Call

Everywhere I Go

-

-

28.

Peter Gabriel

Red Rain

So

Red Rain

29.

The Smiths

Ask

Louder Than Bombs

-

30.

The Pretenders

Don't Get Me Wrong

Get Close

The Pretenders - Get Close - Don't Get Me Wrong

31.

Oingo Boingo

Stay

Dead Man's Party

Stay

32.

Steve Winwood

Higher Love

-

-

33.

Timbuk 3

The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

-

-

34.

INXS

Kiss the Dirt

Listen Like Thieves

Kiss the Dirt (Falling down the Mountain)

35.

Peter Gabriel

In Your Eyes

So

In Your Eyes

36.

OMD

If You Leave

-

OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) - The OMD Singles - If You Leave

37.

Robert Palmer

I Didn't Mean to Turn You On

-

-

38.

Pet Shop Boys

West End Girls

Please

West End Girls

39.

Debbie Harry

French Kissing in the USA

-

-

40.

Big Audio Dynamite

E=MC2

This Is Big Audio Dynamite

E=MC2

41.

The Police

Don't Stand So Close to Me '86

Every Breath You Take: The Singles

-

42.

The B-52's

Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland

Bouncing Off The Satellites

Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland

43.

The Cure

Close to Me

The Head on the Door

Close to Me

44.

INXS

Listen Like Thieves

Listen Like Thieves

Listen Like Thieves

45.

Bananarama

Venus

-

-

46.

Wang Chung

Everybody Have Fun Tonight

-

-

47.

Echo & the Bunnymen

Bring on the Dancing Horses

Songs to Learn & Sing

Echo And The Bunnymen - Songs to Learn and Sing - Bring On the Dancing Horses

48.

Genesis

Land of Confusion

-

-

49.

R.E.M.

Superman

Lifes Rich Pageant

-

50.

UB40

Watchdogs

Rat In The Kitchen

UB40 - Rat In the Kitchen - Watchdogs

51.

The Call

I Still Believe

-

-

52.

Big Country

Look Away

The Seer

Big Country - The Best of Big Country - Look Away

53.

Depeche Mode

Fly on the Windscreen

Black Celebration

Fly on a Windscreen (Final)

54.

New Order

Bizarre Love Triangle

Brotherhood

-

55.

The Cure

In Between Days

The Head on the Door

In Between Days

56.

Big Audio Dynamite

Medicine Show

This Is Big Audio Dynamite

Medicine Show

57.

Billy Idol

Sweet Sixteen

Whiplash Smile

Sweet Sixteen

58.

Robert Palmer

Addicted to Love

-

-

59.

Real Life

Babies

-

-

60.

The Fixx

Secret Separation

Walkabout

The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another: Greatest Hits - Secret Separation

61.

The Smiths

The Queen Is Dead

The Queen Is Dead

-

62.

Eurythmics

Thorn in My Side

Revenge

-

63.

New Order

Paradise

Brotherhood

-

64.

Love and Rockets

Kundalini Express

Express

Kundalini Express

65.

The Psychedelic Furs

Heartbreak Beat

Midnight To Midnight

Heartbreak Beat

66.

The Smithereens

Behind the Wall of Sleep

Especially for You

Behind the Wall of Sleep

67.

Talking Heads

Puzzlin' Evidence

True Stories

Puzzlin' Evidence

68.

Fine Young Cannibals

Johnny Come Home

Fine Young Cannibals

-

69.

Gene Loves Jezebel

Heartache

Discover

Heartache

70.

Big Audio Dynamite

Come on Every Beatbox

-

-

71.

The Psychedelic Furs

Pretty in Pink

-

-

72.

The Art of Noise

Paranoimia

-

-

73.

New Order

The Perfect Kiss

Low-Life

The Perfect Kiss

74.

OMD

(Forever Live) and Die

The Pacific Age

-

75.

General Public

In Conversation

Hand To Mouth

General Public - Hand to Mouth - In Conversation

76.

Duran Duran

Notorious

Notorious

Duran Duran - Notorious - Notorious

77.

Howard Jones

You Know I Love You...Don't You?

One to One

-

78.

The Nails

Things I Left Behind

-

-

79.

Simple Minds

Alive and Kicking

Once Upon A Time

Alive and Kicking

80.

The Art of Noise

Peter Gunn

-

-

81.

Genesis

Invisible Touch

-

-

82.

INXS

This Time

Listen Like Thieves

This Time

83.

The Pretenders

My Baby

Get Close

The Pretenders - Get Close - My Baby

84.

Bryan Ferry

Is Your Love Strong Enough

-

-

85.

Belinda Carlisle

Mad About You

-

-

86.

Icehouse

No Promises

-

-

87.

Billy Idol

Don't Need a Gun

Whiplash Smile

Don't Need a Gun (Single Edit)

88.

'Til Tuesday

What About Love

-

-

89.

XTC

Earn Enough for Us

Skylarking

XTC - Skylarking - Earn Enough for Us

90.

Pete Townshend

Save it for Later

-

-

91.

Mojo Nixon

?

-

-