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

The 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987

Ranking

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Title

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1.

The Cure

Just Like Heaven

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

 Just Like Heaven

2.

Echo & the Bunnymen

Lips Like Sugar

Echo & The Bunnymen

 Lips Like Sugar

3.

New Order

True Faith

Substance

 True Faith

4.

Depeche Mode

Strangelove

Music For The Masses

 Strangelove

5.

INXS

Need You Tonight

Kick

 Need You Tonight

6.

The Cure

Why Can't I Be You?

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

 Why Can't I Be You?

7.

The Smiths

Girlfriend in a Coma

Strangeways, Here We Come

 -

8.

U2

With or Without You

The Joshua Tree

 With or Without You

9.

Depeche Mode

Never Let Me Down Again

Music For The Masses

 Never Let Me Down Again

10.

R.E.M.

The One I Love

Document

 The One I Love

11.

Squeeze

Hourglass

Babylon and On

 Hourglass

12.

U2

Where the Streets Have No Name

The Joshua Tree

 Where the Streets Have No Name

13.

R.E.M.

It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Document

 It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

14.

XTC

Dear God

Skylarking

 XTC - Skylarking - Dear God

15.

New Order

1963

Substance

 -

16.

Love and Rockets

No New Tale to Tell

Earth Sun Moon

 Love and Rockets - Earth Sun Moon - No New Tale to Tell

17.

Gene Loves Jezebel

The Motion of Love

The House Of Dolls

 Gene Loves Jezebel - Voodoo Dollies - The Best of Gene Loves Jezebel - The Motion of Love

18.

Public Image Ltd.

Seattle

Happy?

Public Image Limited - The Greatest Hits So Far - Seattle

19.

The Alarm

Rain in the Summertime

The Eye of the Hurricane

 The Alarm - Eye of the Hurricane [1987-1988] Remastered - Rain In the Summertime

20.

The Cure

How Beautiful You Are

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

 How Beautiful You Are

21.

Pet Shop Boys

It's a Sin

Actually

 It's a Sin

22.

Oingo Boingo

We Close Our Eyes

Boi-ngo

 We Close Our Eyes

23.

The Cult

Love Removal Machine

Electric

 Love Removal Machine

24.

Sting

We'll Be Together

Nothing Like The Sun

 Sting - Nothing Like the Sun - We'll Be Together

25.

U2

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking for

The Joshua Tree

 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

26.

The Cucumbers

My Boyfriend

-

 -

27.

The Bangles

Hazy Shade of Winter

-

 -

28.

The Cult

Wild Flower

Electric

 Wild Flower

29.

Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper

Elvis is Everywhere

-

 -

30.

Icehouse

Crazy

-

 -

31.

Hoodoo Gurus

What's My Scene

-

 -

32.

Men Without Hats

Pop Goes the World

-

 -

33.

The Dukes of Stratosphear

Vanishing Girl

-

 -

34.

Billy Idol

Mony Mony

Billy Idol

 Mony Mony

35.

U2

Bullet the Blue Sky

The Joshua Tree

 Bullet the Blue Sky

36.

The Replacements

Alex Chilton

Pleased To Meet Me

 -

37.

The Screaming Blue Messiahs

I Wanna Be a Flintstone

-

 -

38.

The Cure

The Kiss

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

 The Kiss

39.

Flesh for Lulu

I Go Crazy

-

 -

40.

U2

Spanish Eyes

-

 -

41.

The Smiths

Unhappy Birthday

Strangeways, Here We Come

 -

42.

Damned

Alone Again Or

-

 -

43.

X

See How We Are

See How We Are

 -

44.

Echo & the Bunnymen

New Direction

Echo & The Bunnymen

 New Direction

45.

World Party

Ship of Fools

-

 -

46.

INXS with Jimmy Barnes

Good Times

-

 -

47.

Figures on a Beach

No Stars

-

 -

48.

It's Immaterial

Driving Away from Home

-

 -

49.

Gene Loves Jezebel

Suspicion

The House Of Dolls

 Gene Loves Jezebel - Discover - Suspicion

50.

The Smiths

Sheila Take a Bow

Louder Than Bombs

 -

51.

Suzanne Vega

Luka

-

 -

52.

Jon Astley

Jane's Getting Serious

-

 -

53.

The Call

I Don't Wanna

-

 -

54.

Private Domain with Pato Banton

Absolute Perfection

-

 -

55.

The Smiths

Ask

Louder Than Bombs

 -

56.

The Call

In the River

-

 -

57.

The Silencers

Painted Moon

-

 -

58.

U2

One Tree Hill

The Joshua Tree

 One Tree Hill

59.

Echo & the Bunnymen

People are Strange

-

 -

60.

The Jesus and Mary Chain

April Skies

Darklands

 -

61.

David Bowie

Never Let Me Down

Never Let Me Down

 David Bowie - Never Let Me Down - Never Let Me Down

62.

Crowded House

World Where You Live

-

 -

63.

Love and Rockets

All in My Mind

Express

 All In My Mind

64.

The Psychedelic Furs

Heartbreak Beat

Midnight To Midnight

 Heartbreak Beat

65.

Erasure

Sometimes

The Circus

 Erasure - Erasure: Pop! 20 Hits - Sometimes

66.

The Cure

Hot Hot Hot!!!

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

 Hot Hot Hot!!!

67.

The Dead Milkmen

Instant Club Hit

-

 -

68.

U2

In God's Country

The Joshua Tree

 In God's Country

69.

Hoodoo Gurus

Good Times

-

 -

70.

Oingo Boingo

Not My Slave

Boi-ngo

 Not My Slave

71.

The Cars

Strap Me In

Door To Door

 -

72.

X

Fourth of July

See How We Are

 -

73.

China Crisis

Arizona Sky

-

 -

74.

Julian Cope

World Shut Your Mouth

-

 -

75.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Passenger

Through The Looking Glass

 -

76.

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Happy When It Rains

Darklands

 -

77.

Los Lobos

La Bamba

-

 -

78.

Peter Tosh

Testify

-

 -

79.

Yello

Oh Yeah

-

 -

80.

The Swinging Erudites

Walk With an Erection

-

 -

81.

U2

Trip Through Your Wires

The Joshua Tree

 Trip Through Your Wires

82.

INXS

Mystify

Kick

 Mystify

83.

Echo & the Bunnymen

The Game

Echo & The Bunnymen

 The Game

84.

George Harrison

Got My Mind Set On You

-

 -

85.

The Edge

Heroine

-

 -

86.

David Bowie

Time Will Crawl

Never Let Me Down

 David Bowie - Never Let Me Down - Time Will Crawl

87.

Bryan Ferry

The Right Stuff

-

 -

88.

The Northern Pikes

The Things I Do for Money

-

 -

89.

M/A/R/R/S

Pump Up the Volume

-

 -

90.

The Smiths

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard this One Before

Strangeways, Here We Come

 -

91.

XTC

Grass

Skylarking

 XTC - Skylarking - Grass