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Top 300 Songs of the 90s 500 Most Requested of All-Time (Memorial Day 2006)

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The KROQ Top 106.7 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.

The Smiths

Girlfriend in a Coma

Strangeways, Here We Come

-

3.

Depeche Mode

Strangelove

Music For The Masses

Strangelove

4.

Echo & the Bunnymen

Lips Like Sugar

Echo & The Bunnymen

Lips Like Sugar

5.

The Cure

Why Can't I Be You?

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Why Can't I Be You?

6.

INXS

Need You Tonight

Kick

Need You Tonight

7.

XTC

Dear God

Skylarking

XTC - Skylarking - Dear God

8.

New Order

True Faith

Substance

True Faith

9.

U2

With or Without You

The Joshua Tree

With or Without You

10.

Depeche Mode

Never Let Me Down Again

Music For The Masses

Never Let Me Down Again

11.

R.E.M.

The One I Love

Document

The One I Love

12.

The Bangles

Hazy Shade of Winter

-

-

13.

Love and Rockets

No New Tale to Tell

Earth Sun Moon

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

14.

U2

Where the Streets Have No Name

The Joshua Tree

Where the Streets Have No Name

15.

Gene Love Jezebel

The Motion of Love

-

-

16.

The Smiths

Is It Really So Strange?

Louder Than Bombs

-

17.

Pet Shop Boys

Rent

Actually

Rent

18.

U2

The Sweetest Thing

-

-

19.

Depeche Mode

Behind the Wheel

Music For The Masses

Behind the Wheel

20.

The Alarm

Rain in the Summertime

The Eye of the Hurricane

-

21.

The Bolshoi

Please

-

-

22.

Oingo Boingo

We Close Our Eyes

Boi-ngo

We Close Our Eyes

23.

Gene Loves Jezebel

Twenty Killer Hurts

The House Of Dolls

Gene Loves Jezebel - Voodoo Dollies - The Best of Gene Loves Jezebel - Twenty Killer Hurts

24.

The Smiths

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

Strangeways, Here We Come

-

25.

Public Image Ltd.

Rules and Regulations

Happy?

Public Image Limited - The Greatest Hits So Far - Rules and Regulations

26.

U2

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

The Joshua Tree

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

27.

Pet Shop Boys

It's a Sin

Actually

It's a Sin

28.

Icehouse

Crazy

-

-

29.

Faith No More

We Care a Lot

Introduce Yourself

-

30.

The Replacements

Alex Chilton

Pleased To Meet Me

-

31.

Squeeze

Hourglass

Babylon and On

Hourglass

32.

Dramarama

It's Still Warm

-

-

33.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Passenger

Through The Looking Glass

Siouxsie and The Banshees - Twice upon a Time - The Singles - The Passenger

34.

The Cult

Love Removal Machine

Electric

Love Removal Machine

35.

Private Domain with Pato Banton

Absolute Perfection

-

-

36.

The Damned

Along Again Or

-

-

37.

Oingo Boingo

Not My Slave

Boi-ngo

Not My Slave

38.

The Psychedelic Furs

Heartbreak Beat

Midnight To Midnight

Heartbreak Beat

39.

New Order

Bizarre Love Triangle

Brotherhood

-

40.

X

Fourth of July

See How We Are

-

41.

The Smiths

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish

Strangeways, Here We Come

-

42.

U2

Bullet the Blue Sky

The Joshua Tree

Bullet the Blue Sky

43.

Tonio K

Supposed to Have Sex With You

-

-

44.

Duran Duran

Skin Trade

Notorious

Duran Duran - Notorious - Skin Trade

45.

David Bowie

Time Will Crawl

Never Let Me Down

David Bowie - Never Let Me Down - Time Will Crawl

46.

Pet Shop Boys

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

Actually

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

47.

Dukes of Stratosphere

Vanishing Girl

-

-

48.

The Cult

Wild Flower

Electric

Wild Flower

49.

Erasure

Victim of Love

The Circus

Erasure - Erasure: Pop! 20 Hits - Victim of Love

50.

U2

Silver and Gold

Rattle And Hum

Silver and Gold (Rattle & Hum Version)

51.

Beastie Boys

Fight for Your Right to Party

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill - Fight for Your Right

52.

The Stranglers

Always the Sun

-

-

53.

Sting

We'll Be Together

Nothing Like The Sun

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

54.

David Bowie

Never Let Me Down

Never Let Me Down

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

55.

The Psychedelic Furs

Shock

Midnight To Midnight

-

56.

The Cure

Hot Hot Hot!!!

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Hot Hot Hot!!!

57.

World Party

Private Revolution

-

-

58.

Echo & the Bunnymen

People Are Strange

-

-

59.

Billy Idol

Mony Mony (Live)

Vital Idol

-

60.

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)

61.

Oingo Boingo

Elevator Man

Boi-ngo

Elevator Man

62.

ABC

When Smokey Sings

-

-

63.

Icicle Works

Understanding Jane

-

-

64.

Billy Idol

Sweet Sixteen

Whiplash Smile

Sweet Sixteen

65.

Pseudo Echo

Living in a Dream

-

-

66.

The Cars

You Are the Girl

Door to Door

The Cars - The Cars: Complete Greatest Hits - You Are the Girl

67.

Public Image Ltd.

Seattle

Happy?

Public Image Limited - The Greatest Hits So Far - Seattle

68.

U2

In God's Country

The Joshua Tree

In God's Country

69.

Gene Loves Jezebel

Desire (Come And Get It)

Discover

Desire (Come and Get It)

70.

Duran Duran

Meet El Presidente

Notorious

Duran Duran - Notorious - Meet el Presidente

71.

Lions and Ghosts

Contradiction

-

-

72.

Flesh for Lulu

I Go Crazy

-

-

73.

Love and Rockets

All in My Mind

Express

All In My Mind