Modern Rock Radio Top 20

1988 Yearly Chart*
*Starting 9/2/1988
1 Peek-A-Boo  Siouxsie & The Banshees 199 13 1
2 The Great Commandment  Camouflage 188 12 3
3 Desire  U2 184 11 1
4 What I Am  Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians 173 16 4
5 The Killing Jar  Siouxsie & The Banshees 172 14 2
6 All That Money Wants  Psychedelic Furs 158 9 1
7 Orange Crush  R.E.M. 151 8 1
8 Carolyn's Fingers  Cocteau Twins 141 9 2
9 Angel Of Harlem  U2 137 12 3
10 Put This Love To The Test  Jon Astley 128 10 3
11 In Your Room  Bangles 126 10 5
12 Just Play Music  Big Audio Dynamite 109 7 1
13 Back On The Breadline  Hunters & Collectors 109 10 6
14 Crash  Primitives 99 6 3
15 Wild Wild West  Escape Club 96 6 3
16 Away  Feelies 92 9 6
17 Up There Down There  Patti Smith 73 7 6
18 Don't Go  Hothouse Flowers 68 8 7
19 I've Got A Feeling  Screaming Tribesmen 54 10 7
20 Breakfast In Bed  UB40 53 4 4
21 Intoxication  Shriekback 52 5 6
22 Christine  House Of Love 51 5 8
23 Way Behind Me  Primitives 49 5 8
24 Another Kind Of Love  Hugh Cornwell 48 8 11
25 Jane Says  Jane's Addiction 44 5 6
26 Motorcrash  Sugarcubes 43 8 10
27 Ana Ng  They Might Be Giants 37 5 11
28 Tumblin' Down  Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers 33 3 5
29 King Of Emotion  Big Country 33 6 11
30 Jesus Christ  U2 29 3 9
31 I Say Nothing  Voice Of The Beehive 29 5 11
32 Tell That Girl To Shut Up  Transvision Vamp 26 3 9
33 I'm Sorry  Hothouse Flowers 25 3 12
34 My Bag  Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 24 6 13
35 I Don't Want Your Love  Duran Duran 23 5 13
36 What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)  Information Society 18 3 10
37 When Love Comes To Town  U2 w/ B.B. King 17 3 10
38 Liar, Liar  Debbie Harry 14 2 14
39 What's The Matter Here  10,00 Maniacs 13 2 9
40 Other 99  Big Audio Dynamite 11 2 13
41 Winning Side  Oingo Boingo 11 2 14
42 (Glad I'm) Not A Kennedy  Shone Laing 10 2 14
43 Pop Song 89  R.E.M. 10 3 16
44 Anchorage  Michelle Shocked 10 3 16
45 Walking Away  Information Society 9 2 15
46 High Time  Icicle Works 8 1 13
47 Kiss  Art Of Noise w/ Tom Jones 7 1 14
48 Every Dog Has His Day  Let's Active 7 2 17
49 Don't Walk Away  Toni Childs 6 2 17
50 Im Nin Alu  Ofra Haza 6 2 18
51 Be With You  Jack Rubies 6 3 18
52A Dream World  Midnight Oil 5 1 16
52B Dumb Things  Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls 5 1 16
52C She's Got A New Spell  Billy Bragg 5 1 16
55A All I Wanted  In Tua Nua 5 2 17
55B Doctorin' The Tardis  Timelords 5 2 17
57 Jump In The River  Sinead O'Connor 4 1 17
58 Shark Walk  Shriekback 2 1 19
59 If Love Was A Train  Michelle Shocked 2 2 20
60 Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards  Billy Bragg 1 1 20

 

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