The Jam
Going Underground





Release Year: 1980

Rankings:
All-Time
#388 / 1980s #48 / 1980 #6

Genres: Mod Revival, New Wave
Parent Genres: Mod, Rock


Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003) 88
TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008) No Order
Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011) 88
Woxy.com (USA) - Modern Rock 500 Songs of All Time (combined rank 1989-2009) 402
Freaky Trigger (UK) - Top 100 Songs of All Time (2005) 28
Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) No Order
Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007) No Order
NME (UK) - Classic Singles (magazine feature 2006-2007) No Order
NME (UK) - The 100 Best Songs of the 1980s (2012) 51
NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014) 307
NME (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (2002) 11
Q (UK) - 100 Songs That Changed the World (2003) 44
Q (UK) - 50 Greatest British Tracks (2005) 16
Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) No Order
Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) No Order
Q (UK) - The 80 Best Records of the 80s (2006) 15
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
Q (UK) - Top 20 Singles from 1980-2004 (2004) 14
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009) No Order
Uncut (UK) - Paul Weller's 30 Best Songs (2007) 1
XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 22
3FM (The Netherlands) - 3 voor 12: 312 Essentials (2013) No Order
Martijn Stoffer and Roel Bentz van de Berg (The Netherlands) - Atoomjukebox (2009) No Order
Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997) 14
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004) 141
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997) No Order
1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2010 - French Edition) 1002
Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013) No Order
Hervé Bourhis (France) - Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2012 No Order
Volume (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World, 2008 (40 songs) No Order
El Pais (Spain) - 100 Musicians Choose 100 Songs That Changed Their Lives (2009) 92
Richard Kingsmill (Australia) - Hottest 100 Songs of All Time (2009) 24
Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009) No Order
Luca Sofri (Italy) - Playlist: 2978 canzoni di cui non potete fare a meno [2,978 Songs You Can't Live Without] (2008) No Order
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003) No Order
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 18
NME (UK) - Singles of the Year 2
Sounds (UK) - Singles of the Year 3
Rockerilla (Italy) - Singles of the Year 7