The KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983

1.

Duran Duran

Is There Something I Should Know?

Duran Duran

2.

Men Without Hats

The Safety Dance

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3.

The Police

Every Breath You Take

Synchronicity

4.

Big Country

In a Big Country

The Crossing

5.

Culture Club

Church of the Poison Mind

Colour By Numbers

6.

David Bowie

Let's Dance

Let's Dance

7.

Tears for Fears

Mad World

The Hurting

8.

Peter Schilling

Major Tom (Coming Home)

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9.

Duran Duran

Union of the Snake

Seven And The Ragged Tiger

10.

The English Beat

I Confess

Special Beat Service

11.

Culture Club

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

Kissing to Be Clever

12.

David Bowie

Modern Love

Let's Dance

13.

Talking Heads

Burning Down the House

Speaking in Tongues

14.

U2

New Year's Day

War

15.

Madness

Our House

Madness

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16.

Culture Club

I'll Tumble 4 Ya

Kissing to Be Clever

17.

The Police

King of Pain

Synchronicity

18.

Greg Kihn Band

Jeopardy

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19.

The Fixx

One Thing Leads to Another

Reach the Beach

20.

Nena

99 Luftballoons

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21.

The Polecats

Make a Circuit With Me

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22.

Tim Scott

Swear

-

23.

Suicidal Tendencies

Institutionalized

Suicidal Tendencies

24.

The Rolling Stones

Undercover of the Night

Undercover

25.

Culture Club

Karma Chameleon

Colour By Numbers

26.

Echo & the Bunnymen

Never Stop

-

27.

Eurythmics

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

28.

Adam Ant

Strip

Strip

29.

Tears for Fears

Pale Shelter

The Hurting

30.

The English Beat

Save It for Later

Special Beat Service

31.

Thomas Dolby

She Blinded Me With Science

The Golden Age of Wireless

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32.

Blancmange

Living on the Ceiling

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33.

Culture Club

Miss Me Blind

Colour By Numbers

34.

Elvis Costello

Everyday I Write the Book

Punch The Clock

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35.

Barbie and the Kens

Just a Gigolo

-

36.

The Romantics

Talking in Your Sleep

-

37.

INXS

The One Thing

Shabooh Shoobah

38.

The Cure

The Love Cats

Japanese Whispers

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39.

Sparks

Cool Places

In Outer Space

40.

Red Rockers

China

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41.

Icicle Works

Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)

-

42.

The B-52's

Whammy Kiss

Whammy!

43.

Bill Nelson

Acceleration

-

44.

The Fixx

Saved by Zero

Reach the Beach

45.

The Police

Synchronicity II

Synchronicity

46.

Tears for Fears

Change

The Hurting

47.

Billy Idol

Rebel Yell

Rebel Yell

48.

Echo & the Bunnymen

The Cutter

Porcupine

49.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Dear Prudence

Hyæna

50.

UB40

Red Red Wine

Labour Of Love

51.

The Cure

Let's Go to Bed

-

52.

Spandau Ballet

Lifeline

-

53.

Duran Duran

The Reflex

Seven And The Ragged Tiger

54.

New Order

Blue Monday

Power, Corruption & Lies

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55.

Big Country

Fields of Fire

The Crossing

56.

Toy Dolls

Nellie the Elephant

-

57.

Adam Ant

Puss'n Boots

Strip

58.

Haysi Fantayzee

Shiny Shiny

-

59.

Reflex

The Politics of Dancing

-

60.

Thompson Twins

Lies

Quick Step & Side Kick

61.

David Bowie

China Girl

Let's Dance

62.

Eurythmics

Love is a Stranger

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

63.

Pat Wilson

Bop Girl

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64.

Jimmy the Hoover

Tantalize

-

65.

The B-52's

Legal Tender

Whammy!

66.

OMD

Radio Waves

Dazzle Ships

67.

Real Life

Send Me an Angel

-

68.

Roman Holiday

Don't Try to Stop It

-

69.

R.E.M.

Radio Free Europe

Murmur

70.

Falco

Der Kommisar

-

71.

The Rolling Stones

Too Much Blood

Undercover

72.

Heaven 17

Let Me Go

-

73.

Devo

Dr. Detroit

-

74.

Soft Cell

It's a Mugs Game

-

75.

Midnight Oil

Power and the Passion

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

76.

The Psychedelic Furs

Love My Way

Forever Now

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77.

Bongos

Numbers with Wings

-

78.

INXS

Black and White

Shabooh Shoobah

79.

Freur

Doot Doot

-

80.

Stray Cats

(She’s) Sexy and 17

Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats

81.

A Flock of Seagulls

Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)

Listen

82.

Grandmaster Flash

White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

-

83.

Ric Ocasek

Gimme Something to Grab For

-

84.

Howard Devoto

Rainy Season

-

85.

Peter Godwin

Baby's in the Mountains

-

86.

Malcolm McLaren

Buffalo Gals

-

87.

Aztec Camera

Oblivious

-

88.

Sparks

All You Ever Think About is Sex

In Outer Space

89.

X

New World

More Fun in the New World

90.

B-Movie

Nowhere Girl

-

91.

Peter Gabriel

Shock the Monkey

Security

92.

Oingo Boingo

Nothing Bad Ever Happens

Good For Your Soul

93.

Wham!

Young Guns (Go for It)

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94.

Spandau Ballet

Communication

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95.

Cyndi Lauper

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

-

96.

Public Image Ltd.

This is Not a Love Song

This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get

97.

Kajagoogoo

Too Shy

-

98.

Bongos

Barbarella

-

99.

Pete Shelley

Telephone Operator

-

100.

The Human League

(Keep Feeling) Fascination

Fascination!

101.

Machinations

Pressure Sway

-

102.

The Fixx

Red Skies

Shuttered Room

103.

Burning Sensations

Belly of the Whale

-

104.

JoBoxers

Just Got Lucky

-

105.

A Flock of Seagulls

Committed

-

106.

Dave Edmunds

Slipping Away

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106.7.

Robert Roll

The Dog Boat

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