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KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns by Year
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Top 300 Songs of the 90s 500 Most Requested of All-Time (Memorial Day 2006) KROQ's Labor Day 90's 500 (2007) KROQ Memorial 500 (Memorial Day 2008)

Countdown commentary

The KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986

Ranking

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Title

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1.

Pet Shop Boys

Suburbia

Please

 Suburbia

2.

Depeche Mode

A Question of Lust

Black Celebration

 A Question of Lust

3.

Oingo Boingo

Pain

Boi-ngo

 Pain

4.

Dramarama

Anything, Anything

Cinéma Vérité

 Dramarama - Cinema Verite - Anything, Anything

5.

The Smiths

Ask

Louder Than Bombs

 -

6.

Gene Loves Jezebel

Desire (Come And Get It)

Discover

 Desire (Come and Get It)

7.

The B-52's

She Brakes for Rainbows

Bouncing Off The Satellites

 She Brakes for Rainbows

8.

Peter Gabriel

Sledgehammer

So

 Sledgehammer

9.

Duran Duran

Notorious

Notorious

Duran Duran - Notorious - Notorious

10.

Talking Heads

Wild, Wild Life

True Stories

 Wild Wild Life

11.

The Cure

Close to Me

The Head on the Door

 Close to Me

12.

Dead or Alive

Brand New Lover

-

 -

13.

Depeche Mode

But Not Tonight

Black Celebration

 But Not Tonight

14.

Modern English

Ink and Paper

-

 -

15.

Billy Idol

To Be a Lover

Whiplash Smile

 To Be a Lover

16.

OMD

If You Leave

-

 OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) - The OMD Singles - If You Leave

17.

The Smiths

Panic

Louder Than Bombs

 -

18.

Deborah Harry

French Kissing in the USA

-

 -

19.

INXS

What You Need

Listen Like Thieves

 What You Need

20.

XTC

Dear God

Skylarking

XTC - Skylarking - Dear God

21.

Erasure

Oh L'Amour

Wonderland

 -

22.

Thompson Twins

Nothing in Common

-

 -

23.

New Order

Bizarre Love Triangle

Brotherhood

 -

24.

Public Image Ltd.

Rise

Album

 Public Image Limited - The Greatest Hits So Far - Rise

25.

The Pretenders

Don't Get Me Wrong

Get Close

 The Pretenders - Get Close - Don't Get Me Wrong

26.

The Smithereens

Blood and Roses

Especially for You

 Blood and Roses

27.

The Bangles

Walk Like an Egyptian

Different Light

 -

28.

Fine Young Cannibals

Ever Fallen in Love?

The Raw & the Cooked

 Ever Fallen in Love?

29.

Big Country

Look Away

The Seer

 Big Country - The Best of Big Country - Look Away

30.

Siouxsie & the Banshees

Cities in Dust

Tinderbox

 Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Best of Siouxsie and The Banshees - Cities in Dust

31.

Ken Heaven

The Calling

-

 -

32.

The B-52's

Summer of Love

Bouncing Off The Satellites

 Summer of Love

33.

Sparks

Music That You Can Dance To

Music That You Can Dance To

 Sparks - The Best of Sparks - Music That You Can Dance To - Music That You Can Dance To

34.

R.E.M.

Superman

Lifes Rich Pageant

 -

35.

Peter Gabriel

Big Time

So

 Big Time

36.

The Cure

Boys Don't Cry

-

 -

37.

The Smiths

Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Queen Is Dead

 -

38.

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Love Missile F1-11

-

 -

39.

Arcadia

Steal My Flame

-

 -

40.

New Order

Shellshock

Substance

 Shellshock

41.

Oingo Boingo

Not My Slave

Boi-ngo

 Not My Slave

42.

Depeche Mode

A Question of Time

Black Celebration

 -

43.

The Blow Monkeys

Digging Your Scene

-

 -

44.

OMD

(Forever) Live and Die

The Pacific Age

 -

45.

Love and Rockets

Kundalini Express

Express

 Kundalini Express

46.

Talking Heads

Puzzlin' Evidence

True Stories

 Puzzlin' Evidence

47.

Real Life

Babies

-

 -

48.

The Fixx

Secret Separation

Walkabout

 The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another: Greatest Hits - Secret Separation

49.

The Psychedelic Furs

Heartbreak Beat

Midnight To Midnight

 Heartbreak Beat

50.

Robert Palmer

Addicted to Love

-

 -

51.

Fine Young Cannibals

Suspicious Minds

Fine Young Cannibals

 -

52.

King

Alone Without You

-

 -

53.

Iggy Pop

Real Wild Child

Blah Blah Blah

 Iggy Pop - Blah-Blah-Blah - Real Wild Child (Wild One)

54.

Oingo Boingo

Stay

Dead Man's Party

 Stay

55.

General Public

Too Much or Nothing

Hand To Mouth

 General Public - Hand to Mouth - Too Much or Nothing

56.

Bronski Beat

Hit That Perfect Beat

Truthdare Doubledare

 -

57.

The Bangles

Manic Monday

Different Light

 -

58.

Howard Jones

You Know I Love You...Don't You?

One to One

 -

59.

Pet Shop Boys

Love Comes Quickly

Please

 Love Comes Quickly

60.

A-ha

I've Been Losing You

-

 -

61.

Bananarama

Venus

-

 -

62.

The Smithereens

Behind the Wall of Sleep

Especially for You

 Behind the Wall of Sleep

63.

Eurythmics

Missionary Man

Revenge

 -

64.

The Psychedelic Furs

Pretty in Pink

-

 -

65.

Wang Chung

Everybody Have Fun Tonight

-

 -

66.

The Cure

A Man Inside My Mouth

-

 -

67.

Icehouse

Cross the Border

-

 -

68.

INXS

Listen Like Thieves

Listen Like Thieves

 Listen Like Thieves

69.

Simple Minds

All the Things She Said

Once Upon A Time

 All the Things She Said

70.

Talking Heads

Love For Sale

True Stories

 Love for Sale

71.

Genesis

Invisible Touch

-

 -

72.

Gene Loves Jezebel

Heartache

Discover

 Heartache

73.

Martini Ranch

How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?

-

 -

74.

Falco

Rock Me Amadeus

-

 -

75.

David Bowie

Absolute Beginners

-

 -

76.

The Divinyls

Pleasure and Pain

What a Life!

 -

77.

The Venetians

So Much for Love

-

 -

78.

Stan Ridgeway

Drive She Said

-

 -

79.

Feargal Sharkey

A Good Heart

-

 -

80.

Tears for Fears

Mothers Talk

Songs From The Big Chair

 Mothers Talk

81.

Belinda Carlisle

Mad About You

-

 -

82.

Big Audio Dynamite

E=MC2

This Is Big Audio Dynamite

 E=MC2

83.

INXS

Do What You Do

-

 -

84.

Boys Don't Cry

I Want to Be a Cowboy

-

 -

85.

John Taylor

I Do What I Do to Have You

-

 -

86.

Run DMC

Walk This Way

-

 -

87.

Love and Rockets

All in My Mind

Express

 All In My Mind

88.

Robert Palmer

I Didn't Mean to Turn You On

-

 -

89.

Tonio K

Romeo and Jane

-

 -

90.

Art of Noise

Legs

-

 -

91.

Pet Shop Boys

Why Don't We Live Together

Please

 Why Don't We Live Together?

92.

Magazine 60

Don Quichotte

-

 -

93.

Prince

Kiss

Parade

 -

94.

Arcadia

Say the Word

-

 -

95.

Boom Boom Room

Here Comes the Man

-

 -

96.

Erasure

Who Needs Love Like That

Wonderland

 -

97.

Andy Taylor

Take it Easy

-

 -

98.

INXS

Kiss the Dirt

Listen Like Thieves

 Kiss the Dirt (Falling down the Mountain)

99.

The Smiths

There is a Light That Never Goes Out

The Queen Is Dead

 -

100.

Mick Jagger

Ruthless People

-

 -

101.

Love and Money

Candybar Express

-

 -

102.

Billy Idol

Soul Standing By

Whiplash Smile

 -

103.

Ric Ocasek

True to You

-

 -

104.

The Fixx

Built for the Future

Walkabout

 The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another: Greatest Hits - Built for the Future

105.

Robbie Nevil

Time Waits for No One

-

 -

106.

Device

Hanging on a Heart Attack

-

 -

106.7.

LA Dream Team

L.A. Dream Team is in the House

-

 -

Commentary

bulletDramarama's Anything, Anything (#4) has been one of the most enduring songs from the era--KROQ will even still play it once in a while.  It doesn't sound too dated as it's a simple guitar-based song with no 80s synth stuff.  But the god-awful lyrics make me cringe every time I hear it.