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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 1988

Ranking

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Title

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1.

Depeche Mode

Route 66

-

Depeche Mode - Singles Box 4 - Route 66 (Single Version)

2.

Bollock Brothers

Harley David (Son of a Bitch)

-

-

3.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Peek-A-Boo

Peepshow

Peek-A-Boo

4.

U2

Desire

Rattle And Hum

Desire

5.

Morrissey

Every Day is Like Sunday

Viva Hate

Everyday Is Like Sunday

6.

Midnight Oil

Beds Are Burning

Diesel And Dust

Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust - Beds Are Burning

7.

Erasure

Chains of Love

The Innocents

Chains of Love

8.

New Order

Touched by the Hand of God

-

-

9.

Tone Loc

Wild Thing

-

-

10.

INXS

Kick

Kick

Kick

11.

Maxi Priest

Wild World

-

-

12.

The Primitives

Crash

-

-

13.

Marc Almond

Tears Run Rings

-

-

14.

Social Distortion

Prison Bound

Prison Bound

Prison Bound

15.

The Woodentops

Stop This Car

-

-

16.

Martini Ranch

Reach

-

-

17.

House of Love

Christine

-

-

18.

Pet Shop Boys

Always on My Mind

Introspective

Pet Shop Boys - Introspective - Always On My Mind/In My House

19.

Gene Loves Jezebel

Suspicion

The House Of Dolls

Gene Loves Jezebel - Discover - Suspicion

20.

Talking Heads

(Nothing But) Flowers

Naked

(Nothing But) Flowers

21.

Midnight Oil

The Dead Heart

Diesel And Dust

Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust - The Dead Heart

22.

Camouflage

The Great Commandment

-

-

23.

Robyn Hitchcock

Balloon Man

-

-

24.

Oingo Boingo

Cinderella Undercover

Boingo Alive

Cinderella Undercover

25.

Echo & the Bunnymen

Bedbugs and Ballyhoo

Echo & The Bunnymen

Bedbugs and Ballyhoo

26.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Killing Jar

Peepshow

The Killing Jar

27.

Grandmaster Flash

Magic Carpet Ride

-

-

28.

Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

What I Am

-

-

29.

Pop Will Eat Itself

There Is No Love Between Us Anymore

-

-

30.

R.E.M.

Stand

Green

Stand

31.

Escape Club

Wild Wild West

-

-

32.

The Smithereens

Only a Memory

Green Thoughts

The Smithereens - Green Thoughts - Only a Memory

33.

Pet Shop Boys

Heart

Actually

Heart

34.

Erasure

Heart of Stone

The Innocents

Heart of Stone

35.

Danielle Dax

Big Hollow Man

-

-

36.

The Sugarcubes

Motorcrash

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good - Motorcrash

37.

The Psychedelic Furs

All That Money Wants

All That Money Wants

-

38.

UB40/Chrissie Hynde

Breakfast in Bed

-

-

39.

Killing Joke

America

-

-

40.

Jerry Harrison

Rev It Up

-

-

41.

The Screaming Tribesmen

I've Got a Feeling

-

-

42.

INXS

Devil Inside

Kick

Devil Inside

43.

OMD

Dreaming

-

-

44.

The Bangles

In Your Room

Everything

-

45.

Sisters of Mercy

This Corrosion

-

-

46.

Julian Cope

Charlotte Anne

-

-

47.

Sparks

So Important

Interior Design

-

48.

Morrissey

Suedehead

Viva Hate

Suedehead

49.

Thomas Dolby

Airhead

-

-

50.

Johnny Clegg

Take My Heart Away

-

-

51.

Eurythmics

I Need a Man

Savage

-

52.

Voice of the Beehive

There's a Barbarian in the Back of My Car

-

-

53.

Duran Duran

I Don't Want Your Love

Big Thing

Duran Duran - Big Thing - I Don't Want Your Love

54.

Big Audio Dynamite

Just Play Music

-

-

55.

Hugh Cornwell

Another Kind of Love

-

-

56.

The Alarm

Presence of Love

The Eye of the Hurricane

The Alarm - Eye of the Hurricane [1987-1988] Remastered - Presence of Love

57.

Scritti Politti

Boom There She Was

-

-

58.

10,000 Maniacs

What's the Matter Here?

In My Tribe

What's the Matter Here?

59.

Information Society

What's on Your Mind?

-

-

60.

Joe Strummer

Trash City

-

-

61.

Icehouse

Electric Blue

-

-

62.

Eurythmics

Shame

Savage

-

63.

Ranking Roger

So Excited

-

-

64.

The Timelords

Doctorin' the Tardis

-

-

65.

Cocteau Twins

Carolyn's Fingers

-

-

66.

U2

Angel of Harlem

Rattle And Hum

Angel of Harlem

67.

Ramones

I Wanna Be Sedated '88

-

-

68.

Jon Astley

Been There, Done That

-

-

69.

Ziggy Marley

Tomorrow People

-

-

70.

Jane's Addiction

Jane Says

Nothing's Shocking

Jane Says

71.

Was (Not Was)

Dad I'm in Jail

-

-

72.

Cetu Javu

Situations

-

-

73.

Devo

Baby Doll

Total Devo

-

74.

Red Flag

Broken Heart

-

-

75.

Love and Rockets

Mirror People

Earth Sun Moon

Love and Rockets - Earth Sun Moon - Mirror People

76.

Sinead O'Connor

I Want Your (Hands On Me)

The Lion And The Cobra

I Want Your (Hands On Me)

77.

Mighty Lemon Drops

Inside Out

-

-

78.

R.E.M.

Orange Crush

Green

Orange Crush

79.

Erasure

A Little Respect

The Innocents

A Little Respect

80.

Danielle Dax

Cat House

-

-

81.

Oingo Boingo

Winning Side

Boingo Alive

Winning Side

82.

The Pogues

Fiesta

-

-

83.

Peter Murphy

All Night Long

-

-

84.

Jerry Harrison

Man With a Gun

-

-

85.

Shona Laing

Glad I'm Not a Kennedy

-

-

86.

Living Colour

Glamour Boys

Vivid

Living Colour - Vivid - Glamour Boys

87.

Morrissey

Hairdresser on Fire

Viva Hate

Hairdresser On Fire

88.

Pop Will Eat Itself

Def Con One

-

-

89.

Devo

Disco Dancer

Total Devo

-

90.

Pursuit of Happiness

I'm an Adult Now

-

-

91.

The Sugarcubes

Delicious Demon

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good - Delicious Demon

92.

Book of Love

Tubular Bells

-

-

93.

Wire

Kidney Bingos

-

-

94.

Aswad

Don't Turn Around

-

-

95.

Camper van Beethoven

Turquoise Jewelry

-

-

96.

Crowded House

Kill Eye

-

-

97.

A House

Call Me Blue

-

-

98.

The Pixies

Bone Machine

-

-

99.

Morrissey

Sister I'm a Poet

-

-

100.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Ornaments of Gold

Peepshow

Ornaments of Gold

101.

Transvision Vamp

Tell That Girl to Shutup

-

-

102.

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Surfin' USA

Barbed Wire Kisses

-

103.

Dead or Alive

Turn Around and Count to Ten

-

-

104.

UB40

Come Out to Play

UB40

UB40 - UB40 - Come Out to Play

105.

Ziggy Marley

Tumblin' Down

-

-

106.

Midnight Oil

Dream World

Diesel And Dust

Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust - Dreamworld

106.7.

Boy John Frost

Mother's Day

-

-

Commentary

bulletI suspect that KROQ originally played the Bollock Brothers' Harley David (Son of a Bitch) as a sort of novelty and were shocked when the listeners loved it.  It is funny and silly but catchy.  It didn't make the 91X list that year at all!  They never had another song on the list before or after.
bulletI always liked that KROQ was willing to be adventurous and play other formats like punk (e.g. Suicide Tendencies, Dead Kennedys) and rap.  Tone Loc's Wild Thing (#9) seemed to fit in well with regular KROQ songs.