Artist · chart history
Tonio K
Solo artist Palm Desert United States
Tonio K is an artist from Palm Desert. Tonio K has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1986–1987. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Supposed to Have Sex With You”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #43. The station that charted Tonio K most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1987.
Tonio K, born Steven M. Krikorian in 1950 and from Palm Desert, is a songwriter with a wicked tongue and a heart he tries hard to hide. Romeo Unchained, his 1986 album, brought "Romeo and Jane", and "I'm Supposed to Have Sex With You" followed in 1987, a title that tells you plenty about his gift for skewering romance with a straight face.
He has cut eight albums of his own, but other singers have done as much to spread his songs: Al Green, Aaron Neville, Burt Bacharach, Bonnie Raitt, Chicago, Wynonna Judd and Vanessa Williams have all recorded them. "16 Tons of Monkeys", written with guitarist Steve Schiff, turned up in the 1992 short film Session Man, which won an Academy Award, and later he worked with Bacharach and Dr. Dre on Bacharach's At This Time, which took the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Recording in 2005.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Tonio K on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supposed to Have Sex With You | 1 | #43 | – | 1987 | |
| 2 | Romeo and Jane | 1 | #89 | – | 1986 | |
| 3 | I'm Supposed To Have Sex With You | 2 | #100 | – | 1987 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 43 | Supposed to Have Sex With You | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 |
| 1987 | 105.3 | I'm Supposed To Have Sex With You | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 |
| 1987 | 100 | I'm Supposed To Have Sex With You | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 |
| 1986 | 89 | Romeo and Jane | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 |
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