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Year-end countdown · KROQ · 1982

KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982

The year-end countdown for 1982 from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 107 songs, with “Rock the Casbah” by The Clash at number one. The list features 63 different artists; Missing Persons has the most entries with five songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Rock the Casbah The Clash 87 #1
2 I Ran (So Far Away) A Flock of Seagulls 12 #2
3 Sex Dwarf Soft Cell 17 #3
4 Words Missing Persons 22 #4
5 Don't You Want Me The Human League 35 #5
6 Rock This Town The Stray Cats 30 #6
7 I Predict Sparks 5 #7
8 Vacation The Go-Go's 18 #8
9 Talk Talk Talk Talk 25 #9
10 Blue Spark X 4 #10
11 Walking in L.A. Missing Persons 19 #11
12 Hungry For You The Police 10 #12
13 Town Called Malice The Jam 22 #13
14 Since You're Gone The Cars 2 #14
15 Mickey Toni Basil 6 #15
16 Never Say Never Romeo Void 53 #8
17 Stand and Deliver Adam & the Ants 19 #11
18 Elephant Talk King Crimson 3 #18
19 Goin to a Go Go The Rolling Stones 1 #19
20 Peekaboo! Devo 2 #20
21 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 48 #21
22 Nip it in the Bud The B-52's 4 #22
23 Senses Working Overtime XTC 35 #23
24 White Wedding Billy Idol 65 #7
25 Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant 40 #25
26 Love Plus One Haircut 100 22 #26
27 Hungry Like the Wolf Duran Duran 53 #22
28 I Love a Man in Uniform Gang of Four 11 #28
29 The Space Between Roxy Music 2 #29
30 Heartbeat King Crimson 5 #30
31 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash 86 #8
32 Open Your Eyes Lords of the New Church 4 #32
33 Space Age Love Song A Flock of Seagulls 19 #25
34 Girls on Film Duran Duran 46 #18
35 Runaway Boys The Stray Cats 2 #35
36 Who Can It Be Now? Men At Work 20 #36
37 Europa and the Pirate Twins Thomas Dolby 9 #37
38 Tainted Love Soft Cell 64 #1
39 Promised You a Miracle Simple Minds 15 #30
40 Destination Unknown Missing Persons 13 #40
41 Primary The Cure 22 #19
42 Too Much Information The Police 9 #42
43 Back on the Chain Gang The Pretenders 45 #43
44 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 56 #9
45 American Music The Blasters 3 #45
46 Stick to the Grind King Cotton 1 #46
47 Wild Sex (In the Working Class) Oingo Boingo 4 #47
48 Spring In Fialta Slow Children 1 #48
49 You Got Lucky Tom Petty 7 #49
50 Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage Killer Pussy 10 #50
51 Seconds The Human League 4 #51
52 Skin on Skin Boomtown Rats 2 #52
53 Stray Cat Strut The Stray Cats 26 #53
54 867-5309/Jenny Tommy Tutone 10 #54
55 I Eat Cannibals Toto Coelo 10 #55
56 Know Your Rights The Clash 15 #27
57 Cat People David Bowie 4 #57
58 One World (Not Three) The Police 5 #58
59 Georgia Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 1 #59
60 Mickey Mouse Sparks 3 #60
61 Quit The Waitresses 3 #61
62 The Hungry Wolf X 7 #62
63 Goodbye Goodbye Oingo Boingo 3 #63
64 Shake It Up The Cars 8 #64
65 Love Action The Human League 1 #65
66 Me and the Boys Dave Edmunds 1 #66
67 It Ain't None of Your Business Missing Persons 1 #67
68 Beatnik Beach The Go-Go's 1 #68
69 Precious The Jam 4 #69
70 Down Under Men At Work 30 #2
71 I Love Rock-N-Roll Joan Jett 15 #21
72 Spirits In The Material World The Police 20 #57
73 Angst in My Pants Sparks 3 #73
74 Speeding The Go-Go's 1 #74
75 Big Mess Devo 4 #75
76 Prince Charming Adam & the Ants 12 #24
77 Thela Hun Ginjeet King Crimson 1 #77
78 Loveland The B-52's 2 #78
79 Burnin Nick Lowe 1 #79
80 Baby Oh No Bow Wow Wow 7 #80
81 Same Old You Tom Petty 1 #81
82 Favorite Shirts Haircut 100 8 #74
83 In the Name of Love Thompson Twins 10 #83
84 Neal & Jack & Me King Crimson 2 #84
85 Insecure Me Soft Cell 2 #85
86 My City Was Gone The Pretenders 26 #86
87 Just Give Me One Good Reason Mink Deville 1 #87
88 Everywhere That I'm Not Translator 5 #88
89 Run Like a Villain Iggy Pop 2 #89
90 The Loved Ones Elvis Costello & the Attractions 1 #90
91 Under Pressure David Bowie/Queen 10 #48
92 Telecommunication A Flock of Seagulls 5 #92
93 Noticeable One Missing Persons 1 #93
94 Built for Speed The Stray Cats 1 #94
95 Eaten By the Monster of Love Sparks 1 #95
96 Get Up & Go The Go-Go's 1 #96
97 The Look of Love ABC 21 #56
98 Da Da Da Trio 28 #98
99 Sex (I'm a...) Berlin 36 #23
100 Rio Duran Duran 39 #18
101 I've Returned Squeeze 8 #101
102 This Is Radio Clash The Clash 26 #59
103 Steppin' Out Joe Jackson 17 #66
104 Main Thing Roxy Music 1 #104
105 I Have The Touch Peter Gabriel 10 #105
106 Hot in the City Billy Idol 10 #106
106.7 I Had Sex With E.T. Barnes & Barnes 1 #107

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KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 was broadcast by KROQ (Los Angeles, CA). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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