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KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983

The year-end countdown for 1983 from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 107 songs, with “Is There Something I Should Know?” by Duran Duran at number one. The list features 80 different artists; Culture Club has the most entries with five songs.

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1 Is There Something I Should Know? Duran Duran 9 #1
2 The Safety Dance Men Without Hats 15 #2
3 Every Breath You Take The Police 56 #3
4 In a Big Country Big Country 63 #3
5 Church of the Poison Mind Culture Club 8 #5
6 Let's Dance David Bowie 61 #6
7 Mad World Tears for Fears 31 #5
8 Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling 21 #8
9 Union of the Snake Duran Duran 5 #4
10 I Confess The English Beat 35 #10
11 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Culture Club 11 #11
12 Modern Love David Bowie 53 #12
13 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
14 New Year's Day U2 100 #4
15 Our House Madness 58 #15
16 I'll Tumble 4 Ya Culture Club 4 #16
17 King of Pain The Police 29 #17
18 Jeopardy Greg Kihn Band 3 #18
19 One Thing Leads To Another The Fixx 38 #19
20 99 Luftballoons Nena 23 #15
21 Make a Circuit With Me The Polecats 13 #21
22 Swear Tim Scott 4 #22
23 Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies 37 #3
24 Undercover of the Night The Rolling Stones 1 #24
25 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 10 #11
26 Never Stop Echo and the Bunnymen 21 #17
27 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 53 #27
28 Strip Adam Ant 26 #8
29 Pale Shelter Tears for Fears 16 #29
30 Save It For Later The English Beat 55 #9
31 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 53 #13
32 Living on the Ceiling Blancmange 10 #32
33 Miss Me Blind Culture Club 4 #33
34 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 30 #34
35 Just a Gigolo Barbie and the Kens 9 #35
36 Talking In Your Sleep The Romantics 18 #9
37 The One Thing INXS 44 #10
38 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
39 Cool Places Sparks 13 #39
40 China Red Rockers 10 #40
41 Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) Icicle Works 24 #22
42 Whammy Kiss The B-52's 8 #38
43 Acceleration Bill Nelson 1 #43
44 Saved By Zero The Fixx 8 #44
45 Synchronicity II The Police 38 #15
46 Change Tears for Fears 33 #32
47 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 58 #8
48 The Cutter Echo and the Bunnymen 34 #22
49 Dear Prudence Siouxsie and the Banshees 33 #20
50 Red Red Wine UB40 43 #1
51 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 51 #9
52 Lifeline Spandau Ballet 4 #52
53 The Reflex Duran Duran 15 #22
54 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
55 Fields of Fire Big Country 5 #55
56 Nellie the Elephant Toy Dolls 12 #36
57 Puss 'N Boots Adam Ant 4 #25
58 Shiny Shiny Haysi Fantayzee 9 #58
59 The Politics of Dancing Re-Flex 15 #44
60 Lies Thompson Twins 25 #50
61 China Girl David Bowie 40 #61
62 Love is a Stranger Eurythmics 16 #62
63 Bop Girl Pat Wilson 1 #63
64 Tantalize Jimmy the Hoover 1 #64
65 Legal Tender The B-52's 13 #65
66 Radio Waves Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 2 #66
67 Send Me an Angel Real Life 20 #25
68 Don't Try to Stop It Roman Holliday 1 #68
69 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 62 #1
70 Der Kommisar Falco 7 #70
71 Too Much Blood The Rolling Stones 1 #71
72 Let Me Go Heaven 17 24 #31
73 Dr. Detroit Devo 1 #73
74 It's a Mug's Game Soft Cell 12 #37
75 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 23 #29
76 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 53 #10
77 Numbers With Wings The Bongos 3 #77
78 Black and White INXS 3 #78
79 Doot Doot Freur 16 #28
80 Sexy and 17 The Stray Cats 3 #74
81 Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) A Flock of Seagulls 7 #81
82 White Lines (Don't Do It) Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel 15 #7
83 Gimme Something to Grab For Ric Ocasek 1 #83
84 Rainy Season Howard Devoto 1 #84
85 Baby's In The Mountains Peter Godwin 4 #28
86 Buffalo Gals Malcolm McLaren 5 #86
87 Oblivious Aztec Camera 25 #29
88 All You Ever Think About is Sex Sparks 4 #88
89 New World X 1 #89
90 Nowhere Girl B-Movie 26 #5
91 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 48 #21
92 Nothing Bad Ever Happens Oingo Boingo 4 #20
93 Young Guns (Go for It) Wham! 1 #93
94 Communication Spandau Ballet 3 #94
95 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper 2 #8
96 This is Not a Love Song Public Image Ltd. 26 #12
97 Too Shy Kajagoogoo 13 #54
98 Barbarella The Bongos 1 #98
99 Telephone Operator Pete Shelley 3 #99
100 (Keep Feeling) Fascination The Human League 6 #100
101 Pressure Sway Machinations 1 #101
102 Red Skies The Fixx 28 #102
103 Belly of the Whale Burning Sensations 24 #19
104 Just Got Lucky JoBoxxers 6 #104
105 Committed A Flock of Seagulls 1 #105
106 Slipping Away Dave Edmunds 1 #106
106.7 The Dog Boat Robert Roll 1 #107

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KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 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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