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KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984

The year-end countdown for 1984 from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 106 songs, with “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood at number one. The list features 66 different artists; Billy Idol has the most entries with five songs.

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1 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 55 #1
2 Tenderness General Public 42 #1
3 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 83 #1
4 Why? Bronski Beat 12 #4
5 Erotic City Prince 4 #5
6 Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood 34 #1
7 Ladykiller The Vandals 8 #7
8 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 58 #8
9 The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen 53 #9
10 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins 28 #10
11 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 42 #11
12 People are People Depeche Mode 59 #11
13 Cow Punk Scott Goddard 2 #13
14 Less Cities, More Moving People The Fixx 3 #14
15 Sexcrime 1984 Eurythmics 3 #15
16 Master and Servant Depeche Mode 43 #5
17 Dazzle Siouxsie and the Banshees 5 #17
18 What's Gone Wrong The Untouchables 3 #18
19 Original Sin INXS 40 #19
20 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham! 2 #7
21 Wild Boys Duran Duran 5 #3
22 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
23 Big in Japan Alphaville 13 #23
24 Blue Jean David Bowie 8 #18
25 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 7 #16
26 Flesh For Fantasy Billy Idol 11 #19
27 It's My Life Talk Talk 55 #18
28 The Lebanon The Human League 2 #28
29 The Reflex Duran Duran 15 #22
30 The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs 42 #30
31 Locomotion Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 6 #31
32 Obsession Animotion 13 #32
33 Catch My Fall Billy Idol 5 #23
34 I Send a Message INXS 20 #9
35 Passion Planet Thompson Twins 1 #35
36 What is Love Howard Jones 15 #10
37 Burn for You INXS 4 #37
38 Don't Tell Me Blancmange 12 #38
39 When Doves Cry Prince 19 #12
40 Waterfront Simple Minds 8 #40
41 Eighties Killing Joke 28 #37
42 Wonderland Big Country 1 #42
43 Wild Life Bananarama 2 #20
44 Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol 29 #26
45 Apollo 9 Adam Ant 2 #45
46 Shout Devo 2 #46
47 The Gap Thompson Twins 3 #6
48 Wild Thing X 10 #25
49 Melting in the Sun INXS 2 #49
50 Let's Go Crazy Prince 12 #3
51 Hot You're Cool General Public 13 #51
52 Pretending to be Drunk Sparks 2 #52
53 Hyperactive Thomas Dolby 8 #53
54 What Difference Does It Make? The Smiths 34 #17
55 Hand on My Heart Shriekback 2 #55
56 So. Central Rain R.E.M. 26 #7
57 My Ever Changing Moods The Style Council 28 #57
58 Jungle Love The Time 1 #58
59 68 Guns The Alarm 13 #59
60 I Love You Suzanne Lou Reed 21 #7
61 Something Isn't Right Oingo Boingo 2 #61
62 Free Yourself The Untouchables 5 #62
63 Go! Tones on Tail 42 #35
64 Speed Your Love to Me Simple Minds 1 #64
65 Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper 3 #65
66 The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun Julie Brown 5 #66
67 New Moon On Monday Duran Duran 2 #67
68 Only When You Leave Spandau Ballet 5 #56
69 Everything Counts Depeche Mode 41 #24
70 Out of Touch Hall and Oates 1 #70
71 Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat Sparks 1 #71
72 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 83 #8
73 White China Ultravox 5 #73
74 Up on the Catwalk Simple Minds 7 #74
75 Revenge for Love Spandau Ballet 1 #75
76 Get the Balance Right Depeche Mode 18 #42
77 Make Me Smile Duran Duran 1 #77
78 A Girl in Trouble (is a Temporary Thing) Romeo Void 14 #64
79 Head Over Heels The Go-Go's 4 #79
80 Puppet Boy Devo 1 #80
81 She Bop Cyndi Lauper 1 #81
82 Game Above My Head Blancmange 2 #82
83 Doctor Doctor Thompson Twins 6 #47
84 Who's That Girl? Eurythmics 14 #74
85 The More You Live, the More You Love A Flock of Seagulls 5 #30
86 Cruel Summer Bananarama 11 #81
87 Heaven The Psychedelic Furs 30 #50
88 General Public General Public 4 #37
89 The Only Flame In Town Elvis Costello & the Attractions 11 #29
90 That's Love That it Is Blancmange 2 #90
91 Touch Berlin 1 #91
92 You Take Me Up Thompson Twins 3 #44
93 New Song Howard Jones 12 #28
94 Rain Dragon 2 #94
95 Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama 3 #95
96 Living on Video Trans-X 12 #54
97 If It Happens Again UB40 12 #35
98 Where the Rose is Sown Big Country 1 #98
99 Blue Highway Billy Idol 4 #99
100 Tesla Girls Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 11 #100
101 I'll Do You Wire Train 1 #101
102 Magic The Cars 1 #102
103 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat 18 #36
104 Romancing the Stone Eddy Grant 1 #104
105 Girl Waiting Boy Waiting 1 #105
106 Gratitude Danny Elfman 7 #73

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KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 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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