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Year-end countdown · KROQ · 1988

KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988

The year-end countdown for 1988 from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 107 songs, with “Route 66” by Depeche Mode at number one. The list features 86 different artists; Morrissey has the most entries with four songs.

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1 Route 66 Depeche Mode 50 #1
2 Harley David (Son of a Bitch) Bollock Brothers 8 #2
3 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees 46 #1
4 Desire U2 50 #2
5 Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 47 #5
6 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
7 Chains of Love Erasure 31 #7
8 Touched by the Hand of God New Order 6 #8
9 Wild Thing Tone Loc 4 #9
10 Kick INXS 21 #10
11 Wild World Maxi Priest 9 #11
12 Crash The Primitives 38 #12
13 Tears Run Rings Marc Almond 6 #13
14 Prison Bound Social Distortion 21 #14
15 Stop This Car The Woodentops 2 #15
16 Reach Martini Ranch 3 #16
17 Christine The House of Love 5 #9
18 Always on My Mind Pet Shop Boys 14 #7
19 Suspicion Gene Loves Jezebel 2 #19
20 (Nothing But) Flowers Talking Heads 28 #20
21 The Dead Heart Midnight Oil 29 #20
22 The Great Commandment Camouflage 14 #10
23 Balloon Man Robyn Hitchcock 4 #23
24 Cinderella Undercover Oingo Boingo 2 #24
25 Bedbugs and Ballyhoo Echo and the Bunnymen 25 #25
26 The Killing Jar Siouxsie and the Banshees 13 #20
27 Magic Carpet Ride Grandmaster Flash 1 #27
28 What I Am Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians 11 #9
29 There is No Love Between Us Anymore Pop Will Eat Itself 5 #29
30 Stand R.E.M. 52 #4
31 Wild Wild West Escape Club 7 #16
32 Only A Memory The Smithereens 21 #13
33 Heart Pet Shop Boys 4 #33
34 Heart of Stone Erasure 1 #34
35 Big Hollow Man Danielle Dax 4 #35
36 Motorcrash The Sugarcubes 8 #36
37 All That Money Wants The Psychedelic Furs 7 #23
38 Breakfast in Bed UB40/Chrissie Hynde 1 #38
39 America Killing Joke 1 #39
40 Rev It Up Jerry Harrison 9 #40
41 I've Got a Feeling The Screaming Tribesmen 1 #41
42 Devil Inside INXS 34 #42
43 Dreaming Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 10 #26
44 In Your Room The Bangles 4 #44
45 This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy 34 #7
46 Charlotte Anne Julian Cope 6 #46
47 So Important Sparks 3 #47
48 Suedehead Morrissey 51 #4
49 Airhead Thomas Dolby 3 #49
50 Take My Heart Away Johnny Clegg 1 #50
51 I Need A Man Eurythmics 13 #51
52 There's a Barbarian in the Back of My Car Voice of the Beehive 1 #52
53 I Don't Want Your Love Duran Duran 5 #24
54 Just Play Music Big Audio Dynamite 19 #8
55 Another Kind of Love Hugh Cornwell 1 #55
56 Presence of Love The Alarm 3 #56
57 Boom! There She Was Scritti Politti 2 #57
58 What's The Matter Here 10,000 Maniacs 35 #21
59 What's On Your Mind Information Society 9 #4
60 Trash City Joe Strummer 2 #60
61 Electric Blue Icehouse 6 #61
62 Shame Eurythmics 1 #62
63 So Excited Ranking Roger 3 #63
64 Doctorin' the Tardis The Timelords 4 #19
65 Carolyn's Fingers Cocteau Twins 6 #26
66 Angel of Harlem U2 29 #11
67 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones 81 #1
68 Been There, Done That Jon Astley 1 #68
69 Tomorrow People Ziggy Marley 17 #23
70 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
71 Dad I'm in Jail Was (Not Was) 1 #71
72 Situations Cetu Javu 3 #22
73 Baby Doll Devo 2 #73
74 Broken Heart Red Flag 3 #74
75 Mirror People Love and Rockets 6 #65
76 I Want Your Hands On Me Sinéad O'Connor 35 #29
77 Inside Out Mighty Lemon Drops 13 #24
78 Orange Crush R.E.M. 59 #1
79 A Little Respect Erasure 41 #4
80 Cat House Danielle Dax 1 #80
81 Winning Side Oingo Boingo 3 #31
82 Fiesta The Pogues 2 #18
83 All Night Long Peter Murphy 7 #55
84 Man with a Gun Jerry Harrison 4 #84
85 Glad I'm Not a Kennedy Shona Laing 5 #35
86 Glamour Boys Living Colour 11 #62
87 Hairdresser on Fire Morrissey 11 #39
88 Def.Con.One Pop Will Eat Itself 8 #25
89 Disco Dancer Devo 2 #52
90 I'm An Adult Now The Pursuit of Happiness 23 #73
91 Delicious Demon The Sugarcubes 5 #16
92 Tubular Bells Book of Love 2 #52
93 Kidney Bingos Wire 2 #93
94 Don't Turn Around Aswad 4 #68
95 Turquoise Jewelry Camper Van Beethoven 2 #95
96 Kill Eye Crowded House 9 #96
97 Call Me Blue A House 3 #62
98 Bone Machine The Pixies 5 #45
99 Sister I'm a Poet Morrissey 4 #60
100 Ornaments of Gold Siouxsie and the Banshees 2 #100
101 Tell that Girl to Shut up Transvision Vamp 4 #56
102 Surfin' USA Jesus and the Mary Chain 1 #102
103 Turn Around and Count to Ten Dead or Alive 1 #103
104 Come Out to Play UB40 1 #104
105 Tumblin' Down Ziggy Marley 2 #91
106 Dreamworld Midnight Oil 8 #43
106.7 Mother's Day Boy John Frost 1 #107

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KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 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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