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Year-end countdown · KROQ · 1990

KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990

The year-end countdown for 1990 from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 107 songs, with “Nothing Compares 2 U” by Sinéad O'Connor at number one. The list features 78 different artists; Depeche Mode has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O'Connor 47 #1
2 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 88 #2
3 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
4 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
5 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 41 #1
6 Epic (What Is It) Faith No More 15 #6
7 Only Tongue Can Tell The Trash Can Sinatras 7 #7
8 Ball and Chain Social Distortion 56 #2
9 Wicked Game Chris Isaak 42 #7
10 Blue Sky Mine Midnight Oil 36 #9
11 Candy Iggy Pop 29 #3
12 World In My Eyes Depeche Mode 34 #5
13 Policy of Truth Depeche Mode 52 #2
14 The Only One I Know The Charlatans 32 #6
15 Joey Concrete Blonde 43 #15
16 Suicide Blonde INXS 17 #8
17 Pure The Lightning Seeds 33 #13
18 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 65 #1
19 Cradle of Love Billy Idol 8 #19
20 Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays 48 #3
21 Head On The Jesus and Mary Chain 29 #21
22 The Way You Do The Things You Do UB40 22 #20
23 Cuts You Up Peter Murphy 51 #10
24 I'm Free The Soup Dragons 42 #1
25 Jealous Gene Loves Jezebel 20 #13
26 Loaded Primal Scream 8 #26
27 The Emperor's New Clothes Sinéad O'Connor 29 #12
28 Never Enough The Cure 24 #2
29 Night and Day U2 3 #14
30 King of the Mountain Midnight Oil 18 #25
31 This And That Michael Penn 2 #31
32 I Don't Know Why I Love You The House of Love 10 #10
33 Hippychick Soho 24 #5
34 Type Living Colour 4 #16
35 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 49 #4
36 Onion Skin Boom Crash Opera 2 #36
37 Star Erasure 6 #37
38 Stop! Jane's Addiction 46 #6
39 Roam The B-52's 35 #22
40 Story of My Life Social Distortion 36 #7
41 Ouija Board, Ouija Board Morrissey 8 #16
42 Crystal Clear The Darling Buds 9 #41
43 Prodigal Blues Billy Idol 2 #43
44 Room at the Top Adam Ant 6 #44
45 Tomorrow Wendy Concrete Blonde 1 #45
46 House The Psychedelic Furs 3 #46
47 Here I Am (Come and Take Me) UB40 17 #18
48 Tom's Diner DNA (Featuring Suzanne Vega) 22 #14
49 Skin Oingo Boingo 3 #49
50 Hello I Love You The Cure 17 #35
51 This Is How It Feels Inspiral Carpets 11 #35
52 Yesterday Girl The Smithereens 9 #52
53 All I want The Lightning Seeds 2 #53
54 Forgotten Years Midnight Oil 22 #38
55 Can't Be Sure The Sundays 5 #1
56 More Sisters of Mercy 24 #23
57 Drifting Falling The Ocean Blue 4 #57
58 Step On Happy Mondays 38 #8
59 Brave New World Michael Penn 3 #59
60 Don't Ask Me Public Image Ltd. 6 #6
61 Never Do That The Pretenders 3 #42
62 Dig for Fire The Pixies 12 #49
63 Getting Away With It Electronic 16 #21
64 Bitter Tears INXS 17 #64
65 I Built This Garden For Us Lenny Kravitz 15 #65
66 Hello The Beloved 5 #66
67 Unchained Melody U2 1 #67
68 Show Me Your Soul Red Hot Chili Peppers 21 #40
69 Metropolis The Church 23 #33
70 Good Morning Britain Aztec Camera 11 #22
71 Strawberry Fields Forever Candy Flip 5 #39
72 Obscurity Knocks The Trash Can Sinatras 3 #71
73 Harold and Joe The Cure 2 #57
74 Falling to Pieces Faith No More 3 #40
75 Serious Duran Duran 1 #75
76 Move Mountains Jesus Jones 8 #76
77 Butterfly on a Wheel Mission U.K. 4 #74
78 November Spawned a Monster Morrissey 19 #16
79 Everybody Knows Concrete Blonde 16 #79
80 That's A Lie! Too Much Joy 18 #51
81 Downtown Lloyd Cole 4 #81
82 Kinky Afro Happy Mondays 7 #32
83 Gimme Hope Jo'anna Eddy Grant 3 #17
84 I'll Be Your Chauffeur David J. 2 #17
85 Cubic 808 State 2 #15
86 Every Beat of the Heart The Railway Children 1 #86
87 Beatles and Stones The House of Love 1 #87
88 Way Down Now World Party 24 #40
89 Heart Like a Wheel The Human League 2 #44
90 One Love The Stone Roses 6 #38
91 Halo Depeche Mode 2 #91
92 Golden Blunders The Posies 15 #92
93 Fury Eyes The Creatures 4 #32
94 Unbelievable EMF 50 #2
95 So Hard Pet Shop Boys 5 #16
96 When the River Runs Dry Hunters And Collectors 2 #71
97 Then The Charlatans 4 #81
98 Violence of Summer Duran Duran 3 #58
99 Disappear INXS 11 #27
100 Dreamtime The Heart Throbs 2 #87
101 World in Motion New Order 5 #21
102 Kool Thing Sonic Youth 31 #30
103 God Tonight Real Life 4 #29
104 Special One Ultra Vivid Scene 2 #104
105 Someone Take the Wheel The Replacements 2 #86
106 Iceblink Luck Cocteau Twins 13 #22
106.7 Silent Night Lewisidal Tendencies 1 #107

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KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 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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