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Year-end countdown · KROQ · 1992

KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992

The year-end countdown for 1992 from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 107 songs, with “Under the Bridge” by Red Hot Chili Peppers at number one. The list features 78 different artists; U2 has the most entries with five songs.

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1 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 204 #1
2 Jeremy Pearl Jam 187 #1
3 A Letter to Elise The Cure 36 #3
4 Come As You Are Nirvana 175 #1
5 One U2 172 #1
6 All I Want Toad The Wet Sprocket 47 #6
7 Stay Shakespear's Sister 19 #7
8 Even Flow Pearl Jam 145 #2
9 Tomorrow Morrissey 34 #6
10 Drive R.E.M. 50 #3
11 Born of Frustration James 34 #3
12 Hit The Sugarcubes 36 #3
13 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 77 #1
14 Hunger Strike Temple of the Dog 104 #7
15 Pretend We're Dead L7 33 #15
16 Digging In The Dirt Peter Gabriel 24 #12
17 Weirdo The Charlatans 29 #16
18 You Think You Know Her Cause and Effect 5 #18
19 Why Annie Lennox 20 #19
20 Would? Alice In Chains 120 #5
21 Mysterious Ways U2 135 #1
22 Not Enough Time INXS 17 #13
23 Take a Chance on Me Erasure 4 #23
24 What Are We Gonna Do? Dramarama 16 #24
25 We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful Morrissey 8 #22
26 Breaking the Girl Red Hot Chili Peppers 55 #26
27 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
28 Caribbean Blue Enya 15 #28
29 Lithium Nirvana 150 #3
30 Divine Thing The Soup Dragons 29 #8
31 Even Better Than The Real Thing U2 45 #15
32 High The Cure 22 #32
33 Something Good Utah Saints 8 #31
34 Crucify Tori Amos 37 #34
35 Somebody To Shove Soul Asylum 45 #35
36 Walking On Broken Glass Annie Lennox 30 #29
37 Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses U2 24 #14
38 Two Worlds Collide Inspiral Carpets 17 #5
39 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 72 #34
40 Black Metallic Catherine Wheel 47 #15
41 Black Pearl Jam 179 #1
42 Temple of Dreams Messiah 5 #42
43 Midlife Crisis Faith No More 19 #12
44 Trout Neneh Cherry 22 #19
45 Suck My Kiss Red Hot Chili Peppers 46 #30
46 Only Love Can Break Your Heart St. Etienne 10 #46
47 Into The Fire Sarah McLachlan 24 #47
48 In Bloom Nirvana 117 #5
49 Blood Makes Noise Suzanne Vega 25 #20
50 When She Begins Social Distortion 5 #50
51 Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World U2 21 #49
52 Physical Nine Inch Nails 2 #52
53 Someday? Concrete Blonde 12 #53
54 These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs 48 #9
55 Teen Angst Cracker 46 #14
56 Revolution Earth The B-52's 7 #13
57 Pleasure The Soup Dragons 6 #39
58 Mrs. Robinson The Lemonheads 56 #19
59 Helpless Sugar 30 #9
60 Face To Face Siouxsie and the Banshees 14 #15
61 Jump Around House of Pain 35 #3
62 Pain Lies On The Riverside Live 27 #62
63 Constant Craving KD Lang 19 #30
64 The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead XTC 31 #21
65 N.W.O. Ministry 20 #13
66 Walk On The Ocean Toad The Wet Sprocket 40 #15
67 Sheela Na Gig PJ Harvey 12 #2
68 The Life of Riley The Lightning Seeds 7 #42
69 Dizz Knee Land dada 38 #7
70 100% Sonic Youth 20 #23
71 For Love Lush 7 #40
72 Killer Seal 2 #72
73 Not Sleeping Around Ned's Atomic Dustbin 11 #19
74 Old Red Eyes is Back The Beautiful South 3 #74
75 It's a Fine Day Opus III 2 #75
76 Far Gone and Out The Jesus and Mary Chain 8 #5
77 Heaven Sent INXS 3 #77
78 Nearly Lost You Screaming Trees 72 #21
79 Spiritual High (State of Independence) Moodswings 14 #37
80 Girlfriend Matthew Sweet 58 #2
81 Black Gold Soul Asylum 33 #35
82 Dyslexic Heart Paul Westerberg 32 #24
83 Damn! I Wish I Was Your Lover Sophie B. Hawkins 2 #83
84 Steam Peter Gabriel 22 #78
85 Sex On Wheelz My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 13 #48
86 Silent All These Years Tori Amos 52 #10
87 Glamorous Glue Morrissey 3 #50
88 A Small Victory Faith No More 6 #61
89 Behind The Sun Red Hot Chili Peppers 22 #38
90 Love U More Sunscreem 7 #68
91 Ordinary World Duran Duran 46 #6
92 Lover Lover Lover Ian McCulloch 5 #50
93 Hello Cruel World E 13 #60
94 The Concept Teenage Fanclub 7 #6
95 What do you See Cause and Effect 2 #95
96 Iron Lion Zion Bob Marley 12 #60
97 What Girls Want Material Issue 5 #67
98 I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred 15 #24
99 Bad Luck Social Distortion 41 #22
100 Laid so Low (Tears Roll Down) Tears for Fears 4 #100
101 She's Mad David Byrne 6 #69
102 Alive and Living Now Golden Palominos 3 #66
103 Shamrocks and Shenanigans House of Pain 2 #81
104 Disappointed Electronic 6 #21
105 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 75 #1
106 Goodbye Cruel World Shakespear's Sister 2 #75
106.7 Sesame's Treet Smart E's 2 #89

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About this countdown

KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 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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