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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 117 #1
2 Jeremy Pearl Jam 104 #2
3 A Letter to Elise The Cure 32 #3
4 Come As You Are Nirvana 97 #1
5 One U2 114 #1
6 All I Want Toad The Wet Sprocket 35 #6
7 Stay Shakespear's Sister 19 #7
8 Even Flow Pearl Jam 74 #5
9 Tomorrow Morrissey 33 #6
10 Drive R.E.M. 45 #3
11 Born of Frustration James 32 #3
12 Hit The Sugarcubes 35 #3
13 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 57 #1
14 Hunger Strike Temple of the Dog 51 #7
15 Pretend That We're Dead L7 2 #15
16 Digging In The Dirt Peter Gabriel 22 #12
17 Weirdo The Charlatans 29 #16
18 You Think You Know Her Cause and Effect 5 #18
19 Why Annie Lennox 13 #19
20 Would? Alice In Chains 62 #6
21 Mysterious Ways U2 74 #2
22 Not Enough Time INXS 16 #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 37 #26
27 Alive Pearl Jam 119 #1
28 Caribbean Blue Enya 14 #28
29 Lithium Nirvana 90 #3
30 Divine Thing The Soup Dragons 27 #8
31 Even Better Than The Real Thing U2 37 #23
32 High The Cure 18 #32
33 Something Good Utah Saints 7 #31
34 Crucify Tori Amos 30 #34
35 Somebody To Shove Soul Asylum 37 #35
36 Walking On Broken Glass Annie Lennox 23 #29
37 Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses U2 19 #14
38 Two Worlds Collide Inspiral Carpets 16 #5
39 So What'cha Want Beastie Boys 54 #34
40 Black Metallic Catherine Wheel 45 #15
41 Black Pearl Jam 101 #1
42 Temple of Dreams Messiah 5 #42
43 Midlife Crisis Faith No More 18 #12
44 Trout Neneh Cherry 21 #19
45 Suck My Kiss Red Hot Chili Peppers 34 #30
46 Only Love Can Break Your Heart St. Etienne 5 #46
47 Into The Fire Sarah McLachlan 24 #47
48 In Bloom Nirvana 59 #12
49 Blood Makes Noise Suzanne Vega 22 #20
50 When She Begins Social Distortion 5 #50
51 Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World U2 20 #49
52 Physical Nine Inch Nails 2 #52
53 Someday? Concrete Blonde 12 #53
54 These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs 36 #9
55 Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) Cracker 17 #14
56 Revolution Earth The B-52's 7 #13
57 Pleasure The Soup Dragons 6 #39
58 Mrs. Robinson The Lemonheads 44 #19
59 Helpless Sugar 30 #9
60 Face To Face Siouxsie and the Banshees 14 #15
61 Jump Around House of Pain 23 #3
62 Pain Lies On The Riverside Live 26 #62
63 Constant Craving KD Lang 8 #30
64 Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead XTC 4 #21
65 N.W.O. Ministry 20 #13
66 Walk On The Ocean Toad The Wet Sprocket 28 #15
67 Sheela Na Gig PJ Harvey 11 #2
68 The Life of Riley The Lightning Seeds 7 #42
69 Dizz Knee Land dada 33 #7
70 100% Sonic Youth 19 #23
71 For Love Lush 7 #40
72 Killer Seal 2 #72
73 Not Sleeping Around Ned's Atomic Dustbin 9 #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 52 #21
79 Spiritual High Moodswings 6 #37
80 Girlfriend Matthew Sweet 43 #2
81 Black Gold Soul Asylum 24 #35
82 Dyslexic Heart Paul Westerberg 28 #24
83 Damn! I Wish I Was Your Lover Sophie B. Hawkins 2 #83
84 Steam Peter Gabriel 20 #78
85 Sex On Wheelz My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 13 #48
86 Silent All These Years Tori Amos 41 #10
87 Glamorous Glue Morrissey 3 #50
88 A Small Victory Faith No More 6 #61
89 Behind The Sun Red Hot Chili Peppers 19 #89
90 Love U More Sunscreem 5 #68
91 Ordinary World Duran Duran 39 #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 3 #67
98 I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred 15 #24
99 Bad Luck Social Distortion 37 #22
100 Laid so Low Tears for Fears 2 #100
101 She's Mad David Byrne 5 #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. 64 #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.

Contributed by Eric Schwartz. Thank you!

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