1983 is one of my favorite years in music so I'll be sharing some of my favorite radio stations top (?) songs of that year. First up is KROQ. This list looks more like my actual top 100 of that year. This is for the 80's freaks.
Top 106.7 KROQ Songs in the Year
19831 Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know?
2 Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
3 Police - Every Breath You Take
4 Big Country - In A Big Country
5 Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind
6 David Bowie - Let's Dance
7 Tears For Fears - Mad World
8 Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
9 Duran Duran - Union Of The Snake
10 English Beat - I Confess
11 Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
12 David Bowie - Modern Love
13 Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
14 U2 - New Years Day
15 Madness - Our House
16 Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya
17 Police - King Of Pain
18 Greg Kihn - Band Jeopardy
19 Fixx - One Thing Leeds To Another
20 Nena 99 - Luft Balloons
21 Polecats - Make A Circuit With Me
22 Tim Scott - Swear
23 Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
24 Rolling Stones - Undercover Of The Night
25 Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
26 Echo And The Bunnymen - Never Stop
27 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
28 Adam Ant - Strip
29 Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter
30 English Beat - Save It For Later
31 Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
32 Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling
33 Culture Club - Miss Me Blind
34 Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book
35 Barbie and The Kens - Gigolo
36 Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
37 Inxs - The One Thing
38 Cure - The Lovecats
39 Sparks And Jane Wiedlin - Cool Places
40 Red Rockers - China
41 Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)
42 B-52'S - Whammy Kiss
43 Bill Nelson - Acceleration
44 Fixx - Saved By Zero
45 Police - Synchronicity
46 Tears For Fears - Change
47 Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
48 Echo And The Bunnymen - The Cutter
49 Siouxsie and The Banshees - Dear Prudence
50 Ub40 - Red Red Wine
51 Cure - Let'S Go To Bed
52 Spandau Ballet - Lifeline
53 Duran Duran - The Reflex
54 New Order - Blue Monday
55 Big Country - Fields Of Fire
56 Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant
57 Adam Ant - Puss 'N Boots
58 Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny
59 Reflex - The Politics Of Dancing
60 Thompson Twins - Lies
61 David Bowie - China Girl
62 Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
63 Pat Wilson - Bop Girl
64 Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalize
65 B-52'S - Legal Tender
66 Omd - Radio Waves
67 Real Life - Send Me An Angel
68 Roman Holiday - Don'T Try To Stop It
69 R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
70 Falco - Der Kommisar
71 Rolling Stones - Too Much Blood
72 Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
73 Devo - Dr. Detroit
74 Soft Cell - It'S A Mugs Game
75 Midnight Oil - Power And The Passion
76 Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
77 Bongos - Number With Wings
78 Inxs - Black And White
79 Freur - Doot Doot
80 Stray Cats - Sexy & 17
81 Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing
82 Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
83
Ric Ocasek - Gimme Something To Grab For84 Howard Devoto - Rainy Season
85 Peter Godwin - Baby'S In The Mountains
86 Malcolm Mclaren - Buffalo Gals
87 Aztec Camera - Oblivious
88 Sparks - All You Ever Think About Is Sex
89 X - New World
90 B Movie - Nowhere Girl
91 Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey
92 Oingo Boingo - Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me
93 Wham! - Young Guns (Go For It)
94 Spandau Ballet - Communication
95 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
96 Public Image Limited - This Is Not A Love Song
97 Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
98 Bongos - Barbarella
99 Pete Shelley - Telephone Operator
100 Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
101 Machinations - Pressure Sway
102 Fixx - Red Skies103 Burning Sensations - Belly Of The Whale
104 Joboxers - Just Got Lucky
105 Flock Of Seagulls - Committed
106 Dave Edmunds - Slipping Away
106.7 Robert Roll (KROQ DJ) - The Dog Boat
