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KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983

The year-end countdown for 1983 from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 107 songs, with “Is There Something I Should Know?” by Duran Duran at number one. The list features 80 different artists; Culture Club has the most entries with five songs.

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1 Is There Something I Should Know? Duran Duran 9 #1
2 The Safety Dance Men Without Hats 35 #2
3 Every Breath You Take The Police 124 #3
4 In a Big Country Big Country 77 #3
5 Church of the Poison Mind Culture Club 9 #5
6 Let's Dance David Bowie 98 #6
7 Mad World Tears for Fears 38 #5
8 Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling 38 #8
9 Union of the Snake Duran Duran 7 #4
10 I Confess The English Beat 40 #10
11 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Culture Club 13 #11
12 Modern Love David Bowie 84 #12
13 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
14 New Year's Day U2 182 #4
15 Our House Madness 66 #15
16 I'll Tumble 4 Ya Culture Club 6 #16
17 King of Pain The Police 49 #17
18 Jeopardy Greg Kihn Band 5 #18
19 One Thing Leads To Another The Fixx 48 #19
20 99 Luftballoons Nena 25 #15
21 Make a Circuit With Me The Polecats 14 #21
22 Swear Tim Scott 4 #22
23 Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies 39 #3
24 Undercover of the Night The Rolling Stones 3 #24
25 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 13 #11
26 Never Stop Echo and the Bunnymen 21 #17
27 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 72 #4
28 Strip Adam Ant 27 #8
29 Pale Shelter Tears for Fears 20 #29
30 Save It For Later The English Beat 69 #9
31 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby 58 #13
32 Living on the Ceiling Blancmange 10 #32
33 Miss Me Blind Culture Club 4 #33
34 Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello & the Attractions 50 #34
35 Just a Gigolo Barbie and the Kens 9 #35
36 Talking In Your Sleep The Romantics 24 #9
37 The One Thing INXS 52 #10
38 The Lovecats The Cure 60 #2
39 Cool Places Sparks 13 #39
40 China Red Rockers 11 #40
41 Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) Icicle Works 32 #22
42 Whammy Kiss The B-52's 9 #38
43 Acceleration Bill Nelson 1 #43
44 Saved By Zero The Fixx 11 #44
45 Synchronicity II The Police 78 #15
46 Change Tears for Fears 34 #32
47 Rebel Yell Billy Idol 143 #3
48 The Cutter Echo and the Bunnymen 35 #22
49 Dear Prudence Siouxsie and the Banshees 36 #20
50 Red Red Wine UB40 49 #1
51 Let's Go to Bed The Cure 53 #9
52 Lifeline Spandau Ballet 4 #52
53 The Reflex Duran Duran 18 #22
54 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
55 Fields of Fire Big Country 6 #55
56 Nellie the Elephant Toy Dolls 13 #36
57 Puss 'N Boots Adam Ant 4 #25
58 Shiny Shiny Haysi Fantayzee 9 #58
59 The Politics of Dancing Re-Flex 17 #44
60 Lies Thompson Twins 25 #50
61 China Girl David Bowie 49 #61
62 Love is a Stranger Eurythmics 18 #62
63 Bop Girl Pat Wilson 1 #63
64 Tantalize Jimmy the Hoover 1 #64
65 Legal Tender The B-52's 13 #65
66 Radio Waves Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 2 #66
67 Send Me an Angel Real Life 22 #25
68 Don't Try to Stop It Roman Holliday 1 #68
69 Radio Free Europe R.E.M. 77 #1
70 Der Kommisar Falco 7 #70
71 Too Much Blood The Rolling Stones 1 #71
72 Let Me Go Heaven 17 25 #31
73 Dr. Detroit Devo 1 #73
74 It's a Mug's Game Soft Cell 12 #37
75 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 28 #29
76 Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs 64 #10
77 Numbers With Wings The Bongos 3 #77
78 Black and White INXS 3 #78
79 Doot Doot Freur 17 #28
80 Sexy and 17 The Stray Cats 3 #74
81 Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) A Flock of Seagulls 12 #81
82 White Lines (Don't Do It) Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel 17 #7
83 Gimme Something to Grab For Ric Ocasek 1 #83
84 The Rainy Season Howard Devoto 2 #84
85 Baby's In The Mountains Peter Godwin 4 #28
86 Buffalo Gals Malcolm McLaren 5 #86
87 Oblivious Aztec Camera 28 #29
88 All You Ever Think About is Sex Sparks 4 #88
89 The New World X 17 #89
90 Nowhere Girl B-Movie 26 #5
91 Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel 61 #21
92 Nothing Bad Ever Happens Oingo Boingo 4 #20
93 Young Guns (Go for It) Wham! 1 #93
94 Communication Spandau Ballet 3 #94
95 Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper 13 #4
96 This is Not a Love Song Public Image Ltd. 28 #12
97 Too Shy Kajagoogoo 15 #54
98 Barbarella The Bongos 1 #98
99 Telephone Operator Pete Shelley 3 #99
100 (Keep Feeling) Fascination The Human League 9 #100
101 Pressure Sway Machinations 1 #101
102 Red Skies The Fixx 33 #102
103 Belly of the Whale Burning Sensations 25 #19
104 Just Got Lucky JoBoxxers 6 #104
105 Committed A Flock of Seagulls 1 #105
106 Slipping Away Dave Edmunds 1 #106
106.7 The Dog Boat Robert Roll 1 #107

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KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 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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