KROQ-FM • THE ROQ OF THE 80s

KROQ-FM Top Songs
of 1982

The ROQ rolls on.

Revisit the 1982 KROQ-FM Top Songs list, led by The Clash’s “Rock the Casbah.” Explore 106 ranked songs and the original 106.7 bonus entry below.

1982 / TOP 106.7

No. 1: “Rock the Casbah” by The Clash

THE 1982 COUNTDOWN

A Year on the ROQ

The 1982 ranking features The Clash, A Flock of Seagulls, Soft Cell, Missing Persons, The Human League and more. Browse every position, then continue to the next year in the archive.

THE FULL LIST • 1982

KROQ-FM Top Songs of 1982

Ranked from number 1 through number 106, with the original 106.7 Barnes & Barnes entry preserved at the end.

01 – 027

Rock the Casbah
The Clash
I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
Sex Dwarf
Soft Cell
Words
Missing Persons
Don’t You Want Me
The Human League
Rock this Town
The Stray Cats
I Predict
Sparks
Vacation
The Go-Go’s
Talk Talk
Talk Talk
Blue Spark
X
Walking in L.A.
Missing Persons
Hungry for You
The Police
Town Called Malice
The Jam
Since You’re Gone
The Cars
Mickey
Toni Basil
Never Say Never
Romeo Void
Stand & Deliver
Adam & the Ants
Elephant Talk
King Crimson
Goin to a Go Go
The Rolling Stones
Peekaboo!
Devo
Shock the Monkey
Peter Gabriel
Nip It in the Bud
The B-52’s
Senses Working Overtime
XTC
White Wedding
Billy Idol
Goodie Two Shoes
Adam Ant
Love Plus One
Haircut 100
Hungry Like the Wolf
Duran Duran

28 – 054

I Love a Man in Uniform
Gang of Four
The Space Between
Roxy Music
Heartbeat
King Crimson
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Clash
Open Your Eyes
Lords of the New Church
Space Age Love Song
A Flock of Seagulls
Girls on Film
Duran Duran
Runaway Boys
The Stray Cats
Who Can It Be Now?
Men at Work
Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thomas Dolby
Tainted Love
Soft Cell
Promised You a Miracle
Simple Minds
Destination Unknown
Missing Persons
Primary
The Cure
Too Much Information
The Police
Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo
American Music
The Blasters
Stick to the Grind
King Cotton
Wild Sex (In the Working Class)
Oingo Boingo
Spring In Fialta
Slow Children
You Got Lucky
Tom Petty
Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage
Killer Pussy
Seconds
The Human League
Skin on Skin
The Boomtown Rats
Stray Cat Strut
The Stray Cats
867-5309/Jenny
Tommy Tutone

55 – 080

I Eat Cannibals
Toto Coelo
Know Your Rights
The Clash
Cat People
David Bowie
One World (Not Three)
The Police
Georgia
OMD
Mickey Mouse
Sparks
Quit
The Waitresses
The Hungry Wolf
X
Goodbye Goodbye
Oingo Boingo
Shake It Up
The Cars
Love Action
The Human League
Me and the Boys
Dave Edmunds
It Ain’t None of Your Business
Missing Persons
Beatnik Beach
The Go-Go’s
Precious
The Jam
Down Under
Men at Work
I Love Rock & Roll
Joan Jett
Spirits in the Material World
The Police
Angst in My Pants
Sparks
Speeding
The Go-Go’s
Big Mess
Devo
Prince Charming
Adam & the Ants
Thela Hun Ginjeet
King Crimson
Loveland
The B-52’s
Burnin
Nick Lowe
Baby Oh No
Bow Wow Wow

81 – 106

Same Old You
Tom Petty
Favorite Shirt
Haircut 100
In the Name of Love
The Thompson Twins
Neal & Jack & Me
King Crimson
Insecure Me
Soft Cell
My City Was Gone
The Pretenders
Just Give Me One Good Reason
Mink Deville
Everywhere That I’m Not
Translator
Run Like a Villain
Iggy Pop
The Loved Ones
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Under Pressure
David Bowie/Queen
Telecommunications
A Flock of Seagulls
Noticeable One
Missing Persons
Built for Speed
The Stray Cats
Eaten By the Monster of Love
Sparks
Get Up & Go
The Go-Go’s
The Look of Love
ABC
Da Da Da
Trio
Sex (I’m a…)
Berlin
Rio
Duran Duran
I’ve Returned
Squeeze
This is Radio Clash
The Clash
Steppin’ Out
Joe Jackson
Main Thing
Roxy Music
I Have the Touch
Peter Gabriel
Hot In The City
Billy Idol

106.7 I Had Sex With E.T.
Barnes & Barnes

CONTINUE THE DECADE

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