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of 1983

The 1983 countdown.

Explore the KROQ-FM Top Songs of 1983, led by Duran Duran’s “Is there Something I Should Know?” Browse all 106 songs and listen to the off-air countdown.
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1983 / TOP 106.7

No. 1: “Is there Something I Should Know?” by Duran Duran

THE 1983 COUNTDOWN

A Year on the ROQ

Duran Duran leads the 1983 list, followed by Men Without Hats, the Police, Big Country and Culture Club. Explore the full ranking, then hear eight parts of the original off-air countdown.
JUMP TO ALL 106 SONGS
HEAR THE OFF-AIR COUNTDOWN

THE FULL LIST • 1983

KROQ-FM Top Songs of 1983

All 106 ranked songs from the original KROQJingles.com list, followed by the 106.7 bonus entry. Song titles and artist names retain the source page’s wording.

01 – 027

  1. Is there Something I Should Know?
    Duran Duran
  2. Safety Dance
    Men Without Hats
  3. Every Breath You Take
    Police
  4. In A Big Country
    Big Country
  5. Church of the Poison Mind
    Culture Club
  6. Let’s Dance
    David Bowie
  7. Mad World
    Tears for Fears
  8. Major Tom (Coming Home)
    Peter Schilling
  9. Union of the Snake
    Duran Duran
  10. I Confess
    English Beat
  11. Do You Really Want to Hurt me?
    Culture Club
  12. Modern Love
    David Bowie
  13. Burning Down the House
    Talking Heads
  14. New Year’s Day
    U2
  15. Our House
    Madness
  16. I’ll Tumble 4 Ya
    Culture Club
  17. King of Pain
    Police
  18. Jeopardy
    Greg Kihn Band
  19. One Thing Leads to Another
    Fixx
  20. 99 Luft Balloons
    Nena
  21. Make A Circuit With Me
    Polecats
  22. Swear
    Tim Scott
  23. Institutionalized
    Suicidal Tendencies
  24. Undercover of the Night
    Rolling Stones
  25. Karma Chameleon
    Culture Club
  26. Never Stop
    Echo and the Bunnymen
  27. Sweet Dreams
    Eurythmics

28 – 054

  1. Strip
    Adam Ant
  2. Pale Shelter
    Tears for Fears
  3. Save it for Later
    English Beat
  4. She Blinded Me with Science
    Thomas Dolby
  5. Living on the Ceiling
    Blancmange
  6. Miss Me Blind
    Culture Club
  7. Everyday I Write the Book
    Elvis Costello
  8. Gigolo
    Barbie & the Kens
  9. Talking in Your Sleep
    Romantics
  10. The One Thing
    INXS
  11. The Lovecats
    Cure
  12. Cool Places
    Sparks and Jane Wiedlin
  13. China
    Red Rockers
  14. Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
    Icicle Works
  15. Whammy Kiss
    B-52’S
  16. Acceleration
    Bill Nelson
  17. Saved by Zero
    Fixx
  18. Synchronicity
    Police
  19. Change
    Tears for Fears
  20. Rebel Yell
    Billy Idol
  21. The Cutter
    Echo and the Bunnymen
  22. Dear Prudence
    Siouxsie & the Banshees
  23. Red Red Wine
    UB40
  24. Let’s Go to Bed
    Cure
  25. Lifeline
    Spandau Ballet
  26. The Reflex
    Duran Duran
  27. Blue Monday
    New Order

55 – 080

  1. Fields of Fire
    Big Country
  2. Nellie the Elephant
    Toy Dolls
  3. Puss ‘N Boots
    Adam Ant
  4. Shiny Shiny
    Haysi Fantayzee
  5. The Politics of Dancing
    Reflex
  6. Lies
    Thompson Twins
  7. China Girl
    David Bowie
  8. Love is A Stranger
    Eurythmics
  9. Bop Girls
    Pat Wilson
  10. Tantalize
    Jimmy the Hoover
  11. Legal Tender
    B-52’s
  12. Radio Waves
    OMD
  13. Send Me An Angel
    Real Life
  14. Don’t Try to Stop it
    Roman Holiday
  15. Radio Free Europe
    REM
  16. Der Kommisar
    Falco
  17. Too Much Blood
    Rolling Stones
  18. Let Me Go
    Heaven 17
  19. Dr. Detroit
    Devo
  20. It’s A Mug’s Game
    Soft Cell
  21. Power and the Passion
    Midnight Oil
  22. Love My Way
    Psychedelic Furs
  23. Number with Wings
    Bongos
  24. Black & White
    INXS
  25. Doot Door
    Freur
  26. (She’s) Sexy & 17
    Stray Cats

81 – 106

  1. Wishing (I Had A Photograph of You)
    A Flock of Seagulls
  2. White Lines
    Grandmaster Flash
  3. Gimme Something to Grab For
    Ric Ocasek
  4. Rainy Season
    Howard DeVoto
  5. Baby’s in the Mountains
    Peter Godwin
  6. Buffalo Gals
    Malcolm Mclaren
  7. Oblivious
    Aztec Camera
  8. All You Ever Think About is Sex
    Sparks
  9. New World
    X
  10. Nowhere Girl
    B Movie
  11. Shock the Monkey
    Peter Gabriel
  12. Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me
    Oingo Boingo
  13. Young Guns (Go for It)
    Wham!
  14. Communication
    Spandau Ballet
  15. Girls Just Want to Have Fun
    Cyndi Lauper
  16. This is Not a Love Song
    PIL
  17. Too Shy
    Kajagoogoo
  18. Barbarella
    Bongos
  19. Telephone Operator
    Pete Shelley
  20. (Keep Feeling) Fascination
    Human League
  21. Pressure Sway
    Machinations
  22. Red Skies
    Fixx
  23. Belly of the Whale
    Burning Sensations
  24. Just Got Lucky
    Jo-Boxers
  25. Committed
    A Flock of Seagulls
  26. Slipping Away
    Dave Edmunds

106.7 The Dog Boat
Robert Roll

LISTEN TO THE ARCHIVE

The 1983 Off-Air Countdown

Play all eight parts of the original KROQ-FM 1983 Top Songs countdown recording. Select a segment in the playlist to listen.

CONTINUE THE DECADE

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