KROQ-FM • THE ROQ OF THE 80s

KROQ-FM Top Songs
of 1988

The 1988 countdown.

Revisit KROQ-FM’s Top Songs for 1988, led by Depeche Mode’s “Route 66.” Explore all 106 ranked tracks and the 106.7 bonus entry.

1988 / TOP 106.7

No. 1: “Route 66” by Depeche Mode

THE 1988 COUNTDOWN

A Year on the ROQ

The 1988 list begins with Depeche Mode, Bollock Brothers, Siouxsie and the Banshees, U2 and Morrissey. Browse every position in the original KROQ-FM ranking and continue through the decade.

THE FULL LIST • 1988

KROQ-FM Top Songs of 1988

All 106 ranked songs from the original KROQJingles.com page, followed by its 106.7 “Mother’s Day” entry. Titles and artist names retain the original list’s wording.

01 – 027

Route 66
Depeche Mode
Harley David
Bollock Brothers
Peek-A-Boo
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Desire
U2
Every Day is Like Sunday
Morrissey
Beds Are Burning
Midnight Oil
Chains of Love
Erasure
Touched by the Hand of God
New Order
Wild Thing
Tone Loc
Kick
INXS
Wild World
Maxi Priest
Crash
Primitives
Tears Run Rings
Marc Almond
Prison Bound
Social Distortion
Stop This Car
Woodentops
Reach
Martini Ranch
Christine
House of Love
Always on My Mind
Pet Shop Boys
Suspicion
Gene Loves Jezebel
(Nothing But) Flowers
Talking Heads
The Dead Heart
Midnight Oil
The Great Commandment
Camouflage
Balloon Man
Robyn Hitchcock
Cinderella Undercover
Oingo Boingo
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Killing Jar
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Magic Carpet Ride
Grandmaster Flash

28 – 054

What I Am
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
There Is No Love Between Us Anymore
Pop Will Eat Itself
Stand
REM
Wild Wild West
Escape Club
Only a Memory
Smithereens
Heart
Pet Shop Boys
Heart of Stone
Erasure
Big Hollow Man
Danielle Dax
Motorcrash
Sugarcubes
All That Money Wants
Psychedelic Furs
Breakfast in Bed
UB40/Chrissie Hynde
America
Killing Joke
Rev It Up
Jerry Harrison
I’ve Got a Feeling
The Screaming Tribesmen
Devil Inside
INXS
Dreaming
OMD
In Your Room
Bangles
This Corrosion
Sisters of Mercy
Charlotte Anne
Julian Cope
So Important
Sparks
Suede Head
Morrissey
Airhead
Thomas Dolby
Take My Heart Away
Johnny Clegg
I Need a Man
Eurythmics
There’s a Barbarian in the Back of My Car
Voice of the Beehive
I Don’t Want Your Love
Duran Duran
Just Play Music
Big Audio Dynamite

55 – 080

Another Kind of Love
Hugh Cornwell
Presence of Love
The Alarm
Boom There She Was
Scritti Politti
What’s the Matter Here?
10,000 Maniacs
What’s on Your Mind?
Information Society
Trash City
Joe Strummer
Electric Blue
Icehouse
Shame
Eurythmics
So Excited
Ranking Roger
Doctorin’ the Tardis
The Timelords
Carolyn’s Fingers
Cocteau Twins
Angel of Harlem
U2
I Wanna Be Sedated
Ramones
Been There, Done That
Jon Astley
Tomorrow People
Ziggy Marley
Jane Says
Jane’s Addiction
Dad I’m in Jail
Was (Not Was)
Situations
Cetu Javu
Baby Doll
Devo
Broken Heart
Red Flag
Mirror People
Love and Rockets
I Want Your (Hands On Me)
Sinead O’Connor
Inside Out
Mighty Lemon Drops
Orange Crush
REM
A Little Respect
Erasure
Cat House
Danielle Dax

81 – 106

Winning Side
Oingo Boingo
Fiesta
Pogues
All Night Long
Peter Murphy
Man With a Gun
Jerry Harrison
Glad I’m Not a Kennedy
Shona Laing
Glamour Boys
Living Colour
Hairdresser on Fire
Morrissey
Def Con One
Pop Will Eat Itself
Disco Dancer
Devo
I’m an Adult Now
Pursuit of Happiness
Delicious Demon
Sugarcubes
Tubular Bells
Book of Love
Kidney Bingos
Wire
Don’t Turn Around
Aswad
Turquoise Jewelry
Camper van Beethoven
Kill Eye
Crowded House
Call Me Blue
A House
Bone Machine
Pixies
Sister I’m a Poet
Morrissey
Ornaments of Gold
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Tell That Girl to Shutup
Transvision Vamp
Surfin’ USA
Jesus and the Mary Chain
Turn Around and Count to Ten
Dead or Alive
Come Out to Play
UB40
Tumblin’ Down
Ziggy Marley
Dreamworld
Midnight Oil

106.7 Mother’s Day
Boy John Frost

CONTINUE THE DECADE

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