The KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981

1.

Missing Persons

Mental Hopscotch

Spring Session M

2.

Adam & The Ants

Antmusic

Kings of the Wild Frontier

3.

The Go-Go's

We Got the Beat

Beauty and the Beat

4.

Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin

It's My Party

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5.

Josie Cotton

Johnny Are You Queer?

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6.

Oingo Boingo

On the Outside

Only a Lad

7.

The Rolling Stones

Start Me Up

Tattoo You

8.

Romeo Void

Never Say Never

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9.

The Ramones

We Want the Airwaves

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10.

The Penetrators

I'm With the Guys

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11.

Adam & The Ants

Stand and Deliver

Prince Charming

12.

The Suburban Lawns

Janitor

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13.

Pete Shelley

Homosapien

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14.

The Pretenders

The Adultress

Pretenders II

15.

Sparks

Funny Face

Whomp That Sucker

16.

X

White Girl

Wild Gift

17.

Devo

Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth

New Traditionalists

18.

Lene Lovich

New Toy

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19.

The Go-Go's

Lust to Love

Beauty and the Beat

20.

The Rolling Stones

Waiting on a Friend

Tattoo You

21.

U2

I Will Follow

Boy

22.

The Police

Every Little Thing She Does is Magic

Ghost in the Machine

23.

OMD

Electricity

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

24.

Adam & The Ants

Prince Charming

Prince Charming

25.

Duran Duran

Girls on Film

Duran Duran

26.

Bow Wow Wow

W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah, No No My Daddy Don't)

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27.

The Waitresses

I Know What Boys Like

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28.

Sparks

Upstairs

Whomp That Sucker

29.

Spandau Ballet

To Cut a Long Story Short

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30.

Jon Anderson & Vangelis

The Friends of Mr. Cairo

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31.

Kinks

Destroyer

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32.

The Go-Go's

Our Lips are Sealed

Beauty and the Beat

33.

Jim Carroll

It's Too Late

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34.

Generation X

Dancin' With Myself

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35.

Red Rider

Lunatic Fringe

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36.

Caution

U.F.O.

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37.

Rush

Tom Sawyer

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38.

Split Enz

Hard Act to Follow

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39.

Iggy Pop

Bang Bang

Party

40.

Brian Briggs

See You on the Other Side

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41.

Specials

Ghost Town

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42.

Loverboy

Turn Me Loose

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43.

Adam & The Ants

Dog Eat Dog

Kings of the Wild Frontier

44.

The Pretenders

Bad Boys Get Spanked

Pretenders II

45.

The Stray Cats

Rock this Town

Built for Speed

46.

The Cure

Primary

Faith

47.

Heaven 17

Fascist Groove Thing

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48.

David Bowie/Queen

Under Pressure

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49.

King Crimson

Elephant Talk

Discipline

50.

The Go-Go's

This Town

Beauty and the Beat

51.

The Rolling Stones

Neighbours

Tattoo You

52.

Joe Walsh

Life of Illusion

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53.

Devo

Through Being Cool

New Traditionalists

54.

The Plasmatics

Sex Junkie

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55.

Foreigner

Urgent

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56.

Wall of Voodoo

Red Light

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57.

The Police

Spirits in the Material World

Ghost in the Machine

58.

Human Sexual Response

What Does Sex Mean To Me?

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59.

Sparks

I Married a Martian

Whomp That Sucker

60.

The Who

You Better You Bet

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61.

The Pretenders

Pack It Up

Pretenders II

62.

Dave Edmunds

Almost Saturday Night

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63.

Oingo Boingo

What You See

Only a Lad

64.

Devo

Workin' In A Coal Mine

New Traditionalists

65.

The Cars

Shake It Up

Shake It Up

66.

X

The Once Over Twice

Wild Gift

67.

Sparks

Tips For Teens

Whomp That Sucker

68.

David Lindley

Mercury Blues

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69.

20/20

Nuclear Boy

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70.

Bow Wow Wow

Chihuahua

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71.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Spellbound

Juju

72.

Missing Persons

I Like Boys

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73.

Spider

Better Be Good to Me

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74.

Novo Combo

City Bound E Train

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75.

Rick James

Superfreak

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76.

Human Sexual Response

Jackie O

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77.

Adam & The Ants

Friends

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78.

Devo

Going Under

New Traditionalists

79.