| 1 |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
Relax (Come Fighting) |
Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984) |
| 2 |
General Public |
Tenderness |
All the Rage (1984) |
| 3 |
U2 |
Pride (In the Name of Love) |
The Unforgettable Fire (1984) |
| 4 |
Bronski Beat |
Why? |
The Age of Consent (1984) |
| 5 |
Prince & The Revolution |
Erotic City |
Non-album Single (1984) |
| 6 |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
Two Tribes (For the Victims of Ravishment) |
Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984) |
| 7 |
The Vandals |
Ladykiller |
When in Rome Do as the Vandals (1984) |
| 8 |
Billy Idol |
Rebel Yell |
Rebel Yell (1983) |
| 9 |
Echo & The Bunnymen |
The Killing Moon |
Ocean Rain (1984) |
| 10 |
Thompson Twins |
Hold Me Now |
Into the Gap (1984) |
| 11 |
Pet Shop Boys |
West End Girls |
Non-album Single (1984) |
| 12 |
Depeche Mode |
People Are People |
Some Great Reward (1984) |
| 13 |
Scott Goddard |
Cowpunk |
Non-album Single (1984) |
| 14 |
The Fixx |
Less Cities, More Moving People |
Phantoms (1984) |
| 15 |
Eurythmics |
Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) |
1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984) |
| 16 |
Depeche Mode |
Master and Servant |
Some Great Reward (1984) |
| 17 |
Siouxsie and The Banshees |
Dazzle |
Hyæna (1984) |
| 18 |
The Untouchables |
What's Gone Wrong |
Wild Child (1985) |
| 19 |
INXS |
Original Sin |
The Swing (1984) |
| 20 |
Wham! |
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go |
Make It Big (1984) |
| 21 |
Duran Duran |
Wild Boys |
Arena (1984) |
| 22 |
The Smiths |
How Soon Is Now? |
Hatful of Hollow (1984) |
| 23 |
Alphaville |
Big in Japan |
Forever Young (1984) |
| 24 |
David Bowie |
Blue Jean |
Tonight (1984) |
| 25 |
Band Aid |
Do They Know It's Christmas? |
Non-album Single (1984) |
| 26 |
Billy Idol |
Flesh for Fantasy |
Rebel Yell (1983) |
| 27 |
Talk Talk |
It's My Life |
It's My Life (1984) |
| 28 |
The Human League |
The Lebanon |
Hysteria (1984) |
| 29 |
Duran Duran |
The Reflex |
Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) |
| 30 |
The Psychedelic Furs |
The Ghost in You |
Mirror Moves (1984) |
| 31 |
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark |
Locomotion |
Junk Culture (1984) |
| 32 |
Animotion |
Obsession |
Animotion (1984) |
| 33 |
Billy Idol |
Catch My Fall |
Rebel Yell (1983) |
| 34 |
INXS |
I Send a Message |
The Swing (1984) |
| 35 |
Thompson Twins |
Passion Planet |
Into the Gap (1984) |
| 36 |
Howard Jones |
What Is Love? |
Human's Lib (1984) |
| 37 |
INXS |
Burn for You |
The Swing (1984) |
| 38 |
Blancmange |
Don't Tell Me |
Mange Tout (1984) |
| 39 |
Prince & The Revolution |
When Doves Cry |
Purple Rain (1984) |
| 40 |
Simple Minds |
Waterfront |
Sparkle in the Rain (1984) |
| 41 |
Killing Joke |
Eighties |
Night Time (1985) |
| 42 |
Big Country |
Wonderland |
Wonderland (EP) (1984) |
| 43 |
Bananarama |
Wild Life |
Bananarama (1984) |
| 44 |
Billy Idol |
Eyes Without a Face |
Rebel Yell (1983) |
| 45 |
Adam Ant |
Apollo 9 |
Vive Le Rock (1985) |
| 46 |
Devo |
Shout |
Shout (1984) |
| 47 |
Thompson Twins |
The Gap |
Into the Gap (1984) |
| 48 |
X |
Wild Thing |
Non-album Single (1984) |
| 49 |
INXS |
Melting in the Sun |
The Swing (1984) |
| 50 |
Prince & The Revolution |
Let's Go Crazy |
Purple Rain (1984) |
| 51 |
General Public |
Hot You're Cool |
All the Rage (1984) |
| 52 |
Sparks |
Pretending to Be Drunk |
Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat (1984) |
| 53 |
Thomas Dolby |
Hyperactive! |
The Flat Earth (1984) |
| 54 |
The Smiths |
What Difference Does It Make? |
The Smiths (1984) |
| 55 |
Shriekback |
Hand on My Heart |
Jam Science (1984) |
| 56 |
R.E.M. |
So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) |
Reckoning (1984) |
| 57 |
The Style Council |
My Ever Changing Moods |
Café Bleu (1984) |
| 58 |
The Time |
Jungle Love |
Ice Cream Castle (1984) |
| 59 |
The Alarm |
Sixty Eight Guns |
Declaration (1984) |
| 60 |
Lou Reed |
I Love You, Suzanne |
New Sensations (1984) |
| 61 |
Oingo Boingo |
Something Isn't Right |
Bachelor Party (Soundtrack) (1984) |
| 62 |
The Untouchables |
Free Yourself |
Wild Child (1985) |
| 63 |
Tones on Tail |
Go! |
Pop (1984) |
| 64 |
Simple Minds |
Speed Your Love to Me |
Sparkle in the Rain (1984) |
| 65 |
Cyndi Lauper |
Girls Just Want to Have Fun |
She's So Unusual (1983) |
| 66 |
Julie Brown |
The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun |
Non-album Single (1984) |
| 67 |
Duran Duran |
New Moon on Monday |
Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) |
| 68 |
Spandau Ballet |
Only When You Leave |
Parade (1984) |
| 69 |
Depeche Mode |
Everything Counts |
Construction Time Again (1983) |
| 70 |
Hall & Oates |
Out of Touch |
Big Bam Boom (1984) |
| 71 |
Sparks |
Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat |
Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat (1984) |
| 72 |
Talking Heads |
Burning Down the House |
Speaking in Tongues (1983) |
| 73 |
Ultravox |
White China |
Lament (1984) |
| 74 |
Simple Minds |
Up on the Catwalk |
Sparkle in the Rain (1984) |
| 75 |
Spandau Ballet |
Revenge for Love |
Parade (1984) |
| 76 |
Depeche Mode |
Get the Balance Right |
Non-album Single (1983) |
| 77 |
Duran Duran |
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (Recorded Live at Hammersmith Odeon) |
Non-album Single (1984) |
| 78 |
Romeo Void |
A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing) |
Instincts (1984) |
| 79 |
The Go-Go's |
Head Over Heels |
Talk Show (1984) |
| 80 |
Devo |
Puppet Boy |
Shout (1984) |
| 81 |
Cyndi Lauper |
She Bop |
She's So Unusual (1983) |
| 82 |
Blancmange |
Game Above My Head |
Mange Tout (1984) |
| 83 |
Thompson Twins |
Doctor! Doctor! |
Into the Gap (1984) |
| 84 |
Eurythmics |
Who's That Girl |
Touch (1983) |
| 85 |
A Flock of Seagulls |
The More You Live, the More You Love |
The Story of a Young Heart (1984) |
| 86 |
Bananarama |
Cruel Summer |
Bananarama (1984) |
| 87 |
The Psychedelic Furs |
Heaven |
Mirror Moves (1984) |
| 88 |
General Public |
General Public |
All the Rage (1984) |
| 89 |
Elvis Costello & The Attractions |
The Only Flame in Town |
Goodbye Cruel World (1984) |
| 90 |
Blancmange |
That's Love That It Is |
Mange Tout (1984) |
| 91 |
Berlin |
Touch |
Love Life (1984) |
| 92 |
Thompson Twins |
You Take Me Up |
Into the Gap (1984) |
| 93 |
Howard Jones |
New Song |
Human's Lib (1984) |
| 94 |
Dragon |
Rain |
Body and the Beat (1984) |
| 95 |
Bananarama |
Robert De Niro's Waiting |
Bananarama (1984) |
| 96 |
Trans-X |
Living on Video |
Living on Video (1983) |
| 97 |
UB40 |
If It Happens Again |
Geffery Morgan (1984) |
| 98 |
Big Country |
Where the Rose Is Sown |
Steeltown (1984) |
| 99 |
Billy Idol |
Blue Highway |
Rebel Yell (1983) |
| 100 |
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark |
Tesla Girls |
Junk Culture (1984) |
| 101 |
Wire Train |
I'll Do You |
In a Chamber (1984) |
| 102 |
The Cars |
Magic |
Heartbeat City (1984) |
| 103 |
Bronski Beat |
Smalltown Boy |
The Age of Consent (1984) |
| 104 |
Eddy Grant |
Romancing the Stone |
Non-album Single (1984) |
| 105 |
Boy Waiting |
Girl Waiting |
Non-album Single (1984) |
| 106 |
Danny Elfman |
Gratitude |
So-Lo (1984) |
| 106.7 |
Erotic Eagle |
Erotic Eagle |
Non-album Single (1984) |
About 1984
In 1984, KROQ was at the peak of its influence, blending chart-topping pop from artists like Prince and Cyndi Lauper with underground alternative hits from The Smiths and Depeche Mode. The station’s eclectic mix helped define the sound of the mid-80s.