| 1 | Imagine Dragons | Enemy | Mercury – Acts 1 & 2 (2022) |
| 2 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Black Summer | Unlimited Love (2022) |
| 3 | Måneskin | Beggin’ | Chosen (2017) |
| 4 | The Black Keys | Wild Child | Dropout Boogie (2022) |
| 5 | Panic! At The Disco | Viva Las Vengeance | Viva Las Vengeance (2022) |
| 6 | YUNGBLUD | The Funeral | YUNGBLUD (2022) |
| 7 | Måneskin | I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE | Teatro d’ira – Vol. I (2021) |
| 8 | Imagine Dragons | Bones | Mercury – Acts 1 & 2 (2022) |
| 9 | Giovannie and the Hired Guns | Ramon Ayala | Tejano Punk Boyz (2022) |
| 10 | Beach Weather | Sex, Drugs, Etc. | Chit Chat (2016) |
| 11 | Måneskin | SUPERMODEL | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on RUSH! (2023)] |
| 12 | The Lumineers | BRIGHTSIDE | BRIGHTSIDE (2022) |
| 13 | Florence + The Machine | My Love | Dance Fever (2022) |
| 14 | Muse | Won’t Stand Down | Will Of The People (2022) |
| 15 | Death Cab for Cutie | Here to Forever | Asphalt Meadows (2022) |
| 16 | Cafuné | Tek It | Running (2021) |
| 17 | Weezer | A Little Bit of Love | SZNZ: Spring (2022) |
| 18 | blink-182 | EDGING | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on ONE MORE TIME… (2023)] |
| 19 | Bob Moses | Love Brand New | The Silence in Between (2022) |
| 20 | BoyWithUke | Toxic | Serotonin Dreams (2022) |
| 21 | Portugal. The Man | What, Me Worry? | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on Chris Black Changed My Life (2023)] |
| 22 | Avril Lavigne | Bite Me | Love Sux (2022) |
| 23 | Wet Leg | Chaise Longue | Wet Leg (2022) |
| 24 | GAYLE | abcdefu | a study of the human experience volume one (2022) |
| 25 | Panic! At The Disco | Don’t Let The Light Go Out | Viva Las Vengeance (2022) |
| 26 | The Killers | boy | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on Rebel Diamonds (2023)] |
| 27 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Tippa My Tongue | Return of the Dream Canteen (2022) |
| 28 | The Black Keys | It Ain’t Over | Dropout Boogie (2022) |
| 29 | Shinedown | Daylight | Planet Zero (2022) |
| 30 | Wet Leg | Wet Dream | Wet Leg (2022) |
| 31 | Paramore | This Is Why | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on This Is Why (2023)] |
| 32 | alt-J | U&ME | The Dream (2022) |
| 33 | Muse | Compliance | Will Of The People (2022) |
| 34 | Spoon | The Hardest Cut | Lucifer On The Sofa (2022) |
| 35 | Highly Suspect | Natural Born Killer | The Midnight Demon Club (2022) |
| 36 | AJR | I Won’t | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on The Maybe Man (2023)] |
| 37 | All Time Low | Sleepwalking | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on Tell Me I’m Alive (2023)] |
| 38 | The Struts | Fallin’ With Me | Non-album Single (2022) |
| 39 | Weezer | Records | SZNZ: Summer (2022) |
| 40 | The Walters | I Love You So | Try Again (2021) |
| 41 | Beach Bunny | Oxygen | Emotional Creature (2022) |
| 42 | The Maine feat. Taking Back Sunday & Charlotte Sands | Loved You A Little | Non-album Single (2022) |
| 43 | Eddie Vedder | Brother the Cloud | Earthling (2022) |
| 44 | Bastille | Shut Off The Lights | Give Me The Future (2022) |
| 45 | The Lumineers | A.M. RADIO | BRIGHTSIDE (2022) |
| 46 | Giovannie and the Hired Guns | Overrated | Tejano Punk Boyz (2022) |
| 47 | Dayglow | Then It All Goes Away | People In Motion (2022) |
| 48 | Phoenix | Alpha Zulu | Alpha Zulu (2022) |
| 49 | half•alive | Move Me | Conditions Of A Punk (2022) |
| 50 | Young the Giant | Wake Up | American Bollywood (2022) |
| 51 | My Chemical Romance | The Foundations of Decay | Non-album Single (2022) |
| 52 | Ripe | Settling | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on Bright Blues (2023)] |
| 53 | Jimmy Eat World | Something Loud | Non-album Single (2022) |
| 54 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | These Are the Ways | Unlimited Love (2022) |
| 55 | Metric | All Comes Crashing | Formentera (2022) |
| 56 | Foals | 2am | Life Is Yours (2022) |
| 57 | beabadoobee | Talk | Beatopia (2022) |
| 58 | ODESZA feat. MARO | Better Now | The Last Goodbye (2022) |
| 59 | Gorillaz feat. Thundercat | Cracker Island | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on Cracker Island (2023)] |
| 60 | Giant Rooks | Morning Blue | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on How Have You Been? (2024)] |
| 61 | almost monday | sun keeps on shining | Non-album Single (2022) |
| 62 | Maggie Rogers | Want Want | Surrender (2022) |
| 63 | The Interrupters | In The Mirror | In The Wild (2022) |
| 64 | The Interrupters | Raised By Wolves | In The Wild (2022) |
| 65 | Rosa Linn | SNAP | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on Lay Your Hands Upon My Heart (2023)] |
| 66 | Marcus Mumford | Grace | (self-titled) (2022) |
| 67 | Starcrawler | Roadkill | She Said (2022) |
| 68 | Papa Roach | No Apologies | Ego Trip (2022) |
| 69 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Beguiled | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on ATUM: A Rock Opera in Three Acts (2023)] |
| 70 | TALK | Run Away to Mars | Non-album Single (2021) [Later on Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees (2023)] |
| 71 | Jagwar Twin | Happy Face | 33 (2022) |
| 72 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Burning | Cool It Down (2022) |
| 73 | YUNGBLUD | Tissues | YUNGBLUD (2022) |
| 74 | d4vd | Romantic Homicide | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on Petals to Thorns (2023)] |
| 75 | Bush | More Than Machines | The Art Of Survival (2022) |
| 76 | The 1975 | Part Of The Band | Being Funny In A Foreign Language (2022) |
| 77 | The 1975 | I’m In Love With You | Being Funny In A Foreign Language (2022) |
| 78 | Milky Chance | Synchronize | Trip Tape II (2022) |
| 79 | Måneskin | THE LONELIEST | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on RUSH! (2023)] |
| 80 | BoyWithUke feat. Oliver Tree | Sick of U | Non-album Single (2022) |
| 81 | Muse | You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween | Will Of The People (2022) |
| 82 | Palaye Royale | No Love In LA | Fever Dream (2022) |
| 83 | Palaye Royale | Broken | Fever Dream (2022) |
| 84 | Barns Courtney | Supernatural | Non-album Single (2022) [Later on Supernatural (2024)] |
| 85 | Jack White | A Tip from You to Me | Entering Heaven Alive (2022) |
| 86 | Phoenix feat. Ezra Koenig | Tonight | Alpha Zulu (2022) |
| 87 | All Time Low feat. blackbear | Monsters | Wake Up, Sunshine (2020) |
| 88 | Imagine Dragons | Follow You | Mercury – Act 1 (2021) |
| 89 | Weezer | All My Favorite Songs | OK Human (2021) |
| 90 | Milky Chance | Colorado | Trip Tape (2021) |
| 91 | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Survivor | The Future (2021) |
| 92 | The War On Drugs feat. Lucius | I Don’t Live Here Anymore | I Don’t Live Here Anymore (2021) |
| 93 | Rise Against | Talking To Ourselves | Nowhere Generation (2021) |
| 94 | Bring Me The Horizon | DiE4u | Non-album Single (2021) [Later on Post Human: NeX GEn (2024)] |
| 95 | Wilderado | Head Right | Wilderado (2021) |
| 96 | Coldplay & BTS | My Universe | Music Of The Spheres (2021) |
| 97 | Modest Mouse | The Sun Hasn’t Left | The Golden Casket (2021) |
| 98 | Kings of Leon | Time in Disguise | When You See Yourself (2021) |
| 99 | Cold War Kids | What You Say | New Age Norms 3 (2021) |
| 100 | Glass Animals | I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) | Dreamland (+ Bonus Levels) (2021) |
| 101 | YUNGBLUD | fleabag | Non-album Single (2021) |
| 102 | Nessa Barrett | i hope ur miserable until ur dead | pretty poison (2021) |
| 103 | Halsey | You asked for this | If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power (2021) |
| 104 | Daisy the Great feat. AJR | Record Player | ALL YOU NEED IS TIME (2021) |
| 105 | Dirty Heads feat. Travis Barker & Aimee Interrupter | Rage | The Best Of Dirty Heads (2021) |
| 106 | Wolf Alice | Smile | Blue Weekend (2021) |
About 2022
In 2022, KROQ’s airwaves roared with a dynamic blend of anthemic rock, rebellious pop, and indie grit, capturing a world re-energized by live music’s return. Imagine Dragons’ cinematic “Enemy” led the charge, while Red Hot Chili Peppers’ fiery “Black Summer” and Måneskin’s sultry “Beggin’” kept the vibe electric. The Black Keys’ bluesy “Wild Child,” Panic! At The Disco’s theatrical “Viva Las Vengeance,” and YUNGBLUD’s raw “The Funeral” fueled Southern California’s radio with passion and edge. This curated list of 106 songs, compiled from Billboard airplay data and other sources, reflects KROQ’s eclectic playlist, ranked by 2022 alternative airplay.