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{{short description|End of the year countdown on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ}}
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The '''KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns''' is an end-of-year countdown that lists the top "106.7" songs on the [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] station [[KROQ]] as voted by listeners. The countdown started in 1980, and ran every year until 2009.{{listref|b}} Since 2009, the list has been compiled by fans from playlist data.<ref name="Darth Brett">{{cite web |title=KROQ 2010 Top 106.7 Most Played Songs Playlist |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyyDoJkBXI8v4gQbK0z52M6N9TMMcI5fY |website=Darth Brett |publisher=YouTube}}</ref>

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, KROQ's proximity to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] and the [[Los Angeles]] music scene gave it a unique place in the development of the [[punk rock|punk]], [[New wave music|new wave]] and [[alternative rock]] genres.<ref name="Jeff">{{cite book |last1=Apter |first1=Jeff |title=Gwen Stefani and No Doubt: Simple Kind of Life |date=2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn= 9780857120489|page=151 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X55AXwcfI88C&pg=PA151}}</ref> In its heyday, KROQ was considered the most powerful radio station in the world. It was the top-rated station in the [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]], and its "ROQ of the 80s" format was copied nationwide.<ref name="LAM1101"/> Its renegade roots, and willingness to experiment, came along at the same time as the birth of punk and [[New wave music|new wave]]. The choices made by the station and its staff had a worldwide impact. This is reflected in the annual list of most popular songs.<ref name="LAM1101">{{cite journal |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kate |title=KROQ An Oral History  |journal =Los Angeles Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0l0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA90 |date=November 2001|publisher=Emmis Communications|pages=90–|issn=1522-9149}}</ref>

The end of year countdown was the first among the station's "lists". Among others released are the "List Of 106.7 Biggest KROQ Bands"<ref name="rocklist"/><ref name="allaccess">{{cite web |title=Beastie Boys #1 On The List Of 106.7 Biggest KROQ Bands |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/106500/beastie-boys-1-on-the-list-of-106-7-biggest-kroq-b |date=2012-05-12}}</ref> and "Flashback 500" or "Firecracker 500" (presenting the 500 most popular songs).<ref name="rocklist">{{cite web | url = http://www.rocklists.com/kroq.html | title = Complete list of countdowns from 1980 to present  | work = Rocklists.com}}</ref> In April 2020, the station released a [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID Quarantine]] edition of the "Top 106.7 Songs of All Time", with [[Everlong]] by the [[Foo Fighters]] topping the list.<ref name="Quarantine">{{cite web |title=KROQ Quarantine Countdown of the Top 106 (Point 7) Songs of All Time |url=https://kroq.radio.com/blogs/kroqcom/your-top-106-point-7-kroq-songs-of-all-time |website=KROQ.COM |date=2020-04-23}}</ref>

==Countdowns by year==
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|+ KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns
! Year !! Number 1 Song !! Artist  !! Reference 
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| 1980 || [[Whip It (Devo song)|Whip It]] || [[Devo]] || <ref name="Devo">{{cite web |title=Top 80 Songs of 1980 |url= https://kroq.radio.com/top-80-songs-1980 |website=KROQ |publisher=radio.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200607025322/https://kroq.radio.com/top-80-songs-1980 |access-date= 2020-06-07|archive-date= June 7, 2020 }}</ref>{{listref|b}}
|-
| 1981 || [[Mental Hopscotch]] || [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 1982 || [[Rock the Casbah]] || [[The Clash]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 1983 || [[Is There Something I Should Know?]] || [[Duran Duran]] ||  {{listref|a}}
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| 1984 || [[Relax (song)|Relax]] || [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 1985  || [[Shake the Disease]] || [[Depeche Mode]] || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 1986  || [[Suburbia (song)|Suburbia]] || [[Pet Shop Boys]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 1987 || [[Just Like Heaven (The Cure song)|Just Like Heaven]] || [[The Cure]]  || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 1988 || [[(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66|Route 66]] || [[Depeche Mode]]  || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 1989 || [[Lovesong (The Cure song)|Love Song]] || [[The Cure]]  || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 1990 || [[Nothing Compares 2 U]] || [[Sinéad O'Connor]] || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 1991 || [[Losing My Religion]] || [[R.E.M.]] || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 1992 || [[Under the Bridge]] || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]  || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 1993 || [[Plush (song)|Plush]] || [[Stone Temple Pilots]]  || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 1994 || [[Longview (song)|Longview]] || [[Green Day]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 1995 || [[Lightning Crashes]] || [[Live (band)|Live]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 1996 || [[Down (311 song)|Down]] || [[311 (band)|311]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 1997 ||  [[Wrong Way]] || [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] ||{{listref|a}}
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| 1998 || [[Intergalactic (song)|Intergalactic]] || [[Beastie Boys]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 1999 ||  [[What's My Age Again?]] || [[Blink-182]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 2000 || [[Last Resort (song)|Last Resort]] || [[Papa Roach]]  || {{listref|a}}
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| 2001 || [[In the End]] || [[Linkin Park]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 2002 || [[Fell in Love with a Girl]] || [[The White Stripes]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 2003 || [[Seven Nation Army]] || [[The White Stripes]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 2004 || [[Float On (Modest Mouse song)|Float On]] ||  [[Modest Mouse]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 2005 ||  [[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]] || [[Green Day]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 2006 ||  [[Dani California]] || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]  || {{listref|a}}
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| 2007  || [[The Pretender (Foo Fighters song)|The Pretender]] ||  [[Foo Fighters]] || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 2008  || [[You're Gonna Go Far, Kid]] ||  [[The Offspring]] || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 2009  || [[Use Somebody]] || [[Kings of Leon]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 2010 || [[Lisztomania (song)|Lisztomania]] ||  [[Phoenix (French band)|Phoenix]] || {{listref|a}}
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| 2011 || [[Pumped Up Kicks]] || [[Foster the People]]  || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 2012 || [[We Are Young]] || [[Fun (band)|Fun.]] || {{listref|a}}
|-
| 2013 ||  [[Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)|Radioactive]]  || [[Imagine Dragons]] || {{listref|b}}
|-
|}

==Lack of female artist representation==
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Over the years, bands like [[the Go-Gos]] and [[the Bangles]] made the list, but didn't make the top spot. Missing Persons, fronted by [[Dale Bozzio]], topped the chart in 1981, the chart's second year.{{listref|a}}{{listref|b}} However, since its inception, the number of female artists has decreased over the years,<ref name="female">{{cite news |last1=Craughwell |first1=Kathleen |title=It's a Man's World at KROQ |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-21-et-craughwell21-story.html |work=LA Times |date=2002-01-21}}</ref> with [[Sinéad O'Connor]] being the only woman, or female act, to top the countdown.{{listref|a}}{{listref|b}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.chart2000.com/music/wejh6y.htm | title = Song title 66 - Nothing Compares 2 U | publisher = chart2000.com | author = Steve Hawtin | date = 2020-04-06 | work = Chart Entries | quote = KROQ 1 of 1990}}</ref> This is the same phenomena seen on the [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard's]] [[Alternative Songs]] chart that went seventeen years without a woman topping the chart from 1996 to 2013.<ref name="lorde">{{cite web |title= Lorde First Woman in 17 Years to Top Alternative with 'Royals'|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/5646336/lorde-first-woman-in-17-years-to-top-alternative-with-royals|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2013-08-16|date= 2013-08-16}}</ref>

Over the years, [[KROQ Weenie Roast|KROQ's Weenie Roast]] has also faced allegations that it does not pay enough attention to gender equity.<ref name="weenie">{{cite web |title= Weenie Roast: No Women Aloud? | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-17-ca-47405-story.html | first = Mike | last =Boehm | date=  1999-06-17 | work = Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Triple J Hottest 100]]
* [[Women in rock]]

==Notes==
{{listref/reflist|
|id1=a |ref1= {{cite web | url = http://www.radiohitlist.com  | title = List of KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns  | work = RadioHitlist}}
|id2=b |ref2={{cite web | url = http://www.frankspage.net/kroq.html  | title = KROQ Top 106.7 Songs  | work = Frank's Page}}
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url = https://omny.fm/shows/of-all-time/kroq-s-top-106-7-of-1980 | type= podcast | date = 2020-03-16 | title = KROQ's Top 106.7 of 1980 | work = Of all Time| author = Micahel Marinello | author2 = Robert Mathers}}
* {{cite web | url = https://www.wddimpodcast.com/post/1983-kroq-top-106-7-songs-30-to-21 | title =  1983 KROQ Top 106.7 Songs 30 to 21  | date = 2020-03-13  | work = What Difference Does It Make The Podcast | type= podcast | author = Dave Sloan| author2 = Holly Cantos }}
* {{cite web | url = http://earlhoward.com/kroq.htm  | title = KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns of the 80s  | work =  earlhoward.com }}
* {{cite web | url = https://archive.org/details/cftp-kroq-1983-12-31 | title = Crap From The Past - Bonus: KROQ/Los Angeles, Top 106 Of 1983 Countdown | date =   1983-12-31 | via = archive.org}}
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