Top 106.7 KROQ Songs in the Year
1981
| Rank | Band | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missing Persons | Mental Hopscotch |
| 2 | Adam and the Ants | Ant Music |
| 3 | Go-Go's | We Got The Beat |
| 4 | Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin | It's My Party |
| 5 | Josie Cotton | Johnny Are You Queer? |
| 6 | Oingo Boingo | On The Outside |
| 7 | Rolling Stones | Start Me Up |
| 8 | Romeo Void | Never Say Never |
| 9 | Ramones | We Want The Airwaves |
| 10 | Penetrators | I'm With The Guys |
| 11 | Adam and the Ants | Stand And Deliver |
| 12 | Suburban Lawns | Janitor |
| 13 | Peter Shelly | Homo Sapien |
| 14 | Pretenders | Adulteress |
| 15 | Sparks | Funny Face |
| 16 | X | White Girl |
| 17 | Devo | Jerkin' Back And Forth |
| 18 | Lena Lovich | New Toy |
| 19 | Go-Go's | Lust To Love |
| 20 | Rolling Stones | Waiting On A Friend |
| 21 | U2 | I Will Follow |
| 22 | Police | Every Little Thing |
| 23 | OMD | Electricity |
| 24 | Adam and the Ants | Prince Charming |
| 25 | Duran Duran | Girls On Film |
| 26 | Bow Wow Wow | Work |
| 27 | Waitresses | I Know What Boys Like |
| 28 | Sparks | Upstairs |
| 29 | Spandau Ballet | Long Story |
| 30 | Jon and Vangelis | Friends Of Mr. Cairo |
| 31 | Kinks | Destroyer |
| 32 | Go-Go's | Our Lips Are Sealed |
| 33 | Jim Carroll | It's Too Late |
| 34 | Generation X | Dancin' With Myself |
| 35 | Red Rider | Lunatic |
| 36 | Caution | U.F.O |
| 37 | Rush | Tom Sawyer |
| 38 | Split Enz | Hard Act |
| 39 | Iggy Pop | Bang Bang |
| 40 | Brian Briggs | See You On The Other Side |
| 41 | Specials | Ghost Town |
| 42 | Loverboy | Turn Me loose |
| 43 | Adam and the Ants | Dog Eat Dog |
| 44 | Pretenders | Bad Boys |
| 45 | Stray Cats | Rock This Town |
| 46 | Cure | Primary |
| 47 | Heaven 17 | Fascist Groove Thing |
| 48 | David Bowie and Queen | Under Pressure |
| 49 | King Crimson | Elephant Talk |
| 50 | Go-Go's | This Town |
| 51 | Rolling Stones | Neighbors |
| 52 | Joe Walsh | Life Of Illusion |
| 53 | Devo | Through Being Cool |
| 54 | Plasmatics | Sex Junkie |
| 55 | Foreigner | Urgent |
| 56 | Wall Of Voodoo | Red Light |
| 57 | Police | Spirits in the Material World |
| 58 | Human Sexual Response | What Does Sex Mean To Me? |
| 59 | Sparks | Martian |
| 60 | Who | You Better You Bet |
| 61 | Pretenders | Pack It Up |
| 62 | Dave Edmunds | Almost Saturday Night |
| 63 | Oingo Boingo | What You See |
| 64 | Devo | Workin' In A Coal Mine |
| 65 | Cars | Shake It Up |
| 66 | X | Once Over |
| 67 | Sparks | Tips For Teens |
| 68 | David Lindley | Mercury Blues |
| 69 | 20/20 | Nuclear Boy |
| 70 | Bow Wow Wow | Chihuahua |
| 71 | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Spellbound |
| 72 | Missing Persons | I Like Boys |
| 73 | Spider | Better Be Good To Me |
| 74 | Novo Combo | City Bound |
| 75 | Rick James | Superfreak |
| 76 | Human Sexual Response | Jackie Onassis |
| 77 | Adam and the Ants | Friends |
| 78 | Devo | Goin' Under |
| 79 | Killing Joke | Follow The Leaders |
| 80 | AC/DC | Problem Child |
| 81 | Plasmatics | Lunacy |
| 82 | Billy Idol | Mony Mony |
| 83 | Foreigner | Jukebox Hero |
| 84 | Tom Petty | Nightwatchman |
| 85 | Gang Of Four | What We Want |
| 86 | Genesis | Abacab |
| 87 | Go-Go's | How Much More |
| 88 | Joan Jett | I Love Rock And Roll |
| 89 | Pretenders | Day After Day |
| 90 | Squeeze | Tempted |
| 91 | Rolling Stones | Slave |
| 92 | Boomtown Rats | Up All Night |
| 93 | Polyphonic Size | Mothers Little Helper |
| 94 | Jim Carroll | People Who Died |
| 95 | Elvis Costello | Whisper |
| 96 | Cars | Dream Away |
| 97 | Depeche Mode | Just Can't Get Enough |
| 98 | English Beat | Mirror In The Bathroom |
| 99 | Eye Protection | Take Her Where The Boys Are |
| 100 | Billy Squier | Stroke |
| 101 | Ry Cooder | Little Sister |
| 102 | Plimsouls | Now |
| 103 | Greg Kihn | Can't Stop Hurtin' Myself |
| 104 | Police | One World |
| 105 | X | Adult Books |
| 106 | Adolescents | Amoeba |
| 106.7 | Jetsons | Theme |