KROQ's Top 106.7 Songs of 1981 1. Missing Persons, "Mental Hopscotch" 2. Adam & The Ants, "Ant Music" 3. Go-Go's, "We Got The Beat" 4. Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin, "It's My Party" 5. Josie Cotton, "Johnny Are You Queer?" 6. Oingo Boingo, "On The Outside" 7. The Rolling Stones, "Start Me Up" 8. Romeo Void, "Never Say Never" 9. The Ramones, "We Want The Airwaves" 10. The Penetrators, "I'm With The Guys" 11. Adam & The Ants, "Stand And Deliver" 12. Suburban Lawns, "Janitor" 13. Pete Shelley, "Homosapien" 14. The Pretenders, "Adultress" 15. Sparks, "Funny Faces" 16. X, "White Girl" 17. Devo, "Jerkin' Back And Forth" 18. Lene Lovich, "New Toy" 19. Go-Go's, "Lust To Love" 20. The Rolling Stones, "Waiting On A Friend" 21. U2, "I Will Follow" 22. The Police, "Every Little Thing" 23. Orchestral Maneouvres in the Dark, "Electricity" 24. Adam & The Ants, "Prince Charming" 25. Duran Duran, "Girls On Film" 26. Bow Wow Wow, "Work" 27. The Waitresses, "I Know What Boys Like" 28. Sparks, "Upstars" 29. Spandel, "Long Story" 30. Jon & Vangelis, "Friends Of Mr. Cairo" 31. The Kinks, "Destroyer" 32. Go-Go's, "Our Lips Are Sealed" 33. Jim Carroll, "It's Too Late" 34. Generation X, "Dancing With Myself" 35. Red Rider, "Lunatic Fringe" 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. The Specials, "Ghost Town" 42. Loverboy, "Turn Me Lose" 43. Adam & The Ants, "Dod Eat Dog" 44. The Pretenders, "Bad Boys" 45. Stray Cats, "Rock This Town" 46. The Cure, "Primary" 47. Heaven 17, "Facist Groove Thing" 48. David Bowie / Queen, "Under Pressure" 49. King Crimson, "Elephant Talk" 50. Go-Go's, "This Town" 51. The Rolling Stones, "Neighbors" 52. Joe Walsh, "A Life Of Illusion" 53. Devo, "Through Being Cool" 54. Plasmatics, "Sex Junkie" 55. Foreigner, "Urgent" 56. Wall Of Voodoo, "Red Light" 57. The Police, "Spirits In The Material World" 58. Human Sexual Response, "What Does Sex Mean To Me?" 59. Sparks, "Martian" 60. The Who, "You Better You Bet" 61. The Pretenders, "Pack It Up" 62. Dave Edmunds, "Almost Saturday Night" 63. Oingo Boingo, "What You See" 64. Devo, "Working In A Coal Mine" 65. The 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 & 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 O" 77. Adam & The Ants, "Friends" 78. Devo, "Goin' Under" 79. Killing Joke, "Follow The Leader" 80. AC/DC, "Problem Child" 81. Plasmatics, "Lunacy" 82. Billy Idol, "Mony Mony" 83. Foreigner, "Jukebox Hero" 84. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "Nightwatchman" 85. Gang Of Four, "What We Want" 86. Genesis, "Abacab" 87. Go-Go's, "How Much More" 88. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, "I Love Rock And Roll" 89. The Pretenders, "Day" 90. Squeeze, "Tempted" 91. The Rolling Stones, "Slave" 92. The Boomtown Rats, "Up All Night" 93. P.S., "Mothers Little Helper" 94. Jim Carroll, "People Who Died" 95. Elvis Costello, "Whisper" 96. The Cars, "A 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, "The Stroke" 101. Various, "Little Sister" 102. The Plimsouls, "Now" 103. The Greg Kihn Band, "Can't Stop Hurting Myself" 104. The Police, "One World (Not Three)" 105. X, "Adult Books" 106. Adolescents, "Amoeba" 106.7. The Jetsons' Theme