1. Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody
2. Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch
3. MGMT – Kids
4. Incubus – Love Hurts
5. Linkin Park – New Divide
6. Rise Against – Savior
7. Muse – Uprising
8. Weezer – (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
9. Anberlin – Feel Good Drag
10. AFI – Medicate
11. Apocalyptica f/Adam Gontier – I Don’t Care
12. Paramore – Decode
13. Green Day – 21 Guns
14. Slightly Stoopid – 2 am
15. Rise Against – Audience Of One
16. Phoenix – 1901
17. Pearl Jam – The Fixer
18. Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked
19. Kings Of Leon – Notion
20. Incubus – Black Heart Inertia
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Karlea
January 2, 2010 12:30 pm
Incubus made the list I am happy!!!!
Sarah
January 2, 2010 12:45 pm
No Depeche Mode on any of the lists, even though they released 3 albums this decade. im pissed.
Anabel
January 2, 2010 4:15 pm
I am pissed too. How is possible not one song was on the list this is WRONG!!
Adam
January 4, 2010 12:28 am
lol nice!
LalaG
January 4, 2010 7:11 pm
I’m very disappointed too. Depeche Mode has been around for over 25 years and can still sell out arenas all over the world. I doubt it if any of these bands will even be together longer than than 10 years or if their music is even played on the radio in the next decade.
Peter G
January 16, 2010 1:03 am
um hello? Green Day will probably be going for all of the next decade!!!
Kevin
January 26, 2010 2:22 pm
Hey Incubus has been around for OVER ten years
Chris
January 17, 2010 7:48 pm
Thats because depeche mode is crap and doesnt belong on this station.
Matt
June 11, 2010 8:32 am
You’re a moron…..Depeche Mode MADE this station.
william
August 25, 2010 9:15 am
I agree with Matt.
Santos
September 7, 2010 5:56 pm
If the countdown is based on how many albums the band released then The Killers should be #1 because they released four albums in seven years and ate way better than Depeche Mode
Veronica
January 2, 2010 1:06 pm
this list is… not the greatest
Blah
January 17, 2010 1:26 pm
I know, get with times KROQ!
Angels & Airwaves – Hallucinations!
RC
January 2, 2010 1:31 pm
it makes me think that 2009 didnt have much contenders to make at number 1
nataliahh
January 3, 2010 4:38 pm
i agee with you like really panic switch.thats a good song but there r better songs than that
like tree village by dance gavin dance
Carlos
January 4, 2010 12:30 pm
Completely agree.
chrisdubz
January 2, 2010 1:33 pm
Who made “Use Somebody” number 1?!? Was this list made by a KROQ employee? “2 am” should really be number one, “1901″ should be number two, and “The Few That Remain” should be number three!
Another thing, how can KROQ refer to “Decode” and “Love Hurts” as a top song from 2009, when you guys debuted both songs in 2008?!?
TIM
January 3, 2010 9:51 am
Youtube “m83 don’t save us from the flames” you will notice where KINGS OF LEON ripped off Use Somebody from
chrisdubz
January 3, 2010 11:24 am
OMG! That’s kinda freaky…so now KOL has been sampling?!
I forgot what about “New Fang” by Them Crooked Vultures or “Help I’m Alive” by Metric KROQ??? What are you guys thinking???
ryan
January 2, 2010 1:36 pm
this list is sad! i was always a big fan of kroq, but this year you could compare kroq to the lions of the nfl. YOU SOLD OUT KROQ!!! Way to over play bad songs like kids
Jordan
January 3, 2010 12:25 am
The Strokes are by far the best band of the decade then it’s maybe chilli peppers but I have to agree with ryan kroq sold out I mean kings of Leon ?!?!? Really? They have acouple ok songs but really #1? why when you can listen to an whole. Album by a great band…. PS, muse sucks justa chick rock/ripoff of radiohead and a pore one at that
Luis
January 3, 2010 8:04 pm
AGREED! ! ! i mean cmon! Heart in a cage juicebox last night new york ciy cops GOD the list is endless (actually i love every song of every album so yah. . . )
marty
January 3, 2010 7:56 pm
f u kids is a ggod song, sure they sold out but kids was fin awesome
Anthony
January 2, 2010 1:54 pm
Are there 86.7 other songs to come?
Adam
January 4, 2010 12:31 am
I hope so. That list is always my favorite. plus I add most of them to my ipod so ill be pissed if they dont post them
zp
January 2, 2010 2:24 pm
The list makes sense. The position of the top songs seem to exactly correspond to how frequently they were played throughout the year.
I like how the “top 20″ for the previous years are the same as your past top 106.7 countdowns, except if a songs was on the lists two years in a row. Then you’d replace one of the repeats with a different song. Haha, love the effort!
alexcuse
January 2, 2010 2:41 pm
30 seconds to mars should’ve made the top 20 over black heart inertia which hasn’t been played since summer anyways
Carlos
January 2, 2010 4:06 pm
Silversun Pickups should be #1, Pearl Jam should be in the top ten. I hope there will be more songs added to complete the list.
Rachel
January 2, 2010 4:53 pm
really use somebody? number one. never would of guess it. some of these songs shouldn’t be in the top 20. love hurts-sucks and i like incubus. paramore-decode. notion by kol what about wrong by depeche mode. luv that song
Krotos
January 2, 2010 5:28 pm
Panic Switch, Uprising, or Kids should’ve been number one. An immense let down KROQ. I have always been a devout listener and to see Silversun Pickups, the freshest artist of my time, be second banana to the MOST PLAYED song of the YEAR?, makes me rethink where exactly your loyalties lie. I was hoping to be impressed. Just finish off the rest of the 86.7 and show me the KROQ i know and love.
Kevin
January 3, 2010 8:55 pm
Feelin’ let down by this list? This song sohuld cheer you up: Dead BY Sunrise – Let Down. xD
Bobby
January 2, 2010 5:40 pm
Kings of Leon = OVERATED
Adam
January 4, 2010 12:33 am
agreed
rafa
January 2, 2010 7:21 pm
silversun pickups should be number one, this list is shit!
Jimmy
January 2, 2010 8:09 pm
WHY IS USE SOMEBODY #1?! This list is so wrong >:( well at least Green Day made it to #13
Anonymous
January 11, 2010 7:34 pm
21 Guns should be in at lest the top 7, i mean, Kids? how rigged can this list get?
Anonymous
January 11, 2010 7:35 pm
*least
Epi
January 2, 2010 8:30 pm
I don’t know why guys are so surprised. KROQ lost its reputation as being a “cutting edge” alternative rock station about 2 decades ago.
DJ Scotty
January 2, 2010 8:47 pm
Come on KROQ. Stay in the year.
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon (12-8-08)
Kids – MGMT (10-13-08)
Feel Good Drag – Anberlin (8-18-08)
I Don’t Care – Apocalyptica (5-30-08)
Decode – Paramore (11-16-08)
2 AM Slightly Stoopid (Off a 2007 CD)
Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked – Cage The Elephant(6-16-08).
Might I remind you of these alternative 2009 song?
No Sound But The Wind – Editors (10-16-09)
Be Somebody – The Enemy (9-28-09)
Outlaw Pete – Bruce Springsteen (1-23-09)
New Moon Raising – Wolfmother (10-23-09)
Colour Blind – We Are Tokyo (5-25-09)
Bulletproof – La Roux (6-22-09)
40 Day Dream – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (8-30-09)
Andrea
January 3, 2010 8:26 am
Seriously!!
Anonymous
January 11, 2010 7:33 pm
+2,000,000
Veronica
January 2, 2010 9:32 pm
also, “Kids” by MGMT really debuted in 2005.
InDa808
January 2, 2010 9:32 pm
I believe the top 20 songs of the year should be based on the most REQUESTED not most PLAYED!!!
K.G.
January 3, 2010 3:00 am
Yeah, but then that Owl City bullshit would probably be #1.
nataliahh
January 3, 2010 4:51 pm
InDa808 is right who cares about the most played its all about wat we really like
InDa808
January 2, 2010 9:36 pm
Or have a playoff system
Raul Joseph
January 2, 2010 9:36 pm
Well i think green day should be in first place, but just know they’re in the list I’m ok
robert
January 2, 2010 10:44 pm
how is rise against not even in the top 5? it should be #1, but 6th?
Sarah
January 4, 2010 7:30 pm
i agree
Anonymous
January 11, 2010 7:32 pm
+1,000,000
Joe
January 2, 2010 10:53 pm
Leave it to kroq to have 11 of the top 20 of 2009 to not even be from 2009 (including “Kids,” a song released in 2005). So for the first time in 30 years they don’t do a 106.7 countdown – no wonder — it’d be the same music as last year.
I remember back in the 1980s when KROQ actually had balls. I’ve listened to KROQ since about 1986 (though much less over the past several years) and this just about does it.
Enjoy your meat curtains.
Jason
January 2, 2010 11:15 pm
The list has a lot of the correct songs except the order of them all is terrible. Also no Them crook vultures? 30 seconds to mars? no Wheels? come on now…
LV
January 2, 2010 11:15 pm
The songs from 2009 are nowhere near as good as the songs from the beginning of the decade, much less the stuff from the 80s and 90s. Now I’ve been listening to Lady Gaga and the pop stuff on the other stations, they’re more creative than 2009 KROQ. Very sad, come on KROQ, give me a reason to come back to you!
Adam
January 4, 2010 12:37 am
Wow your gay. I understand not liking some of the new stuff but you should really just take your own life if u have been listening to todays pop music
mg
September 20, 2010 11:18 am
now u now what ur talking about
mg
September 20, 2010 11:16 am
dude if u started listening to lady gaga cuse u dont like kroq u must be high on something
hooray
January 2, 2010 11:32 pm
thats basically all kroq plays
hooray
January 2, 2010 11:34 pm
kings of leon sex on fire was played a lot more than notion too
Vinnie
January 2, 2010 11:38 pm
Where’s the U2??
Where’s Depeche?
sooooo tired of Kings Of Leon, though they are good live (I saw them six times in 2005 opening for U2)
Patty
January 23, 2010 11:22 pm
I agree really like KOL, but KROQ managed to play them out. MORE VARIETY PLEASE!!! Even the flashback weekends are repeats of the same songs. Where’s the KROQ I fell in love with 15 years ago??
Santos
September 7, 2010 6:20 pm
The only two good albums U2 has released is Joshua Three and Achtung Baby and from Depeche Mode i’ve never heard any because they suck by the way U2 should killed, they are no longer good WRONG!!!!!!!!!!
Brian
January 3, 2010 1:02 am
The Only Songs Actually Released In 2009 On This List:
Panic Switch
New Divide
Savior
Uprising
If Youre Wondering If I Want You To
Medicate
21 Guns
1901
the fixer
notion
black heart inertia(which wasnt even played that much)
Mido
January 3, 2010 1:29 am
This really sucks Kroq, Even the lists from the other years…
What the hell? Are you guys kidding us? I’m definitely not considering these as official top 20s from the decade. I’m going to make my own top 20s, people feel free to join!
Peter G
January 16, 2010 1:08 am
Thats because those aren’t the top from the decade… their the top just from 2009 alone…
Mido
January 3, 2010 1:46 am
May I just also remind you of some awesome songs that should of made it on the list!
Dirt Room – Blue October (Released to radio on January 13, 2009)
Wheels – Foo Fighters (Released on November 3, 2009)
Where Is My Mind –
Lifeline – Papa Roach (Released on iTunes on January 27, 2009)
Just Breathe – Pearl Jam (Released on October 31, 2009)
Kings And Queens – 30 Seconds To Mars (Released to American radio on October 6, 2009)
Sometime Around Midnight – The Airborne Toxic Event (February 2, 2009)
And much more,
we want a new list! NOW!
DJ Scotty
January 3, 2010 1:48 pm
Sometime Around Midnight was released in the US in 2008. It was released on Feb 2 09 in the UK. The re-release by Island Records causes the confusion. But definitely a top song of the decade.
Sarah
January 3, 2010 6:58 pm
lets have a vote. right here right now. lol
Paulina
January 3, 2010 7:15 pm
If we are Voting Then I vote for Sometime Around Midnight by The Airborne Toxic Event.
Because Seriously! Seriously. Bullshit.
Santos
September 7, 2010 6:23 pm
Ok babe I’ll vote for you to strip down
kamran
January 3, 2010 2:16 am
not when it released… when it hit…
Neko
January 3, 2010 2:54 am
YEES! Paramore!
Andrea
January 3, 2010 8:24 am
seriously?? Use somebody should have been at the bottom. & MUSE and phoenix should have been at least in the top 5 but other than that good list
splash
January 3, 2010 9:23 am
Hey kroq, just wondering, but what data do you base your “top 20 most played of 2009?” because according to mediabase, these should be your top 20 most played:
1. Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
2. Panic Switch – Silversun Pickups
3. Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon
4. I Don’t Care – Apocalyptica
5. Kids – MGMT
6. Love Hurts – Incubus
7. You’re Gonna Go Far Kid – The Offspring
8. Feel Good Drag – Anberlin
9. Savior – Rise Against
10. New Divide – Linkin Park
11. Uprising – Muse
12. Hammerhead – The Offspring
13. Pork and Beans – Weezer
14. The Good Left Undone – Rise Against
15. The Pretender – Foo Fighters
16. Prayer of the Refugee – Rise Against
17. Decode – Paramore
18. Believe – The Bravery
19. 2 AM – Slightly Stoopid
20. Audience of One – Rise Against
Some of these songs that you put as your “Top 20 most played”, according to mediabase, really came in at:
23. I Want To – Weezer
22. Medicate – AFI
38. 21 Guns – Green Day
31. 1901 – Phoenix
39. The Fixer – Pearl Jam
36. Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked – Cage the Elephant
35. Notion – Kings of Leon
42. Black Heart Inertia – Incubus
Granted, i dont know what the accuracy of mediabase is. but i also thought this list was kinda off, so may i ask for an explanation? http://www.allaccess.com/mediabase/q/report/yearPlaylist/station/KROQ-FM
TIM
January 3, 2010 9:49 am
Use somebody, somebody…like M83
brandon
January 3, 2010 10:20 am
this list is good, but savior of rise against is the best song of the year,
Bo
January 3, 2010 12:09 pm
KROQ’s End of the Year lists are always biased towards the biggest songs or hippest artists, even if a song wasn’t actually played much or at all. KROQ had The Fray’s “Cable Car” on a list a few years ago, and never even played the song. Last year “The Pretender” was #3, when it was #1 the year before.
Still, I would like to see a Top 106.7 songs list for this year
Stephanie
January 3, 2010 12:29 pm
I’m glad that Phoenix made it in here 1901 is very unique and awesome, I think its should’ve been in the top 5 at least, since some of these songs are from many years back.
mike
January 3, 2010 12:37 pm
dude whoever said green day should be number 1 is way wrong. they ripped of the fool house theme song. and kings of leon? seriously?!
Amber
January 3, 2010 1:19 pm
Kings of Leon + MGMT = ANNOYING
The list is “okay”
Nimajneb
January 3, 2010 5:41 pm
KROQ is dead to me now. KOL. #1, seriously?
tasha
January 3, 2010 6:12 pm
2009 music sucks.
Jimmy
January 3, 2010 6:36 pm
Ah, it makes me so very happy to see neither “Fireflies” nor the Fray’s cover of “Heartless” on here. So very happy.
Robby
January 3, 2010 7:28 pm
i demand a re-count!!!!!!!!
Marko
January 3, 2010 7:58 pm
9.-Muse??!??!
I suppose Someone doesn’t know the best act in the world?
Luis
January 3, 2010 8:01 pm
WTF! how is it possible that system of a down, muse the killers, or the strokes didnt get a number 1! ! ! i dont understand! dam this!
Chuen
January 3, 2010 9:26 pm
I don’t mind Kings of Leon taking the top spot… they are a nice change from the 90s re-hash like the Offspring that KROQ continues to play. But these are my Top 20 “alternative” songs of 2009:
1. Bat For Lashes – Daniel
2. Metric – Help I’m Alive
3. Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch
4. Royksopp – The Girl and the Robot
5. Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
6. Phoenix – 1901
7. Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning
8. MGMT – Kids
9. Royksopp – This Must Be It
10. Kings of Leon – Notion
11. Metric – Gimme Sympathy
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
13. Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother
14. Rise Against – Savior
15. Neko Case – People Got A Lotta Nerve
16. Atreyu – Storm To Pass
17. Metric – Gold Guns Girls
18. Muse – Uprising
19. Sondre Lerche – I Cannot Let You Go
20. Phoenix – Lisztomania
Sammy
January 3, 2010 10:08 pm
WTF!?!?!? WHERE IS 30 SECONDS TO MARS!?!?!?!?!!?!?!??!!? lamest list everrrr!!!!
Spotty
January 3, 2010 10:28 pm
KROQ used to define alternative radio in the 80′s and even the early 90′s, they played everything every other station avoided. Now KROQ is just another corporate radio stooge playing the same crap over and over. Way to go, KROQ.
Asa
January 3, 2010 10:40 pm
All that matters is that everyone has their opinions about what’s good and what’s not good and in my opinion… THIS LIST SUCKS!!!! (my 2 cents)
Gman
January 4, 2010 12:09 am
No top 106.7 for 2009? that’s BS; disappointing. And the top 20 lists for the other years are suspiciously similar to the original top 20 songs of each year (people voting? yeah right). At any rate, I don’t see the point of posting the lists for everyone to see… the ones who care will find it ridiculously inaccurate, and the ones who don’t care… well, they’re not even here >_>
Adam
January 4, 2010 12:44 am
I noticed the same thing. The top 20′s from the year before are just the top 20′s from the top 106.7 songs of previous years. If they dont post those lists back up or make a new 2009 list of 106.7 songs then ill be pissed too. but yea I agree with you. hmmm
Adam
January 4, 2010 12:27 am
Now I remember how bad 2009 was because Kings of Leon got number 1
I hate them so much and I wish I wouldn’t have to hear another song by them ever again. Except Notion. That one was awesome…but seriously KROQ quit playing them so much. I gave them a shot the first 100 times but after 999999 times hearing use somebody I just want to change the station. Constant KROQ listeners like myself all know what I mean
David
June 14, 2010 1:52 pm
SOOOOOOOOOOO F-ING TRUE!!! Kings of Leon SUCKS! I have stopped listening to KROQ in the last year because of them. I listened to KROQ for the last 20 years and I cant anymore. The singers voice makes me want to rip my ears off
Gary Davis
January 4, 2010 3:37 am
What about #106.7 – #21? Weren’t there more than 20 KROQ songs this year?
Rob
January 4, 2010 6:27 am
The most annoying songs of the year: Kids and Sex on fire and Need Somebody. Althought the songs are Ok WAYYY OVERPLAYED and not top 10! Dont become another POWER 106. Play new stuff!
Chickie
January 4, 2010 8:38 am
wut about Kevin and Bean going on and on about how they couldn’t help but play Fireflies every morning
Matt
January 4, 2010 8:39 am
Funny….I said a few days ago that their current playlist is basically what they’ve played over and over again allllll year and this Top 20 of the year simply proves it. Not much different from their current top 20. Sad. So much new stuff out their that should be getting played right now – Hallucinations from Angels and Airwaves, This is War from 30 Seconds to Mars, Undisclosed Desires from Muse and anything off of the new AFI. Thank God My Cemical Romance and bands like Interpol and hopefully Coldplay will have new stuff out soon. Get back to being the type of station you were in the 80′s and play the new Hot Chip, Neon Indian and even some of the Shiny Toy Guns tracks off of their remix album. Even the studio tracks on that would sound great on KROQ.
Chickie
January 4, 2010 8:42 am
and another thing enough with the Offspring, Nirvana, and Smashing Pumpkins! NO ONE IS REQUESTING THEM!!!!
Sung
January 4, 2010 9:49 am
Nice list
All of these songs are awesome!
btw, What happened to the top 106.7 songs? The 2008 list was a very good list, but why didn’t KROQ do the top 106.7 songs list of 2009? We had a lot of good songs this year.
onword 47
January 4, 2010 11:05 am
311 not on the list = the list sucks!
smokeyanthony
January 4, 2010 12:29 pm
Of what KROQ played in 2009, pick #1 was my favorite, for this year.
TIHI92
January 4, 2010 2:19 pm
Yes linkin park 5
daniel
January 4, 2010 2:27 pm
those are some preety badass songs
who am i kiding they are f***king awsome
June
January 4, 2010 3:30 pm
You guys left out the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs “Zero” get on board guys they rock!
as
January 4, 2010 4:48 pm
i’m so glad i don’t listen to this station anymore. what a joke. it’s a shame that indie 103.1 is gone, but they were starting to head in the same dumb direction that kroq has been at for nearly 10 years now. thank god for internet radio.
Sam
January 4, 2010 8:03 pm
Slightly Stoopid gettin play has been amazing… pick up some of their other singles…So Cal wants it!!!
ryan
January 4, 2010 11:44 pm
um KIds was like two years ago it an ok song but where the hell is WRONG?????
and 21 guns is pop crap its so bubble gummy I think Green Day is now following U2 ‘s path of cheep pop songs for those who really dont like music.
Santos
September 7, 2010 6:36 pm
Totally agree maybe the two of them should marry in San Francisco because they are gey
Carol
January 5, 2010 5:10 am
Excellent song by KOL ~ Use Somebody; it’s my favorite off an amazing album.
Taco
January 5, 2010 7:56 am
Why not 106 songs on the list?
atb
January 5, 2010 8:37 pm
yeah i wish there was the full list..
ME Pogopop
January 5, 2010 10:11 am
Many of the songs listed do not deserve to be in the top 20 of the year as the Weezer one (the worst of their carrier, I’m a fan of them!!!), the Muse (ordinary! ordinary!)….
You have forgotten the 2009 masterpiece written by Jason Lytle (the best album of the year and of many years so far!), the Raveonettes, Artic Monkeys, The Horrors, White Lies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Editors, Art Brut and Maximo Park.
Eddie
January 5, 2010 7:30 pm
311 not on the list??? This list is a bunch of bull!
“Hey You” is one of the best songs of 2009. Which actually released in 2009!!
atb
January 5, 2010 8:36 pm
good list but…
PLEASE post the full 106.7 song list like kroq has been doing since forever.
i love checkin out that list!
PS.. 20 songs just isnt enough
tom
January 11, 2010 11:19 am
YES – where’s the 107 that used to be in this site? I need to update my download list.
Peace, love & R&R.
JAA
January 5, 2010 9:51 pm
WHERE IS KILLERS?!
ruru
January 6, 2010 1:32 pm
I Don’t Care does not belong on this list
David
June 14, 2010 1:58 pm
I Don’t Care! I Don’t Care! I Don’t Care! I Don’t Care! I SWEAR! I Don’t Care! I Don’t Care! I SWEAR I Don’t Care!………… at all.
WOW! They should win a grammy for lyrical creativity alone! STUPID HORRIBLE HORRIBLE BAND
Santos
September 7, 2010 6:00 pm
Maybe because you don’t know anything about rock music and should listen to Justin Bitter
robert
January 6, 2010 6:39 pm
i was about to post this in 2008 but i will do it here. um slipknot anybody? album came out in 2008 but hit the station this year. Snuff is soooo good
Gabriel
January 6, 2010 6:53 pm
Well wasn’t expecting Love Hurts on this list, but hey its crazy good. I would have it #1 ha. I will never understand why I Don’t Care is so popular, and i would never have it on the top 20. I’m just gonna imagine Know Your Enemy by Green Day is there. Weezer wayyyy to high on the list, better than Muse and AFI?? Suprised Fireflies isn’t on the list, but i don’t really care ha. And hmmm I say take out Audience of One and put The Few That Remain somewhere on there.
og kush
January 6, 2010 9:48 pm
i just wish that a band that actually ROCKS will come out with this new decade.. think about it.. what band on this list can flat out ROCK? not one..
system, the chilipeppers were the last great ones
best years were 2000-06 nah mean?
Matt
January 6, 2010 10:32 pm
YAY INCUBUS
Broken-Hearted
January 8, 2010 3:49 pm
21 GUNS Should Be NuMbEr 1…
This So Wrong……
Santos
September 7, 2010 6:04 pm
In your list of suckers because that songs sucks and you should listen to kissfm because you only like popular songs
Colin
January 9, 2010 9:24 am
This is by far the worst choice of songs ever assembled. 2 Kings of Leons songs, 2 Incubus songs, and 2 rise against songs… WTF? The entire year, they couldn’t come up with 3 other songs? It pretty much just showsthat the meat head who put this together, doesn’t take it seriously or care about his audience.
Santos
September 7, 2010 6:07 pm
The same f”ck that you eat everyday, they are only bands that are good now
tom
January 11, 2010 11:16 am
KROcQ – where’s your top 107 list for 2009? Are you posting it this year? I see the top 107 for the last 20+ years vanished from your site, or am I not finding it?
Anonymous
January 11, 2010 7:29 pm
i cant believe this… they dissed Green Day for MGMT??!!!?!?!?!?!!!!
i’m ashamed of you KROQ, appareently you dont love Green Day as much as you used to…
esperanza
January 20, 2010 12:13 am
No YYY’s?!?! Hey KROQ, look at NYC once in a while. That is one of the best bands of the aughts and they definitely should have been up there for “Zero” released around March ’09. For shame.
And how about The Killers “World That We Live In” I know that album was really played played out by early summer ’09 when it came out, but that song is great. And just insane live.
My two cents.
Jana
January 22, 2010 10:29 pm
I ♥ Muse and the Panic Switch song by Silversun Pickups, & Decode by Paramore makes me happy!
matt
January 28, 2010 2:00 pm
That’s a great lineup…Slightly Stoopid and Rise Against!!!
Sarah
January 29, 2010 4:26 pm
hell ya!! Slightly stoopid deserves the #1 Spot!! Can’t wait til they come to Chico next month!
Sung
February 2, 2010 1:42 pm
What happened to the top 106.7 songs? Now KROQ has only 20 songs for each year.
Sung
February 2, 2010 1:51 pm
btw…my top 20 songs per this year is
1. Rise Against – Savior
2. Green Day – 21 Guns
3. Killswitch Engage – Starting Over
4. Breaking Benjamin – I Will Not Bow
5. Flyleaf – Again
6. Creed – Overcome
7. Five Finger Death Punch – Hard to See
8. Kings of Leon – Notion
9. Adelitas Way – Invincible
10. Taking Back Sunday – Sink Into Me
11. Linkin Park – New Divide
12. Slipknot – Snuff
13. Rise Against – Audience of One
14. Chevelle – Jars
15. Shinedown – If You Only Knew
16. Dead By Sunrise – Crawl Back In
17. Green Day – Know Your Enemy
18. Shinedown – Second Chance
19. All Time Low – Weightless
20. Disturbed – Indestructible
bill weaver
July 2, 2010 6:45 pm
SlipKnoT#1
Hello from Oz
July 28, 2011 9:17 pm
Sung, you should be the programmer/music director based on these (and the ones you did for the last couple of years!
Desi
February 5, 2010 9:50 am
Not bad. Honestly though, “Use Somebody” is WAY overplayed. I mean its a good song but it seems every station I listen to, it’s on-at the same time!
LIZARD
February 24, 2010 8:13 pm
no the smiths com’on now
Marie
February 27, 2010 9:31 pm
Rise Against!
<3
Diana Diaz
February 28, 2010 1:03 am
Seriously, they play Gorillaz all the time now but have fogotten about Depeche Mode. It’s a crime. Wrong shoulda been on the the list. And nothing from Franz Ferdinand??
Diana Diaz
February 28, 2010 1:13 am
OK, people, I wrote about KROQ’s playlist problems. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-36822-LA-Rock-Music-Examiner~y2010m2d27-KROQ-more-retro-than-need-be
Lia
March 1, 2010 1:13 am
thank you! i mean this is just too sad. i just started listening to this station again online cuz i live here in missouri and i was really excited to have my husband listen…but we both noticed they play songs from the same artist within the same hour they really need to spread out plus i hear mostly new songs..i barely hear the strokes, depeche mode, franz ferdinand, modest mouse, the shins, and well i theres so many i haven’t heard but here are some that need to take a chill pill muse, rise against, and maybe a lil nirvana. the ones that need to just get off this station is freakin paramore, linkin park, and green day.(which both are now freakin sell outs) please mix it up and stop getting too mainstream. The only one who keeps it real anymore is RODNEY!!!.i love that you play mgmt, phoenix, and vampire weekend just dont kill them and for god sake please play more ARCADE FIRE!!!
Lia
March 1, 2010 1:22 am
oh wait your opinion sux..your far from what im talking about.
anthony
March 10, 2010 8:12 pm
weres sublime!
anthony
March 10, 2010 8:12 pm
weres sublime
Tom
March 13, 2010 12:14 am
Why have you stopped doing the top 106.7 countdown? Looking back from 1980 when I started listening is always a kick. Please give us the full 106.7 PLEASE!
C-Los
March 18, 2010 9:24 pm
dude , what happened to the top 100 of the year lits that kroq used to have ???? Bring them back please.
jess
March 27, 2010 3:28 pm
omg…. at least its a better mix of music than what we have here in east tx. i have to get online or get xm radio just so i dont have to hear the same crap over and over again.
Jr Valdez
March 29, 2010 11:32 am
There’s this new reggae sounding song that Kevin & Bean usually play in the am, I can’t for the life of me find the name of the song…..Help anyone….
Niko
April 14, 2010 6:09 pm
Muse should be first!!
joe
April 15, 2010 4:14 pm
Kings of Shitty ass Leon don’t belong making music!!!!! They f**king suck and should be pulled from any air time!!!
Bryan Martinez
April 18, 2010 2:36 am
Wow, why did you guys sell out? Nowadays, all I hear in Kroq is Indie and Alternative stuff. What ever happened to Punk, Metal, and other great genres. Society sucked in this horrid virus known as, “Alternative”, and killed Rock N’ Roll. Please come back to your senses Kroq and it’s staff.
tonatzine
April 24, 2010 3:09 pm
ahh hell yeah! kings of leon made #1 !!!!!!!
Mary
April 27, 2010 12:46 pm
Slightly Stoopid!!!!
Alex M
June 30, 2010 11:57 am
WHAT!!! no DEPECHE MODE I EVEN wear a pin to work thats says depeche mode even though they dont allow it CMON!
they deserve a spot on here 
bill weaver
July 2, 2010 6:43 pm
wheres the SlipKnoT?
Mary
July 11, 2010 11:08 am
Crappy music, that’s for sure! Why couldn’t we have the type of music we had back in the 90′s?
ffm20
July 14, 2010 12:36 pm
why kroq did nt do a list with the 106 best songs but only with the 20 ??
its the first time since the beginning of the list 1980 that there is only a top 20
and i totally disagree with the most
as depeche mode is still an important band even in the usa with every album making the top 10 in the usa
but their last record was not a hit as it had not even one song which made the us hot 100
therefore i understand why none of their songs made it into the list
greetings from germany
Michael
July 14, 2010 5:53 pm
There is not one Hard Rock song on this list, The only ones that are actually Rock songs and not Alternative are I Don’t Care and Feel Good Drag.
Albany
July 28, 2010 4:34 pm
I agree, and well, at least the list HAS good music. The list is good and I don’t know WHY people are complaining. But that’s all the way in January. I’m almost positive no one will read this. So I’m alone… ANYWAY, Rise against rules! and jayman, if you’re out there: Hi!!! People are just too critical. So yeah… the next person who’ll read this, it’s probably gonna be august or novermber.
Rosalie D.
August 9, 2010 12:43 pm
I love listening to the Ruby Friedman Orchestra. Could you please play “Shooting Star” or anything Ruby does. It is all fantastic. I love her voice, and there’s a big group of us who enjoy her music. So play on………………..thanks!
Rosalie Delmonico
losangeleskidd
August 19, 2010 5:18 pm
anyone know that song that goes…
“i just want to thank you for…something something”…
its killing me.
boxxer22
August 31, 2010 6:17 pm
wut was that songs namet they played today something about fading away
Carmenskyy..!
September 4, 2010 4:33 pm
Weezer is aewsomeee.!
dmchick78
September 14, 2010 11:33 pm
ya why is depeche mode not on here who ever did this list is a idiot…
Lightning | KROQ.com
September 14, 2010 11:58 pm
Huh? What song did DM release that’s worthy of being in the top 20 of ’09? There’s no question that D’Mode is a legendary KROQ band. But all they’re really been doing is touring. Not much ground-breaking music has come out of their camp in the past few years. We do though look foward to getting them back on the air with new music. And, we never would have guessed you were a fan by your email address… “dmchick78.”
mg
September 20, 2010 11:20 am
if they didnt make the list then they arent that good. U just wont accept it. That or who ever did this list is an idiot….
mg
September 20, 2010 11:22 am
hey i think the list might need some modifications but its not as bad as everyone is saying. KROQ just try to keep up
michael Gomez
October 1, 2010 6:55 pm
Hey growing up in Huntington was one of the best moments of my life and I will never forget kroq made me who i am today. Thanks and keep it going
Vincent
October 12, 2010 9:06 pm
I think that Savior should have been #1. They play that song all THE TIME
email
October 30, 2010 9:53 am
fyi, depeche mode didn’t make the list because they suck
ltl
November 1, 2010 6:24 pm
isnt the list based on what songs were played the most during the year? cuz “use somebody” was annoying the shit off me lol
kroqsolditssoul
November 11, 2010 4:59 pm
KROQ sold out a long time ago. I’m actually surprised to not see Nirvana, Rage’s Killing In the Name, or anything by the Foo Fighters on this list. They play that stuff like it’s new. Don’t get me wrong that was good music…. like 15 years ago.
Matthew
November 30, 2010 10:15 pm
ehhhhh Panic switch was way overplayed and it wasnt even that good. doesnt deserve #2
Thomas
December 18, 2010 11:41 pm
hey KROQ do us a Huge favor and go back to the 106.7 songs of 2010!
or if ur doing the top 20 again
just please PLEASE only allow songs that came out IN 2010
no songs from last year! Got it…thank you!
emalovic
December 26, 2010 11:34 am
IM from germany and i loved kroq in the past
they always played alternatve stuff which wasnt played by other radio stations
finest new music
but what happened in the last 3 years ?
they only play more and more mainstream rock and more poppy songs
the 106.7 lists were legendary
the top 20 list is creep
and why songs of 1-2 years ago chart on lists of today ???
USE SOMEBODY was released late 2008 and it charted well on the billboard hot 100 and modern rock tracks in 2008
bands which were played by KROQ in the past which became mainstream acts in the usa
DEPECHE MODE
MGMT
KINGS OF LEON
THE KILLERS
FRANZ FERDINAND
PET SHOP BOYS
ERASURE
GREEN DAY
OFFSPRING
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
its quite strange
Jerri Waggaman
January 3, 2011 1:21 pm
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Lizbeth
January 31, 2011 7:01 pm
Ahhhh!!!! Incubus <33333 :]]]
max
February 2, 2011 8:22 pm
ya slightly stoopid man they always get me happy when im down especialy 2am
max
February 2, 2011 8:23 pm
slighty stoopid is the BEST!!!!!
love to them and kroq!!
light within
February 7, 2011 2:47 am
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Ezra godinez
February 11, 2011 6:56 pm
Kol!<3333
Tanya
May 4, 2011 8:54 am
What happened to 2010? You guys better start updating your site, it’s looking sloppy.
Blackout | KROQ.com
May 4, 2011 9:20 am
The only thing that’s sloppy is you think this post (which was written on Jan 2, 2010) is recent. We have PLENTY of updates…
Michelle
May 6, 2011 9:47 pm
LINKIN PARK HECK YES!!!!!!! has anyone noticed how much they come up on these charts and in concerts? its cuz theyre so freaking awesome!
Gio
November 7, 2011 7:47 pm
What’s that song you guys play with some lyrics “started talkin…”, “slapped a ho…”, “boys in the hood”… It sounds kind of slow/ soft/ whatever. Sorry for asking you this but if you can identify this song please it’d be really helpful THANKS!!!
Blackout | KROQ.com
November 7, 2011 7:47 pm
Dynamite Hack “Boyz In The Hood”
Gio
November 7, 2011 7:58 pm
THANKS YOUU=]
DD!!!