Desert Island Songs - 1982

This page is a list of performers and songs with tracks I love broken down by the year the song was released (or first peaked on a pop chart). For more information check out the intro page.

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• 10,000 Maniacs, "Planned Obsolescence"
• 38 Special, "You Keep Runnin' Away"
• 38 Special, "Chain Lightnin'"
• 38 Special, "Caught Up in You"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "I Ran (So Far Away)"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "You Can Run"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "Don't Ask Me"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "Messages"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "Modern Love Is Automatic"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "D.N.A."
• ABC, "The Look Of Love (Part 1)"
• ABC, "4 Ever 2 Gether"
• ABC, "Date Stamp"
• ABC, "Valentine's Day"
• ABC, "Many Happy Returns"
• ABC, "Show Me"
• AC-DC, "Put the Finger on You"
• AC-DC, "Let's Get It Up"
• AC-DC, "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
• Adam Ant, "Place In The Country"
• Adam Ant, "Friend Or Foe"
• Aerosmith, "Lightning Strikes"
• Air Supply, "Sweet Dreams"
• Air Supply, "Even the Nights Are Better"
• Alan Parsons Project, "Eye in the Sky"
• Aldo Nova, "Fantasy"
• Altered Images, "I Could Be Happy"
• America, "You Can Do Magic"
• Aneka, "Japanese Boy"
• April Wine, "Enough Is Enough"
• Aretha Franklin, "Jump to It"
• Asia, "Wildest Dreams"
• Asia, "Time Again"
• Asia, "Sole Survivor"
• Asia, "Only Time Will Tell"
• Asia, "Here Comes The Feeling"
• Asia, "Heat of the Moment"
• B-52's, "Mesopotamia"
• Bad Company, "Electricland"
• Bananarama, "Shy Boy"
• Bananarama, "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"
• Berlin, "Tell Me Why"
• Bertie Higgins, "Key Largo"
• Billy Joel, "A Room of Our Own"
• Billy Joel, "Pressure"
• Billy Squier, "My Kinda Lover"
• Billy Squier, "Everybody Wants You"
• Billy Squier, "Emotions In Motion"
• Blancmange, "Feel Me"
• Bow Wow Wow, "Go Wild in the Country"
• Bow Wow Wow, "Baby, Oh No"
• Bow Wow Wow, "Cowboy"
• Bow Wow Wow, "I Want Candy"
• Bruce Springsteen, "Atlantic City"
• Bryan Adams, "Fits Ya Good"
• Burning Sensations, "Belly of the Whale"
• Captain Sensible, "Wot"
• Carly Simon, "Why"
• Cars, "Victim of Love"
• Cars, "Since You're Gone"
• Cars, "Shake It Up"
• Cars, "Cruiser"
• Cheap Trick, "She's Tight"
• Cheap Trick, "If You Want My Love"
• Cheri, "Murphy's Law"
• Chicago, "Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
• Christopher Cross, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
• Church, "The Unguarded Moment"
• Circle Jerks, "Wild In the Streets"
• Clash, "Straight to Hell"
• Clash, "This is Radio Clash"
• Crosby, Stills & Nash, "Wasted on the Way"
• Crosby, Stills & Nash, "Too Much Love to Hide"
• Crosby, Stills & Nash, "Southern Cross"
• Cure, "Charlotte Sometimes"
• Dan Fogelberg, "Missing You"
• Dan Fogelberg, "Leader Of The Band"
• Dangerous Birds, "Alpha Romero"
• Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin, "It's My Party"
• David Bowie, "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"
• David Christie, "Saddle Up"
• Dazz Band, "Let It Whip"
• Devo, "Through Being Cool"
• Devo, "Peek-A-Boo!"
• Devo, "Big Mess"
• Dexys Midnight Runners, "Jackie Wilson Said"
• Dire Straits, "It Never Rains"
• Dollar, "Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)"
• Don Henley, "Them And Us"
• Don Henley, "Johnny Can't Read"
• Don Henley, "You Better Hang Up"
• Donald Fagen, "I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)"
• Donald Fagen, "The Nightfly"
• Donald Fagen, "Green Flower Street"
• Donnie Iris, "Love Is Like A Rock"
• Doobie Brothers, "Here to Love You"
• Dream Syndicate, "Tell Me When It's Over"
• Duran Duran, "Save A Prayer (Live)"
• Duran Duran, "My Own Way"
• Duran Duran, "Lonely in Your Nightmare"
• Duran Duran, "Hold Back the Rain"
• Duran Duran, "New Religion"
• Duran Duran, "Last Chance on the Stairway"
• Duran Duran, "The Chauffeur"
• Dwight Twilley, "I'm Back Again"
• Echo & the Bunnymen, "The Back of Love"
• Eddie Money, "Think I'm In Love"
• Eddie Money, "No Control"
• Eddie Money, "Shakin'"
• Elvis Costello, "Man Out Of Time"
• Elvis Costello, "Beyond Belief"
• Evelyn Champagne King, "Love Come Down"
• Fashion, "Love Shadow"
• Fixx, "Stand or Fall"
• Fleetwood Mac, "Gypsy"
• Fleetwood Mac, "Hold Me"
• Fleshtones, "Ride Your Pony"
• Flirts, "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)"
• Foreigner, "Waiting for a Girl Like You"
• Foreigner, "Break It Up"
• Foreigner, "Juke Box Hero"
• Frank Zappa, "Valley Girl"
• Franke & The Knockouts, "Never Had It Better"
• Fun Boy Three & Bananarama, "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"
• Gang of Four, "I Love A Man In Uniform"
• Gap Band, "Early In The Morning"
• Gap Band, "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
• Gary U.S. Bonds, "Out of Work"
• Genesis, "Paperlate"
• Genesis, "Man on the Corner"
• Genesis, "Abacab"
• George Benson, "Turn Your Love Around"
• George Thorogood & The Destroyers, "Bad to the Bone"
• Gerry Rafferty, "As Wise As A Serpent"
• Glenn Frey, "One You Love"
• Go-Go's, "Our Lips Are Sealed"
• Go-Go's, "Beatnik Beach"
• Go-Go's, "Vacation"
• Go-Go's, "Get Up and Go"
• Go-Go's, "We Got the Beat"
• Haircut 100, "Love Plus One"
• Haircut 100, "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"
• Hall & Oates, "Did It in a Minute"
• Hall & Oates, "Private Eyes"
• Hall & Oates, "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"
• Heaven 17, "Penthouse And Pavement"
• Huey Lewis & The News, "Workin' for a Livin'"
• Huey Lewis & The News, "The Only One"
• Human League, "Don't You Want Me"
• J. Geils Band, "Freeze-Frame"
• J. Geils Band, "Centerfold"
• Jackson Browne, "Somebody's Baby"
• Jam, "Town Called Malice"
• Jefferson Starship, "Be My Lady"
• Jim Carroll Band, "Work Not Play"
• Jim Carroll Band, "Them"
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
• Joe Jackson, "A Slow Song"
• Joe Jackson, "Memphis (live version)"
• John Hiatt, "I Look For Love"
• John Mellencamp, "Jack & Diane"
• John Mellencamp, "Hurts So Good"
• Josie Cotton, "He Could Be The One"
• Journey, "Open Arms"
• Journey, "Don't Stop Believin'"
• Judas Priest, "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
• Juice Newton, "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)"
• Juice Newton, "Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me"
• KC and The Sunshine Band, "Give It Up"
• Kansas, "Play The Game Tonight"
• Kenny Loggins, "Don't Fight It"
• Kenny Rogers, "Love Will Turn You Around"
• Kid Creole & The Coconuts, "Stool Pigeon"
• Kim Carnes, "Voyeur"
• Kim Wilde, "Cambodia"
• Kim Wilde, "Water on Glass"
• Kim Wilde, "Kids in America"
• Kinks, "Better Things"
• Kool & The Gang, "Get Down On It"
• Kraftwerk, "The Model"
• Laurie Anderson, "From the Air"
• Laurie Anderson, "O Superman (for Massenet)"
• Led Zeppelin, "Poor Tom"
• Led Zeppelin, "Ozone Baby"
• Leslie Pearl, "If the Love Fits, Wear It"
• Lindsey Buckingham, "Trouble"
• Little River Band, "Take It Easy On Me"
• Little River Band, "Man On Your Mind"
• Loverboy, "Lucky Ones"
• Loverboy, "When It's Over"
• Loverboy, "Take Me To The Top"
• Loverboy, "Working for the Weekend"
• Madness, "House of Fun"
• Marshall Crenshaw, "Someday, Someway"
• Melissa Manchester, "You Should Hear How She Talks About You"
• Members, "Working Girl"
• Men Without Hats, "Security (Everybody Feels Better With)"
• Men Without Hats, "The Safety Dance (extended version)"
• Men Without Hats, "Antarctica"
• Men Without Hats, "Living in China"
• Men at Work, "Who Can It Be Now"
• Michael McDonald, "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)"
• Michael McDonald, "I Gotta Try"
• Missing Persons, "Words"
• Missing Persons, "Destination Unknown"
• Monroes, "What Do All the People Know"
• Motels, "So L.A."
• Motels, "Take the L"
• Motels, "Only the Lonely"
• New Order, "Temptation"
• Olivia Newton-John, "Landslide"
• Olivia Newton-John, "Heart Attack"
• Olivia Newton-John, "Make A Move On Me"
• Olivia Newton-John, "Physical"
• Orange Juice, "Turn Away"
• Ozzy Osbourne, "Flying High Again"
• Patrice Rushen, "Forget Me Nots"
• Paul Davis, "'65 Love Affair"
• Paul Davis, "Cool Night"
• Paul McCartney, "Take It Away"
• Payolas, "Eyes Of A Stranger"
• Pete Shelley, "Homosapien"
• Pete Townshend, "The Sea Refuses No River"
• Pete Townshend, "Slit Skirts"
• Peter Cetera, "Livin' in the Limelight"
• Peter Gabriel, "Kiss Of Life"
• Peter Gabriel, "I Have the Touch"
• Pigbag, "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag"
• Police, "Secret Journey"
• Police, "Spirits in the Material World"
• Pretenders, "I Go To Sleep"
• Psychedelic Furs, "President Gas"
• Psychedelic Furs, "Danger"
• Psychedelic Furs, "Forever Now"
• Pylon, "Crazy"
• Quarterflash, "Right Kind Of Love"
• Quarterflash, "Find Another Fool"
• Quarterflash, "Harden My Heart"
• Queen & David Bowie, "Under Pressure"
• R.E.M., "1,000,000"
• R.E.M., "Stumble"
• R.E.M., "Wolves, Lower"
• R.E.M., "Gardening at Night"
• Rainbow, "Stone Cold"
• Ray Parker Jr., "The Other Woman"
• Rick James, "Dance Wit' Me"
• Rick Springfield, "What Kind of Fool Am I"
• Rick Springfield, "Don't Talk to Strangers"
• Robert Plant, "Burning Down One Side"
• Rod Stewart, "Young Turks"
• Rolling Stones, "Hang Fire"
• Rolling Stones, "Waiting on a Friend"
• Romeo Void, "Wrap It Up"
• Romeo Void, "Never Say Never"
• Roxy Music, "Avalon"
• Rush, "New World Man"
• Rush, "Closer to the Heart"
• Santana, "Hold On"
• Scorpions, "No One Like You"
• Sheena Easton, "You Could Have Been With Me"
• Sheila, "Little Darlin'"
• Simple Minds, "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)"
• Simple Minds, "Someone, Somewhere in Summertime"
• Simple Minds, "Promised You a Miracle"
• Soft Cell, "Tainted Love"
• Squeeze, "Black Coffee In Bed"
• Steve Miller Band, "Abracadabra"
• Stevie Nicks, "Leather And Lace"
• Stevie Nicks, "Edge of Seventeen"
• Stevie Wonder, "That Girl"
• Stevie Wonder, "Do I Do"
• Stranglers, "Golden Brown"
• Stray Cats, "Rock This Town"
• Supertramp, "It's Raining Again"
• Survivor, "Eye of the Tiger"
• Talk Talk, "Talk Talk"
• Thomas Dolby, "Commercial Breakup"
• Thomas Dolby, "Weightless"
• Thomas Dolby, "Windpower"
• Thomas Dolby, "Leipzig"
• Thomas Dolby, "Urges"
• Thomas Dolby, "Radio Silence"
• Thomas Dolby, "Airwaves"
• Thomas Dolby, "Flying North"
• Thompson Twins, "In The Name Of Love"
• Tom Tom Club, "Genius of Love"
• Tommy Tutone, "867-5309-Jenny"
• Toto, "Make Believe"
• Toto, "Lovers in the Night"
• Translator, "Everywhere That I'm Not"
• Trio, "Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha)"
• U2, "I Will Follow"
• Van Halen, "The Full Bug"
• Van Halen, "Secrets"
• Van Halen, "Where Have All The Good Times Gone!"
• Violent Femmes, "Promise"
• Violent Femmes, "Prove My Love"
• Violent Femmes, "Confessions"
• Violent Femmes, "Add It Up"
• Violent Femmes, "Please Do Not Go"
• Violent Femmes, "Kiss Off"
• Violent Femmes, "Gimme The Car"
• Violent Femmes, "Gone Daddy Gone"
• Violent Femmes, "Blister In The Sun"
• Waitresses, "Heat Night"
• Waitresses, "Wise Up"
• Waitresses, "I Know What Boys Like"
• Waitresses, "Square Pegs"
• Waitresses, "No Guilt"
• Waitresses, "Pussy Strut"
• Wall of Voodoo, "Tomorrow"
• Wall of Voodoo, "Call Of The West"
• Warren Zevon, "The Envoy"
• Who, "Athena"
• X, "Blue Spark"
• XTC, "Senses Working Overtime"
• Yazoo, "Bring your love down"
• Yazoo, "Don't Go"

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