Desert Island Songs - 1983

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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• A Flock of Seagulls, "What Am I Supposed To Do"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "Transfer Affection"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "Nightmares"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "The Traveller"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "Electrics"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)"
• A Flock of Seagulls, "Space Age Love Song"
• ABC, "Love's A Dangerous Language"
• ABC, "All Of My Heart"
• ABC, "Poison Arrow"
• AC-DC, "Flick of the Switch"
• Adam Ant, "Puss 'n Boots"
• Adam Ant, "Desperate But Not Serious"
• Adam Ant, "Goody Two Shoes"
• After the Fire, "Der Kommissar"
• Agnetha Faltskog, "Can't Shake Loose"
• Air Supply, "Making Love Out of Nothing At All"
• Alan Parsons Project, "You Don't Believe"
• Alarm, "The Stand"
• Aldo Nova, "Monkey On Your Back"
• America, "The Border"
• Animals, "The Night"
• Art in America, "Art In America"
• Asia, "The Heat Goes On"
• Asia, "True Colors"
• Asia, "Don't Cry"
• Axe, "I Think You'll Remember Tonight"
• Aztec Camera, "Oblivious"
• B-52's, "Whammy Kiss"
• B-52's, "Song For A Future Generation"
• B-52's, "Butterbean"
• B-52's, "Legal Tender"
• Bananarama, "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
• Belle Stars, "Sign Of The Times"
• Berlin, "Masquerade"
• Berlin, "The Metro"
• Big Country, "Chance"
• Billy Idol, "Dancing With Myself"
• Billy Joel, "Easy Money"
• Billy Joel, "Allentown"
• Billy Joel, "Uptown Girl"
• Billy Squier, "She's A Runner"
• Blancmange, "Blind Vision"
• Blancmange, "Living On The Ceiling"
• Blue oyster Cult, "Take Me Away"
• Bob Seger, "Shame On The Moon"
• Bob Seger, "Even Now"
• Bongos, "Numbers With Wings"
• Bonnie Tyler, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
• Bow Wow Wow, "The Man Mountain"
• Bow Wow Wow, "Do You Wanna Hold Me"
• Boys Brigade, "The Passion of Love"
• Bryan Adams, "Don't Leave Me Lonely"
• Bryan Adams, "Take Me Back"
• Bryan Adams, "Cuts Like a Knife"
• Call, "The Walls Came Down"
• Chicago, "Love Me Tomorrow"
• China Crisis, "Working With Fire And Steel"
• Chris de Burgh, "Don't Pay the Ferryman"
• Christopher Cross, "All Right"
• Clash, "Rock the Casbah"
• Culture Club, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
• Culture Club, "Time (Clock Of The Heart)"
• Culture Club, "Church of the Poison Mind"
• Cure, "The Walk"
• Cure, "Let's Go to Bed"
• DFX2, "Emotion"
• Dave Edmunds, "Slipping Away"
• David Bowie, "China Girl"
• David Bowie, "Modern Love"
• David Bowie, "Let's Dance"
• Def Leppard, "Stagefright"
• Def Leppard, "Rock Rock (Till You Drop)"
• Def Leppard, "Too Late For Love"
• Def Leppard, "Rock of Ages"
• Def Leppard, "Foolin'"
• Def Leppard, "Comin' Under Fire"
• Def Leppard, "Billy's Got a Gun"
• Def Leppard, "Action! Not Words"
• Def Leppard, "Photograph"
• Devo, "That's Good"
• Dexys Midnight Runners, "The Celtic Soul Brothers"
• Dexys Midnight Runners, "Come on Eileen"
• Dio, "Holy Diver"
• Dionne Warwick, "Heartbreaker"
• Dionne Warwick, "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
• Dire Straits, "Industrial Disease"
• Divinyls, "Science Fiction"
• Divinyls, "Boys In Town"
• Don Henley, "I Can't Stand Still"
• Don Henley, "Dirty Laundry"
• Donald Fagen, "New Frontier"
• Donna Summer, "She Works Hard for the Money"
• Doobie Brothers, "You Belong to Me"
• Duran Duran, "Girls on Film"
• Duran Duran, "Is There Something I Should Know"
• Duran Duran, "Rio"
• Duran Duran, "Hungry Like the Wolf"
• Duran Duran, "(I'm Looking For) Cracks In The Pavement"
• Duran Duran, "I Take The Dice"
• Duran Duran, "Of Crime And Passion"
• Duran Duran, "Shadows On Your Side"
• Duran Duran, "The Seventh Stranger"
• Ebn-Ozn, "AEIOU Sometimes Y"
• Echo & the Bunnymen, "Never Stop"
• Echo & the Bunnymen, "The Cutter"
• Eddy Grant, "I Don't Wanna Dance"
• Eddy Grant, "Electric Avenue"
• Electric Light Orchestra, "Stranger"
• Electric Light Orchestra, "Rock 'n' Roll Is King"
• Electric Light Orchestra, "Four Little Diamonds"
• Elton John, "I'm Still Standing"
• Elvis Costello, "Everyday I Write The Book"
• English Beat, "Save It For Later"
• English Beat, "I Confess"
• Eurythmics, "Love Is a Stranger"
• Eurythmics, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
• Falco, "Der Kommissar"
• Felony, "The Fanatic"
• Firefall, "Runaway Love"
• Fixx, "Saved By Zero"
• Fixx, "Red Skies"
• Fixx, "One Thing Leads To Another"
• Fleetwood Mac, "Love in Store"
• Frank Stallone, "Far From Over"
• Freeez, "I.O.U"
• Freur, "Doot-Doot"
• Frida, "I Know There's Something Going On"
• Fun Boy Three, "Our Lips Are Sealed"
• Gary Myrick, "Guitar, Talk, Love, & Drums"
• Genesis, "Mama"
• Genesis, "It's Gonna Get Better"
• Genesis, "Just a Job to Do"
• George Clinton, "Atomic Dog"
• Golden Earring, "Twilight Zone"
• Grandmaster Flash, "Message"
• Greg Kihn, "Jeopardy"
• Hall & Oates, "Say It Isn't So"
• Hall & Oates, "One on One"
• Hall & Oates, "Maneater"
• Hall & Oates, "Family Man"
• Heart, "How Can I Refuse"
• Heaven 17, "Temptation"
• Heaven 17, "Let Me Go"
• Herbie Hancock, "Rockit"
• Hoodoo Gurus, "I Want You Back"
• Hooters, "Blood From A Stone"
• Huey Lewis & The News, "Finally Found A Home"
• Huey Lewis & The News, "Heart and Soul"
• Human League, "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
• Human League, "Mirror Man"
• INXS, "The One Thing"
• INXS, "Don't Change"
• Icehouse, "Hey Little Girl"
• Irene Cara, "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
• Irene Cara, "Fame"
• Irene Cara, "The Dream (Hold On to Your Dream)"
• J. Geils Band, "Land of a Thousand Dances (live)"
• J. Geils Band, "I Do"
• Jackson Browne, "Tender Is the Night"
• Jackson Browne, "Lawyers in Love"
• Jam, "Beat Surrender"
• Jim Carroll Band, "Voices"
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, "Fake Friends"
• Joboxers, "Just Got Lucky"
• Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes, "Up Where We Belong"
• Joe Jackson, "Steppin' Out"
• Joe Jackson, "Breaking Us In Two"
• John Hiatt, "Riding With The King"
• John Mellencamp, "Crumblin' Down"
• Journey, "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
• Journey, "Send Her My Love"
• Journey, "Faithfully"
• Kajagoogoo, "Ooh to Be Ah"
• Kajagoogoo, "Hang On Now"
• Kajagoogoo, "Too Shy"
• Kansas, "Fight Fire With Fire"
• Katrina and the Waves, "Going Down To Liverpool"
• Kenny Loggins, "Welcome to Heartlight"
• Kenny Loggins, "Heart To Heart"
• Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton, "We've Got Tonight"
• Kim Wilde, "Love Blonde"
• Kinks, "State Of Confusion"
• Kinks, "Come Dancing"
• Kinks, "Don't Forget to Dance"
• Laura Branigan, "Gloria"
• Let's Active, "Every Word Means No"
• Level 42, "The Sun Goes Down"
• Level 42, "The Chinese Way"
• Lindsey Buckingham, "Holiday Road"
• Lionel Richie, "All Night Long"
• Little River Band, "The Other Guy"
• Little River Band, "Down On The Border"
• Little Steven, "Forever"
• Loverboy, "Queen Of The Broken Hearts"
• Loverboy, "Hot Girls In Love"
• Madness, "Tomorrow's Just Another Day"
• Madness, "Our House"
• Marshall Crenshaw, "Whenever You're On My Mind"
• Martin Briley, "The Salt In My Tears"
• Marvin Gaye, "Sexual Healing"
• Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On"
• Mary Jane Girls, "All Night Long"
• Men Without Hats, "I Like"
• Men Without Hats, "I Got the Message"
• Men at Work, "Upstairs In My House"
• Men at Work, "Underground"
• Men at Work, "It's a Mistake"
• Men at Work, "High Wire"
• Men at Work, "Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive"
• Men at Work, "Be Good Johnny"
• Men at Work, "Down Under"
• Men at Work, "Overkill"
• Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney, "Say Say Say"
• Michael Sembello, "Maniac"
• Midnight Oil, "Power and the Passion"
• Midnight Star, "No Parking On the Dance Floor"
• Missing Persons, "Walking In L.A."
• Modern English, "I Melt with You"
• Moody Blues, "Sitting At The Wheel"
• Moody Blues, "Blue World"
• Motels, "Suddenly Last Summer"
• Motels, "Little Robbers"
• Musical Youth, "Pass the Dutchie"
• Naked Eyes, "I Could Show You How"
• Naked Eyes, "Emotion In Motion"
• Naked Eyes, "When The Lights Go Out"
• Naked Eyes, "Promises, Promises"
• Naked Eyes, "Always Something There To Remind Me"
• New Edition, "Candy Girl"
• New Order, "Confusion"
• New Order, "Ceremony"
• New Order, "Age of Consent"
• New Order, "Blue Monday"
• Night Ranger, "Don't Tell Me You Love Me"
• Night Ranger, "Sing Me Away"
• Olivia Newton-John, "Tied Up"
• Option 30, "Der Kommissar"
• Pat Benatar, "Looking For A Stranger"
• Pat Benatar, "Little Too Late"
• Patti Austin, "Baby, Come To Me"
• Paul Carrack, "I Need You"
• Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack, "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"
• Pete Shelley, "Telephone Operator"
• Peter Gabriel, "Shock the Monkey"
• Peter Godwin, "Images Of Heaven"
• Phil Collins, "I Don't Care Anymore"
• Phil Collins, "Thru These Walls"
• Phil Collins, "You Can't Hurry Love"
• Pigbag, "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag (extended version)"
• Planet P Project, "Why Me"
• Plimsouls, "Inch By Inch"
• Plimsouls, "I'll Get Lucky"
• Plimsouls, "Shaky City"
• Plimsouls, "A Million Miles Away"
• Polecats, "Make a Circuit With Me"
• Police, "Synchronicity II"
• Police, "Miss Gradenko"
• Police, "Synchronicity I"
• Police, "Every Breath You Take"
• Pretenders, "My City Was Gone"
• Pretenders, "Back On The Chain Gang"
• Prince, "Little Red Corvette"
• Prince, "Delirious"
• Psychedelic Furs, "Love My Way"
• Public Image Ltd., "This Is Not a Love Song"
• Quarterflash, "Take Me To Heart"
• Quiet Riot, "Slick Black Cadillac"
• R.E.M., "Talk About the Passion"
• R.E.M., "Radio Free Europe"
• Rachel Sweet, "Voo Doo"
• Rainbow, "Street of Dreams"
• Ratt, "You Think You're Tough"
• Ratt, "Tell the World"
• Re-Flex, "The Politics Of Dancing (Extended Version)"
• Red Rockers, "China"
• Robert Hazard, "Escalator of Life"
• Robert Plant, "Horizontal Departure"
• Robert Plant, "Other Arms"
• Robert Plant, "Big Log"
• Rod Stewart, "Baby Jane"
• Roman Holliday, "Stand By"
• Roman Holliday, "Don't Try to Stop It"
• Roxy Music, "More Than This"
• Rufus, "Ain't Nobody"
• Rush, "Subdivisions"
• Saga, "On the Loose"
• Sammy Hagar, "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy"
• Scandal, "Goodbye To You"
• Sergio Mendes, "Never gonna let you go"
• Shalamar, "Dead Giveaway"
• Sheena Easton, "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)"
• Simple Minds, "Waterfront"
• Spandau Ballet, "True"
• Sparks, "Cool Places"
• Split Enz, "Six Months In A Leaky Boat"
• Squeeze, "Annie Get Your Gun"
• Stan Ridgway, "Don't Box Me IN"
• Stephen Bishop, "It Might Be You"
• Stevie Nicks, "If Anyone Falls"
• Stevie Nicks, "Stand Back"
• Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Pride And Joy"
• Stray Cats, "(She's) Sexy + 17"
• Stray Cats, "Stray Cat Strut"
• Styx, "Don't Let It End"
• Styx, "Mr. Roboto"
• Suicidal Tendencies, "Institutionalized"
• Taco, "Puttin' On The Ritz"
• Talk Talk, "Today"
• Talking Heads, "Girlfriend Is Better (live)"
• Talking Heads, "This Must Be the Place (Naive Medley)"
• Talking Heads, "Burning Down The House"
• Tears for Fears, "Change"
• Tears for Fears, "Watch Me Bleed"
• Tears for Fears, "Mad World"
• Tears for Fears, "The Hurting"
• Tears for Fears, "Pale Shelter"
• Thomas Dolby, "She Blinded Me With Science"
• Thomas Dolby, "One of Our Submarines"
• Thomas Dolby, "Europa And The Pirate Twins"
• Thompson Twins, "If You Were Here"
• Thompson Twins, "Love On Your Side"
• Thompson Twins, "Lies"
• Todd Rundgren, "Bang The Drum All Day"
• Tom Petty, "You Got Lucky"
• Tom Petty, "Change Of Heart"
• Tom Waits, "16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six"
• Toni Basil, "Mickey"
• Toto, "Waiting for Your Love"
• Toto, "I Won't Hold You Back"
• Toto, "Africa"
• Toto, "Rosanna"
• Tubes, "Satellite"
• Tubes, "She's A Beauty"
• U2, "Surrender"
• U2, "Two Hearts Beat As One"
• U2, "Like A Song..."
• U2, "New Year's Day"
• Wall of Voodoo, "Mexican Radio"
• Was (Not Was), "The Party Broke Up"
• Who, "Eminence Front"
• Wire Train, "Chamber Of Hellos"
• Yazoo, "Only You"
• Yazoo, "Nobody's Diary"
• Yes, "City of Love"
• Yes, "Our Song"
• ZZ Top, "Gimme All Your Lovin"
• ZZ Top, "Got Me Under Pressure"

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