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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 9:28:59 GMT 1
14 The Look Of Love - Pt. 1 – ABC
I said we had one more to come from them but this song did suffer a lot from overplay, so its good to hear it now and it sounds quite fresh again. Their biggest hit it reached #4 in the Uk and #18 in the US.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 9:33:24 GMT 1
13 Uncertain Smile - The The
Another curveball or maybe it wasn't expected to be so high up. My flat mate at University was the biggest The The fan on the planet, I knew them from 'Infected' era onwards but did not know their early stuff. I listened to all their albums through him and 'Soul Mining' became my favourite especially this piece of classic alternative pop. Wow how young and so much hair he has in this video lol. This was their first charting single reaching #68.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 9:39:56 GMT 1
12 Rio - – Duran Duran
Highest Duran Duran song on the list and as I look at the top 10 I think some will think its a bit bizarre compared to songs I left out well these songs are all brilliant so the actual order at this point doesnt matter too much. No need to talk about this one much it reached #9 in the Uk and #14 in the US. They really were worldwide stars now.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 9:43:23 GMT 1
11 Living On The Ceiling – Blancmange
Just outside the top 10 we get one of my all time favourite tier 2 new romantic bands, the other has two songs to come in the top 10. This is just a perfect pop record, I think if anyone asked you can pick one song to some up the sound of 1982 for me it would probably be this. It reached #7 in the UK.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 9:48:56 GMT 1
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Steve Winwood - Valerie
Yes this surprised me to Steve Winwood in the top 10, this is just one of those songs that has been with me for 30 odd years and I play it so much. Like so much Steve Winwood music 'Higher Love' excepted I heard it first on No Limits. I would say the remix is actually even better though. I just love his trademark sound it just gives me chills, A minor hit in the UK & US on first release #51 and #70, it will be a much bigger hit in 1987 #19 and #9 maybe I should have waited till then.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 9:54:40 GMT 1
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Hall & Oates - Maneater
Just thinking I am probably losing a lot of cred for this batch of songs but you can't help what you like. This is probably my 2nd favourite Hall & Oates song the other will probably crop up in a future top 10 maybe. Its just a classic piece of soul pop and like most of this top 10 so 80s it hurts. Of course it was a US number one and reached #6 in the Uk, their biggest hit here.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 9:57:51 GMT 1
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Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
Yes I did it,now if this was the only Survivor song I liked you might forgive me but I am actually a bit of a fan and you will see them quite a few times over the next 4 years. Not much need talking about this everyone knows it , its a classic really. A hit all of the world it was a number one in the UK and the US.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 10:02:14 GMT 1
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A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
Really i will restore credibility in this top 10 but this is why the early 80s was so much fun, you had to be open to different things, people who stayed within their narrow tastes really weren't making the most of 80s synth pop. This song and the two at the top were my actual three favourite songs when I was 12. The others have grown over the years for various reasons but I have always loved this song. Again it is just perfect 80s pop. Yes they look like idiots but thats what it was all about. It raeched #10 in the Uk and #26 in the US.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 10:05:19 GMT 1
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Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
Oops I didn't notice I still had this too come, the best song Duran Duran ever did just a gorgeous synth pop ballad, more perfection, sorry I cant help calling most of these songs perfect. It reached #2 in the UK held off number one by Survivor and reached #16 in the US.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 10:21:57 GMT 1
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John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane
Back to the US rock, some may argue that he has done better songs later in his career but this will always be his most famous song and as it was the first I heard I think on Entertainment USA, it will always be the most special. The boy in front of me in class was a huge Johnny Cougar fan as he was then and I thought he looked so different as he had big long hair just like the man himself thinking back he was right, I had terrible hair gawd I was so uncool in the 80s didn't get cool till 1989 lol Anyway this was a US number one and reached #15 here still his biggest hit here.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 10:29:01 GMT 1
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Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
My favourite Soft Cell song but it didn't get that way till 1991, my 'girlfriend' at the time said this was her favourite song and played it so much but I just didn't get it, it wasn't until I met somebody else I finally got it, she was trying to tell me her story through this song to help me understand her and it was too late to tell her later. Yes she was the 'sleep around' , we tried the 'cocktail dress' and 'me in a suit' honestly everything in this song happened to me and her.
What about me, well,I'll find someone
That's not going cheap in the sales
A nice little housewife who'll give me a steady life
And won't keep going off the rails
That is exactly what I did!!
For that reason I will never forget this song and I wish I had been more aware of what my ex was trying to tell me.
Seems crass now mentioning chart positions but it reached #3 in the UK.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 10:36:49 GMT 1
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A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
After such a personal song it seem mad to go to a song that I actually discovered through Grand Theft Auto. If I did know this song in the early 80s I forgot it. It wasn't until I was playing GTA Vice City and tuned into Wave 103, the brilliant 80s station and I heard this amazing song, it was not the only one I discovered that way look out in future top 10s for at least two more. So yes I already knew A FlocK Of Seagulls but I felt cheated that somehow I missed this amazing song and I think I have played this song hundred of times in the 21st century. The reason I missed it was it only reaching #43 here so no TOTP but was their biggest hit in US reaching #9.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 10:39:04 GMT 1
BTW this thread is getting very slow so think I will start 1983 in a new thread
What can possibly be my top 2 , I think they were both in the charts at the same time, one was an English Alternative Pop band the other a US Pub Rock band, I really can hardly choose between them as both songs are 1982 for me but ....
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 10:45:49 GMT 1
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XTC - Senses Working Overtime
This song to me at the time just didn't sound like anyone else, it was quirky, odd and super catchy. This mix between fast and slow and happy and sad just made it so chilling. I still don't really know what it was about just I loved their sound so much. I woudl like to say I was a fan from then on but I wasn't good at be a fan then, I wish I had I have since gone back and listened to most of their back catalogue and I love almost all of it. I think because I was so TOTP centric I just thought the band had disappeared and they never resurfaced for me again until 'Grass' in 1986. This reached #10 in the UK.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 10:52:36 GMT 1
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J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Yes I know my favourite song of 1982, it was my favourite then and it still is now. I have always loved US rock and this song has everything I loved about that genre for the next ten years. It has great riffs, production and a super catchy chorus. I honestly know all the words. At the time I just thought it was such a fun song and of course it had pretty girls in the video, yes not very 2017. I guess it really is a 1st world problem this whole song but it was fun so who cares. Also the milk drum how awesome is that in the video. It has brilliant nah nah nahs which make any song amazing and it even has whistling. One of the catchiest rock songs ever. Just pop rock perfection and if this song doesn't make you smile you are not human.
The song was a US number one for 6 weeks and was the fifth biggest song of the year in the US. It reached #3 here which was a fantastic result for a song in this genre.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 10:53:42 GMT 1
1982 1 Centerfold – The J. Geils Band 2 Senses Working Overtime - 2001 - Remaster – XTC 3 I Ran – A Flock Of Seagulls 4 Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - 7" Single Version – Soft Cell 5 Jack & Diane – John Mellencamp 6 Save A Prayer - Single Version – Duran Duran 7 Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) – A Flock Of Seagulls 8 Eye of the Tiger - 2006 Master – Survivor 9 Maneater - Remastered – Daryl Hall & John Oates 10 Valerie - Remastered 2010 – Steve Winwood 11 Living On The Ceiling – Blancmange, Dennis Weinrich with John O.Williams 12 Rio - 2009 Remastered Version – Duran Duran, David Kershenbaum 13 Uncertain Smile - Original 7" Version 1982 – The The 14 The Look Of Love - Pt. 1 – ABC 15 See You - Remastered – Depeche Mode 16 Love Plus One – Haircut 100 17 More Than This – Roxy Music 18 867-5309 -Jenny – Tommy Tutone 19 Golden Brown – The Stranglers 20 Hungry Like The Wolf - 2009 Remastered Version – Duran Duran 21 Poison Arrow – ABC 22 Spirits In The Material World - Remastered 2003 – The Police 23 Do You Believe In Love - 2006 Digital Remaster – Huey Lewis & The News 24 Christmas Wrapping - Single Edit – The Waitresses 25 Abracadabra - Remastered 2017 – Steve Miller Band 26 Heat Of The Moment – Asia 27 State of Independence (7" Version) – Donna Summer 28 Mad World – Tears For Fears 29 Only Time Will Tell – Asia 30 Who Can It Be Now? – Men At Work 31 Rock the Casbah - Remastered – The Clash 32 Reap the Wild Wind - 2009 Remaster – Ultravox 33 The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) – The Jam 34 Town Called Malice – The Jam 35 Rosanna - Single Version – Toto 36 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) - Remastered – Daryl Hall & John Oates 37 Party Fears Two - 2000 Remastered Version – The Associates 38 Maid Of Orleans – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 39 Torch - 7" Single Version – Soft Cell 40 The Model - 2009 Remastered Version – Kraftwerk 41 Temptation – New Order 42 Talk Talk - 1997 Remastered Version – Talk Talk 43 Fantastic Day – Haircut 100 44 We Got The Beat – The Go-Go's 45 Freeze-Frame - 2006 - Remaster – The J. Geils Band 46 Promised You a Miracle - 2002 - Remaster – Simple Minds 47 Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy – Kid Creole And The Coconuts 48 Mirror Man - Remastered – The Human League 49 Avalon – Roxy Music 50 Beat Surrender – The Jam 51 Should I Stay or Should I Go - Remastered – The Clash 52 Gloria - LP/Single Version – Laura Branigan 53 The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 54 Hymn – Ultravox 55 Love My Way – The Psychedelic Furs 56 Lifeline - 2003 Remastered Version – Spandau Ballet 57 Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) – Dexys Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland 58 Here I Go Again – Whitesnake 59 Why – Carly Simon 60 Who's Crying Now – Journey 61 Gypsy – Fleetwood Mac 62 House of Fun - 2000 Remastered Version – Madness 63 I Won't Let You Down – Ph.D. 64 It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It – Fun Boy Three, Bananarama 65 Go Wild in the Country – Bow Wow Wow 66 Theme from Harry's Game - Remastered 2003 – Clannad 67 Today - 1997 Remastered Version – Talk Talk 68 I Don't Wanna Dance – Eddie Grant 69 You Can't Hurry Love - 2016 Remastered – Phil Collins 70 Stool Pigeon – Kid Creole And The Coconuts 71 All Of My Heart – ABC 72 I Love Rock 'n’ Roll - Live – Joan Jett 73 Back On The Chain Gang - 2007 Remastered Version – Pretenders 74 Ever So Lonely - 1981 Version – Monsoon feat. Sheila Chandra, Monsoon, Sheila Chandra 75 I.G.Y. – Donald Fagen 76 Wah! - The Story Of The Blues (Part 1) (1982) (HD) 77 Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) - 2002 - Remaster – Simple Minds 78 She Blinded Me With Science - 2009 Remastered Version – Thomas Dolby 79 Only You – Yazoo 80 Space Age Love Song – A Flock Of Seagulls 81 I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow 82 Glittering Prize - 2002 - Remaster – Simple Minds 83 I'm So Excited – The Pointer Sisters 84 Club Country - 2000 Remastered Version – The Associates 85 I Second That Emotion – Japan 86 Working for the Weekend – Loverboy 87 Hard To Say I'm Sorry – Chicago 88 Really Saying Something – Bananarama, Fun Boy Three 89 Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha) – Trio 90 Think I'm In Love – Eddie Money 91 Leave In Silence - Single Version – Depeche Mode 92 Pass The Dutchie – Musical Youth 93 Strange Little Girl – The Stranglers 94 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Edit – Culture Club 95 Run to the Hills - 1998 Remastered Version – Iron Maiden 96 Our House – Madness 97 Ziggy Stardust – Bauhaus 98 Just What I Always Wanted – Mari Wilson 99 Heartbreaker – Dionne Warwick 100 See Those Eyes - 7" Version – Altered Images
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 11:53:32 GMT 1
My favourite song of 1982 is .... "Save Your Love".
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 11:59:18 GMT 1
My favourite song of 1982 is .... "Save Your Love". oh dear Last Dreamer, again it wouldn't be if you had to hear it all the time. Probably in my top 10 worst songs of 1982.
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 2, 2017 12:09:30 GMT 1
1983 will probably not happen now till January as it is end of year chart time
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 2, 2017 12:13:44 GMT 1
My favourite song of 1982 is .... "Save Your Love". oh dear Last Dreamer, again it wouldn't be if you had to hear it all the time. Probably in my top 10 worst songs of 1982. I do find it ironic that that appalling record was 1982's Xmas number one, when a Scottish indie pop band attempted an ironic cover version (trying to replicate the success of The Damned bassist South Pacific UK #1 cover (Captain Sensible - Happy Talk)) to try and get the Xmas #1 which both failed to chart, and led to them being savaged by the indie music papers/press despite having John Peel on backing vocals. Of course now this sort of "ironic" cover is perfectly fine: Or maybe it flopped hard because it really is truly awful, and sounds too obviously like a P***take....
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