1983

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UK Releases in 1983

Songs with multple appearances in 1983

1983 Songs

Possible 1983 Songs

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(Mon Nov 28)

Now That's What I Call Music (Vinyl)
(Mon Nov 28)

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Song	Highest UK Chart	Main	Anniversary	Millennium	Yearbook
ABC - That Was Then But This Is Now	18				YB 1983
Adam Ant - Puss 'N Boots	5				YB 1983
Adam Ant - Strip	41				YB Vault 1983
The Assembly - Never Never	4		1983 A
Aztec Camera - Oblivious	47				YB 1983
Aztec Camera - Walk Out To Winter	64				YB X 1983
Bananarama - Cruel Summer	8			1983 M	YB 1983
Bananarama - Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)	5				YB 1980 - 1984
Big Country - Chance	9
Big Country - Fields Of Fire (400 Miles)	10				YB X 1983
Billy Joel - Tell Her About It	4				YB X 1983
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl	1			1983 M	YB 1983
Blancmange - That's Love, That It Is	33				YB Vault 1983
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart	1	1	1983 A		YB 1983
Booker Newberry III - Love Town	6		1983 A
Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young	10				YB X 1983
Carmel - Bad Day	15				YB 1983
China Crisis - Christian	12				YB 1983
China Crisis - Tragedy and Mystery	46				YB Vault 1983
Chris Rea - I Can Hear Your Heartbeat	60				YB Vault 1983
The Creatures - Miss the Girl	21				YB 1980 - 1984
The Creatures - Right Now	14				YB X 1983
Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind	2				YB X 1983
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon	1	1	1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Culture Club - Victims	3	1		1984 M	YB 1983
The Cure - The Lovecats	7	1		1983 M	YB 1983
The Cure - The Walk	12		1983 A		YB X 1983
David Bowie - Let's Dance	1			1983 M
David Bowie - Modern Love	2	2
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts	6		1983 A
Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers - Islands In The Stream	7				YB 1983
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money	25				YB 1983
Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know?	1	1	1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Duran Duran - Union Of The Snake	3				YB 1983
Earth, Wind and Fire - Fall in Love With Me	47				YB Vault 1983
Echo & the Bunnymen - Never Stop	15				YB X 1983
Echo & the Bunnymen - The Cutter	8				YB 1983
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue	2			1983 M
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Is King	13				YB 1983
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages	48				YB Vault 1983
Elton John - Cold as Christmas (in the Middle of the Year)	33				YB X 1980 - 1984
Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues	5				YB X 1983
Elton John - I'm Still Standing	4		1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Elton John - Kiss The Bride	20				YB 1980 - 1984
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Everyday I Write The Book	28				YB X 1983
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Pills & Soap	16				YB 1983
Eurythmics - Right by Your Side	10				YB X 1980 - 1984
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)	2		1983 A		YB 1983
Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?	3				YB X 1983
F.R. David - Words	2				YB 1980 - 1984
The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another	86				YB 1980 - 1984
Flash and the Pan - Waiting for a Train	7				YB 1980 - 1984
A Flock Of Seagulls - Nightmares	53				YB Vault 1983
The Flying Pickets - Only You	1	2	1983 A		YB 1983
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax	1	2,26,102		1983 M	YB 1984
Freeez - I.O.U.	2		1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Freeez - Pop Goes My Love	26				YB Vault 1983
Fun Boy Three - The More I See (The Less I Believe)	68				YB Vault 1983
Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed	7			1983 M	YB 1980 - 1984
Fun Boy Three - The Tunnel Of Love	10				YB 1983
Gary Numan - Sister Surprise	32				YB Vault 1983
Genesis - Mama	4		1983 A		YB 1983
Genesis - That's All	16	1
Grace Jones/Bounty Killer - My Jamaican Guy	56
Grandmaster Flash/Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)	7	3,103	1984 A	1984 M	YB 1984
Hall and Oates - Family Man	15				YB X 1983
Hall and Oates - One on One	63				YB Vault 1983
Hall and Oates - Say It Isn't So	69				YB 1980 - 1984
Hazell Dean - Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man)	76				YB X 1984
Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me	5				YB X 1983
Heaven 17 - Crushed by the Wheels of Industry	17				YB 1980 - 1984
Heaven 17 - Temptation	2	1	1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Howard Jones - New Song	3	1	1983 A		YB 1983
Howard Jones - What Is Love?	2	2			YB 1984
The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination	2	1	1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Japan - All Tomorrow's Parties	38				YB X 1983
Japan - Canton (Live)	42				YB Vault 1983
JoBoxers - Boxerbeat	3				YB X 1983
JoBoxers - Just Got Lucky	7				YB 1980 - 1984
Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong	7		1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Joe Jackson - Breaking Us in Two	59				YB Vault 1983
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out	6		1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
KC and the Sunshine Band - Give It Up	1	1	1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Kajagoogoo - Big Apple	8	1			YB X 1980 - 1984
Kajagoogoo - Hang on Now	13				YB 1980 - 1984
Kajagoogoo - Ooh To Be Ah	7				YB X 1983
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy	1	1	1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Kim Wilde - Dancing in the Dark	67				YB Vault 1983
Kim Wilde - Love Blonde	23				YB X 1983
The Kinks - Come Dancing	12				YB X 1983
The Kinks - Don't Forget to Dance	58				YB Vault 1983
Level 42 - Lessons In Love	3	7	1986 A	1986 M	YB 1986
Level 42 - The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)	10		1983 A	1983 M	YB X 1983
Limahl - Only For Love	16	1			YB X 1983
Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)	2				YB 1983
Lionel Richie - My Love	70
Lionel Richie - Running With the Night	9				YB 1980 - 1984
Lionel Richie - You Are	43				YB Vault 1983
Madness - The Sun And The Rain	5	1			YB X 1983
Madness - Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)	8				YB X 1980 - 1984
Madness - Wings Of A Dove	2		1983 A		YB 1983
Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch	3	1			YB 1983
Malcolm McLaren - Soweto	32				YB Vault 1983
Marilyn - Calling Your Name	4				YB 1983
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On	80
Meat Loaf - Midnight At The Lost And Found	17				YB X 1983
Men At Work - Down Under	1	1	1983 A		YB 1983
Men At Work - Overkill	21				YB Vault 1983
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance	6	1			YB 1983
Michael Jackson - Beat It	3
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean	1
Michael Jackson - Thriller	10
Midge Ure/Mick Karn - After a Fashion	39				YB X 1980 - 1984
Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow	4	1	1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Mike Oldfield - Shadow on the Wall	95				YB Vault 1983
Modern Romance - Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm	14				YB 1980 - 1984
Modern Romance - High Life	8				YB 1983
Modern Romance - Walking In The Rain	7				YB X 1983
Mtume - Juicy Fruit	34
New Edition - Candy Girl	1	1	1983 A	1983 M
New Order - Blue Monday	9			1983 M	YB 1983
New Order - Confusion	12				YB X 1983
Nick Heyward - Blue Hat For A Blue Day	14				YB X 1983
Nick Heyward - On a Sunday	52				YB X 1980 - 1984
Nick Heyward - Take That Situation	11				YB X 1983
Nick Heyward - Whistle Down The Wind	13				YB 1983
Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me	2	3,103	1984 A	1983 M	YB X 1984
Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night	38				YB Vault 1983
Olivia Newton-John - Twist of Fate	57				YB Vault 1983
Orange Juice - Rip It Up	8			1983 M
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Genetic Engineering	20				YB X 1983
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Telegraph	42				YB Vault 1983
Patti Austin/James Ingram - Baby Come To Me	11				YB X 1983
Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace	1	2			YB 1984
Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson - Say Say Say	2				YB X 1983
Paul Young - Come Back And Stay	4				YB X 1983
Paul Young - Love Of The Common People	2				YB 1983
Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)	1	1			YB 1983
Peabo Bryson/Roberta Flack - Tonight I Celebrate My Love	2	1		1983 M	YB 1983
The Police - Every Breath You Take	1		1983 A		YB 1983
The Police - Synchronicity II	17
The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger	7				YB X 1983
Pretenders - 2000 Miles	15				YB 1983
Prince - 1999	10		1985 A
Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song	5			1983 M	YB 1983
Robert Palmer - You Are in My System	53				YB Vault 1983
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding	35				YB 1980 - 1984
Rock Steady Crew - (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew	6	1			YB 1983
Rod Stewart - Baby Jane	1	1
The Rolling Stones - Undercover Of The Night	11	2
Shalamar - Dead Giveaway	8				YB 1983
Shalamar - Disappearing Act	18				YB X 1983
Shalamar - Over and Over	23				YB X 1980 - 1984
Shannon - Let The Music Play	14				YB 1984
Simple Minds - Waterfront	13	1	1983 A	1984 M	YB 1983
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence	3		1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Slade - My Oh My	2				YB X 1983
The Smiths - Hand in Glove	124
The Smiths - This Charming Man	8				YB X 1980 - 1984
Snowy White - Bird Of Paradise	6	2
Soft Cell - Numbers	25				YB X 1980 - 1984
Soft Cell - Soul Inside	16				YB X 1983
Spandau Ballet - Communication	12				YB X 1983
Spandau Ballet - Gold	2				YB 1983
Spandau Ballet - True	1		1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Status Quo - Marguerita Time	3				YB X 1983
The Style Council - Long Hot Summer	3				YB 1983
The Style Council - A Solid Bond in Your Heart	11				YB 1980 - 1984
The Style Council - Speak Like A Child	4		1983 A	1983 M	YB X 1983
Talk Talk - My Foolish Friend	57				YB Vault 1983
Tears for Fears - Change	4				YB X 1983
Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter	5			1983 M	YB 1983
Tears for Fears - The Way You Are	24				YB X 1983
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now	4	2,102	1983 A		YB 1983
Thompson Twins - Love On Your Side	9				YB X 1983
Thompson Twins - Watching	33				YB Vault 1983
Thompson Twins - We Are Detective	7				YB X 1983
Tina Turner - Let's Stay Together	6	1	1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
Tom Robinson - Listen to the Radio (Atmospherics)	39				YB X 1980 - 1984
Tom Robinson - War Baby	6				YB 1980 - 1984
Toto - Africa	3		1983 A		YB 1983
Toyah - Rebel Run	24				YB 1983
Toyah - The Vow	50				YB X 1983
Tracey Ullman - Breakaway	4				YB X 1983
Tracey Ullman - Move Over Darling	8			1984 M	YB 1980 - 1984
Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know	2	1	1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
U2 - New Year's Day	10		1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One	18				YB X 1983
UB40 - I've Got Mine	45				YB Vault 1983
UB40 - Please Don't Make Me Cry	10	1			YB X 1983
UB40 - Red Red Wine	1	1,100	1983 A	1983 M	YB 1983
The Valentine Brothers - Money's Too Tight (to Mention)	73
The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men	2	3,103	1984 A		YB 1984
Wham! - Bad Boys	2		1983 A
Wham! - Club Tropicana	4				YB 1983
Wham! - Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)	8				YB X 1983
Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence	17	1
XTC - Love on a Farmboy's Wages	50				YB Vault 1983
Yazoo - Nobody's Diary	3		1983 A	1983 M
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'	10		1984 A		YB 1984
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man	22				YB X 1984

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Songs yet to be sorted that appear on a Now album in 1983

After the Fire - Der Kommissar

Agnetha Fältskog - The Heat Is On

Altered Images - Bring Me Closer

Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love

Animal Nightlife - Native Boy '83

Annabel Lamb - Riders On The Storm

Asia - Don't Cry

The B-52's - Song for a Future Generation

Bauhaus - Lagartija Nick

The Belle Stars - Indian Summer

The Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times

Billy Griffin - Hold Me Tighter In The Rain

The Bluebells - Cath

Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than the Speed of Night

Bow Wow Wow - Do You Wanna Hold Me?

Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya

David Joseph - You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me)

Dionne Warwick - All The Love In The World

Divine - Love Reaction

Donna Summer/Musical Youth - Unconditional Love

The Fixx - Saved by Zero

Forrest - Rock The Boat

Freur - Doot Doot

Giorgio Moroder/Joe Esposito - Lady, Lady

The Glove - Like an Animal

H2O - Dream To Sleep

H2O - Just Outside Heaven

Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny

Haysi Fantayzee - Sister Friction

Huey Lewis and the News - Heart and Soul

Irene Cara - Flashdance... What a Feeling

Joan Armatrading - Drop The Pilot

John Foxx - Endlessly

John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down

Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

Kenny Everett - Snot Rap

Kenny Rogers/Sheena Easton - We've Got Tonight

The Kids from "Fame" - Friday Night

Kissing The Pink - The Last Film

Laura Branigan - Solitaire

Level 42 - Out of Sight Out of Mind

The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You

The Lotus Eaters - You Don't Need Someone New

Luther Vandross - Never Too Much

Man Parrish - Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)

Marc and the Mambas - Black Heart

Mari Wilson - Cry Me a River

Marillion - Garden Party

Marillion - He Knows You Know

Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long

Michael Sembello - Maniac

The Mighty Wah! - The Story Of The Blues (Part 1)

Missing Persons - Walking in L.A.

Modern English - I Melt With You

The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer

Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me

Pat Benatar - Little Too Late

Rick Springfield - Affair of the Heart

Robert Plant - Big Log

Rockers Revenge - The Harder They Come

Roman Holliday - Don't Try To Stop It

Roman Holliday - Motor Mania

The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep

Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita

Set the Tone - Dance Sucker

Shakin' Stevens - Cry Just A Little Bit

Sparks/Jane Wiedlin - Cool Places

Spear of Destiny - The Wheel

Stephen Bishop - It Might Be You

The Stranglers - European Female

The Stranglers - Midnight Summer Dream

Styx - Mr. Roboto

Taco - Puttin' On the Ritz

The Teardrop Explodes - You Disappear From View

Toto - I Won't Hold You Back

Toto - Rosanna

Tracie - Give It Some Emotion

Tracie - The House That Jack Built

Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

Whodini - Magic's Wand

Yello - I Love You

Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart