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I wanted to create a "Best (Pop) Songs of 1983" thread but found this one to be close enough.
But i also found this (1983: the year it all went wrong?): 1983: the year it all went wrong?
It is harder to choose the best (pop) songs from 1983 than I thought.
This isn't the *best* song of 1983, and I'm probably in the minority for liking it, but it is a song I find myself going back to for some strange reason.
Real Life - Send Me an Angel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0
― kafkaesque (c21m50nh3x460n), Sunday, 17 February 2013 06:27 (eleven years ago) link
we did do this kind of recently: Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1983 poll
you are right, "Send Me an Angel" is right up there as one of the best.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 17 February 2013 07:42 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyW9864AXVk
― how's life, Sunday, 17 February 2013 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
I ranked those top tens, see.
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:17 (five years ago) link
The rare instance where I disagree with enough of your rankings that the chosen order seems almost random to mine eyes. And it only starts with consigning 'Der Kommissar' to the Hague, for shame.
― Gary Ornmigh, Heywood's son (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
I think I'm probably too biased to weigh in because nostalgia for 1983 makes me love almost every one of those songs. But still, I think i can safely say that the following are empirically awesome, and unfairly maligned:
Meh
Irene Cara – Flashdance… What a Feeling (the slow build is an irresistible force)Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - (i'm pretty sure this would have still been a hit if released during any arbitrary year between 1983 and now)The Motels – Suddenly Last Summer (haven't actually heard this since 1983, but it sounds great in my head)Toto – Africa (I guess the backlash was inevitable, but it's not Toto's fault)Men at Work – Down Under (that flute riff! as great as 'overkill' is, this song towers above it)
The Hague
David Bowie – China Girl (unless this got banned for the lyrics, which i get)After the Fire – Der Kommissar (alles klar, herr sotosyn?)
― enochroot, Thursday, 7 March 2019 13:29 (five years ago) link
Well, you know. These..
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 December 2019 04:22 (four years ago) link
Some great stuff that year, but I'm gonna have to go with "Photograph." I have a hard time believing mortals created that track (and there's been little proof that Mutt Lange is one).
― calstars, Sunday, 1 December 2019 04:51 (four years ago) link
Too Late For Love >>>>>>> Photograph
― brimstead, Sunday, 1 December 2019 04:59 (four years ago) link
Aztec Camera - Walk out to WinterPrefab Sprout - Lions in My Own Garden (Exit someone) - already in someone's list, I know
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
My 1983 top ten . . .
1. Chaka Khan – Ain't Nobody2. Herbie Hancock – Rockit3. The Lotus Eaters – The First Picture Of You4. Class Action – Weekend5. The Style Council – Long Hot Summer6. Orange Juice – Rip It Up7. Mtume – Juicy Fruit8. Ryan Paris – Dolce Vita9. Freeez – IOU10. Talk Talk – My Foolish Friend
I left out Relax because, though it did come out in 1983, it's a totally 1984 song in terms of its airplay and cultural impact.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
I've been playing this a lot latelyHall and Oates - One On One
― brain dead operatus (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
My "nominees," so to speak:
Bananarama, "Cruel Summer"Eurythmics, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"Michael Jackson, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"Elton John, "I'm Still Standing"New Order, "Blue Monday"
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
Christ, how did I forget Blue Monday.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 10:37 (four years ago) link
Not sure I have a top 10, but if Plustwo 'Melody' isn't top, I'm not interested
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 11:01 (four years ago) link
no mentions yet forMy Mine - Hypnotic Tango
?! :(
(and probably a bunch of other stuff crossed over from the Italo thread, '83 was pretty much the golden year there)
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 11:07 (four years ago) link
2 by Kissing The Pink
The Last Filmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFX5Ca36kOk
Desert Song (insanely not a single)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3KsrwWuexQ
― nashwan, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 11:20 (four years ago) link
'tis the season:
Pretenders "2000 Miles"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEyGZlBdkaA
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRxgidNP2pA
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 27 November 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
10 favourite 1983 discoveries of the last ten years for me
Ahmed Fakroun - Ya Farhe BeekBlue Gas - Shadows From NowhereKing Sunny Ade - Synchro SystemLaid Back - Fly Away / Walking In The SunshineLustt - Pillow TalkMariah - SokokaraPlustwo - MelodySylvester - Rock The BoxThe The - GiantXTC - Deliver Us From The Elements
― nashwan, Sunday, 27 November 2022 13:12 (one year ago) link
Sylvester - Rock The Box
hell yeah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHOQwulIQCA
(it's from 1984 tho)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 November 2022 13:39 (one year ago) link
Ah damn thanks, had it in both my 83 and 84 playlists for some reason.
I can never get over the incredible line "everyone around Great Britain...from LiverPOOOL to WALES"
― nashwan, Sunday, 27 November 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
A fabulous Sylvester performance, that.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 27 November 2022 14:14 (one year ago) link
"Hearts" isn't even the best song on 90125
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 27 November 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link