The Best Song of 1983

Too Late For Love >>>>>>> Photograph

Aztec Camera - Walk out to Winter
Prefab Sprout - Lions in My Own Garden (Exit someone) - already in someone's list, I know

My 1983 top ten . . .

1. Chaka Khan – Ain't Nobody
2. Herbie Hancock – Rockit
3. The Lotus Eaters – The First Picture Of You
4. Class Action – Weekend
5. The Style Council – Long Hot Summer
6. Orange Juice – Rip It Up
7. Mtume – Juicy Fruit
8. Ryan Paris – Dolce Vita
9. Freeez – IOU
10. 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.

I've been playing this a lot lately
Hall and Oates - One On One

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"

Christ, how did I forget Blue Monday.

Not sure I have a top 10, but if Plustwo 'Melody' isn't top, I'm not interested

no mentions yet for
My Mine - Hypnotic Tango

?! :(

(and probably a bunch of other stuff crossed over from the Italo thread, '83 was pretty much the golden year there)

2 by Kissing The Pink

The Last Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFX5Ca36kOk

Desert Song (insanely not a single)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3KsrwWuexQ

'tis the season:

Pretenders "2000 Miles"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEyGZlBdkaA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRxgidNP2pA

10 favourite 1983 discoveries of the last ten years for me

Ahmed Fakroun - Ya Farhe Beek
Blue Gas - Shadows From Nowhere
King Sunny Ade - Synchro System
Laid Back - Fly Away / Walking In The Sunshine
Lustt - Pillow Talk
Mariah - Sokokara
Plustwo - Melody
Sylvester - Rock The Box
The The - Giant
XTC - Deliver Us From The Elements

Sylvester - Rock The Box

hell yeah!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHOQwulIQCA

(it's from 1984 tho)

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"

A fabulous Sylvester performance, that.

"Hearts" isn't even the best song on 90125