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[edit] Major releases

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Michael Jackson's Thriller, the most successful album not only of 1983 and 1984, but of all time, was released in 1982 and began its epic domination of the music charts the following year, 1983. The album spawned seven hit singles and stayed on the US and UK charts for over three years. Michael was nominated for ten Grammy Awards, of which he won eight: seven album Thriller, and the other for the song "Someone in the Dark" featured in the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Thriller paved the way for countless other African-American artists' music to be aired on radio and MTV. Thriller has sold over 104 million copies, making it the greatest selling album of all time. Michael's domination of the 1980s was fueled by his follow-up hit album Bad (released in 1987.)

Head over Heels by the Cocteau Twins sold poorly upon its initial release but is considered one of the most influential albums of 1983. In the ensuing years, the album's eclectic assortment of alternative rock, New Wave and synth pop influences became a cornerstone of later alternative rock groups, most especially in the United Kingdom, where the Cocteau Twins' mix of airy textures and breathless vocals (dream pop) mutated into genres like twee pop, space rock and shoegazing, and eventually hit mainstream success with a psychedelic-influenced form, Britpop.

Quiet Riot's Metal Health was enormously popular in 1983, and was the first heavy metal album to go to #1 on the pop charts. The lead single, "Cum on Feel the Noize" (cover of Slade) was also a huge hit, #5 Billboard, and set the stage for the mainstream success of later glam metal bands like Poison. Other landmark rock/metal albums released in this year include Def Leppard's "Pyromania", Iron Maiden's "Piece of Mind", Mercyful Fate's "Melissa" Dio's "Holy Diver", Accept's "Balls to the Wall", Metallica's "Kill 'em all", Slayer's "Show No Mercy", Ozzy Osbourne's "Bark at the Moon" and Mötley Crüe's "Shout at the Devil".

The country music legend Kenny Rogers records his 23rd studio album "We've Got Tonight", which was his last album for Liberty Records. He signed to RCA for a guaranteed sum of no less than $20 million for 6 albums, the biggest record deal of all-time up to that point. His earnings for those recordings amounted to even more, but no details have been made public. Rogers' RCA debut included his duet with Dolly Parton, "Islands in the Stream", which would become one of the biggest records of the year.

Some other releases from 1983 deserve special mention:

The Police's Synchronicity was their final release together before breaking up, and was enormously popular, including one of their more popular songs, "Every Breath You Take"
Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) was their breakthrough success, and included their signature tune, the title track
Mötley Crüe's Shout at the Devil was their breakthrough, and included "Looks That Kill", though they would go on to greater popular and critical success in the later part of the decade after recovering from the shock of member Vince Neil's near-fatal car accident
Nena releases 99 Luftballons and its English version, 99 Red Balloons, generating her fame in the English-speaking world
Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones was his first album for Island Records, and the first in a series of three thematically and stylistically linked albums that established him as a critical darling and cult favorite
New Order's Power, Corruption & Lies was the second since forming from the ashes of Joy Division (after the suicide of Ian Curtis) and the first to achieve critical or popular success, as it was a stylistically innovative mix of synth vocals and dance-heavy beats. In some countries included the best-selling 12" record of all time, "Blue Monday"
Duran Duran scored hits from three separate albums in this year (Rio, the reissue of Duran Duran, and Seven and the Ragged Tiger)
Merle Haggard began a run of chart success in this year, which continued for about two years. His duet album with Willie Nelson, Pancho & Lefty, was an enormous critical and popular success and did much to revitalize the careers of both entertainers, especially with the hit title track
Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood was more popular than any blues album since the late 1960s, and did much to establish country-blues as a commercially viable genre
George Strait's Right or Wrong sold extremely well, and was a pivotal album in the development of the honky tonk revival during the rest of the decade.
Now That's What I Call Music! off the long-running compilation series in the UK
Metallica and Slayer kicked off the thrash metal era with Kill 'Em All and Show No Mercy.
R.E.M's first full-length album Murmur was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the year.
[[The Carpenters]' Voice of the Heart was released after Karen Carpenter's untimely death which contains material from some of her last recording sessions, as well as previously unreleased tracks from sessions over the years.
The Depeche Mode single Everything Counts achieve a great popularity and is considered the first industrial Pop music.

[edit] Events

Publication of A Generative Theory of Tonal Music by Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff.
February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York
Diana Ross performed in Central Park in the pouring rain
Highest point of the 1981–1985 Menuditis and Menudomania all over Latin America.
ZTT Records founded
The UK singles chart starts to use electronic terminals in selected stores to gather sales information. The old "sales diary" method will be gradually phased out over the next few years
19th August : Radio Caroline broadcasts from MV Ross Revenge with a new mast
Steve, Bob and Rich (soon to become The Rainmakers) release demos for Mercury Records
1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)

[edit] Bands formed

[edit] Bands disbanded

Bauhaus
Blondie
Budgie
Minor Threat
The Misfits
Mission of Burma
Roxy Music
Wall of Voodoo (reformed in 1985)
The Who (reunions throughout the late 1980s and 1990s)

[edit] Bands reformed

[edit] Albums released

1st - Streets
90125 - Yes
A Christmas Album - Amy Grant
A Volar - Menudo
Ageless Medley EP - Amy Grant
Ain't It Good To Be Free - Bo Diddley
Alive She Cried - The Doors
All For One - Raven (band)
All the Best - Stiff Little Fingers
American Made - The Oak Ridge Boys
Another Perfect Day - Motörhead
Ark - The Animals
Assault Attack - Michael Schenker Group
At War With Satan - Venom (band)
Back to Back - Status Quo
Back to the Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks
Balls to the Wall - Accept
Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
Before Hollywood - The Go Between
Behind the Scenes - Reba McEntire
Believer - Chic
Bent Out of Shape - Rainbow
Branigan 2 - Laura Branigan
Break Out - The Pointer Sisters
Breaking the Chain - Dokken
Built to Destroy - The Michael Schenker Group
Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat - Minutemen (band)
Canterbury - Diamond Head
Can't Slow Down - Lionel Richie
Cargo - Men at Work
Colour by Numbers - Culture Club
Confrontation - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Confusion Is Sex - Sonic Youth
Construction Time Again - Depeche Mode
The Crossing - Big Country
Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams
DaDa - Alice Cooper
Dagger and Guitar - Sort Sol
Dazzle Ships - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Dancing for Mental Health - Will Powers (actually Lynn Goldsmith)
Deep Sea Skiving - Bananarama
Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain - Kevin Ayers
Dreamgirls - Original Broadway Cast Album
Electric Universe - Earth, Wind & Fire
Eliminator - ZZ Top
Europe - Europe
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect - Todd Rundgren
Everywhere at Once - The Plimsouls
Even the Strong Get Lonely - Tammy Wynette
Eyes That See in the Dark - Kenny Rogers
Fall In a Hole - The Fall
Fastway - Fastway
Faster Than the Speed of Night - Bonnie Tyler
Feel My Soul - Jennifer Holliday
Feline - The Stranglers
The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
The First Flower - Play Dead
Flashdance (soundtrack) - Various Artists
Flick of the Switch - AC/DC
Forged in Fire - Anvil
Fortune 410 - Donnie Iris
Frontiers - Journey
Genesis - Genesis
Good Love & Heartbreak - Tammy Wynette
Hand of Kindness - Richard Thompson
Head over Heels - Cocteau Twins
Headhunter - Krokus
Heart to Heart - Merle Haggard
Hearts and Bones - Paul Simon
Hello Big Man - Carly Simon
Hello, I Must Be Going! - Phil Collins
High Land, Hard Rain - Aztec Camera
Hootenanny - The Replacements
Holy Diver - Dio
The Hurting - Tears for Fears (debut)
I Put Away My Idols - Dion DiMucci
Ich halt zu Dir - Die Flippers
Imagination - Helen Reddy
In Heat - The Romantics
Inarticulate Speech of the Heart - Van Morrison
Into Glory Ride - Manowar
Into the Unknown - Bad Religion
Japanese Whispers - The Cure
Johnny 99 - Johnny Cash
Kill 'Em All - Metallica (Debut)
The Kitchen Tapes - The Raincoats
Labour of Love - UB40
Legendary Hearts - Lou Reed
Lesson Well Learned EP - Armored Saint
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Let's Start A War (Said Maggie One Day) - The Exploited
Lick It Up - Kiss
Life - Thin Lizzy
Live Evil - Black Sabbath
Live From Earth - Pat Benatar
Lost in the Feeling - Conway Twitty
The Luxury Gap - Heaven 17
Madness - Madness (US only compilation)
Madonna - Madonna
Mean Streak - Y&T
Merry Twistmas - Conway Twitty
Metal Circus - Hüsker Dü
Metal Health - Quiet Riot (American debut)
Metal Magic - Pantera (Debut)
Mommy's Little Monster - Social Distortion
Murmur - R.E.M. (full length debut)
Neruda - Red Rider
Never Surrender - Triumph
Next Position Please - Cheap Trick
No Parlez - Paul Young
No Parole from Rock & Roll - Alcatrazz
No Rest For The Wicked - Helix
Offramp - The Pat Metheny Group
Oriental Towers - The Modern Art
Out For Blood - Lita Ford (solo debut)
Outside Inside - The Tubes
Pancho & Lefty - Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
Peace Thru Vandalism - The Vandals
Perverted by Language - The Fall
Pictures - Atlanta
Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
Pipes of Peace - Paul McCartney
Platinum Blonde - Platinum Blonde (debut EP)
The Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex
Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order
Powerlight - Earth, Wind & Fire
The Principle of Moments - Robert Plant
Privilege - Ivor Cutler
Punch the Clock - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Pyromania - Def Leppard
Q-Feel - Q-Feel
Queensrÿche - Queensrÿche
Ratt EP - Ratt
The Revölution by Night - Blue Öyster Cult
Riding with the King - John Hiatt
Right or Wrong - George Strait
Rock 'n' Soul, Part 1 - Hall & Oates
Samurai - Grand Prix
Script for a Jester's Tear - Marillion
Secret Messages - Electric Light Orchestra
Self-Destruction Blues Hanoi Rocks
Seven and the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran
She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer
Shine On - George Jones
Shout at the Devil - Mötley Crüe
Show No Mercy - Slayer (debut)
Sound Elixir - Nazareth
Southern Death Cult EP - Southern Death Cult (first release by the band to eventually be known as The Cult)
Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads
Sports - Huey Lewis and The News
Standing in the Light - Level 42
Star People - Miles Davis
Steeler - Steeler (Yngwie Malmsteen & Ron Keel's 1st band, This band's only release)
Subterranean Jungle - The Ramones
Subject: Aldo Nova - Aldo Nova
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (debut)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits
Synchronicity - The Police
Take It to the Limit - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Take it to the River - Willie Nelson
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
That's the Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard
Thunder and Lightning - Thin Lizzy
Too Low for Zero - Elton John
Touch - Eurythmics
Tougher than Leather - Willie Nelson
Travels - The Pat Metheny Group
Treeless Plain - The Triffids
Trouble in Paradise - Randy Newman
Urban Dance Floor Guerillas - P-Funk All Stars
Under A Blood Red Sky - U2
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (debut)
War - U2
The Waterboys - The Waterboys (debut)
Waylon & Company - Waylon Jennings
We Are One - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers
Weeds & Water - Riders in the Sky
"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic
"What Makes a Man Start Fires?" - Minutemen
What's Funk? - Grand Funk
With Sympathy - Ministry (Debut)
Without a Song - Willie Nelson
Works - Pink Floyd
Works - Status Quo
Yes Sir, I Will - Crass
Yentl (soundtrack) - Barbra Streisand
Yokan (Hunch) - Miyuki Nakajima
You Can't Stop Rock and Roll - Twisted Sister
You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish - George Clinton
Zebra - Zebra (band)
Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. (Drawings of Patient O. T.) - Einstürzende Neubauten

Country (music group) Atlanta releases 'Atlanta Burned Again Last Night' on independent MDJ Records. Song breaks into the top ten in Billboard's Country Charts.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1983.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	1983	UK 1 - Jan 1983, US BB 1 - Jan 1983, US BB 1 of 1983, Canada 1 - Feb 1983, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1983, Éire 1 - Mar 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Feb 1984, Holland 2 - Jan 1983, Sweden (alt) 2 - Mar 1983, France 2 - Jan 1983, US CashBox 3 of 1983, Austria 3 - Apr 1983, Poland 3 - Feb 1983, Germany 3 - Mar 1983, Australia 4 of 1983, RYM 4 of 1983, POP 4 of 1983, Norway 6 - Apr 1983, Italy 8 of 1983, South Africa 15 of 1983, 15 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 16 of pop, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1983, Acclaimed 33, Europe 40 of the 1980s, Party 53 of 2007, Rolling Stone 58, Germany 139 of the 1980s, OzNet 249, WXPN 620
2	Irene Cara	Flashdance... What a Feeling	1983	US BB 1 - Apr 1983, US CashBox 1 of 1983, Canada 1 - May 1983, Sweden (alt) 1 - May 1983, France 1 - Jul 1983, Switzerland 1 - Jun 1983, Norway 1 - Jun 1983, Italy 1 of 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Jul 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks May 1984, Oscar in 1983, UK 2 - Jun 1983, Australia 2 of 1983, POP 3 of 1983, Austria 4 - Aug 1983, Germany 4 - Jun 1983, US BB 6 of 1983, Japan 7 of all time (international songs), South Africa 9 of 1983, Holland 13 - Apr 1983, Poland 21 - Jul 1983, Scrobulate 31 of gay, AFI 55, Germany 57 of the 1980s, RYM 121 of 1983, OzNet 243, RIAA 256
3	David Bowie	Let's Dance	1983	UK 1 - Mar 1983, US BB 1 - Apr 1983, Canada 1 - Mar 1983, Holland 1 - Mar 1983, Sweden (alt) 1 - Apr 1983, France 1 - Mar 1983, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1983, Norway 1 - Mar 1983, Éire 1 - Apr 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Apr 1983, Austria 2 - May 1983, Germany 2 - Apr 1983, US CashBox 4 of 1983, Poland 5 - Apr 1983, KROQ 6 of 1983, US BB 15 of 1983, Italy 19 of 1983, Australia 24 of 1983, RYM 32 of 1983, Scrobulate 40 of 80s, POP 47 of 1983, Germany 172 of the 1980s, Belgium 258 of all time, Acclaimed 1445
4	The Police	Every Breath You Take	1983	UK 1 - May 1983, US BB 1 - Jun 1983, Canada 1 - May 1983, Éire 1 - Jun 1983, US CashBox 2 of 1983, Sweden (alt) 2 - Jun 1983, Norway 2 - Jun 1983, KROQ 3 of 1983, Poland 5 - Jun 1983, South Africa 5 of 1983, Holland 6 - May 1983, Switzerland 6 - Jul 1983, Austria 8 - Aug 1983, Germany 8 - Jun 1983, France 10 - May 1983, Australia 10 of 1983, Italy 10 of 1983, Virgin 12, Scrobulate 13 of 80s, US BB 16 of 1983, RYM 16 of 1983, Europe 33 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 38, OzNet 38, RIAA 44, POP 49 of 1983, Poland 68 of all time, TheQ 76, Rolling Stone 84, 90 in 2FM list, Belgium 110 of all time, WXPN 216
5	Culture Club	Karma Chameleon	1983	UK 1 - Sep 1983, US BB 1 - Dec 1983, Canada 1 - Dec 1983, Holland 1 - Sep 1983, Sweden (alt) 1 - Oct 1983, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1983, Norway 1 - Oct 1983, Éire 1 - Sep 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Oct 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1984, Austria 3 - Nov 1983, Germany 3 - Jan 1984, South Africa 7 of 1984, Poland 8 - Sep 1983, Australia 8 of 1983, US CashBox 14 of 1984, POP 15 of 1984, Italy 16 of 1983, KROQ 25 of 1983, US BB 29 of 1984, RYM 49 of 1983, Scrobulate 71 of 80s, Germany 159 of the 1980s, OzNet 979

[edit] Top hits on record

"1999" - Prince
"A Girl Called Johnny" - The Waterboys
"Add It Up" - Violent Femmes
"Africa" - Toto
"All Night Long (All Night)" - Lionel Richie
"All Time High" - Rita Coolidge
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" - Naked Eyes
"Another State Of Mind" - Social Distortion
"Australiana" - Austen Tayshus #1 (a)
"Baby, Come to Me" - Patti Austin with James Ingram
"Baby Jane" - Rod Stewart
"Bad Boys" - Wham!
"Bad Day" - Carmel
"Balls to the Wall" - Accept
"Bark at the Moon" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Beat It" - Michael Jackson
"Big Log" - Robert Plant
"Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson
"Blind Vision" - Blancmange
"Blister In The Sun" - Violent Femmes
"Bloodstone" - Judas Priest
"Blue Monday" - New Order
"Blue World" - The Moody Blues
"Bop Girl - Pat Wilson #1 (a)
"Boxerbeat" - JoBoxers
"Breaking Us In Two" - Joe Jackson
"Buffalo Soldier" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Buried Treasure" - Kenny Rogers
"Burning Down The House" - Talking Heads
"Burning Up" - Madonna
"Borderline" - Madonna (in US & Australia; not released in the rest of UK and Europe until 1985/86)
"Calling Your Name" - Marilyn
"Candy Girl" - New Edition
"Can't Get Used To Losing You" - The Beat
"Cattle And Cane" - The Go-Betweens
"Chance" - Big Country
"Change" - Tears for Fears
"Change In Mood" - Kids in the Kitchen
"China Girl" - David Bowie
"Chinese Cafe" - Joni Mitchell
"Church of the Poison Mind" - Culture Club
"Club Tropicana" - Wham!
"Come Back And Stay" - Paul Young
"Computer One" - Dear Enemy
"Countdown/New World Man" - Rush
"Cry Me A River" - Mari Wilson
"Cum on Feel the Noize" - Quiet Riot
"Cuts Like A Knife" - Bryan Adams
"Dark Is The Night" - Shakatak
"Der Kommissar" - After the Fire
"Dead Giveaway" - Shalamar
"Dear Prudence" - Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Delirious" - Prince
"Did You Have To Love Me Like You Do?" - The Coconuts
"Dirty Laundry" - Don Henley
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" - Culture Club
"Don't Cry" - Asia
"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" - Phil Collins
"Don't Talk To Me About Love" - Altered Images
"Don't You Want Me" - Human League
"Double Dutch" - Malcolm McLaren
"Down Under" - Men at Work
"Drop The Pilot" - Joan Armatrading
"Electric Avenue" - Eddy Grant
"Every Breath You Take" - The Police
"Everyday I Write The Book" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
"Everything Counts" - Depeche Mode
"Far From Over" - Frank Stallone
"Family Man" - Hall & Oates
"Faithfully" - Journey
"Femme" - Dalida
"Fields Of Fire (400 Miles)" - Big Country
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" - Irene Cara
"Foolin'" - Def Leppard
"Freak-A-Zoid" - Midnight Star
"Garden Party" - Marillion
"Gimme All Your Lovin'" - ZZ Top
"Gloria" - Laura Branigan
"Gold" - Spandau Ballet
"He Knows You Know" - Marillion
"Heart & Soul" - Huey Lewis & The News
"Heartache Avenue" - The Maisonettes
"Holiday" - Madonna
"Holy Diver" - Dio
"How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" - Laura Branigan
"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" - Dionne Warwick & Luther Vandross
"Human Nature" - Michael Jackson
"Hungry Like The Wolf" - Duran Duran
"I Am (I'm Me)" - Twisted Sister
"I Am Love" - Jennifer Holliday
"I Cannot Believe It's True" - Phil Collins
"I Don't Care Anymore" - Phil Collins
"I Don't Remember (Live)" - Peter Gabriel
"I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" - Elton John (feat. Stevie Wonder)
"I Like It" - DeBarge
"I Love Rocky Road" - "Weird Al" Yankovic"
"I'll Tumble 4 Ya" - Culture Club
"I'm Still Standing" - Elton John
"In A Big Country" - Big Country
"In The Neighborhood" - Tom Waits
"I.O.U." - Freeez
"Irresistible Bitch" -Prince
"Is There Something I Should Know?" - Duran Duran
"Islands in the Stream" - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
"It Don't Matter To Me" - Phil Collins
"Johnny B. Goode" - Peter Tosh
"Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club
"Keep Feeling (Fascination)" - The Human League
"Kiss The Bride" - Elton John
"Lawyers in Love" - Jackson Browne
"Let The Music Play" - Shannon (singer)
"Let's Dance" - David Bowie
"Lick It Up" - Kiss
"Listen To The Radio:Atmospherics" - Tom Robinson
"Little Red Corvette" - Prince
"Long Hot Summer" - The Style Council
"Looks That Kill" - Mötley Crüe
"Love Blonde" - Kim Wilde
"Love Is a Battlefield" - Pat Benatar
"Love Is A Stranger" - Eurythmics
"Love Is For All Time" - The Animals
"Love Of The Common People" - Paul Young
"Love On Your Side" - The Thompson Twins
"Love Town" - Booker Newberry III
"Voice of the Heart" - The Carpenters
"Make Believe It's Your First Time" (single) - The Carpenters
"Mama" - Genesis
"Maniac" - Michael Sembello
"Many Rivers To Cross" - UB40
"Marguerita Time" - Status Quo
"Market Square Heroes" - Marillion
"Maxine" - Sharon O'Neil
"Modern Love" - David Bowie
"Moonlight Shadow" - Mike Oldfield
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" - Bananarama
"Nasty Girl" - Vanity 6
"Never Stop" - Echo & the Bunnymen
"New Frontier" - Donald Fagen
"New Song" - Howard Jones
"New Year's Day" - U2
"Nobody's Diary" - Yazoo
"Oblivious" - Aztec Camera
"One on One" - Hall & Oates
"One Thing Leads to Another" - The Fixx
"Only For Love" - Limahl
"Only You" - Rita Coolidge
"Only You" - The Flying Pickets
"Ooh To Be Ah" - Kajagoogoo
"Our House" - Madness
"Our Lips Are Sealed" - Fun Boy Three
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" - Yes
"Photograph" - Def Leppard
"Pills And Soap" - The Imposter
"Pipes Of Peace" - Paul McCartney
"Pressure Sway" - Machinations
"Pride and Joy" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Promises, Promises" - Naked Eyes
"Puttin' on the Ritz" - Taco
"Radio Free Europe" - R.E.M.
"Rainbow in the Dark - Dio
"Reckless" - Australian Crawl #1
"Ricky" - "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Rio" - Duran Duran
"Rip It Up" - Orange Juice
"Rock 'n' Roll Is King" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Rock of Ages" - Def Leppard
"Rock the Casbah" - The Clash
"Rockit" - Herbie Hancock
"Run Runaway - Slade
"Saved by Zero" - The Fixx
"Say Say Say" - Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
"Screaming for Vengeance" - Judas Priest
"Send Her My Love" - Journey
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" - Journey
"Sex (Im a...)" - Berlin
"Shame on the Moon - Bob Seger
"Sharp Dressed Man" - ZZ Top
"She Works Hard For The Money" - Donna Summer
"She's A Beauty" - The Tubes
"Shiny Shiny" - Haysi Fantazee
"Shipbuilding" - Robert Wyatt
"Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash
"Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe
"Sign of the Times" - The Belle Stars
"Solitaire" - Laura Branigan
"Song To The Siren" - This Mortal Coil
"Soul Inside" - Soft Cell
"Space Age Love Song" - A Flock of Seagulls
"Speak Like A Child" - The Style Council
"Stand Back" - Stevie Nicks
"Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson
"Straight From The Heart" - Bryan Adams
"Straight to Hell - The Clash
"Street of Dreams" - Rainbow
"Suddenly last Summer" - The Motels
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" - Eurythmics
"Synchronicity 2" - The Police
"Take me to heart" - Quarterflash
"Talking In Your Sleep" - The Romantics
"Tell Her About It" - Billy Joel
"Temptation" - Heaven 17
"Tender Is the Night" - Jackson Browne
"That's All" - Genesis
"The Big Apple" - Kajagoogoo
"The Border" - America
"The Celtic Soul Brothers" - Dexy's Midnight Runners
"The Chinese Way" - Level 42
"The Cutter" - Echo & the Bunnymen
"The First Picture Of You" - The Lotus Eaters
"The Love Cats" - The Cure
"The Night" - The Animals
"The Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats
"The Shape You're In" - Eric Clapton
"The Story Of The Blues" - The Mighty Wah!
"The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" - Level 42
"The Walk" - The Cure
"The Way He Makes Me Feel" - Barbra Streisand
"They Don't Know" - Tracey Ullman
"This Charming Man" - The Smiths
"This Is The Day" - The The
"This Time" - Bryan Adams
"Thriller" - Michael Jackson
"Thunder And Lightning" - Thin Lizzy
"Tomorrow's Just Another Day" - Madness
"Tonight I Celebrate My Love" - Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
"Too Low For Zero" - Elton John (in US & Australia; not released in the rest of UK and Europe until 1985/86)
"Too Shy" - Kajagoogoo
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
"True" - Spandau Ballet
"True Love Ways" - Cliff Richard
"2000 Miles" - The Pretenders
"Tunnel of Love" - Fun Boy Three
"Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring
"Twisting by the Pool" - Dire Straits
"Under Attack" - ABBA
"Undercover of the Night" - The Rolling Stones
"Union Of The Snake" - Duran Duran
"Up Where We Belong" - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
"Uptown Girl" - Billy Joel
"Vintage '77 (EP)" - The Heartbreakers
"Vision In Blue" - Ultravox
"A Volar" - Menudo
"Walk Out To Winter" - Aztec Camera
"Walkin' The Line" - Brass Construction
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson
"Watching You Watching Me" - David Grant
"Waterfront" - Simple Minds
"We Are Detective" - The Thompson Twins
"We've Got Tonight" Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton
"What Is Love?" - Howard Jones
"What Kinda Boy You're Lookin' For (Girl)" - Hot Chocolate
"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" - Paul Young
"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" - Grandmaster and Melle Mel
"Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning?" - Phil Collins
"Wings Of A Dove" - Madness
"Wishing On A Star" - Rose Royce
"You Can't Hurry Love" - Phil Collins

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1983

[edit] Published popular music

" I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" w. Bernie Taupin m. Elton John
"An Innocent Man" w.m. Billy Joel
"Karma Chameleon" w.m. George O'Dowd, John Moss, Roy Hay, Mickey Craig & Phil Rickett
"Uptown Girl" w.m. Billy Joel
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Jim Steinman

[edit] Classical music

John Cage - Thirty Pieces for String Quartet
Friedrich Cerha - Requiem für Hollensteiner
George Crumb - Processional for piano
Jean Daetwyler - Concerto for Alphorn, Flute, Saxophone and Strings No. 2
Mario Davidovsky - Romancero, for soprano, flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), violin and violoncello
Jacques Hétu - Clarinet Concerto
Witold Lutosławski - Symphony No. 3 (1972-83)
Krzysztof Penderecki - Viola Concerto
John Pickard - Nocturne in Black and Gold
Iannis Xenakis - Shaar