I wanted to see what yalls favorite hits from 1983 were. It was a great year in music! Hear are some of mine. In no order of importance.

1. "Promises Promises" Naked Eyes

2. "Slow Burn" T.G. Shepherd

3. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler

4. "Africa" Toto (my favorite of the year)

5. "Heartbreaker" Dionne Warwick(with the Bee Gees) (This song reached its peak in January, and in my opinion was the last song that had a 70s sound).

6. "Love is a Battlefield" Pat Benatar

7. "Its a mistake", and "Overkill" Men at Work

8. "Major Tom(coming home)"

9. "Maneater", "Family Man", and "One on One" Daryl Hall and John Oats(#1Dec.82)

10. "Maniac" Michael Sembello

11. "Mr. Roboto" and "Dont let it End" Styx

12. "Wev'e got Tonight" Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton

13. "Heart to Heart" Kenny Loggins(Jan.83)

14. "Hot Girls in Love" Loverboy

15. "Take me to Heart" Quarterflash

Im going to stop here, but PLEASE post your favorites! Go to about.com, and ask for "80s popcharts" and find your favorites.

: I wanted to see what yalls favorite hits from
: 1983 were. It was a great year in music!
: Hear are some of mine. In no order of
: importance.

: 1. "Promises Promises" Naked Eyes

: 2. "Slow Burn" T.G. Shepherd

: 3. "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
: Bonnie Tyler

: 4. "Africa" Toto (my favorite of the
: year)

: 5. "Heartbreaker" Dionne Warwick(with
: the Bee Gees) (This song reached its peak in
: January, and in my opinion was the last song
: that had a 70s sound).

: 6. "Love is a Battlefield" Pat
: Benatar

: 7. "Its a mistake", and
: "Overkill" Men at Work

: 8. "Major Tom(coming home)"

: 9. "Maneater", "Family
: Man", and "One on One" Daryl
: Hall and John Oats(#1Dec.82)

: 10. "Maniac" Michael Sembello

: 11. "Mr. Roboto" and "Dont let
: it End" Styx

: 12. "Wev'e got Tonight" Kenny Rogers
: and Sheena Easton

: 13. "Heart to Heart" Kenny
: Loggins(Jan.83)

: 14. "Hot Girls in Love" Loverboy

: 15. "Take me to Heart" Quarterflash

: Im going to stop here, but PLEASE post your
: favorites! Go to about.com, and ask for
: "80s popcharts" and find your
: favorites.

"Blue Monday" by New Order (actually, the ENTIRE album Power, Corruption & Lies is excellent!) and every song from the album Construction Time Again by Depeche Mode (with the timeless classic: "Everything Counts"!).

Tarzan Boy

These things are always hard to do because there was so much great music. I'll give you one list today, and a month from now it might be totally different

But, in no particular order, here are some of my favorites from 1983.

1. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
2. Seperate Ways - Journey
3. Stand Back - Stevie Nicks
4. Rock The Casbah - The Clash
5. Affair Of The Heart - Rick Springfield
6. You Are - Lionel Richie
7. Fascination - Human League
8. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
9. Lawyers In Love - Jackson Browne
10. Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot
11. Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
12. Bark At The Moon - Ozzy Osbourne (His Ozzness)
13. Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughn
14. Rainbow In The Dark - Dio
15. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
16. Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
17. Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue
18. Blue Monday - New Order
19. I Melt With You - Modern English
20. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
21. In the Mood - Robert Plant
22. Lick It Up - KISS
23. Burning Down the House - Talking Heads
24. Don’t tell Me You Love Me - Night Ranger
25. Rock of Ages - Def Leppard

I was looking over another list when I spotted these 5... see, I told you these things are impossible to do!!

26. Come Back And Stay - Paul Young
27. New Song - Howard Jones
28. Red Red Wine - UB40
29. Send Me An Angel - Real Life
30. Talk Talk - Talk Talk

This could go on for pages and pages

: I was looking over another list when I spotted
: these 5... see, I told you these things are
: impossible to do!!

: 26. Come Back And Stay - Paul Young
: 27. New Song - Howard Jones
: 28. Red Red Wine - UB40
: 29. Send Me An Angel - Real Life
: 30. Talk Talk - Talk Talk

Wicked Lester, I loved your Top 25 list, but when I saw your 5 late additions, I just about jumped out of my seat. Those five songs are some of my absolute favorite songs off all time!!! My personal fave is Come Back and Stay by Paul Young, from his Parlez Vous album. Almost as classic as his "Love of the Common People", which still brings tears to my eyes. And "New Song" by HoJo, what a happy tune!!! When I'm in a bad mood or feeling depressed, I can just play this song and I'm instantly happy!!! I also love Talk Talk's "Talk Talk", but I still love the haunting "It's my life" just a bit more. And UB40's "Red Red Wine", what's a night out drinking with your bud's without this song playing in the background? And I can really get down and boogy on the dance floor to Real Life's "Send Me An Angel"... "Do you believe in Heaven above, do you believe in love???" Thanks for the memories, WickedLester..

: This could go on for pages and pages

Glad to bring back some pleasant memories That's my personal favorite Paul Young song as well, and I also prefer "It's My Life" to "Talk Talk", but I think IML wasn't a hit until '84, so I didn't include it.

: I also prefer "It's My
: Life" to "Talk Talk", but I
: think IML wasn't a hit until '84, so I
: didn't include it.

Actually, Talk Talk didn't have any hits here in the U.S. in 1983. The song "Talk Talk" was a minor hit in the Fall of '82, and "It's My Life" a moderate hit in the Spring of '84. Also, don't forget the excellent "Life's What You Make It", from the Winter of '86, which should've done a lot better than it ultimately did...