1982 was one of my favourite years for music.  So many great songs, artists, musical achievements.  What were your favourite songs, artists, moments in music, etc from 1982?

Here are some highlights ...

March 6, 1982 - Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc), the 7th single by British group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark becomes the group's breakthrough single this side of the Atlantic, rising to an eventual peak of #32 in Canada.  It was the 3rd and final single from their 1981 released album Architecture & Morality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvblnqfOU8c


July 15, 1982 - The British/American duo America release their 10th album titled View From the Ground.  The lead single You Can Do Magic reached #8 in the US and #37 in Canada, giving them their first North American Top 40 hit since Today's the Day in 1976.  The song also peaked at #59 in the UK, giving them their first UK singles chart entry since Ventura Highway in 1972.  The album also featured a cover of the Ian Thomas song Right Before Your Eyes which reached US #45

http://moogie.info/music/cd/America-ViewformtheGround.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb8Sa0jp7Pw

I really liked You Can Do Magic. It was a great song for America...

There was quite a mix around that time of the decade. You still had bands like America. Toto, Steve Miller Band, Hall & Oates etc making hits.  Toni Basil's 'Mickey' was big around that time... as was J Geils - Centrefold. Meanwhile across the ditch (in the UK) the big 980's bands like Madness, Duran Duran Culture Club were carving it up.

I remember Dexy's Midnight Runners had the hit 'C'Mon Eileen, Culture Club had 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me'.

July 1982 - Paul Davis scores his last ever hit in the US Hot 100 at #40 with a fantastic cover of Love or Let Me Be Lonely, originally made famous in 1970 by Friends of Distinction.  Paul sadly passed away in 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iMqIMzFIpE


May 8, 1982 - The Irish rock band Rosetta Stone, led by former Bay City Rollers guitarist Ian Mitchell, peak at #46 in Canada with their cover of Hiding From Love.  This charted higher than the 1980 original by Bryan Adams (which only made it to #64 in Canada) and can be heard in the 1983 film Class.  One of my favourite cover songs of all time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtbLWyA5JSE

I really liked You Can Do Magic. It was a great song for America...

There was quite a mix around that time of the decade. You still had bands like America. Toto, Steve Miller Band, Hall & Oates etc making hits.  Toni Basil's 'Mickey' was big around that time... as was J Geils - Centrefold. Meanwhile across the ditch (in the UK) the big 980's bands like Madness, Duran Duran Culture Club were carving it up.

I remember Dexy's Midnight Runners had the hit 'C'Mon Eileen, Culture Club had 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me'.


Centerfold was indeed massive.  Even today, I hear it quite a bit on classic radio, you'd think it was still in the charts.  The J. Geils Band were popular in the 70s as well as the early 80s, but to me, Centerfold and the whole Freeze Frame album it was from was their greatest piece of work!

Some good choices already in this thread.
I'd like to add "Africa" and "I won't hold you back" from Toto IV, "Gypsy" and "Hold me" from Fleetwood Mac,  "Only time will tell" from Asia, "You can't hurry love" Phil Collins.

Subdivisions by Rush was really good. "Letting go" by Straight lines was really good too.

What might be my favorite song from 1982 is this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60yigBeBCK4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y89xOEj6-jU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxT2GYl6Yfw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44

I really liked You Can Do Magic. It was a great song for America...

I agree, But wasn't it their last hit after the 70's died down? ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44


This was a great song by The Gap Band. They had a lot of good hits around this time. Robert Wilson passed away 3 years ago at the age of 53. :\'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsG1qIwevRQ

Donna Summer-Love Is In Control ( Finger On The Trigger)

Metallica released their No Life 'Til Leather EP that year, giving them major exposure in the metal underground:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9b8fArzMw

I agree, But wasn't it their last hit after the 70's died down? ???


No.  They had The Border in 1983 and Special Girl in 1984

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dopneKcyNXU

March 20, 1982 - Kasim Sulton (the bass player for Todd Rundgren's Utopia) reached #34 in Canada with the song Don't Break My Heart.  It was from his 1982 solo album Kasim which I have on vinyl.  One of my favourite songs of 1982.  The sax solo is fantastic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-u4Tt81ROQ


October 1982 - Journey frontman Steve Perry has his first solo hit in a duet with Kenny Loggins on the song Don't Fight It.  It peaked at #17 in the US and #7 in Canada and is from Kenny's 1982 album High Adventure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKZ9IK3wJmQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY0--b6DLqQ

a Michael McDonald smash August 1982 "I Keep Forgetting"

A Flock of Seagulls: Space Age of Love Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21JwyfGH3wE

Fad Gadget: Life on the Line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIGIrnVFt6E

Yazoo: Only You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yod7jc8U94

Soft Cell: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHTbWtacquk

Depeche Mode: Leave in Silence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRPi0XXmc-I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysWKi6TYrRI


Herbie Hancock had his hit "Motor Mouth"

Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1982 - Year End Charts

    Position      Artist       Song Title

1 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
2 Survivor- Eye Of The Tiger
3 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N' Roll
4 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory
5 J. Geils Band - Centerfold
6 Human League- Don't You Want Me
7 John Cougar  - Jack And Diane
8 John Cougar - Hurts So Good
9 Steve Miller Band   - Abracadabra
10 Chicago- Hard To Say I'm Sorry
11 Soft Cell -Tainted Love
12 Vangelis- Chariots Of Fire
13 Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
14 Toto - Rosanna
15 Daryl Hall and John Oates -I Can't Go For That
16 Tommy Tutone -867-5309 (Jenny)
17 Bertie Higgins - Key Largo
18 Melissa Manchester - You Should Hear How She Talks About You
19 Foreigner  - Waiting For A Girl Like You
20 Rick Springfield - Don't Talk To Strangers

What songs did you like? Dislike?
For me there are some good songs on here (and some that make me go  8-P )

My faves from this list are these.

Chicago- Hard To Say I'm Sorry
Survivor-  Eye Of The Tiger
J. Geils Band -  Centerfold
Vangelis- Chariots Of Fire
Human League- Don't You Want Me
Foreigner  - Waiting For A Girl Like You

If I hear "Physical" or "Ebony and Ivory" on the radio, I'll try and run away and hide somewhere  ;D

Looking at my iTunes folder, 1982 for me was...

MJ's Thriller (if you count it as 1982)
Bucks Fizz UK group (Camera Never Lies, Can't Stand the Heat)
Stevie Wonder (Ribbons in The Sky)
Lionel Richie (You Are)
Irene Cara (Whadya Want)
Dionne Warwick (Heartbreaker)
Janet Jackson's debut album (Say You Do)
Shalamar (Night to Remember, There It Is)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7hHx7gdN68

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Philip Glass: Floe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYLHRdgdnKk

Laurie Anderson: From the Air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hedIexysvK4

Brian Eno: Tal Coat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgJ7PA5YdxI

Steve Reich: theillim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fruY31DQvb0

Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1982 - Year End Charts

    Position      Artist       Song Title

1 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
2 Survivor- Eye Of The Tiger
3 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N' Roll
4 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory
5 J. Geils Band - Centerfold
6 Human League- Don't You Want Me
7 John Cougar  - Jack And Diane
8 John Cougar - Hurts So Good
9 Steve Miller Band   - Abracadabra
10 Chicago- Hard To Say I'm Sorry
11 Soft Cell -Tainted Love
12 Vangelis- Chariots Of Fire
13 Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
14 Toto - Rosanna
15 Daryl Hall and John Oates -I Can't Go For That
16 Tommy Tutone -867-5309 (Jenny)
17 Bertie Higgins - Key Largo
18 Melissa Manchester - You Should Hear How She Talks About You
19 Foreigner  - Waiting For A Girl Like You
20 Rick Springfield - Don't Talk To Strangers

What songs did you like? Dislike?


Personally, I could sit through most of them with a happy smile of recognition on my face, except #4 (ugh!), #10 (sorry, that's not the Chicago I loved!) and the bottom four, which were just background noise!  :-[

Just for balance, here's what the British people willingly paid good money for...

  1-COME ON EILEEN-DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-AUGUST                 
  2-EYE OF THE TIGER-Survivor-SEPTEMBER                           
  3-FAME-IRENE CARA-July                                         
  4-SAVE YOUR LOVE-RENEE & RENATO-December                       
  5-LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE-BUCKS FIZZ-January                       
  6-THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT-TIGHT FIT-March                       
  7-DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME-CULTURE CLUB-October           
  8-GOODY TWO SHOES-Adam Ant-June                                 
  9-I DON'T WANNA DANCE-Eddy Grant-November                       
  10-SEVEN TEARS-The Goombay Dance Band-March                     
  11-Ebony And Ivory-Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder-April         
  12-The Model/Computer Love-Kraftwerk-February                   
  13-Young Guns (Go For It)-Wham!-December                         
  14-Oh,Julie-Shakin' Stevens-January                             
  15-Time(Clock Of The Heart)-Culture Club-December               
  16-Pass The Dutchie-Musical Youth-October                       
  17-Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band-July                           
  18-Mirror Man-Human League-December                             
  19-Love Plus One-Haircut 100-March                               
  20-It Must Be Love-Madness-January           

Ahem! I'll draw a discreet veil over #4, #6, #10, #11 and #14 - they weren't that good even then!

(#14 has a double claim to shame as it was covered in the US by Barry Manilow! Aaaaaarrrrgh!) 

(And yes, 'Fame' really did take the best part of two years to repeat its US success! This was mainly down to the success of the TV show...)             

Personally, I could sit through most of them with a happy smile of recognition on my face, except #4 (ugh!), #10 (sorry, that's not the Chicago I loved!) and the bottom four, which were just background noise!  :-[

Just for balance, here's what the British people willingly paid good money for...

  1-COME ON EILEEN-DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-AUGUST                 
  2-EYE OF THE TIGER-Survivor-SEPTEMBER                           
  3-FAME-IRENE CARA-July                                         
  4-SAVE YOUR LOVE-RENEE & RENATO-December                       
  5-LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE-BUCKS FIZZ-January                       
  6-THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT-TIGHT FIT-March                       
  7-DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME-CULTURE CLUB-October           
  8-GOODY TWO SHOES-Adam Ant-June                                 
  9-I DON'T WANNA DANCE-Eddy Grant-November                       
  10-SEVEN TEARS-The Goombay Dance Band-March                     
  11-Ebony And Ivory-Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder-April         
  12-The Model/Computer Love-Kraftwerk-February                   
  13-Young Guns (Go For It)-Wham!-December                         
  14-Oh,Julie-Shakin' Stevens-January                             
  15-Time(Clock Of The Heart)-Culture Club-December               
  16-Pass The Dutchie-Musical Youth-October                       
  17-Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band-July                           
  18-Mirror Man-Human League-December                             
  19-Love Plus One-Haircut 100-March                               
  20-It Must Be Love-Madness-January           

Ahem! I'll draw a discreet veil over #4, #6, #10, #11 and #14 - they weren't that good even then!

(#14 has a double claim to shame as it was covered in the US by Barry Manilow! Aaaaaarrrrgh!)                 


There are a few on that list I have never even heard of. Wow.
Yeah, I never likes Ebony & Ivory or any of Paul's 80s duos. They are... ugh.
2 Culture Club songs?  :o  I was never a fan of anything they did.

I guess just like me you really liked Chicago's 70s music. Their 70s hits were just fabulous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9rDYr5hrPU

Standing On The Top-Rick James & Temptations

Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1982 - Year End Charts

    Position      Artist       Song Title

1 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
2 Survivor- Eye Of The Tiger
3 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N' Roll
4 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory
5 J. Geils Band - Centerfold
6 Human League- Don't You Want Me
7 John Cougar  - Jack And Diane
8 John Cougar - Hurts So Good
9 Steve Miller Band   - Abracadabra
10 Chicago- Hard To Say I'm Sorry
11 Soft Cell -Tainted Love
12 Vangelis- Chariots Of Fire
13 Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
14 Toto - Rosanna
15 Daryl Hall and John Oates -I Can't Go For That
16 Tommy Tutone -867-5309 (Jenny)
17 Bertie Higgins - Key Largo
18 Melissa Manchester - You Should Hear How She Talks About You
19 Foreigner  - Waiting For A Girl Like You
20 Rick Springfield - Don't Talk To Strangers

What songs did you like? Dislike?
For me there are some good songs on here (and some that make me go  8-P )

My faves from this list are these.

Chicago- Hard To Say I'm Sorry
Survivor-  Eye Of The Tiger
J. Geils Band -  Centerfold
Vangelis- Chariots Of Fire
Human League- Don't You Want Me
Foreigner  - Waiting For A Girl Like You

If I hear "Physical" or "Ebony and Ivory" on the radio, I'll try and run away and hide somewhere  ;D


I grew up with all of those songs  I don't hate any of them, but if 'Ebony and Ivory' suddenly went away, I would not miss it lol


Personally, I could sit through most of them with a happy smile of recognition on my face, except #4 (ugh!), #10 (sorry, that's not the Chicago I loved!) and the bottom four, which were just background noise!  :-[

Just for balance, here's what the British people willingly paid good money for...

  1-COME ON EILEEN-DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-AUGUST                 
  2-EYE OF THE TIGER-Survivor-SEPTEMBER                           
  3-FAME-IRENE CARA-July                                         
  4-SAVE YOUR LOVE-RENEE & RENATO-December                       
  5-LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE-BUCKS FIZZ-January                       
  6-THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT-TIGHT FIT-March                       
  7-DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME-CULTURE CLUB-October           
  8-GOODY TWO SHOES-Adam Ant-June                                 
  9-I DON'T WANNA DANCE-Eddy Grant-November                       
  10-SEVEN TEARS-The Goombay Dance Band-March                     
  11-Ebony And Ivory-Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder-April         
  12-The Model/Computer Love-Kraftwerk-February                   
  13-Young Guns (Go For It)-Wham!-December                         
  14-Oh,Julie-Shakin' Stevens-January                             
  15-Time(Clock Of The Heart)-Culture Club-December               
  16-Pass The Dutchie-Musical Youth-October                       
  17-Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band-July                           
  18-Mirror Man-Human League-December                             
  19-Love Plus One-Haircut 100-March                               
  20-It Must Be Love-Madness-January           

Ahem! I'll draw a discreet veil over #4, #6, #10, #11 and #14 - they weren't that good even then!

(#14 has a double claim to shame as it was covered in the US by Barry Manilow! Aaaaaarrrrgh!) 

(And yes, 'Fame' really did take the best part of two years to repeat its US success! This was mainly down to the success of the TV show...)             


Oh Julie was one of the few songs that Shaky himself wrote, and though it was not a hit at all in North America, the version by Barry Manilow (released the same year) made the Top 40.  Always thought that was strange.  Of those 20 songs, 12 of them reached the Top 40 in North America, but 1 was different:  I Don't Wanna Dance reached the Canadian Top 10, but never made it into the US Top 40; It Must Be Love, which made the US Top 40, never charted in Canada

Oh Julie was one of the few songs that Shaky himself wrote, and though it was not a hit at all in North America, the version by Barry Manilow (released the same year) made the Top 40.  Always thought that was strange.


Not really anything strange about it - Barry was big in Britain at the time whereas Shaky meant nothing in the US. So, being the charitable soul that he was, Bazza decided to have a crack at stealing Shaky's chance of glory - not that it amounted to much!

Obviously, Barry's version was never released as a single in Britain - but I wonder if he's embarrassed by it. It never crops up on any of his compilations and I'm not 100% sure it's ever seen a CD release!

Not really anything strange about it - Barry was big in Britain at the time whereas Shaky meant nothing in the US. So, being the charitable soul that he was, Bazza decided to have a crack at stealing Shaky's chance of glory - not that it amounted to much!

Obviously, Barry's version was never released as a single in Britain - but I wonder if he's embarrassed by it. It never crops up on any of his compilations and I'm not 100% sure it's ever seen a CD release!


It does appear on a UK version of his 1982 album Here Comes the Night, atleast the one I found on cassette, but it is not on the North American release.  I do know it has never been released on an officoal Barry Manilow greatest hits album. 

Barry's version of "Oh Julie" is to the 80s what Elton John's "Ego" was ato the 70s.  A Top 40 hit (just barely) by a well-known artist that never shows up on the artist's albums and is not a widely remembered song

Here is what the record buying public in Canada said the Top 100 songs of 1982 were ...

01 | joan jett and the blackhearts - I love rock and roll
02 | survivor - eye of the tiger
03 | paul mccartney and stevie wonder - ebony and ivory
04 | centerfold - j. geils band
05 | steve miller band - abracadabra
06 | charlene - i've never been to me
07 | soft cell - tainted love
08 | human league - don't you want me
09 | chicago - hard to say i'm sorry
10 | john cougar - hurts so good
11 | men at work - down under
12 | go-go's - our lips are sealed
13 | queen - body language
14 | laura branigan - gloria
15 | olivia newton-john - physical
16 | daryl hall and john oates - i can't go for that (no can do)
17 | abc - the look of love
18 | rush - new world man
19 | john cougar - jack and diane
20 | tommy tutone - 867-5309/jenny
21 | journey - open arms
22 | j. geils band - freeze frame
23 | joe jocker and jennifer warnes - up where we belong
24 | olivia newton-john - heart attack
25 | trio - da da da
26 | rod stewart - young turks
27 | toto - rosanna
28 | rod stewart - tonight i'm yours
29 | bertie higgins - key largo
30 | don henley - dirty laundry
31 | alan parsons project - eye in the sky
32 | go-go's - we got the beat
33 | rick springfield - don't talk to strangers
34 | payola$ - eyes of a stranger
35 | daryl hall and john oates - maneater
36 | donna summer - love is in control (finger on the trigger)
37 | joan jett and the blackhearts - crimson and clover
38 | lionel richie - truly
39 | vangelis - chariots of fire
40 | santana - hold on
41 | queen and bowie - under pressure
42 | toronto - your daddy don't know
43 | rolling stones - going to a go-go
44 | straight lines - letting go
45 | melissa manchester - you should hear how she talks about you
46 | olivia newton-john - make a move on me
47 | asia - heat of the moment
48 | supertramp - it's raining again
49 | elton john - blue eyes
50 | earth, wind and fire - let's groove
51 | van halen - (oh) pretty woman
52 | joe jackson - steppin' out
53 | ray parker jr - the other woman
54 | pete shelley - homosapien
55 | neil diamond - heartlight
56 | cars - shake it up
57 | men at work - who can it be now?
58 | split enz - six months in a leaky boat
59 | sylvia - nobody
60 | commodores - oh no
61 | michael jackson and paul mccartney - the girl is mine
62 | air supply - even the nights are better
63 | toni basil - mickey
64 | the who - athena
65 | stray cats - rock this town
66 | phil collins - you can't hurry love
67 | chilliwack - my girl (gone, gone, gone)
68 | elton john - empty garden (hey hey johnny)
69 | asia - only time will tell
70 | willie nelson - always on my mind
71 | juice newton - love's been a little bit hard on me
72 | josie cotton - johnny, are you queer?
73 | joan jett and the blackhearts - do you wanna touch me (oh yeah)
74 | dolly parton - i will always love you
75 | 38 special - caught up in you
76 | kenny loggins and steve perry - don't fight it
77 | billy joel - pressure
78 | chilliwack - i believe
79 | april wine - enough is enough
80 | genesis - abacab
81 | kenny rogers - love will turn you around
82 | chilliwack - whatcha gonna do (when i'm gone)
83 | lindsey buckingham - trouble
84 | the motels - only the lonely
85 | ac/dc - let's get it up
86 | haircut one hundred - love plus one
87 | van halen - dancing in the street
88 | reo speedwagon - keep the fire burning
89 | peter gabriel - shock the monkey
90 | fleetwood mac - hold me
91 | little river band - take it easy on me
92 | buckner and garcia - pac-man fever
93 | quarterflash - harden my heart
94 | daryl hall and john oates - did it in a minute
95 | toronto - start tellin' the truth
96 | paul davis - '65 love affair
97 | david bowie - cat people (putting out fire)
98 | aldo nova - fantasy
99 | the headpins - don't it make ya feel
00 | spoons - nova heart


Of all those songs, I think The Look of Love by ABC is my favourite.  I have wonderful memories of that song.  ABC were, are and will always be my favourite British band of the 80s!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMbNYjZWMn0

The Look of Love was ABC's first single release in North America (Their first single overall was 'Tears Are Not Enough' in 1981, but it was not released here).  On November 14, 1982, it hit #1 in Canada, and making them the 4th act of the 80s to have their first single reach #1 in Canada.  Who were the first three? ...

Sugarhill Gang (Rapper's Delight) - January 26, 1980
B-52s (Rock Lobster) - May 24, 1980
Stars on 45 (Medley I) - June 6, 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW8UnXzP3ms

Carly Simon- Why?

Here is what the record buying public in Canada said the Top 100 songs of 1982 were ...




Nice list!

My fave on there is "Hard to say I'm sorry", or "Letting go"

Least favorite for me? Either "da da da" by Trio or "This girl is mine" by Paul and Jacko

Nice list!

My fave on there is "Hard to say I'm sorry", or "Letting go"

Least favorite for me? Either "da da da" by Trio or "This girl is mine" by Paul and Jacko


I was quite surprised to see Letting Go made the year end Top 100.  It was a big hit, the biggest of all 3 hits they charted, but I guess it's because it's somewhat obscure today

I was quite surprised to see Letting Go made the year end Top 100.  It was a big hit, the biggest of all 3 hits they charted, but I guess it's because it's somewhat obscure today


It was a hit. It's one of the best Canadian songs from the 1980s, I think.

"This girl is mine" by Paul and Jacko

I happen to like "The Girl is Mine" By Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBmB07wbRb0

How about some disco funk boogie Boeing-"Dance To The Beat"

Spring 1982 - I dragged my mom to every record store in town searching for the #1 single - "I Love Rock 'n Roll" by Joan Jett. I thought, 'If no store has it, I'll just get the #2 single - "We Got The Beat" by the Go-Go's.'

Every record store had sold out of both of them.  :\'(

I finally begged my mom at the record dept in Woolco to buy me the Joan Jett full-length album.

Some 7" singles I did get: Buckner & Garcia's "Pac Man Fever", Aldo Nova's "Fantasy", and Rick Springfield's "Don't Talk To Strangers"

1982 was also the Year of Metal. I remember the radio DJ saying, "Iron Maiden have a new album out, it's called The Number of the Beast. We'll play something off that next."

I thought, 'It's that band with the cool album cover art! I wonder what they sound like?' The song they played was "Children of the Damned".

I became a 10 year-old metalhead. Mom bought me my first denim jacket at Target. I collected all these heavy metal badges at the local t-shirt shop. I still have a few of them.

I saw my first concert in the Fall of 1982 - April Wine on the Power Play tour with Streetheart opening. Mom went with me. I wore the denim jacket for the occasion. 8)

Christmas 1982 - I got Ozzy's Speak of the Devil, Van Halen's Diver Down, Motorhead's Iron Fist, and Uriah Heep's Abominog!  :)

Songs that remind me of 1982...

A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
Alan Parsons Project - Psychobabble
Asia - Heat Of The Moment
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Billy Joel - Pressure
Billy Squier - Everybody Wants You
Devo - Peekaboo
Devo - That's Good
Dr. Hook - Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
Genesis - Paperlate
Glass Moon - On A Carousel
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Journey - Only Solutions (played during the Flynn's Arcade scene in Tron!)
Kansas - Play The Game Tonight
Lords Of The New Church - Open Your Eyes
Missing Persons - Words, Walking In LA, Destination Unknown
Pat Benatar - Anxiety (Get Nervous)
Queen - Body Language
Rainbow - Stone Cold
Sparks - I Predict
The Cars - Since You're Gone
The Fixx - Stand Or Fall, Red Skies
Thomas Dolby - One Of Our Submarines
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Change Of Heart
Uriah Heep - That's The Way That It Is
Van Halen - Secrets

Canadian content...

Aldo Nova - Fantasy
Blushing Brides - What You Talking About
Bruce Miller - Magic Night
Chilliwack - Secret Information
Deserters - Two Sides Of Life
Frank Marino - Strange Dreams
Headpins - Breakin' Down
Kilowatt - Lovers On The Run
Neil Young - Mr. Soul (from the album Trans)
Prototype - Video Kids
Saga - How Long (live)
The Payolas - Eyes Of A Stranger
Toronto - Your Daddy Don't Know

also, would love to get this again...

http://appleseedmall.com/images/ebay/1305.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hESSPfKati0

Feel-Let's Rock

Obviously, due to the time lapse, our North American friends will always regard 'Don't You Want Me' as a 1982 hit, but for us in Britain it hit big over the festive period the previous year - it still reminds me of walking to school in bitterly cold winds and snow!

Unusually, it was their biggest hit off the 'Dare' LP. Unusual, as it was the fourth single to be lifted off of it! Normally, the first couple of singles sell well, everybody buys the album and the next singles tail off - this one didn't! It became their biggest UK seller!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3JWE-Ye4yM

Did you know Carl Weathers had a hit in 1982 "Love's Callin'"?

A Flock of Seagulls: Space Age of Love Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21JwyfGH3wE



I think this is another hit of theirs from that year as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opkzgLMH5MA 

I think this is another hit of theirs from that year as well.


Wishing is from 1983.  Good song though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsG1qIwevRQ

one of Donna Summer's hits. excellent song  :)

Wishing is from 1983.  Good song though


No, Zeb's quite correct - it was from 1982 (granted, it was late in the year!) and was their biggest UK hit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7xkwLcrpiE

Jerome Prister- Say You'll Be

Just to humor you, here's the year-end list of the Dutch Top 40 over 1982. Some songs charted in other years as well (added info in brackets, with year and position in year-end chart of said year).

FTR: #43 is not a cover of #80, and PP = Peak Position.

NR  PNT  WK  PP  TITLE - ARTIST  DATE OF ENTRY
01 | 503 | 16 |  1 | Someone loves you honey - June Lodge & Prince Mohammed 12-6-1982   
02 | 351 | 10 |  1 | I won't let you down - PhD 26-12-1981 (1981 - #302) 
03 | 349 | 11 |  1 | Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 20-2-1982   
04 | 348 | 11 |  1 | Pass the dutchie - Musical Youth 16-10-1982   
05 | 344 | 11 |  2 | Cambodia - Kim Wilde 26-12-1981 (1981 - #324) 
06 | 342 | 11 |  1 | Private investigations - Dire Straits 11-9-1982   
07 | 336 | 11 |  1 | Can't take my eyes off you - Boystown Gang 15-5-1982   
08 | 332 | 10 |  1 | Ein bisschen frieden/Een beetje vrede - Nicole 8-5-1982   
09 | 332 | 10 |  1 | Als je huilt/Bim bam - André van Duin 7-8-1982   
10 | 327 | 11 |  2 | Upside down - Vanessa 6-2-1982   
11 | 313 | 10 |  1 | The lion sleeps tonight - Tight Fit 20-3-1982   
12 | 310 | 11 |  2 | Words - FR David 31-7-1982   
13 | 309 | 10 |  1 | Twilight zone - Golden Earring 28-8-1982   
14 | 309 | 09 |  1 | Je loog tegen mij - Drukwerk 26-12-1981 (1981 - #286) 
15 | 300 | 10 |  1 | Aurora - Nova 20-3-1982   
16 | 300 | 11 |  2 | Down under - Men at Work 27-3-1982   
17 | 293 | 10 |  2 | Baby makes her blue jeans talk - Dr Hook 1-5-1982   
18 | 291 | 10 |  2 | Africa - Toto 17-7-1982   
19 | 290 | 10 |  2 | Girl crazy - Hot Chocolate 15-5-1982   
20 | 290 | 10 |  2 | Do you really want to hurt me - Culture Club 16-10-1982   
21 | 284 | 08 |  1 | De bom - Doe Maar 6-11-1982 (1983 - #164) 
22 | 284 | 09 |  3 | Ebony and ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder 10-4-1982   
23 | 274 | 10 |  1 | I will follow him - Jose 5-6-1982   
24 | 273 | 10 |  2 | Don't go - Yazoo 28-8-1982   
25 | 270 | 09 |  1 | I love rock 'n roll - Joan Jett & Blackhearts 10-4-1982   
26 | 269 | 10 |  3 | Oh Julie - Shakin' Stevens 16-1-1982   
27 | 266 | 11 |  2 | Eye of the tiger - Survivor 11-9-1982   
28 | 265 | 11 |  4 | Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners 4-9-1982   
29 | 265 | 10 |  4 | I'll find my way home - Jon & Vangelis 9-1-1982   
30 | 262 | 09 |  1 | The land of make believe - Bucks Fizz 30-1-1982   
31 | 253 | 09 |  3 | Rosanna - Toto 24-4-1982   
32 | 252 | 09 |  2 | Roof garden - Al Jarreau 27-2-1982   
33 | 252 | 09 |  4 | How many times - Lori Spee 27-2-1982   
34 | 250 | 09 |  2 | Een beetje geld voor een beetje liefde - Angelique 10-7-1982   
35 | 249 | 10 |  4 | One draw - Rita Marley 28-8-1982   
36 | 247 | 09 |  3 | Avalon - Roxy Music 26-6-1982   
37 | 247 | 08 |  3 | Annie I'm not your daddy - Kid Creole & Coconuts 6-11-1982 (1983 - #345) 
38 | 243 | 09 |  1 | State of independence - Donna Summer 9-10-1982   
39 | 242 | 10 |  3 | Try jah love - Third World 18-9-1982   
40 | 242 | 09 |  4 | Do wah diddy diddy - Dolly Dots 25-9-1982   
41 | 240 | 09 |  4 | It started with a kiss - Hot Chocolate 31-7-1982   
42 | 240 | 10 |  5 | Biscaya - James Last 26-6-1982   
43 | 239 | 09 |  5 | Blue eyes - BZN 15-5-1982   
44 | 235 | 09 |  3 | Don't walk away - Four Tops 13-2-1982   
45 | 229 | 08 |  3 | Chalk dust - The Brat 24-7-1982   
46 | 229 | 08 |  3 | I know there's something going on - Frida 21-8-1982   
47 | 228 | 08 |  2 | Diep in mijn hart - André Hazes 3-7-1982   
48 | 222 | 08 |  3 | It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it - Fun Boy Three & Bananarama 27-3-1982   
49 | 222 | 08 |  5 | Don't you want me - Human League 16-1-1982   
50 | 220 | 07 |  4 | Good lookin' - Vitesse 13-11-1982 (1983 - #334) 
51 | 219 | 09 |  6 | Kiddy kiddy kiss me - Highway 17-7-1982   
52 | 214 | 09 |  7 | Adios amor - Corry 11-9-1982   
53 | 210 | 08 |  4 | Idaho - Anita Meyer 16-10-1982   
54 | 210 | 07 |  4 | Going to a go go - Rolling Stones 12-6-1982   
55 | 207 | 08 |  5 | View from a bridge - Kim Wilde 17-4-1982   
56 | 206 | 08 |  4 | I've never been to me - Charlene 19-6-1982   
57 | 206 | 08 |  6 | Stars on Stevie - Stars on 45 30-1-1982   
58 | 205 | 09 |  6 | Love is in control - Donna Summer 31-7-1982   
59 | 204 | 06 |  2 | I don't wanna dance - Eddy Grant 20-11-1982 (1983 - #285) 
60 | 204 | 08 |  6 | It's raining again - Supertramp 6-11-1982   
61 | 202 | 08 |  5 | Cats for ever - Next One 21-8-1982   
62 | 201 | 07 |  4 | Seven tears - Goombay Dance Band 29-5-1982   
63 | 200 | 08 |  4 | A little bit further away - Kokomo 1-5-1982   
64 | 200 | 08 |  5 | Hip hap hop - Spargo 27-3-1982   
65 | 197 | 07 |  3 | The day before you came - Abba 30-10-1982   
66 | 196 | 08 |  5 | Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick 16-10-1982   
67 | 196 | 08 |  6 | Disco train - Dance Reaction 9-1-1982   
68 | 196 | 08 |  7 | Saddle up - David Christie 2-10-1982   
69 | 195 | 09 |  7 | Surrender - Jon Anderson 22-5-1982   
70 | 192 | 09 |  7 | Dynamite - Vanessa 26-6-1982   
71 | 191 | 08 |  5 | Skandal im Sperrbezirk - Spider Murphy Gang 15-5-1982   
72 | 190 | 08 |  5 | Twilight - BZN 11-9-1982   
73 | 190 | 08 |  5 | Nasty girl - Vanity 6 6-11-1982 (1983 - #347) 
74 | 189 | 07 |  6 | Body language - Queen 1-5-1982   
75 | 187 | 08 |  4 | O o Den Haag - Harry Klorkestein 10-7-1982   
76 | 187 | 07 |  5 | Wat dom - Drukwerk 20-3-1982   
77 | 184 | 08 |11 | See you tonight - Tower 30-1-1982   
78 | 183 | 09 |10 | Boer Harms - Dutch Boys 30-10-1982   
79 | 182 | 08 |  9 | Zeg maar niets meer - André Hazes 16-1-1982   
80 | 182 | 09 |10 | Blue eyes - Elton John 3-4-1982   
81 | 178 | 06 |  5 | Music - John Miles 13-3-1982 (1976 - #47) 
82 | 178 | 09 |  6 | Centerfold - J Geils Band 20-2-1982   
83 | 177 | 07 |  5 | Freeze frame - J Geils Band 12-6-1982   
84 | 177 | 07 |  5 | Under the boardwalk - Tom Tom Club 14-8-1982   
85 | 177 | 08 |  8 | High time he went - Renee 13-3-1982   
86 | 177 | 08 |  8 | Just an illusion - Imagination 24-4-1982   
87 | 177 | 08 |  8 | Signed sealed delivered (I'm yours) - Boystown Gang 17-7-1982   
88 | 175 | 08 |  6 | Why can't we live together (new version) - Mike Anthony 17-4-1982
89 | 175 | 08 |  7 | A town called Malice - Jam 27-2-1982   
90 | 175 | 07 |  7 | Mama woar is mien pils - Normaal 23-1-1982   
91 | 175 | 09 |10 | Niet noar huus toe goan - Normaal 17-7-1982   
92 | 174 | 06 |  3 | They don't play our lovesong anymore - Anita Meyer 5-12-1981 (1981 - #162) 
93 | 174 | 09 |  9 | Doris Day - Doe Maar 27-3-1982   
94 | 174 | 08 |  9 | Lenie uit de Takkestraat - Tineke Schouten 24-7-1982   
95 | 174 | 07 |  9 | Live it up - Time Bandits 19-12-1981 (1981 - #275) 
96 | 172 | 08 |10 | Wot - Captain Sensible 6-11-1982   
97 | 170 | 06 |  1 | One of us - Abba 12-12-1981 (1981 - #169) 
98 | 170 | 08 |10  |Torch - Soft Cell 26-6-1982   
99 | 169 | 07 |  6 | To turn the stone - Frida 16-10-1982   
100| 166 | 07 |  7 | Da da da I don't love you - Trio 19-6-1982

73 | 190 | 08 |  5 | Nasty girl - Vanity 6 6-11-1982 (1983 - #347) 


A Canadian artist.  Excellent!
Some good songs in there Henk. 

 
45 | 229 | 08 |  3 | Chalk dust - The Brat 24-7-1982   


Now this does humour me! We actually sold this crap on to you and you made a top three hit out of it?  :o

Now this does humour me! We actually sold this crap on to you and you made a top three hit out of it?  :o


It was one of the sparse highlights of 1982. ;)

It was one of the sparse highlights of 1982. ;)


Don't know about a 'highlight', but 'sparse' it certainly was!

And was there any particular reason why this classic made a re-appearance that year?  ???

 
81 | 178 | 06 |  5 | Music - John Miles 13-3-1982 (1976 - #47) 

So was 1982 still called "funk" music or was it called "dance" at that time? ???

And was there any particular reason why this classic made a re-appearance that year?  ???


I'm sure there must have been, but I can't think of any.

It was one of the sparse highlights of 1982. ;)


It's a song about John McEnroe's temper.  That's gold right there!

Some great dance hits of 1982 ...

Imagination - Just an Illusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDs_aRRdp2o

Yaz - Don't Go
Known Internationally as Yazoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VML1u8KJjEo

Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV6CFeKoDBA