Song and Music - 80s (3)
Song title | Release date | Singer - Band | Singer-Band picture | Album | Country | Musical genre | Remarks | |
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Where Is My Man | 1983 | EARTHA KITT | I Love Men | USA | Dance | |||
Méditerranéenne | 1983 | HERVÉ VILARD | Méditerranéenne | France | Various | |||
Stars on 45 | 1983 | THE STAR SISTERS | Stars on 45 | Netherlands | ROCK | |||
Only You | 1983 | THE FLYING PICKETS | Lost Boys | England | A cappella | Written by Depeche Mode musician Vince Clarke, but recorded in 1982 after forming the duo Yazoo with Alison Moyet | ||
L'Italiano | 1983 | TOTO CUTUGNO | L'Italiano | Italia | POP | |||
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | Jan. 1983 | EURYTHMICS | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | England | New Wave | Hit recorded only using a 8 track recorder, a synthesizer, a keyboard and a drum machine | ||
New Year's Day | Jan. 1983 | U2 | War | Ireland | ROCK | Written about the Polish Solidarity movement | ||
Sunday Bloody Sunday | Feb. 1983 | U2 | War | Ireland | ROCK song | A tribute to the Bloody Sunday that occurred in 1972 in Derry, during the conflict in Northern Ireland | ||
Total Eclipse of the Heart | Apr. 1983 | BONNIE TYLER | Faster Than the Speed of Night | Wales | POP | |||
Buffalo Soldier | May 1983 | BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS | Confrontation | Jamaica | Reggae | The Buffalo Soldiers were a regiment of black cavalry fighters who fought the "Indians" | ||
Moonlight Shadow | May 1983 | MIKE OLDFIELD | Crises | England | POP | It is considered to be a tribute to John Lennon, who was killed just before the writing of the song | ||
Baby Jane | May 1983 | ROD STEWART | Body Wishes | United Kingdom | POP | |||
Every Breath You Take | May 1983 | THE POLICE | Synchronicity | England | Soft ROCK | |||
Wrapped Around Your Finger | Jun. 1983 | THE POLICE | Synchronicity | England | New Wave | This album was their most popular, but also their last, Sting embarking on a solo career later | ||
Mama | Aug. 1983 | GENESIS | Genesis | England | ROCK | it is about a young man obsessed with a prostitute who is not interested in him | ||
That's All | Oct. 1983 | GENESIS | Genesis | England | Pop Rock | In this album, Genesis has completely redefining themselves as a pop band | ||
Owner of a Lonely Heart | Oct. 1983 | YES | 90125 | United Kingdom | ROCK song | |||
Jump | Dec. 1983 | VAN HALEN | 1984 | USA | ROCK | The stylistic change brought by this song seemed to create severe tensions between Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth. It eventually lead to Roth's departure from the Band | ||
Le bal masqué | 1984 | LA COMPAGNIE CRÉOLE | Le bal masqué | France | Various | |||
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) | Feb. 1984 | PHIL COLLINS | Against all odds | England | Power ballad | OST of the movie with the same name | ||
I Want to Break Free | Feb. 1984 | QUEEN | The Works | England | POP | |||
Such a Shame | Feb. 1984 | TALK TALK | It's My Life | England | New Wave | |||
The Power of Love (2) | Mar. 1984 | JENNIFER RUSH | Jennifer Rush | Germany | POP song | |||
Still Loving You | Mar. 1984 | SCORPIONS | Love at First Sting | Germany | ROCK ballad | Rudolph Schenker composed Still Loving You in 1979, but as it did not meet the Band at the time, the song was set aside for 5 years! | ||
Drive | Mar. 1984 | THE CARS | Heartbeat City | USA | New Wave | The album was produced by Robert Lange, the producer of AC/DC |
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