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''See also:''
★ 1983 in music (UK)
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Major Releases
★ Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', the most successful album not only of 1983, 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 for the awe-inspiring 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 by an extremely large margin. Michael's domination of the 1980s was fueled by his follow-up hit album Bad (released in 1987), which held the title of the second greatest album of all time for several years.
''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 Carpenter's 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.
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 ''Ross Revenge'' with a new mast
★ Steve, Bob and Rich (soon to become The Rainmakers) release demos for Mercury Records
Bands formed
★ A-Ha
★ ANTiSEEN
★ Bon Jovi
★ Death
★ Dinosaur Jr.
★ The Dust Brothers
★ The Flaming Lips
★ Mayhem
★ Megadeth
★ NOFX
★ Phish
★ Red Box
★ Red Hot Chili Peppers
★ Run-D.M.C.
★ Samhain
★ Soul Asylum
★ Testament
Bands disbanded
★ Bauhaus
★ Blondie
★ Budgie
★ The Misfits
★ Mission of Burma
★ Roxy Music
★ The Who
Bands reformed
★ The Everly Brothers
Albums released
★ ''Balls to the Wall'' - Accept
★ ''Flick of the Switch'' - AC/DC
★ ''No Parole From Rock & Roll'' - Alcatrazz
★ ''Forged in Fire'' - Anvil
★ ''Lesson Well Learned EP'' - Armored Saint (first release)
★ ''High Land, Hard Rain'' - Aztec Camera
★ ''Into the Unknown'' - Bad Religion
★ ''Deep Sea Skiving'' - Bananarama
★ ''Live From Earth'' - Pat Benatar
★ ''The Crossing'' - Big Country
★ ''Cuts Like a Knife'' - Bryan Adams
★ ''Live Evil'' - Black Sabbath
★ ''Let's Dance'' - David Bowie
★ ''Branigan 2'' - Laura Branigan
★ ''Johnny 99'' - Johnny Cash
★ ''Next Position Please'' - Cheap Trick
★ ''You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish'' - George Clinton
★ ''Hello, I Must Be Going!'' - Phil Collins
★ ''Colour by Numbers'' - Culture Club
★ ''Head over Heels'' - Cocteau Twins
★ ''Punch the Clock'' - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
★ ''DaDa'' - Alice Cooper
★ ''Yes Sir, I Will'' - Crass
★ ''Japanese Whispers'' - The Cure
★ ''Star People'' - Miles Davis
★ ''Canterbury'' - Diamond Head
★ ''Pyromania'' - Def Leppard
★ ''Construction Time Again'' - Depeche Mode
★ ''Pictures'' - Atlanta
★ ''Holy Diver'' - Dio
★ ''I Put Away My Idols'' - Dion DiMucci
★ ''Breaking the Chains'' - Dokken (major label debut), (rerelease)
★ ''Alive, She Cried'' - The Doors
★ ''Seven and the Ragged Tiger'' - Duran Duran
★ ''Powerlight'' - Earth, Wind & Fire
★ ''Electric Universe'' - Earth, Wind & Fire
★ ''Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.'' (Drawings of Patient O. T.) - Einstürzende Neubauten
★ ''Secret Messages'' - Electric Light Orchestra
★ ''Europe'' - Europe
★ ''Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'' - Eurythmics
★ ''Touch'' - Eurythmics
★ ''Let's Start A War (Said Maggie One Day)'' - The Exploited
★ ''Fall In a Hole'' - The Fall
★ ''Perverted by Language'' - The Fall
★ ''Fastway'' - Fastway
★ ''Ich halt zu Dir'' - Die Flippers
★ ''Out For Blood'' - Lita Ford (solo debut)
★ ''Genesis'' - Genesis
★ ''Before Hollywood'' - The Go-Betweens
★ ''What's Funk?'' - Grand Funk
★ ''Samurai'' - Grand Prix
★ ''Ageless Medley EP'' - Amy Grant
★ ''A Christmas Album'' - Amy Grant
★ ''Heart to Heart'' - Merle Haggard
★ ''Pancho & Lefty'' - Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
★ ''That's the Way Love Goes'' - Merle Haggard
★ ''Rock 'n' Soul, Part 1'' - Hall & Oates
★ ''Back to the Mystery City'' - Hanoi Rocks
★ ''Self-Destruction Blues'' Hanoi Rocks
★ ''The Luxury Gap'' - Heaven 17
★ ''No Rest For The Wicked'' - Helix
★ ''Riding with the King'' - John Hiatt
★ ''Feel My Soul'' - Jennifer Holliday
★ ''Metal Circus'' - Hüsker Dü
★ ''Fortune 410'' - Donnie Iris
★ ''Piece of Mind'' - Iron Maiden
★ ''Waylon & Company'' - Waylon Jennings
★ ''Take It to the Limit'' - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
★ ''Too Low for Zero'' - Elton John
★ ''Shine On'' - George Jones
★ ''Frontiers'' - Journey
★ ''Lick It Up'' - Kiss
★ ''Headhunter'' - Krokus
★ ''Madness'' - Madness (US only compilation)
★ ''Madonna'' - Madonna
★ ''With Sympathy'' - Ministry (Debut)
★ ''Into Glory Ride'' - Manowar
★ ''Script for a Jester's Tear'' - Marillion
★ ''Confrontation'' - Bob Marley and the Wailers
★ ''We Are One'' - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
★ ''Pipes of Peace'' - Paul McCartney
★ ''Behind the Scene'' - Reba McEntire
★ ''Cargo'' - Men at Work
★ ''A Volar'' - Menudo
★ ''Kill 'Em All'' - Metallica (Debut)
★ ''Offramp'' - The Pat Metheny Group
★ ''Travels'' - The Pat Metheny Group
★ ""Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat" - Minutemen
★ "What Makes a Man Start Fires?" - Minutemen
★ 31 July: ''Oriental Towers'' - The Modern Art
★ ''Inarticulate Speech of the Heart'' - Van Morrison
★ ''Shout at the Devil'' - Mötley Crüe
★ ''Another Perfect Day'' - Motörhead
★ ''Yokan (Hunch)'' - Miyuki Nakajima
★ ''Sound Elixir'' - Nazareth
★ ''Take it to the River'' - Willie Nelson
★ ''Tougher than Leather'' - Willie Nelson
★ ''Without a Song'' - Willie Nelson
★ ''Dazzle Ships'' - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
★ ''Power, Corruption & Lies'' - New Order
★ ''Trouble in Paradise'' - Randy Newman
★ ''Subject: Aldo Nova'' - Aldo Nova
★ ''American Made'' - The Oak Ridge Boys
★ ''Dreamgirls'' - Original Broadway Cast Album
★ ''Bark at the Moon'' - Ozzy Osbourne
★ ''Metal Magic'' - Pantera
★ ''The Principle of Moments'' - Robert Plant
★ ''The First Flower'' - Play Dead
★ ''Urban Dance Floor Guerillas'' - P-Funk All Stars
★ ''The Final Cut'' - Pink Floyd
★ ''Works'' - Pink Floyd
★ ''Platinum Blonde'' - Platinum Blonde (debut EP)
★ ''Everywhere at Once'' - The Plimsouls
★ ''Break Out'' - The Pointer Sisters
★ ''Synchronicity'' - The Police
★ ''Dancing For Mental Health'' - Will Powers (actually Lynn Goldsmith)
★ ''Q-Feel'' - Q-Feel
★ ''Queensrÿche'' - Queensrÿche
★ ''Metal Health'' - Quiet Riot (American debut)
★ ''Bent Out of Shape'' - Rainbow
★ ''Subterranean Jungle'' - The Ramones
★ ''Ratt EP'' - Ratt
★ ''All for One'' - Raven
★ ''Neruda'' - Red Rider
★ ''Imagination'' - Helen Reddy
★ ''Legendary Hearts'' - Lou Reed
★ ''Hootenanny'' - The Replacements
★ ''Murmur'' - R.E.M. (full length debut)
★ ''Can't Slow Down'' - Lionel Richie
★ ''We've Got Tonight'' - Kenny Rogers
★ ''Eyes That See in the Dark'' - Kenny Rogers
★ ''In Heat'' - The Romantics
★ ''The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect'' - Todd Rundgren
★ ''Assault Attack'' - The Michael Schenker Group
★ ''Built to Destroy'' - The Michael Schenker Group
★ ''Hello Big Man'' - Carly Simon
★ ''Hearts and Bones'' - Paul Simon
★ ''Show No Mercy'' - Slayer (debut)
★ ''Mommy's Little Monster'' - Social Distortion
★ ''Confusion Is Sex'' - Sonic Youth (debut)
★ ''Dagger And Guitar'' - Sort Sol
★ ''Southern Death Cult EP'' - Southern Death Cult (first release by the band to eventually be known as The Cult)
★ '' Back to Back''- Status Quo
★ ''Works'' - Status Quo
★ ''All the Best'' - Stiff Little Fingers
★ ''Right or Wrong'' - George Strait
★ ''Steeler'' - Steeler (Yngwie Malmsteen & Ron Keel's 1st band, This band's only release)
★ ''1st'' - Streets
★ ''Feline- The Stranglers
★ ''Yentl (soundtrack)'' - Barbra Streisand
★ ''Suicidal Tendencies'' - Suicidal Tendencies (debut)
★ ''She Works Hard For The Money'' - Donna Summer
★ ''Speaking in Tongues'' - Talking Heads
★ ''The Hurting'' - Tears for Fears (debut)
★ ''Life'' - Thin Lizzy
★ ''Thunder and Lightning'' - Thin Lizzy
★ ''Hand of Kindness'' - Richard Thompson
★ ''Treeless Plain'' - The Triffids
★ ''Never Surrender'' - Triumph
★ ''Outside Inside'' - The Tubes
★ ''You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll'' - Twisted Sister (major label debut)
★ ''Lost in the Feeling'' - Conway Twitty
★ ''Merry Twistmas'' - Conway Twitty
★ ''Faster Than the Speed of Night'' - Bonnie Tyler
★ ''Labour Of Love'' - UB40
★ ''Under A Blood Red Sky'' - U2
★ ''War'' - U2
★ ''Peace Thru Vandalism'' - The Vandals
★ ''Flashdance (soundtrack)'' - Various Artists
★ ''Texas Flood'' - Stevie Ray Vaughan
★ ''At War with Satan'' - Venom
★ ''Violent Femmes'' - Violent Femmes (debut)
★ ''Swordfishtrombones'' - Tom Waits
★ ''The Waterboys'' - The Waterboys (debut)
★ ''Even the Strong Get Lonely'' - Tammy Wynette
★ ''Good Love & Heartbreak'' - Tammy Wynette
★ ''90125'' - Yes
★ ''Mean Streak'' - Y&T
★ ''No Parlez'' - Paul Young
★ ''Zebra'' - Zebra
★ ''Eliminator'' - ZZ Top
★ ''Weeds & Water - Riders in the Sky
★ ''"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic
★ "Country (music group) Atlanta releases 'Atlanta Burned Again Last Night'on independednt MDJ Records. Song breaks into the top ten in Billboard's Country Charts.
Biggest hit singles
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1983.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Chart Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irene Cara | Flashdance... What a Feeling | 1983 | UK 2 - Jun 1983, US BB 1 - Apr 1983, US BB 6 of 1983, US CashBox 1 of 1983, Canada 1 - May 1983, Holland 13 - Apr 1983, Sweden (alt) 1 - May 1983, France 1 - Jul 1983, Austria 4 - Aug 1983, Switzerland 1 - Jun 1983, Norway 1 - Jun 1983, Australia 2 of 1983, Germany 57 of the 1980s, Germany 4 - Jun 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Jul 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks May 1984, Japan 7 of all time (international songs), South Africa 9 of 1983, Oscar in 1983, AFI 55, RYM 121 of 1983, POP 3 of 1983, RIAA 256, Scrobulate 31 of gay, OzNet 243 |
| 2 | Michael Jackson | Billie Jean | 1983 | UK 1 - Jan 1983, US BB 1 - Jan 1983, US BB 1 of 1983, US CashBox 3 of 1983, Canada 1 - Feb 1983, Holland 2 - Jan 1983, Sweden (alt) 2 - Mar 1983, France 2 - Jan 1983, Austria 3 - Apr 1983, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1983, Norway 6 - Apr 1983, Australia 4 of 1983, Germany 139 of the 1980s, Germany 3 - Mar 1983, Eire 1 - Mar 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Feb 1984, Europe 40 of the 1980s, South Africa 15 of 1983, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1983, Rolling Stone 58, 15 in 2FM list, RYM 4 of 1983, POP 4 of 1983, Scrobulate 16 of pop, WXPN 620, Acclaimed 33, OzNet 249, Party 53 of 2007 |
| 3 | David Bowie | Let's Dance | 1983 | UK 1 - Mar 1983, US BB 1 - Apr 1983, US BB 15 of 1983, US CashBox 4 of 1983, Canada 1 - Mar 1983, Holland 1 - Mar 1983, Sweden (alt) 1 - Apr 1983, France 1 - Mar 1983, Austria 2 - May 1983, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1983, Norway 1 - Mar 1983, Australia 24 of 1983, Germany 172 of the 1980s, Germany 2 - Apr 1983, Eire 1 - Apr 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Apr 1983, Belgium 258 of all time, RYM 32 of 1983, POP 47 of 1983, Scrobulate 40 of 80s, Acclaimed 1445, KROQ 6 of 1983 |
| 4 | Culture Club | Karma Chameleon | 1983 | UK 1 - Sep 1983, US BB 1 - Dec 1983, US BB 29 of 1984, US CashBox 14 of 1984, Canada 1 - Dec 1983, Holland 1 - Sep 1983, Sweden (alt) 1 - Oct 1983, Austria 3 - Nov 1983, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1983, Norway 1 - Oct 1983, Australia 8 of 1983, Germany 159 of the 1980s, Germany 3 - Jan 1984, Eire 1 - Sep 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Oct 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1984, South Africa 7 of 1984, RYM 49 of 1983, POP 15 of 1984, Scrobulate 71 of 80s, KROQ 25 of 1983, OzNet 979 |
| 5 | The Police | Every Breath You Take | 1983 | UK 1 - May 1983, US BB 1 - Jun 1983, US BB 16 of 1983, US CashBox 2 of 1983, Canada 1 - May 1983, Holland 6 - May 1983, Sweden (alt) 2 - Jun 1983, France 10 - May 1983, Austria 8 - Aug 1983, Switzerland 6 - Jul 1983, Norway 2 - Jun 1983, Australia 10 of 1983, Germany 8 - Jun 1983, Eire 1 - Jun 1983, Europe 33 of the 1980s, South Africa 5 of 1983, Belgium 110 of all time, Rolling Stone 84, Virgin 12, TheQ 76, 90 in 2FM list, RYM 16 of 1983, POP 49 of 1983, RIAA 44, Scrobulate 13 of 80s, WXPN 216, Acclaimed 38, KROQ 3 of 1983, OzNet 38 |
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
★ "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
★ "Cruel Summer" - Bananarama
★ "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
★ "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
★ "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 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
★ "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 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
★ "Runaway" - Bon Jovi
★ "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
★ "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" - Eurythmics
★ "Synchronicity 2" - The Police
★ "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 and the Bunnymen
★ "The First Picture Of You" - The Lotus Eaters
★ "The Love Cats" - The Cure
★ "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 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''
Published popular music
★ "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
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''
Opera
★ Robert Ashley - ''Perfect Lives'' (An opera for television)
★ Leonard Bernstein - ''A Quiet Place''
★ Oliver Knussen - ''Where the Wild Things Are'' (children's)
★ Olivier Messiaen - ''Saint François d'Assise''
★ Per Nørgård - ''Det guddommelige Tivoli (The Divine Circus)''
Musical theater
★ ''Baby'' Broadway production
★ ''La Cage aux Folles'' Broadway production
★ ''Doonesbury'' Broadway production
★ ''Mame'' (Jerry Herman) - Broadway revival
★ ''Merlin'' Broadway production
★ ''Oliver!'' (Lionel Bart) - London revival
★ ''On Your Toes'' Broadway revival
★ ''My One and Only'' Broadway production
★ ''Singin' in the Rain'' London production
★ ''The Tap Dance Kid'' Broadway production
★ ''Zorba'' Broadway revival
Musical films
★ ''Flashdance''
★ ''The Pirates of Penzance''
★ ''Staying Alive''
Musical television
★ ''Salad Days''
Births
★ January 19 - Utada Hikaru, singer and songwriter
★ March 14 - Jordan Taylor Hanson, Hanson
★ May 2 - Rose Falcon
★ March 19 - Ana Rezende, Cansei de Ser Sexy
★ March 29 - Luiza Sá, Cansei de Ser Sexy
★ May 11 - Holly Valance
★ June 30 - Cheryl Tweedy, member of Girls Aloud
★ June 30 - Patrick Wolf,singer/songwriter
★ July 2 - Michelle Branch, Justincase
★ July 11 - Marie Eleonor Serneholt, A-Teens
★ September 14 - Amy Winehouse, English singer
★ September 17 - Jennifer Peña
★ October 29 - Amit Paul, A-Teens
Deaths
★ January 28- Billy Fury, singer dies of Myocardial infarction {heart attack}.
★ February 4 - Karen Carpenter, singer, cardiac arrest due to anorexia nervosa
★ February 12 - Eubie Blake (100), pianist
★ February 22 - Sir Adrian Boult, conductor
★ March 6 - Cathy Berberian, singer and composer
★ March 7 - William Walton, British composer
★ April 4 - Danny Rapp, Danny and the Juniors, gunshot wound
★ April 14 - Pete Farndon, the Pretenders, drug overdose
★ April 30
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★ Muddy Waters (68), heart attack
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★ George Balanchine, choreographer
★ May 23 - George Bruns, film composer
★ June 2 - Stan Rogers, musician
★ June 25 - Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian composer
★ July 5 - Harry James, bandleader
★ July 23 - Georges Auric, composer, member of ''Les Six''
★ November 7 - Germaine Tailleferre, composer, only female member of ''Les Six''
★ November 19 - Tom Evans, bassist of the rock group Badfinger.
★ December 28 - Dennis Wilson, member of the Beach Boys
Awards
Grammy Awards
★ Grammy Awards of 1983
Country Music Association Awards
Eurovision Song Contest
★ Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Charts
List of No. 1 Hits
★ Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1983
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