Songfacts - Songs from 1983

Songs released in "1983"

(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth - Metallica

(You Can Still) Rock in America - Night Ranger

12 Bar Blues - NRBQ

16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six - Tom Waits

1999 - Prince

40 - U2

A Little Good News - Anne Murray

A New England - Billy Bragg

A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer - Thin Lizzy

Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan

All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

All Time High - Rita Coolidge

Authority Song - John Mellencamp

Bang the Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren

Bark At The Moon - Ozzy Osbourne

Beauty And The Beast - Stevie Nicks

Between The Sheets - The Isley Brothers

Big Crash - Eddie Money

Big Log - Robert Plant

Blinded By A Lie - UFO

Blue Monday - New Order

Bluebird - Electric Light Orchestra

Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs - Minutemen

Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) - Pat Travers

Borderline - Madonna

Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder

Burning Down the House - Talking Heads

Burning Heart - Vandenberg

Burning Up - Madonna

Candy Girl - New Edition

Chant Down Babylon - Bob Marley

Charting The Single - Marillion

China Girl - David Bowie

Club Michelle - Eddie Money

Cold Blooded - Rick James

Come Back And Stay - Paul Young

Come Dancing - The Kinks

Cruel Summer - Bananarama

Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams

Decoy - Miles Davis

Die With Your Boots On - Iron Maiden

Diesel In The Dust - UFO

Din Daa Daa - George Kranz

Don't Cry - Asia

Drop the Pilot - Joan Armatrading

Drowning Man - U2

Easy Money - Billy Joel

Electric Kingdom - Twilight 22

Eleven O'Clock Tick Tock - U2

Elizabeth - The Statler Brothers

Empty Rooms - Gary Moore

Every Breath You Take - The Police

Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello

Faithfully - Journey

Fall Of The Peacemakers - Molly Hatchet

Family Man - Hall & Oates

Feel On Baby - The Rolling Stones

Flashdance... What a Feeling - Irene Cara

Flight Of Icarus - Iron Maiden

Forever The Same - Soft Cell

Friends - Michael W. Smith

Genetic Engineering - OMD

Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert - Pink Floyd

Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top

Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

God Bless The USA - Lee Greenwood

Gold - Spandau Ballet

Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45) - Circle Jerks

Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes

Goodnight Saigon - Billy Joel

Got Me Under Pressure - ZZ Top

Hand in Glove - The Smiths

Hearts And Bones - Paul Simon

Heat - Soft Cell

Hello - Lionel Richie

Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics

Hit The Lights - Metallica

Hold Me 'Til The Morning Comes - Paul Anka

Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins

Holiday - Madonna

Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham

Holy Diver - Dio

Home By The Sea - Genesis

How Can I Fall? - Breathe

How Can I Refuse? - Heart

Human Nature - Michael Jackson

I Felt Like A Gringo - Minutemen

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John

I Know There's Something Going On - Frida

I Love LA - Randy Newman

I Need You Tonight - ZZ Top

I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis & the News

I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue) - The Dance Exponents

I'm Still Standing - Elton John

If Anyone Falls - Stevie Nicks

Illegal Alien - Genesis

In A Big Country - Big Country

In The Mood - Robert Plant

Information - Dave Edmunds

Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies

Is There Something I Should Know? - Duran Duran

Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

It Ain't Enough - Corey Hart

It's A Mistake - Men at Work

It's Like That - Run-D.M.C.

Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band

Joanna - Kool & the Gang

Jokerman - Bob Dylan

Jump (For My Love) - The Pointer Sisters

Jump In The Fire - Metallica

Just As I am, Without One Plea - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Karma Chameleon - Culture Club

Keeping The Faith - Billy Joel

King Of Pain - The Police

Kissing With Confidence - Will Powers

Kitchen Sink Drama - Soft Cell

Lake Of Fire - Meat Puppets

Laughing - R.E.M.

Lawyers In Love - Jackson Browne

Leave It - Yes

Left Me For Dead - English Dogs

Legs - ZZ Top

Lenny - Stevie Ray Vaughan

Let The Music Play - Shannon

Let's Dance - David Bowie

Lick It Up - Kiss

Listen To The Radio (Atmospherics) - Tom Robinson

Little Red Corvette - Prince

Love Crucified Arose - Michael Card

Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar

Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics

Love On Your Side - Thompson Twins

Love Struck Baby - Stevie Ray Vaughan

Loving You Hating Me - Soft Cell

Lucky Star - Madonna

Mad World - Tears for Fears

Magic's Wand - Whodini

Major Tom (I'm Coming Home) - Peter Schilling

Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply

Mama - Genesis

Manhunt - Karen Kamon

Maniac - Michael Sembello

Marguerita Time - Status Quo

Max (The Millionaire) - English Dogs

Message To My Girl - Split Enz

Metal Health - Quiet Riot

Modern Love - David Bowie

Moments In Love - The Art of Noise

Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield

Mornin' - Al Jarreau

Motorbreath - Metallica

Mr. Roboto - Styx

Murder By Numbers - The Police

Never Surrender - Triumph

New Year's Day - U2

No Getaway - UFO

No Soy Un Extraño - Charly García

Not Now John - Pink Floyd

Numbers - Soft Cell

On The Dark Side - John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band

On With The Show - Mötley Crüe

Once Before I Go - Peter Allen

One On One - Hall & Oates

One Particular Harbour - Jimmy Buffett

One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx

Outsider - Ramones

Overkill - Men at Work

Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes

P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson

Pale Shelter - Tears for Fears

Penis Song - Monty Python

Photograph - Def Leppard

Pilgrimage - R.E.M.

Pipes Of Peace - Paul McCartney

Police In Helicopter - John Holt

Pretty Beat Up - The Rolling Stones

Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan

Puttin' On the Ritz - Taco

Quest For Fire - Iron Maiden

Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.

Rain at the Drive-In - NRBQ

Rainbow In The Dark - Dio

Red Light - U2

Red Red Wine - UB40

Revelations - Iron Maiden

Robert De Niro's Waiting - Bananarama

Rock Of Ages - Def Leppard

Rockit - Herbie Hancock

Running With The Night - Lionel Richie

Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

Saved By Zero - The Fixx

Say, Say, Say - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

Seconds - U2

Seek And Destroy - Metallica

Send Her My Love - Journey

Send Me An Angel - Real Life

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey

Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top

She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby

She Was Hot - The Rolling Stones

She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer

She's A Beauty - The Tubes

Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello

Shooting Shark - Blue Öyster Cult

Shout At The Devil - Mötley Crüe

Sister Christian - Night Ranger

Sitting Still - R.E.M.

Slipping Away - Dave Edmunds

Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat

So Tired - Ozzy Osbourne

Song For a Future Generation - The B-52's

Stand Back - Stevie Nicks

Straight From The Heart - Bryan Adams

Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels

Sun and Steel - Iron Maiden

Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart

Sunset - Gary Moore

Synchronicity II - The Police

Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics

Tea In The Sahara - The Police

Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) - Sheena Easton

Tell Her About It - Billy Joel

Temptation - Heaven 17

Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan

That Was Then But This Is Now - ABC

That's All - Genesis

The Art Of Falling Apart - Soft Cell

The Curly Shuffle - Jump 'N the Saddle Band

The Fields Of Athenry - Paddy Reilly

The Final Cut - Pink Floyd

The Fletcher Memorial Home - Pink Floyd

The Four Horsemen - Metallica

The Galaxy Song - Monty Python

The Gunner's Dream - Pink Floyd

The Haunted House Of Rock - Whodini

The Heart of Rock 'n Roll - Huey Lewis & the News

The Hero's Return - Pink Floyd

The Longest Time - Billy Joel

The Lovecats - The Cure

The Milkman Of Human Kindness - Billy Bragg

The Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex

The Post War Dream - Pink Floyd

The Reflex - Duran Duran

The Refugee - U2

The Salt In My Tears - Martin Briley

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes - Asia

The Sun Goes Down - Thin Lizzy

The Trooper - Iron Maiden

The Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran

The Walk - The Cure

The Way He Makes Me Feel - Barbra Streisand

They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman

Think Of Laura - Christopher Cross

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads

This Night - Billy Joel

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Thunderbird - Quiet Riot

To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) - Mel Brooks

To Tame A Land - Iron Maiden

Too Much Blood - The Rolling Stones

Too Shy - Kajagoogoo

Too Young To Fall In Love - Mötley Crüe

Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler

Tour De France - Kraftwerk

True - Spandau Ballet

TV Dinners - ZZ Top

Twelve Volt Man - Jimmy Buffett

Twilight Zone - Golden Earring

Twist Of Fate - Olivia Newton-John

Two Hearts Beat As One - U2

Two Suns in the Sunset - Pink Floyd

Undercover Of The Night - The Rolling Stones

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

Vereda Tropical - Santana

Victims - Culture Club

Walking on a Thin Line - Huey Lewis & the News

Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) - Wham!

What Is Love? - Howard Jones

What Kinda Boy You Looking For (Girl) - Hot Chocolate

When the S--t Hits the Fan - Circle Jerks

When You Close Your Eyes - Night Ranger

Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden

Where The Heart Is - Soft Cell

Whiplash - Metallica

Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works

White Lines - Grandmaster Flash

Who's That Girl - Eurythmics

Why I Sing the Blues - B.B. King

Words - F.R. David

Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police

Yah Mo B There - James Ingram and Michael McDonald

You Crack Me Up - Huey Lewis & the News

Young Guns (Go For It!) - Wham!