Or at least, that’s what we called it in 1983.
Over on her site, Anna writes about our musical youth (that’s our youthful exposure to music, not these guys specifically, though we did have the album, IIRC)
Ah, Now That’s What I Call Music. The one with the pig in sunglasses on the cover. I must confess that I actually have our copy of this tape, though no way to listen to it these days.
The other one she mentions wasn’t called Hits of 83, it was a two volume effort called Superchart 83, one with a yellow cover, and one with a neon pink cover. I have the yellow one.
The tracklisting to the one I have - the yellow one - is:
A.
1. I don’t want to dance - Eddie Grant
2. Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley and the Wailers
3. The Crown - Gary Byrd (12″ version)
4. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
5. Waiting for a train - Flash and the pan
6. Can Can - Bad Manners
7. War Baby - Tom Robinson
B
1. Blue hat for a blue day - Nick Heyward
2. 68 Guns - The Alarm
3. Kissing with Confidence - Will Powers
4. Steppin out - Joe Jackson
5. You don’t need someone new - The Lotus Eaters
6. Never gonna give you up - Musical Youth
7. No Answers - Debbie Aimee
8. Love in itself - Depeche Mode
9. Superman - Black Lace
The tracklisting to the pink one definitely included Men at Work (Down Under), Paul Young, Joboxers , Galaxy, Yazoo (Only You - or maybe Diary), Ryan Paris (Words), Toto (Africa), Freeez, KC and the Sunshine Band and Bonnie Tyler (Total Eclipse of the Heart)
The tracklisting to NTWICM, had some duplication with the above (hey, it was 1983, there wasn’t much music around) and is:
1. You Can’t Hurry Love - Phil Collins
2. Is There Something I Should Know? - Duran Duran
3. Red Red Wine - UB40
4. Only For Love - Limahl
5. Temptation - Heaven 17
6. Give It Up - K.C. and the Sunshine Band
7. Double Dutch - Malcolm McClaren
8. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
9. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
10. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
11. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
12. Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield
13. Down Under - Men At Work
14. Hey You (Rock Steady Crew)- Rock Steady Crew
15. Baby Jane - Rod Stewart
16. Wherever I Lay My Hat - Paul Young
17. Candy Girl - New Edition
18. Big Apple - Kajagoogoo
19. Let’s Stay Together - Tina Turner
20. Fascination Human League
21. New Song - Howard Jones
22. Please Don’t Make Me Cry - UB40
23. Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
24. They Don’t Know - Tracy Ullman
25. Kissing With Confidence - Will Powers
26. That’s All - Genesis
27. The Love Cats - The Cure
28. Waterfront - Simple Minds
29. The Sun And The Rain - Madness
30. Victims - Culture Club
Future retro-music-querying-search-engine-arivees: this is my gift to you.
