Best Singles of 1982

p.s. I was born in 82.

J. Geils Band, "Centerfold"
Toto, "Rosanna"
Toto, "Africa"
Pete Shelley, "Homosapien"
Patrice Rushen, "Forget Me Nots"
Rush, "New World Man"
Cheap Trick, "If You Want My Love"
Alan Parsons Project, "Eye In The Sky"
Men At Work, "Who Can It Be Now?"
Evelyn "Champagne" King, "Love Come Down"

Captain Beefheart- Ice Cream For Crow
Farmers Boys - More Than A Dream
Orange Juice - Rip It Up
Scritti Politti - Asylums In Jerusalem

I godda find out I godda find out I godda find out

(Guess they could look it up on google nowadays)

Sorry but no, I don't have it I'm afraid!

if "Party Fears Two" was from 1982, was "Club Country" from the same year?

1. She Goes Out With Everybody – The Spongetones
2. Love Over Gold – Dire Straits
3. Let’s Go To Bed – The Cure
4. Grendel – Marillion
5. Here Today – Paul McCartney
6. We’ve Heard It All Before – 10cc
7. The Chauffeur – Duran Duran
8. You’re In The Army Now – Bolland
9. Telegraph Road – Dire Straits
10. Today – Talk Talk
11. Avalon – Roxy Music
12. Nothing To Fear – Depeche Mode
13. Tomorrow’s Just Another Day – Madness
14. Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone) – Prefab Sprout
15. Pillar To Post – Aztec Camera
16. Somebody Who Cares – Paul McCartney
17. Leave In Silence – Depeche Mode
18. Only You – Yazoo
19. Thriller – Michael Jackson
20. Lonely In Your Nightmare – Duran Duran
21. The Long Honeymoon – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
22. Let Me Go – Heaven 17
23. Primrose Hill – Madness
24. Airwaves – Thomas Dolby
25. Hallo Hallo – Toma
26. Mirror Man – Human League
27. Our House – Madness
28. New Religion – Duran Duran
29. Someday Someway – Marshall Crenshaw
30. Take a Chance With Me – Roxy Music
31. Flash In The Night – Secret Service
32. One Of Our Submarines (Is Missing) – Thomas Dolby
33. The Look Of Love – ABC
34. Almost Blue – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
35. Here I Go Again – The Spongetones
36. My Secret Garden – Depeche Mode
37. Private Investigations – Dire Straits
38. Lies – Thompson Twins
39. Tug Of War – Paul McCartney
40. Rise And Fall – Madness
41. Last Chance On The Stairway – Duran Duran
42. Human Nature – Michael Jackson
43. Mad World – Tears For Fears
44. Windpower – Thomas Dolby
45. You Little Fool – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
46. Wishing (If I Had a Photograph Of You) – A Flock Of Seagulls
47. Damned Don’t Cry – Visage
48. Under Attack – ABBA
49. Cloudburst At Shingle Street – Thomas Dolby
50. Six Months In a Leaky Boat – Split Enz
51. And In Every Home – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
52. Driving In My Car – Madness
53. The Sun And The Rainfall – Depeche Mode
54. Så Fin Du Er – Toma
55. Wanderlust – Paul McCartney
56. She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby
57. See You – Depeche Mode
58. Hymn – Ultravox
59. I Have The Touch – Peter Gabriel
60. Take It Away – Paul McCartney
61. The Day Before You Came – ABBA
62. Child Come Away – Kim Wilde
63. In The Name Of Love – Thompson Twins
64. Radio Silence – Thomas Dolby
65. No Regrets – Midge Ure
66. The Loved Ones – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
67. Shouldn’t Have Done That – Depeche Mode
68. San Jacinto – Peter Gabriel
69. Rip It Up – Orange Juice
70. The Other Side Of Love – Yazoo
71. Blinkar Blå – Adolphsson & Falk
72. Ball And Chain – XTC
73. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
74. Monument – Depeche Mode
75. Man Out Of Time – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
76. Hungry Like The Wolf – Duran Duran
77. Winter Kills – Yazoo
78. Mr. Speaker Gets The Word – Madness
79. I Ran – A Flock Of Seagulls
80. Maneater – Hall & Oates
81. Tears Before Bedtime – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
82. Rio – Duran Duran
83. The Family And The Fishing Net – Peter Gabriel
84. New Frontier – Donald Fagen
85. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – Culture Club
86. Poison Arrow – ABC
87. We Came To Dance – Ultravox
88. Promised You a Miracle – Simple Minds
89. Save a Prayer – Duran Duran
90. The Pound Is Sinking – Paul McCartney
91. Instamatik – Jahn Teigen
92. Senses Working Overtime – XTC
93. All Of My Heart – ABC
94. House Of Fun – Madness
95. Hold Back The Rain – Duran Duran
96. Coney Island – Trond Granlund
97. Ebony & Ivory – Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
98. Wallflower – Peter Gabriel
99. New Delhi – Madness
100. Photograph – Depeche Mode

Wasn't he the guy who represented Norway in the Eurovision Somg Contest on 2 or 3 occasions and got "Nul Points" every time, or something like that?

Nice list, Dylan. "Early Morning" though? Was "Burn Rubber" '82? I've always liked it better than YDABOM, maybe just because it's played less.

I like how you guiltily sneak Joe Jackson in at #50.

Now go play with your child!

"Billie Jean," present events notwithstanding, would be my #2 if I permitted it as an '82 entry. I'm pretty sure I first heard it around Christmas of '82, but since it didn't really make its presence felt until early '83, I decided to save it for another pointless project.

My kid is listening to old Michael McDonald records, so he should be fine.

Present events are definitely notwithstanding. Then again, I like "Invincible."

Yay "This Little Girl"!

He represented Norway three times, but only the first time around he got nul points. He ended up around the middle the next two times.

However, his Eurovision entries are far from classics, but "Instamatik" was a great synthpop pastiche :-)

That is true. It wasn't a single until 1983. My lists are always of tracks rather than singles though (mainly a result of my being a fan of 70s prog), and as such, it belongs in 1982.

"Thriller", also on my list, wasn't a single until 1984, I think.

oh, yeah, I'm wiv ya on that, Jim.

Now what sort of country would be dumb enough to let someone represent them at Eurovision a second time when they hadn't brought home the bacon the first time, eh?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/965000/images/_969032_3cliff150.jpg

Somebody's been cribbing from xgau.com, eh Chuck?

(Not a dis--just outing myself as a superdork by recognizing that list!)

Yeah, you caught me, but that's when he had GREAT singles lists. I wound up buying every one of those, and he was right about all of them. (There are others on his '82 list that were less good, though.)

Actually, that was a lie -- "Who Shot Sadat" by Emily XYZ and "Uptown Top Ranking" (possbily my favorite reggae single in human history) by Althia and the Donazz Frank Kogan taped for me, years later. And Treacherous Three actually put out a six-song album called *Whip It* in Europe (on Sugarhill, though) while I was in the Army; I've never seen it mentioned in print anywhere, so I think it never came out here. It's got all their early singles except for that superfast "New Rap Language" one they did with Spoonie Gee (which I bought as a 12-inch around the same time, and I'm happy to brag that I still own.)

yea, Toto ultimately sucked, but that song was gold.

What a stunning year; has personal resonance too, in being the year in which I was conceived and born. :)

After much 1982 music eluded me for so long, this is now my favorite music year of the moment. I did some researching/downloading, and my god this year was fantastic. I may write-up my own top 50 sometime soon. I was born in '80 and this was just before I was old enough to ask my family to buy me records, unfortunately.

Where the FUCK is "The Unguarded Moment"???

In my heart forever.

LOL

I wrote this and picked these songs. (A few other Rhapsody people helped).

http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/the-50-best-songs-of-1982

My list too.

Updated!!