1983 in British music

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This is a summary of 1983 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

Contents

[edit] Charts

[edit] Number One Singles

Date Song Title Artist No. of weeks
15 January You Can't Hurry Love Phil Collins 2
29 January Down Under Men at Work 3
19 February Too Shy Kajagoogoo 2
5 March Billie Jean Michael Jackson 1
12 March Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler 2
26 March Is There Something I Should Know? Duran Duran 2
9 April Let's Dance David Bowie 3
30 April True Spandau Ballet 4
28 May Candy Girl New Edition 1
4 June Every Breath You Take Police 4
2 July Baby Jane Rod Stewart 3
23 July Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) Paul Young 3
13 August Give It Up KC and the Sunshine Band 3
3 September Red Red Wine UB40 3
24 September Karma Chameleon Culture Club 6
5 November Uptown Girl Billy Joel 5
10 December Only You Flying Pickets 5

[edit] Number 1 albums

Date Album Title Artist No. of weeks
15 January Raiders of the Pop Charts Various Artists 2
29 January Business As Usual Men At Work 5
5 March Thriller Michael Jackson 1
12 March War U2 1
19 March Thriller Michael Jackson 1
26 March The Hurting Tears For Fears 1
2 April The Final Cut Pink Floyd 2
16 April Faster Than The Speed Of Night Bonnie Tyler 1
23 April Let's Dance David Bowie 3
14 May True Spandau Ballet 1
21 May Thriller Michael Jackson 5
25 June Synchronicity The Police 2
9 July Fantastic! Wham! 2
23 July You and Me Both Yazoo 2
6 August The Very Best of the Beach Boys The Beach Boys 2
20 August 18 Greatest Hits Michael Jackson and Jackson Five 1
10 September The Very Best of the Beach Boys The Beach Boys 1
17 September No Parlez Paul Young 1
24 September Labour of Love UB40 1
1 October No Parlez Paul Young 2
15 October Genesis Genesis 1
22 October Colour by Numbers Culture Club 3
12 November Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie 1
19 November Colour by Numbers Culture Club 2
3 December Seven and the Ragged Tiger Duran Duran 1
10 December No Parlez Paul Young 1
17 December Now That's What I Call Music! Various Artists 4

[edit] End of Year Charts

[edit] Top 40 Singles of 1983

Position Song Title Artist Sales Highest Position
1 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 1
2 Uptown Girl Billy Joel 1
3 Red Red Wine UB40 1
4 Let's Dance David Bowie 1
5 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler 1
6 True Spandau Ballet 1
7 Down Under Men at Work 1
8 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 1
9 All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie 2
10 Sweat Dreams (Are Made Of This) The Eurythmics 2
11 You Can't Hurry Love Phil Collins 1
12 Too Shy Kajagoogoo 1
13 Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) Paul Young 1
14 Every Breath You Take The Police 1
15 Is There Something I Should Know? Duran Duran 1
16 Give It Up KC & the Sunshine Band 1
17 Blue Monday New Order 9
18 I.O.U Freeez 2
19 Baby Jane Rod Stewart 1
20 They Don't Know Tracey Ullman 2
21 Say Say Say Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson 2
22 Words F.R. David 2
23 Tonight I Celebrate My Love Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack 2
24 Bad Boys Wham! 2
25 Flashdance ... What A Feeling Irene Cara 2
26 Only You The Flying Pickets 1
27 New Song Howard Jones 3
28 Love Of The Common People Paul Young 2
29 Moonlight Shadow Mike Oldfield 4
30 Sign Of The Times The Belle Stars 3
31 Candy Girl New Edition 1
32 Temptation Heaven 17 2
33 Church of the Poison Mind Culture Club 2
34 Electric Avenue Eddy Grant 2
35 Mama Genesis 4
36 Beat It Michael Jackson 3
37 Double Dutch Malcolm McLaren 3
38 Africa Toto 3
39 Club Tropicana Wham! 4
40 (Keep Feeling) Fascination The Human League 2

[edit] Top 10 albums

[edit] Music awards

[edit] BRIT Awards

The 1983 BRIT Awards winners were:

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] External links