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1982 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR

 

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YES THE RETRO RECORD OF THE YEARS (UP UNTIL 1997) GAME HERE!!!

 

Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1982.

 

Your First choice (Favourite) song will score 20 pts, 2nd = 19 Pts....down to 20th = 1 point. Please state in your list if you are scoring by position or Points.

 

I am playing this game across both BuzzJack & UKMix. Therefore if you vote please can you only vote in one of the sites threads especially if you have a different name on each site (like me).

 

For each year 1964 to 1997 inclusive & games (*) for the years 1960-1; 1962-3 & two alphabetically track name split lists for the 1950s. There are 50 tracks that I feel best represent the year* in popular music. This certainly does not always mean the biggest hits of the year, but tracks (including album tracks) that over time have come to best represent the year.

 

Please note songs will only feature once for the most well-known or definitive version of a song (example “Without You” will only appear in 1972 for Nilsson, but will be absent in 1994 for Mariah Carey).

 

Also please don’t mention that I have put the song in the wrong year as the year the track was recorded, released (on an album), a hit (peaked) in the UK, a hit (peaked) in the USA can result in three of four different answers, and there will be literally hundreds of songs that fall into that category.

 

For each game you will have four weeks to get your votes in (two weeks for the vote from the shortlist of 50 songs, then two weeks to vote from the "Missing" songs that you have nominated). I will be posting two of these Games a Week at the weekend.

 

(VOTING RULES FOR SPECIFIC GAME 1950s: Top25 make the Record of The Decade Final; 1960s & 1990s: Top 4 From Each Game make the Final, 5th to 10th make the Play-offs; 1970s & 1980s: Top 3 each year make the Final, 4th to 8th make the Play-Offs. PLUS: Your choices of missing songs being included in the relevant Play-offs)

 

Phase 2: The Record Of The Decades Finals will result in the following numbers making the Final 200 (1950s: Top20; 1960s: Top50, 1970s Top45; 1980s Top45; 1990s Top40), where they will be split into 4 Quarter Finals, leading to the Final 50 Songs of the Retro Record Game

 

 

A: Vote for your favourite 20 (minimum 10 out of the following:)

 

ABC - The Look Of Love

Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

Associates - Party Fears Two

Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling

Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe

Clash - Rock The Casbah

Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)

Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker

Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

Duran Duran - Rio

Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance

Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & Furious 5 - The Message

Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day

Hall & Oates - Maneater

Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills

J Geils Band - Centrefold

Jam - Beat Surrender

Jam - The Bitterest Pill

Jam - Town Called Malice

Japan - Ghosts

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll

Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack & Diane

Journey - Open Arms

Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy

Kraftwerk - The Model

Madness - House Of Fun

Madness - Our House

Meat Loaf & Cher - Dead Ringer For Love

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory

Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag

Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

Roxy Music - Avalon

Shalamar - A Night To Remember

Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

Stranglers - Golden Brown

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Tears For Fears - Mad World

Toni Basil - Mickey

Trio - Da Da Da

Wham! - Young Guns (Go For It)

XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Yazoo - Don't Go

Yazoo - Only You

 

 

B: Nominate Two songs from 1982 MISSING from this 50 track shortlist.

 

The Top 3 Songs from each year (1980-1989) will go through to the Record Of The Decade Final. The songs finishing 4th - 8th position will go into a Play-off, where the Top20 Songs will join the other 30 in the Final.

 

While your selection of missing songs will be put to a vote with the winning track (or tracks in event of a tie) joining the Record of The Decade Play-Off.

 

You have until Saturday 3rd November to vote for your favourite Top 20 (minimum Top 10) songs of the Year.

 

I will then reveal the results of the vote along with your selections of the "missing songs" from the original list for you to vote for an extra song for a place in the Record of The Decade (1980s) play-offs :thumbup:

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1st Yazoo - Only You (20 Pts)

2nd Duran Duran - Rio

3rd Clash - Rock The Casbah

4th Jam - The Bitterest Pill

5th Madness - Our House

6th Tears For Fears - Mad World

7th XTC - Senses Working Overtime

8th Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

9th Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

10th Jam - Beat Surrender

11th Associates - Party Fears Two

12th Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & Furious 5 - The Message

13th Kraftwerk - The Model

14th Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

15th Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

16th Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy

17th Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling

18th Japan - Ghosts

19th Yazoo - Don't Go

20th Shalamar - A Night To Remember (1 Pt)

 

Missing Nominations:

 

Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin

OMD - Maid of Orleans

Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye (20 pts)

Japan - Ghosts

Duran Duran - Rio

Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling

Clash - Rock The Casbah

Jam - Town Called Malice

Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

Kraftwerk - The Model

Madness - House Of Fun

Stranglers - Golden Brown

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll

Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day

J Geils Band - Centrefold

Jam - The Bitterest Pill

Associates - Party Fears Two (1 pt)

 

Nominations

 

Aaaargh! This was so difficult! I mean you missed out Depeche Mode - See You, Bananarama and the Fun Boy Three, Buffalo Girls, My Girl Lollipop, Bow Wow Wow, Heartache Avenue and More Than This but in the end I had to plump for:

 

A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing

Japan - Life In Tokyo

Tears For Fears - Mad World 1st

Madness - House Of Fun

Jam - The Bitterest Pill

Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

Associates - Party Fears Two

Madness - Our House

XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Stranglers - Golden Brown

Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

Jam - Beat Surrender

Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

ABC - The Look Of Love

Clash - Rock The Casbah

Kraftwerk - The Model

Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

Japan - Ghosts

Hall & Oates - Maneater

Roxy Music - Avalon

 

nominate 2 songs

 

Simple Minds - Promised you a miracle

Ultravox - Reap the wild wind

 

Points/Act/Record:

 

20 Associates - Party Fears Two

19 Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

18 Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling

17 Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

16 Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day

15 Trio - Da Da Da

14 Clash - Rock The Casbah

13 Duran Duran – Rio

12 Jam - Beat Surrender

11 Japan – Ghosts

10 Madness - House Of Fun

09 Madness - Our House

08 Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

07 Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy

06 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

05 Hall & Oates - Maneater

04 Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills

03 Tears For Fears - Mad World

02 XTC - Senses Working Overtime

01 Yazoo - Don't Go

 

Missing tracks:

 

ABC – Valentine’s Day

Associates – Gloomy Sunday

 

Jam - The Bitterest Pill (20Pts)

Jam - Town Called Malice

Tears For Fears - Mad World

Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

Jam - Beat Surrender

Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

Madness - House Of Fun

Meat Loaf & Cher - Dead Ringer For Love

Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)

Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

Clash - Rock The Casbah

Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

ABC - The Look Of Love

Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

J Geils Band – Centrefold

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll

XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker

 

Kraftwerk - The Model....................... 20 pts

Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy

Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling

Associates - Party Fears Two

Duran Duran - Rio

Wham! - Young Guns (Go For It)

XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe

Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day

Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)

Japan - Ghosts

Madness - Our House

Tears For Fears - Mad World

Jam - The Bitterest Pill

Madness - House Of Fun

Shalamar - A Night To Remember

Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

Jam - Town Called Malice

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll

Stranglers - Golden Brown

 

 

nominate........... associates 'club country', abc 'all of my heart'.

 

stunned that so many people are omitting Yazoo's 2 classics - perhaps we're thinking of different songs :rolleyes: :o :o :o

1 (20 points) Yazoo - Only You

2 Yazoo - Don't Go

3 Stranglers - Golden Brown

4 Soft Cell - Say hello wave goodbye

5 Associates - Party Fears Two

6 ABC - Look of love

7 Blancmange - Living on the ceiling

8 Japan - Ghosts

9 The Clash - Rock the Casbah

10 Kraftwerk - The Model

11 Duran Duran - Save a prayer

12 Tears for Fears - Mad World

13 Roxy Music - Avalon

14 XTC - Senses working overtime

15 Culture Club - Do you really want to hurt me?

16 Adam Ant - Goody two shoes

17 Pigbag - Papa's got a brand new pigbag

18 Pretenders - Back on the chain gang

19 Jam - Bitterest pill

20 Shalamar - A Night to Remember

 

missing 2 -

The Cure - Let's Go To Bed

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Melt!

1 Yazoo - Only You (20 pts)

2 ABC - The Look Of Love

3 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

4 Yazoo - Don't Go

5 Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

6 Duran Duran - Rio

7 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe

8 Hall & Oates - Maneater

9 Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

10 Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day

11 Stranglers - Golden Brown

12 Tears For Fears - Mad World

13 Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)

14 Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling

15 Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance

16 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

17 Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

18 Journey - Open Arms

19 Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

20 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

stunned that so many people are omitting Yazoo's 2 classics - perhaps we're thinking of different songs :rolleyes: :o :o :o

 

sorry russ, plain and simple i dont like yazoo!!! horrible sound.. but... 'nobodies diary' was superb!

1. Kraftwerk - The Model (20 pts)

2. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll

3. Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

4. Roxy Music - Avalon

5. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

6. Hall & Oates - Maneater

7. Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

8. Madness - Our House

9. Duran Duran - Rio

10. Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

11. Madness - House Of Fun

12. Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & Furious 5 - The Message

13. J Geils Band - Centrefold

14. Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

15. Yazoo - Don't Go

16. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory

17. Tears For Fears - Mad World

18. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

19. Trio - Da Da Da

20. Journey - Open Arms

 

 

Kraftwerk - The Model

Hey this song is from 1978 (the album The Man Machine) -_-

Hey this song is from 1978 (the album The Man Machine) -_-

Yeah but it hit number 1 in Feb 1982

Yeah but it hit number 1 in Feb 1982

Thanks for info

 

In 1981 Kraftwerk released "Computer World" and in 1982 a song from their previous album "The Man Machine" hit #1, that's amazing! ^_^

Clash - Rock The Casbah 20 points

ABC - The Look Of Love

Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills

Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

Yazoo - Don't Go

Tears For Fears - Mad World

Stranglers - Golden Brown

Roxy Music - Avalon

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll

XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

Madness - House Of Fun

Hall & Oates - Maneater

John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack & Diane

Journey - Open Arms

Meat Loaf & Cher - Dead Ringer For Love

Survivor- Eye of the Tiger

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

 

 

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Many Thanks to the 29 of you who voted :thumbup:

 

The 1982 Record Of The Year Results are:

 

Position / Artist - Song Title / Points

 

50th Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie 1

49th Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory 10

48th Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag 14

47th Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance 20

45th Trio - Da Da Da 25

45th Shalamar - A Night To Remember 25

44th Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy 30

43rd Wham! - Young Guns (Go For It) 33

42nd Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day 44

41st Roxy Music - Avalon 51

 

40th Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker 55

39th Japan - Ghosts 58

38th Jam - Beat Surrender 63

37th Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe 66

36th Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes 68

35th Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong 70

34th Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling 75

33rd Associates - Party Fears Two 78

31st Jam - The Bitterest Pill 87

31st Meat Loaf & Cher - Dead Ringer For Love 87

 

30th Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & Furious 5 - The Message 90

29th Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra 92

28th John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack & Diane 94

27th Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart) 101

26th XTC - Senses Working Overtime 103

25th Jam - Town Called Malice 105

24th Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills 114

23rd J Geils Band - Centrefold 121

21st Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye 124

21st Hall & Oates - Maneater 124

 

20th Journey - Open Arms 125

19th Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen 129

18th Toni Basil - Mickey 139

17th Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang 142

16th Madness - Our House 155

14th Yazoo - Only You 158

14th Madness - House Of Fun 158

13th Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me 159

12th Kraftwerk - The Model 160

11th Yazoo - Don't Go 172

10th ABC - The Look Of Love 198

9th Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go? 201

 

The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1980s) play-offs

 

8th Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock' n Roll 212

7th Stranglers - Golden Brown 220

6th Tears For Fears - Mad World 223

5th Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger 231

4th Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf 240

 

While the Top 3 Songs of 1982 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1980s) Final

 

3rd Duran Duran - Rio 245

2nd Duran Duran - Save A Prayer 261

1st Clash - Rock The Casbah 320

 

 

I will reveal the Missing 1982 Nominations for you to vote on next.....

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1982 Missing Nominations are:

 

A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran

A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing

Abba - The Day Before You Came

ABC - All of my Heart

ABC - Poison Arrow

ABC – Valentine’s Day

Accept - Princess Of The Dawn

Adrian Gurvitz - Classic

Aldo Nova - Fantasy

Associates - Club Country

Associates – Gloomy Sunday

Charlene - I've Never Been To Me

Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry

Cure - Let's Go To Bed

Dazz Band - Let It Whip

Dire Straits ~ Private Investigations

Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy

Frida - I know there's something going on

Go-Go's - Vacation

Iron Maiden - Hallowed be Thy Name

Japan - Life In Tokyo

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

Laura Branigan - Gloria

Madness - Driving In My Car

Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin

OMD - Maid of Orleans

Peter Gabriel - Shock the monkey

Scorpions - No One Like You

Simple Minds - Promised you a miracle

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Melt!

Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen

Ultravox - Reap the wild wind

 

 

Please vote for your five favourites in order (1st, 2nd, etc) from that list of nominations within the next two weeks.

 

The winning song will qualify for the Plays offs of the Record Of Decade (1980s)

AMENDED - I missed ABBA

Here's my missing top 5 (it is 5, isn't it?)

 

1 ABBA- Day before you came

2 Frida - Something Going On

3 Associates - Club country

4 The Cure - Let's go to bed

5 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Melt!

 

Edited by russt68

1st Laura Branigan - Gloria

2nd ABC - All Of My Heart

3rd Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen

4th Dire Straits - Private Investigations

5th ABC - Poison Arrow

 

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1st Abba - The Day Before You Came (5 Pts)

2nd Japan - Life In Tokyo

3rd Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin

4th OMD - Maid of Orleans

5th Go-Go's - Vacation

 

Associates - Club Country......................5pts

ABC - All of my Heart

A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing

Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin

Madness - Driving In My Car

 

 

 

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