Posted November 3, 200717 yr 1983 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: 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 1983. 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:) Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times Billy Joel - Uptown Girl Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart Culture Club - Karma Chameleon Cure - The Love Cats David Bowie - China Girl David Bowie - Lets Dance Depeche Mode - Everything Counts Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know? Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Called It The Blues Elton John - I'm Still Standing Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Genesis - Mama Heaven 17 - Temptation Herbie Hancock - Rockit Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination Irene Cara - Flashdance … What A Feeling Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Islands In The Stream Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) Lotus Eaters - First Picture Of You Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing Men At Work - Down Under Men Without Hats - Safety Dance Michael Jackson - Beat It Michael Jackson - Thriller Michael Jackson - Billie Jean Michael Sembello - Maniac Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow New Order - Blue Monday Orange Juice - Rip It Up Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat Police - Every Breath You Take Prince - Little Red Corvette Prince - 1999 Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song Robert Wyatt (or Elvis Costello) - Shipbuilding Simple Minds - Waterfront Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence Smiths - This Charming Man Spandau Ballet - Gold Spandau Ballet - True Style Council - Long Hot Summer Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now Toto - Africa U2 - New Year's Day U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday UB40 - Red Red Wine Wham! - Club Tropicana Yazoo - Nobody's Diary B: Nominate Two songs from 1983 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 17th 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
November 3, 200717 yr Author 1st Police - Every Breath You Take 20 Pts 2. Smiths - This Charming Man 3. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 4. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence 5. David Bowie - China Girl 6. Heaven 17 - Temptation 7. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts 8. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 9. Robert Wyatt (or Elvis Costello) - Shipbuilding 10. New Order - Blue Monday 11. Prince - 1999 12. Yazoo - Nobody's Diary 13. Michael Jackson - Thriller 14. Cure - The Love Cats 15. Genesis - Mama 16. Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times 17. Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Called It The Blues 18. Spandau Ballet - Gold 19. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 20. Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song Missing Songs: This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
November 3, 200717 yr 1 (20 points) Lotus Eaters - First Picture of You 2 New Order - Blue Monday 3 The Smiths - This Charming Man 4 Yazoo - Nonody's Diary 5 Depeche Mode - Everything Counts 6 Heaven 17 - Temptation 7 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing 8 PIL - This is not a love song 9 The Cure - Lovecats 10 Bowie - China Girl 11 Eurythmics -Sweet dreams 12 Human League - Fascination 13 Michael Jackson - Beat it 14 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 15 Genesis - Mama 16 Police - Every breath you take 17 Thompson Twins - Hold me now 18 Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding 19 Prince - Little red Corvette 20 Prince - 1999 missing two: The Smiths - Hand In Glove Bananarama - Cruel Summer
November 3, 200717 yr 1 Spandau Ballet - True 2 UB40 - Red Red Wine 3 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart 4 Duran Duran - Is There Something I Know? 5 Culture Club - Karma Chameleon 6 Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times 7 New Order - Blue Monday 8 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 9 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 10 Wham! - Club Tropicana 11 Michael Jackson - Beat It 12 David Bowie - China Girl 13 Heaven 17 - Temptation 14 Depeche Mode - Everything Counts 15 Lotus Eaters - First Picture Of You 16 Michael Jackson - Thriller 17 Yazoo - Nobody's Diary 18 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Dear Prudence 19 Genesis - Mama 20 The Police - Every Breath You Take Add: Hayzee Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny Wah! - Story Of The Blues
November 3, 200717 yr 1-Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song 2-Yazoo - Nobody's Diary 3-Lotus Eaters - First Picture Of You 4-Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times 5-Orange Juice - Rip It Up 6-Wham! - Club Tropicana 7-U2 - New Year's Day 8-Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know? 9-Men At Work - Down Under 10-David Bowie - Lets Dance 11-Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat 12-Men Without Hats - Safety Dance 13-U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday 14-David Bowie - China Girl only found 14 worthy of mushies vote nominate jimmy the hoover (great name :lol:)... 'tantalise (woh woh wee yeah yeah)' donald fagen ... 'new fronteer'.
November 4, 200717 yr 20 point: Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song 19Cure - The Love Cats 18Orange Juice - Rip It Up 17Depeche Mode - Everything Counts 16Michael Sembello - Maniac ( :lol: ) 15New Order - Blue Monday 14Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence 13 Smiths - This Charming Man 12U2 - New Year's Day 11 U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday missing Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
November 4, 200717 yr 1Lotus Eaters - First Picture Of You 2David Bowie - Lets Dance 3Orange Juice - Rip It Up 4Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song 5Smiths - This Charming Man 6U2 - New Year's Day 7Cure - The Love Cats 8New Order - Blue Monday 9Simple Minds - Waterfront 10Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence 11Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 12Yazoo - Nobody's Diary 13Men At Work - Down Under 14Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination 15Depeche Mode - Everything Counts 16David Bowie - China Girl 17Genesis - Mama 18Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 19Style Council - Long Hot Summer 20Prince - Little Red Corvette nominate Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter Echo & Bunnymen - The Cutter
November 5, 200717 yr Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing 20 points Herbie Hancock - Rockit Spandau Ballet - True New Order - Blue Monday Michael Jackson - Billie Jean Men At Work - Down Under Police - Every Breath You Take U2 - New Year's Day Orange Juice- rip it Up U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday UB40 - Red Red Wine Prince - Little Red Corvette Prince - 1999 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow Spandau Ballet - Gold Cure - The Love Cats David Bowie- lets dance David Bowie - china girl Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat Toto - Africa Nominate... Stand back - Stevie Nicks she works hard for the Money - Donna Summer
November 8, 200717 yr Style Council - Long Hot Summer (20Pts) Police - Every Breath You Take David Bowie - Lets Dance Spandau Ballet – True Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart Michael Jackson - Billie Jean Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing Elton John - I'm Still Standing Men At Work - Down Under Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Called It The Blues UB40 - Red Red Wine Lotus Eaters - First Picture Of You Prince - Little Red Corvette U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know? Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song New Order - Blue Monday Wham! - Club Tropicana Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat Nominate Howard Jones – What Is Love Hall & Oates-Family Man
November 10, 200717 yr is that tears for fears record called the hurting from this year??? the one in that starter for ten film??? dont know if it is a single or an album track. does that matter. its in the film with all the cure songs if so can i put that on the missing list of mine
November 17, 200717 yr Author Many Thanks to the 22 of you who voted The 1983 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 50th Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue 17 48th Men Without Hats - Safety Dance 27 48th Simple Minds - Waterfront 27 46th Wham! - Club Tropicana 30 46th Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination 30 44th Style Council - Long Hot Summer 37 44th Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times 37 43rd Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat 38 41st Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Called It The Blues 52 41st Herbie Hancock - Rockit 52 40th Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Islands In The Stream 53 39th Robert Wyatt (or Elvis Costello) - Shipbuilding 54 38th UB40 - Red Red Wine 56 35th Yazoo - Nobody's Diary 58 35th Spandau Ballet - Gold 58 35th Heaven 17 - Temptation 58 34th Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence 60 33rd Orange Juice - Rip It Up 64 32nd Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 65 31st Billy Joel - Uptown Girl 66 30th Lotus Eaters - First Picture Of You 72 29th Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) 74 28th Elton John - I'm Still Standing 78 27th Michael Sembello - Maniac 81 26th Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know? 83 25th Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song 90 24th Genesis - Mama 95 23rd Prince - Little Red Corvette 101 21st Prince - 1999 104 21st David Bowie - China Girl 104 20th Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 111 18th Depeche Mode - Everything Counts 113 18th Toto - Africa 113 17th Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing 115 16th Michael Jackson - Thriller 118 15th Culture Club - Karma Chameleon 120 14th Irene Cara - Flashdance … What A Feeling 121 13th Spandau Ballet - True 128 12th Smiths - This Charming Man 140 11th U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday 144 10th Cure - The Love Cats 146 9th David Bowie - Lets Dance 151 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1980s) play-offs 8th U2 - New Year's Day 154 7th Men At Work - Down Under 172 6th Michael Jackson - Beat It 194 5th Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 213 4th New Order - Blue Monday 214 While the Top 3 Songs of 1983 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1980s) Final 3rd Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart 243 2nd Police - Every Breath You Take 257 1st Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 264 I will reveal the Missing 1983 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
November 17, 200717 yr Author 1983 Missing Nominations are: ABBA - Thank You For The Music After The Fire - Der Kommissar Agnetha Faltskog - The heat is on Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All Alarm - 68 Guns Bananarama - Cruel Summer Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind Def Leppard - Photograph Dio - Holy Diver Donald Fagen - New Fronteer Donna Summer - She works hard for the money Duran Duran - Union Of The Snake Echo & Bunnymen - The Cutter Eurythmics - Who's That Girl? Flash In The Pan - Waiting For A Train Hall & Oates - Family Man Hayzee Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me Icehouse - Hey Little Girl Iron Maiden - The Trooper Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalise Kajagoogoo - Too Shy KC & The Sunshine Band - Give it Up Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - Say Say Say Rod Stewart - Baby Jane Smiths - Hand In Glove Stevie Nicks - Stand Back Talking Heads - Burning Down The House Tears for Fears - Pale shelter This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren Tom Robinson - War Baby Wah! - Story Of The Blues (Ineligible nominations: Howard Jones – What Is Love is in the 1984 ROTY game & Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong was in the 1982 ROTY Game) 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)
November 17, 200717 yr Bonnie bloody Tyler number 3? Above Blue Monday? err... what? I fully expect Def Leppard, Dio, Hall and Oates or Stevie Nicks to dominate the playoffs...but...ah well.. here's my 5... 1st The Smiths - Hand in Glove 2 This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren 3 Eurythmics - Who's that girl 4 Jimmy the Hoover - Tantalise 5 Echo and the Bunnymen - The Cutter Edited November 17, 200717 yr by russt68
November 17, 200717 yr 1st Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me 2nd Wah! - Story Of The Blues 3rd Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 4th Rod Stewart - Baby Jane 5th Hayzee Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny
November 17, 200717 yr Author 1st This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (5 Pts) 2nd Smiths - Hand In Glove 3rd Talking Heads - Burning Down The House 4th Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me 5th Wah! - Story Of The Blues
November 17, 200717 yr Echo & Bunnymen - The Cutter 5pts Tears for Fears - Pale shelter Wah! - Story Of The Blues Flash In The Pan - Waiting For A Train Smiths - Hand In Glove
November 17, 200717 yr Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalise........................5pts Donald Fagen - New Fronteer Hayzee Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny Icehouse - Hey Little Girl Flash In The Pan - Waiting For A Train
November 21, 200717 yr ABBA - Thank You For The Music - 5 points Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - Say Say Say Eurythmics - Who's That Girl? Def Leppard - Photograph Rod Stewart - Baby Jane - 1 point
November 22, 200717 yr Stevie Nicks - Stand Back 1st Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up Icehouse - Hey Little Girl Iron Maiden - The Trooper
November 27, 200717 yr 1. ABBA - Thank You For The Music 2. Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 3. Bananarama - Cruel Summer 4. Tears for Fears - Pale shelter 5. Eurythmics - Who's That Girl
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