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1983 - Big Hits

Some of the biggest pop hits of 1983 including Wham!, KC and the Sunshine Band, The Police, Culture Club, Siouxsie and The Banshees, UB40, Duran Duran, The Beat, and Bananarama.

Compilation of some of the biggest hits of 1983 to sit alongside 'The Story of...' documentary that explores the evolution of this great pop institution in that golden year.

Performances celebrate soul, reggae, jazz, new wave and pop. And the big hits are delivered by Wham!, KC and the Sunshine Band, The Police, Culture Club, Siouxsie and The Banshees, UB40, Duran Duran, The Beat and Bananarama amongst others. Big ballads are performed by Elton John and Bonnie Tyler, while Malcolm McLaren's Double Dutch completes the very best of '83, golden hits from 34 years ago.

18 minutes

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Mon 30 Dec 2024 19:40
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Wham!

    Bad Boys

  • Culture Club

    Karma Chameleon

  • Eurythmics

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

  • Freeez

    I.O.U.

  • UB40

    Red Red Wine

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Give It up

  • Howard Jones

    New Song

  • Elton John

    I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

  • Malcolm McLaren

    Double Dutch

  • The Police

    Every Breath You Take

  • The Beat

    Can't Get Used To Losing You

  • Duran Duran

    Is There Something I Should Know?

  • Paul Young

    Love Of The Common People

  • Mike Oldfield

    Moonlight Shadow

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Dear Prudence

  • Kajagoogoo

    Too Shy

  • Bananarama

    Cruel Summer

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Credits

Producer Sasha Duncan
Executive Producer Mark Cooper

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