MTV Programming Week of 1983-03-09
A list featuring the programming rotations of MTV for the week of 03/09/1983. (Source: Billboard 1983-03-19, Pg. 27)
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- StarsGeorge Hatcher BandGeorge HatcherTad HoughMTV New Videos Added
- StarsMolly HatchetBarry Steven BordenDanny Joe BrownMolly Hatchet performs in the music video "What's It Gonna Take" from the album "No Guts... No Glory" recorded for Epic Records. The music video features the band dressed as Western cowboys riding horses through the prairie. The head to the house of a woman before having a gunfight with bandits.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorTom BuckholtzStarsJonathan CainJourneyMargaret OlmsteadThe official music for "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" performed by Journey. The band performs the song in front of and around a warehouse. A young woman whom the song is addressed to (apparently) is also present, entirely oblivious to the presence of the band. It ends with the woman asleep in bed with headphones on.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsGary MooreTommy EyrePhilip Neil MurrayGary Moore performs in the music video "Always Gonna Love You" from the album "Corridors of Power" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video features Gary Moore and his band performing in front of a brick wall painted white and speakers. Moore sings into a microphone while the band plays.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsJon Bon JoviFrankie LaRockaScandalScandal performs in the music video "Love's Got a Line on You" from the album "Scandal" recorded for Columbia Records. Patty Smyth sings and dances in a pink, purple and white striped jumpsuit as the band plays their instruments behind her on a white sound stage.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorDerek BurbidgeStarsChris DiffordJools HollandGilson LavisMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorMark RobinsonStarsPat BenatarMusic video for Pat Benatar's "Anxiety (Get Nervous)".MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorMark RobinsonStarsPat BenatarMusic video for Pat Benatar's "Little Too Late".MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsDef LeppardRick AllenStephen ClarkMusic video for Def Leppard's 1983 single "Photograph". It features the band singing on stage while video clips of a Marilyn Monroe-like model posing for pictures are shown, all while newspapers report on the murder of a movie star.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsDexys Midnight RunnersKevin ArcherMáire FaheyThe 1982 music video was filmed in the inner south London suburb of Kennington in the vicinity of the corner of Brook Drive and Hayles Street. The character of "Eileen" in the music video, as well as on the single cover, is played by Máire Fahey, sister of Siobhan Fahey from Bananarama. Archival footage of Johnnie Ray arriving at London Heathrow Airport in 1954 was featured in the video.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonNick RhodesA music video for "Duran Duran: Rio", an instant classic of the 1980's from their smash-hit album of same name. The video clip presents the band having lovely and amusing moments on a boat while performing the song at the same time they're on a quest to chase a mysterious beautiful woman.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- StarsThe J. Geils BandStephen BladdMagic DickThe J. Geils Band performs in a live version of the music video "Land of a Thousand Dances" from the album "Showtime" recorded for Atlantic Records. The music video features the band on the concert stage under colored lights. Rotoscoped clips of the band feature throughout.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorDick MaasStarsRinus GerritsenGolden EarringBarry HayMusic video for Golden Earring's hit song 'Twilight Zone.' Both the song and the video were inspired by the book 'The Bourne Identity.' The band's singer Barry Hay plays a secret agent on the run from enemy agents played by his bandmates.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorJoe DeaStarsGreg Kihn BandGreg KihnGreg DouglassMTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorTony StevensStarsGreg HamColin HayMen at WorkVideo promo for Men at Work - Be Good Johnny.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorDon LettsStarsThe PretendersMartin ChambersChrissie HyndeMTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorBrian GibsonStarsStyxChuck PanozzoJohn PanozzoMusic video for a song from the rock band Styx's rock opera concept album 'Kilroy Was Here'. Rock rebel Jonathan Chance crashes Dr. Righteous' live TV show to try and stop the maniacal preacher from brainwashing a captured rock fan.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorBrian GibsonStarsChuck PanozzoJohn PanozzoTommy ShawMusic video by Styx based on the dystopian storyline from their concept album Kilroy Was Here. Escaped Kilroy revels his true identity to the world and thanks his robot prison guard, Mr. Roboto, for its unwilling sacrifice.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsABCCandy DavisMartin FryThe official video to accompany ABC's song Poison Arrow.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsBryan AdamsMickey CurryTommy MandelMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsAfter the FirePeter BanksPete KingAfter the Fire performs in the music video "Der Kommissar" from the album "Der Kommissar" recorded for Epic Records. The music video begins at a bar with a man drinking as a seductive woman approaches him. Later the woman puts on makeup in a mirror and the bar patrons sing along with the song.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorAdam AntMike MansfieldStarsAdam AntMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsThe CallMichael BeenTom FerrierThe Call performs in the music video "The Walls Came Down" from the album "Modern Romans" recorded for Polygram Records. The black and white music video opens with the band walking down a dark road. They perform the song on a variety of multilevel sets.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsBoy GeorgeGreg CraigCulture ClubThe video for the song, directed by Julien Temple, featured lead singer Boy George on trial in a courtroom, with flashbacks to the Gargoyle Club, Soho in 1936 and the Dolphin Square Health Club, Pimlico in 1957. The jury was in black-face making jazz hands gestures. One band member, Mikey Craig, was not in the video, and was replaced by his brother Greg. Boy George wears a shirt with the Hebrew writing "Tarbut Agudda", a literal translation of the individual words "culture" and "association" in a grammatically incorrect order.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsBob CasaleGerald CasaleDevoDevo performs in the music video "That's Good" from the album "Oh, No. It's Devo" recorded for Warner Brothers Records and Virgin Records. The music video features the band performing in front of a blue screen which features vertical color lines. Clips of a donut and a French fry feature throughout.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)