MTV Programming Week of 1983-03-16
A list featuring the programming rotations of MTV for the week of 03/16/1983. (Source: Billboard 1983-03-26, Pg. 27)
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- DirectorTony van den EndeStarsA Flock of SeagullsFrank MaudsleyMichael ScoreA Flock of Seagulls perform in the music video "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" from the album "Listen" recorded for Zomba Records. Mike Score sings and the band pace through a futuristic space station. Sitting in the control Score conjures up a photograph of a woman using a computer but rips it up before watching his fellow band-mates on television.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorChris CrossMidge UreStarsBananaramaSara DallinSiobhan FaheyMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorDominic OrlandoStarsBerlinJohn CrawfordTerri NunnMusic video for Berlin's 1983 single "The Metro".MTV New Videos Added
- StarsRinus GerritsenGolden EarringBarry HayGolden Earring performs in the music video "The Devil Made Me Do It" from the album "Cut" recorded for Capitol Records and Polygram Records. The music video features the band performing on a set surrounding with fire. Clips of a Femme Fatale and a man feature throughout.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsEddy GrantEddy Grant performs in the music video "Electric Avenue" from the album "Killer on the Rampage" recorded for Parlophone and EMI Records. The music video begins with Eddy Grant running on a beach. He sits on a couch and watches a television set as he sings the song. Clips of motorcyclists going through a city play throughout.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorJay DubinStarsBilly JoelMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorSimon MilneStarsKajagoogooNick BeggsCarolyn EspleyKajagoogoo performs in the music video "Too Shy" from the album "White Feathers" recorded for EMI Records. Kajagoogoo performs on the stage of a club while a waitress cleans up at the end of the night. She fantasizes about people from different eras dancing on the dance floor.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsLittle Steven and the Disciples of SoulJean BeauvoirDino DanelliLittle Steven and The Disciples of Soul performs in the music video "Under the Gun" from the album "Men Without Women" recorded for EMI America Records. The music video features the band performing on a concert stage as they stand in front of an American flag. Steven Van Zandt sings while the band plays.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorBill DavisStarsJohn AshtonRichard ButlerTim ButlerMTV New Videos Added
- StarsPatrick SimmonsPatrick Simmons performs in the music video "So Wrong" from the album "Arcade" recorded for Elektra Records. The music video opens with Patrick Simmons walking into a bar and showing a picture to the bartender. Flashbacks show a young man running away with a woman and being pursued by cops.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsBryan AdamsMickey CurryTommy MandelMTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 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 Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- 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)
- StarsFalcoFalco performs in the music video "Der Kommissar" from the album "Einzelhaft" recorded for A&M Records. The music video begins with Falco superimposed over video of police cars driving on a road during the night. Falco wearing sunglasses runs, dances, and sings.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)
- 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 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)
- StarsTriumphRik EmmettMike LevineTriumph performs in the music video "A World of Fantasy" from the album "Never Surrender" recorded for Attic Records. The music video features the band performing the song in a studio. Rik Emmett sings into a microphone while he plays guitar. The band plays nearby and later they perform on a concert stage.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)
- 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)
- DirectorMaurice PhillipsStarsChris De BurghMusic video for Chris De Burgh's 1982 single "Don't Pay The Ferryman".MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorSteve BarronThomas DolbyStarsThomas DolbyMagnus PykeThomas Dolby performs in the music video "She Blinded Me with Science" from the album "The Golden Age of Wireless" recorded for Capitol Records. Thomas Dolby commits himself to the Home for Deranged Scientists. A variety of mad scientists operate bizarre inventions on the grounds of the home. A doctor tries to diagnosis him as a woman tires to seduce him.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsThe BeatRoger CharleryAndy CoxThe Beat performs in the music video for "Save It for Later" from the album "Special Beat Service" recorded for Go-Feet Records. The Band performs in a club surrounded by mostly indifferent artists and intellectuals. After some prodding from the band, the audience gradually joins in with dancing.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorRupert HineStarsThe FixxCharlie BarrettCy CurninThe Fixx perform in the music video "Red Skies" from the album "Shuttered Room" recorded for MCA Records. The music video open on the band in silhouette as they stand in front of clouds moving across the sky. The band performs in front of the clouds with Cy Curnin singing.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsThe FlirtsMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 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 Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsGlenn GregoryHeaven 17Ian Craig MarshMusic video by Heaven 17 performing "Let Me Go".MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorSoren JensenStarsGarry BeersMichele BennettAndrew FarrissVideo promo for "The One Thing" by INXS, released as the first single from their third studio album, Shabooh Shoobah.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsJoe JacksonJoe Jackson performs in the music video "Breaking Us in Two" from the album "Night and Day" recorded for A&M Records. The music video opens with a crying woman leaving an apartment with a suitcase and bird. She goes to the train station. Joe Jackson rides the train and plays piano.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsMichael JacksonSimon FieldsRaquel PeñaA music video for Michael Jackson's song 'Billie Jean'.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorJerry KramerStarsDonny BaldwinCraig ChaquicoDavid FreibergMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsThe MembersNigel BennettJc CarrollThe Members perform in the music video "Working Girl" from the album "Uprhythm, Downbeat" recorded for Arista Records. The music video opens with a girl in a convertible. As she goes to work, the band perform the song as they are playing snooker at a bar with Nicky Tesco singing.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsModern EnglishRichard BrownMick ConroyModern English performs in the music video "I Melt with You" from the album "After the Snow" recorded for 4AD and Sire Records. Moden Englist perform the song in a darkened room with Robbie Grey wearing a black shirt and hat. A man and a woman ballroom dance to the song as the band plays.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorPepe MarcosSimon MilneStarsPete ByrneRob FisherNaked EyesIn the official music video for the Naked Eyes version of "Always Something There to Remind Me", a man finds out his ex is getting married via newspaper headlines.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorBryan GreenbergStarsPrinceDez DickersonLisa ColemanA promotional video for Prince's 1983 hit single "Little Red Corvette."MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsRed RiderRob BakerTom CochraneRed Rider perform in the music video "Light in the Tunnel/Human Race" from the album "Neruda" recorded for Capitol Records. The music video opens with shots of the sun rising over the ocean on a beach. The band performs in a large room with smoke around them. Tom Cochrane sings while the band plays.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsSchon & HammerJan HammerNeal SchonSchon and Hammer perform in the music video "No More Lies" from the album "Here to Stay" recorded for Columbia Records. The music video opens with shots of a city and a woman. Neal Schon sings to the camera while the woman prepares to go out. Neal Schon and Jan Hammer in a box decorated with string.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsBilly SquierBobby ChouinardAlan St. JonBilly Squier performs in the music video "She's A Runner" from the album "Emotions in Motion" recorded for Capitol Records. The music video features Billy Squier performing the song on the concert stage. He stands under a spotlight and plays guitar while he sings.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 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 Medium Rotation (2-3 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 Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorChris CrossMidge UreStarsUltravoxWarren CannChris CrossMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorMeiert AvisStarsBonoAdam ClaytonThe EdgeA promotional video for U2's 1983 single "New Year's Day."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 Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorPeter SinclairStarsAlan ClarkDire StraitsJohn IllsleyMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsDivinylsChristina AmphlettRick GrossmanDivinyls perform in the music video "Boys in Town" from the album "Desperate" recorded for Chrysalis Records. The music video features the band performing the song on a darkened stage under blue lighting. Christina Amphlett sings while the band plays behind her.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorGeorge H. CookStarsFelonyArty BleaLouis RuizFelony performs in the music video "The Fanatic" from the album "The Fanatic" recorded for Scotti Brothers and CBS Records. The band performing on an all white set. The band interact with a variety of objects .Jeffrey Scott Spry sings while the band plays.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsChuck FrancourChuck Francour performs in the music video "Under the Boulevard Lights" from the album "Under the Boulevard Lights" recorded for EMI and America Records. The music video features Chuck Francour standing outside of a tattoo parlor. He sings to the camera as he hangs out on the sidewalk and visits places throughout the city.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsJohn Hall BandJohn HallBob LeinbachJohn Hall Band performs in the music video "Love Me Again" from the album "Searchparty" recorded for EMI America. The music video features the band performing on a set with a black background. John Hall sings while wearing a suit. A group of odd men play a video game throughout.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsGeorge Hatcher BandGeorge HatcherTad HoughMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- 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 Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorChuck CirinoStarsLeRouxFergie FrederiksenTony HaseldenLeRoux performs in the music video "Carrie's Gone" from the album "So Fired Up" recorded for RCA Records. The music video opens with a sports car pulling up to a mansion. A man enters the home and notices a letter as he is about to make a call. The band defends a woman from the man.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsKenny LogginsMike HamiltonTris ImbodenKenny Loggins performs in the music video "Welcome to Heartlight" from the album "High Adventure" recorded for Columbia Records. Kenny Loggins plays as he stands in front of a window as smog slowly enters the room. He also performs with his band in front of a neon set.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorMalcolm McLarenStarsMalcolm McLarenRock Steady CrewMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- 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 Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsLoz NettoJohnathan ColeIan MaidmanLoz Netto performs in the music video "Fadeaway" from the album "Loz Netto's Bzar" recorded for Polydor Records. The music video follows a woman as she flees from a man who is following her. Loz Netto and his band perform on a club stage for an enthusiastic group of dancing fans.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorTim NewmanStarsMichael BoddickerLaura HowardSteve LukatherMusic video for Randy Newman's song "I Love L.A.", from the album "Trouble in Paradise". The clip is a love letter to the city of Los Angeles, with Newman moving from the cold and gray New York to enjoy the crowded and colorful settings of L.A. with extravagant cars, beautiful girls and sunny beaches.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsRodwayWilliam BasinskiSteve RodwayRodway performs in the music video "I Am Electric" from the album "Horizontal Hold" recorded for Millennium Records and RCA Records. The music video opens with Steve Rodway sitting in a futuristic chair with mirrors. He sings on a darkened stage under colored lights with a band and back-up singers.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorTodd RundgrenStarsTodd RundgrenMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- 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 Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsJim KerrCharlie BurchillSimple MindsVideo clip for "Promised You a Miracle" by Simple Minds. It was released as the first single from their fifth studio album New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84).MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorJerry WilliamsStarsSingle Bullet TheoryBarry C. FitzgeraldMichael Maurice GarrettSingle Bullet Theory performs in the music video "Keep it Tight" from the album "Single Bullet Theory" recorded for Nemperor Records. The band arrives at a hotel and disturb some hotel guests as they perform the song in one of the rooms. Eventually everyone joins the party.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsStrange AdvanceDrew ArnottPaul IversonStrange Advance performs in the music video "She Controls Me" from the album "Worlds Away" recorded for Capitol Records. The music video opens with shots of a set covered in illuminated squares. Darryl Kromm sings to the camera while the rest of the band plays behind him.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsRick DaviesJohn HelliwellBob SiebenbergMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorMaurice PhillipsStarsTom BaileyThompson TwinsAlannah Currie"Lies" is a 1982 song by the British band Thompson Twins. It was released as the first single from the album Quick Step and Side Kick (Side Kicks in the U.S.).MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsThe ToonsMike CareyBobby Santa CruzThe Toons perform in the music video "Video Games" from the album "Looking At Girls" recorded for Polydor Records. The music video features the band performing in front of an all white background. Clips of the band in a high school eager to play video games feature throughout.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorDieter MeierStarsPeter BehrensGert 'Kralle' KrawinkelStephan RemmlerThe video shows trio playing the song on the home garage roof of their house.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsVandenbergBert HeerinkDick KemperVandenberg performs in the music video "Your Love Is In Vain" from the album "Vandenberg" recorded for ATCO Records. The music video features the band performing on a darkened set under colored lights. Bert Heerink sings while the band plays near him.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsNeil YoungBen KeithJoe LalaNeil Young performs in the music video "Sample and Hold" from the album "Trans" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video features Neil Young and his band performing the song on a darkened stage under lights. Neil Young sings and plays guitar while also using a vocoder.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)