MTV Programming Week of 1983-04-06
A list featuring the programming rotations of MTV for the week of 04/06/1983. (Source: Billboard 1983-04-16, Pg. 80)
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- DirectorBrian DuffyStarsABCMartin FryDavid PalmerMTV New Videos Added
- StarsJoan ArmatradingJulia TobinMTV New Videos Added
- StarsGarland JeffreysHarvey KeitelLou ReedGarland Jeffreys performs in the music video "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" from the album "Guts For Love" recorded for Epic Records and CBS Records. The music video opens with shots of a man playing saxophone in a club flirting with a woman. Garland Jeffreys sings to the camera in front of a black background. The sax player repeatedly flirts with the woman throughout the city.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsNick LoweMartin BelmontPaul CarrackNick Lowe performs in the music video "Ragin' Eyes" from the album "The Abominable Showman" recorded for F-Beat Records and Columbia Records. The music video features Nick Lowe and his band as they perform in front of white walls decorated with boards designed to test eyes. Clips of Lowe in an office dealing with any angry woman.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorTony StevensStarsGreg HamColin HayMen at WorkMusic video for Overkill by Men at Work.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsNeevaJames NeviusVanessa WilkinsonNeeva performs in the music video "Blue Star" from the album "Neeva" recorded for MSI and Quality Records. The music video opens at a upscale party in an apartment. Everyone stands still while James Nevius sings. He meets Vanessa Wilkinson who joins him song.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorLuis AiraStarsRic OcasekRic Ocasek performs in the music video "Jimmy Jimmy" from the album "Beatitude" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens with a car pulling up to a sidewalk. A young man gets out and walks down the sidewalk before getting in line for a club. The young man later watches television and hangs out.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorPeter SinclairStarsPaul HumphreysAndy McCluskeyOrchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkMusic video for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Telegraph.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorDave RobinsonStarsRobert PalmerRobert Palmer performs in the music video "Pride" from the album "Pride" recorded for Island Records. The video begins with Robert Palmer singing with a steel drum band. Later, he sings will sitting in a horse drawn cart as a woman jogs. Clips of dancers and a body building woman play throughout.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorStorm ThorgersonStarsPlanet P ProjectNick BrimbleTony CareyPlanet P performs in the music video "Why Me?" from the album "Planet P" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens with a space suited figure rising into the sky as a woman watches on at her car. The man in the space suit observes unusual lights while the woman drives.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsSimple MindsCharlie BurchillDerek ForbesSimple Minds performs in the music video "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" from the album "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video features the band performing on a stage. In the background are steel fences made into cages.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsThe Stray CatsSlim Jim PhantomLee RockerThe Stray Cats performs in the music video "Runaway Boys" from the album "Stray Cats" recorded for Arista Records. The music video opens with the band sitting in a car as they are being driven around. Later, they performs in a small room with windows behind them.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsSylvesterMTV 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorBob GiraldiStarsMichael JacksonBill BrayMichael DeLorenzoA promotional video for Michael Jackson's 1983 hit single "Beat It."MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsMichael JacksonSimon FieldsRaquel PeñaA music video for Michael Jackson's song 'Billie Jean'.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)
- 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 Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorLuis AiraStarsRic OcasekMarianne GravatteRic Ocasek performs in the music video "Something to Grab For" from the album "Beatitude" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens with Ric Ocasek dressing up. He sings as he looks into a mirror and later he sits on a chair watching a blonde woman in a white dress.MTV 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)
- DirectorMeiert AvisStarsBonoAdam ClaytonThe EdgeA promotional video for U2's 1983 single "New Year's Day."MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- 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 Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorDominic OrlandoStarsBerlinJohn CrawfordTerri NunnMusic video for Berlin's 1983 single "The Metro".MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorMartin KahanStarsMichael BoltonMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsDavid BowieJoelene KingTerry RobertsA promotional video for David Bowie 's 1983 hit single "Let's Dance."MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsJon Butcher AxisDerek BlevinsJon ButcherJon Butcher Axis performs in the music video "Life Takes a Life" from the album "Jon Butcher Axis" recorded for Polydor Records and Polygram Records. The must video features the band performing in a small apartment overlooking a street. Police arrive to surround the building. There are flashback to childhood as the bodies are removed.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)
- 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)
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonNick RhodesThe band performs on an elevated stage behind a model's catwalk, which resembles a boxing ring, as various scantily clad women act out a series of erotic vignettes. A number of these scenarios feature mild depictions of BDSM and lesbian fetishes as well as a recurring theme of seduction and abandonment.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorBill ButtStarsEcho & The BunnymenPete DeFreitasIan McCullochEcho and The Bunnymen perform in the music video "The Cutter" from the album "Porcupine" recorded for Korova Records. The music video opens with shots of a mountain glacier and caves surrounded by ice. The band performs on a darkened stage illuminated with light and projected footage of the mountain in the mountains.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)
- StarsRobert HazardRobert Hazard performs in the first version of the music video "Escalator of Life" from the EP album "Robert Hazard" recorded for RHA Records and RCA Records. The music video opens with shots of people at a fancy dinner who later stand on the escalator as it rises. Robert Hazard sings against a black background.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)
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsBilly IdolPerri ListerMusic video for Billy Idol: White Wedding.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorJay DubinStarsBilly JoelMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMick AvoryDave DaviesRay DaviesMTV 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)
- 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 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)
- 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 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 GrantStarsThompson TwinsTom BaileyAlannah CurrieMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorChris CrossMidge UreStarsUltravoxWarren CannChris CrossMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 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 Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorKeefStarsBananaramaSara DallinSiobhan FaheyThe music video features the band playing in a school playground and then being made to move by a group of lads. They then decide to join a boxing club so the video features them singing the song whilst boxing. By the end of the video they return to the playground wearing leathers and this time make the group of lads move away. They then ride off into the night on motorbikes.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorBrian GriffinStarsBlanket of SecrecyRoger BechirianAndy HowellBlanket of Secrecy performs in the music video "Say You Will" from the album "Walls Have Ears" recorded for F-Beat Records. The music video features the band as they perform semi-obscured in shadows and red light. They stand in front of black backgrounds and wear black clothing.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsThe B'zzAnatoly HalinkovitchTom HollandThe B'zz performs in the music video "Get Up Get Angry" from the album "Get Up" recorded for Epic Records. The music video opens with a young man asleep in bed while a woman dresses and leaves. The band performs on a darkened set in front of a pink and purple background.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorChris GabrinStarsBoy GeorgeMikey CraigCulture ClubMTV 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)
- StarsThe DriversSteven BoorerMalcolm NormanMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsThe BeatRoger CharleryAndy CoxThe Beat performs in the music video "I Confess" from the album "Special Beat Service" recorded for Go-Feet Records. The music video opens with a zoom on a piano against a white background. The band performs in front of the white background with split screens featured throughout.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)
- 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 Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorDavid RoseStarsPeter GodwinMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- 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 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)
- StarsGarland JeffreysGarland Jeffreys performs in the music video "El Salvador" from the album "Guts For Love" recorded for Epic Records and CBS Records. The music video opens with shots of buildings and people in the country of El Salvador. Garland Jeffreys sings to the camera as she stands in front of a black background.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsDuke JupiterDavid CorcoranRickey EllisDuke Jupiter performs in the music video "I'm Available" from the album "You Make It Look Easy" recorded for Coast to Coast Records. The music video features the band performing the song on a set with a black background decorated with the band's logo and smoke along the floor.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- 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 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)
- 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 Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorDave RobinsonStarsMadnessMike BarsonMark BedfordMadness performs in the music video "Our House" from the album "The Rise and Fall" recorded for Stiff Records. Suggs and the band live in an old Victorian terraced house. They play instruments in the living and sing about preparing for work and school.MTV 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)
- DirectorDaniel HalperinStarsJack BladesAlan FitzgeraldBrad GillisNight Ranger performs in the music video "Sing Me Away" from the album "Dawn Patrol" recorded for Boardwalk Records. The band performs the song on a darkened concert stage. Video clips also feature the band as it travels on the road from concert venue to convert venue.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorJoe FedericiStarsPhil BimsteinBlanche Le BlancPhil 'N' the Blanks performs in the music video "Advertising Girls" from the album "Multiple Choice" recorded for Pink Records. The music video features a man watching television commercials as a woman puts on make-up an imagines herself starring in television advertisements.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorBill DavisStarsJohn AshtonRichard ButlerTim ButlerMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsSagaIan CrichtonJim CrichtonSaga performs in the music video "Wind Him Up" from the album "In Transit" recorded for Polydor Records and Maze Records. The music video opens with a man entering a casino and sitting down at the roulette table. The band performs in the casino as the man makes his bets. He loses and sells his car before losing again.MTV 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)
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsJet BlackJean-Jacques BurnelHugh CornwellMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsThe SuburbsBruce C. AllenBeej ChaneyThe Suburbs performs in the music video "Waiting" from the EP album "Dream Hog" recorded for Twin/Tone Records. The music video opens with close-ups on the band members as they are playing their instruments. They performs on a darkened set that is decorated with different colored curtains.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsMasayoshi TakanakaTakanaka performs in the music video "Thunderstorm" from the album "The Rainbow Goblins" recorded for Kitty Records. The music video opens with shots of the stage as it is bathed in spot lights, lasers, and electrical light. The band performs on stage while wearing oversized masks over their heads.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsToyah WillcoxToyah performs in the music video "Thunder in the Mountains" from the single recorded for Safari Records. The music video with a group of people sitting near a fire under an overpass. Toyah stands and begins to sing as she goes upward. She gets on a futuristic chariot driven by a horse.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)