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In 1982 Disco music had almost all but died out. It was being replaced by New Wave music, you can feel that influence on this list. You can also feel the influence of MTV, yes MTV used to have music and influence. New Wave music took full advantage of the visual medium and that’s partly why it exploded in the early 80s. Hip Hop was also making it’s first strides with the rap on Blondie’s “Rapture” and only a year away from Grandmaster Flash’s “White Lines (Don’t Do It)”.
Originally this was going to be the 102 greatest songs of 1982, however I have decided I’m going to include as many of the greatest songs of that year.
From the exquisite movie “E.T.”. I think I need to watch that movie again. I think I only watched it when it originally came out. 103) Neil Diamond “Heartlight”:
104) New Order “Temptation”:
105) The Kinks “Come Dancing”:
106) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “You Got Lucky”:
107) Thompson Twins “In The Name of Love”:
108) Bertie Higgins “Key Largo”:
109) Rolling Stones “Hang Fire”:
Album released in 1981, the single released in 1982. 110) AC/DC “For Those About To Rock We Salute You”:
111) Foreigner “Waiting For A Girl Like You”:
An all-time classic one hit wonder. 112) Modern English “I Melt For You”:
113) Billy Squier “Emotions In Motion”:
114) Dan Fogelberg “Missing You”:
115) Pat Benatar “Looking For A Stranger”:
116) Rick Springfield “Don’t Talk To Strangers”:
117) Billy Joel “Goodnight Saigon”:
118) Quarterflash “Find Another Fool”:
119) The Cars “Shake It Up’:
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