Playlist! YEAR 6: 1983

When I started editing 1983, I already had gathered 5+ hours of music. Somehow I managed to cut it down to less than 2 hours but I don't know how. I must have cut important songs but at this point I'll never know.

It's really getting fun/challenging because I have memories of hearing these songs on the radio now. Collin and I listened to this playlist (with the bonus tracks) last night, trying to figure out what to cut while considering where to go for our-my-birthday trip. Two years after his 40th he's getting excited about celebrating :-)

In addition to my early memories of these songs making it difficult to cut songs, there were also several really ground-breaking/awesome albums released this year: Borderline (Madonna), Let's Dance (David Bowie), Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads), Synchronicity (The Police), Thriller (Michael Jackson)... At least my informal rule of only having one song per artist allowed (forced) me to cut quite a few songs!

Link / Year 6: 1983*

Track Listing:

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Eyes Without a Face - Billy Idol
China Girl - David Bowie
Lucky Star - Madonna
Only You - Yaz
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Rockit - Herbie Hancock
Freak-A-Zoid (Radio Edit) - Midnight Star
Rio (US Edit) - Duran Duran
Der Kommissar - After the Fire
Africa - Toto
One on One - Hall & Oates
Faithfully - Journey
Flashdance... What a Feeling (Radio Edit) - Irene Cara
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
Come Dancing - The Kinks
A New England - Billy Bragg
Cherry Oh Baby - UB40
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie


*By the way, you may have to have a subscription to Apple Music to listen to this. You will almost certainly need iTunes and an Apple ID. If you'd rather I make you an actual mixtape, just remember that it's 2017 not 1977.

thanks xoxo