MTV Programming Week of 1983-02-02
A list featuring the programming rotations of MTV for the week of 2/2/1983. (Source: Billboard 1983-02-12, Pg. 27)
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- DirectorBrian WisemanStarsKate BushHannah BushMTV New Video Added
- StarsPhil CollinsPhil Collins performs in the music video "Thru These Walls" from the album "Hello, I Must Be Going!" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video opens with a shot of a rocking chair and children's toys. Phil Collins sings as he sit on a bed in a darkened bedroom.MTV New Video Added
- 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 New Video Added
- DirectorLindsey ClennellStarsThe JamRick BucklerBruce FoxtonThe Jam perform in the music video "Bitterest Pill" from the single recorded for Polydor Records. The music video opens with Paul Weller singing as he stands in a brick alley. He continues to sing and reflect on an old relationship as he stands at a variety of different locations.MTV New Video Added
- StarsJudas PriestK.K. DowningRob HalfordMusic video for Judas Priest's 1982 songs "The Hellion/Electric Eye". The video begins with the instrumental intro "The Hellion" on a darkened stage before going directly over into "Electric Eye" to which the stage is illuminated.MTV New Video Added
- 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 New Video Added
- 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 New Video Added
- DirectorMeiert AvisStarsBonoAdam ClaytonThe EdgeA promotional video for U2's 1983 single "New Year's Day."MTV New Video Added
- DirectorMark RobinsonStarsPat BenatarMusic video for Pat Benatar's "Little Too Late".MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 Plays a day)
- DirectorStuart OrmeStarsAnni-Frid LyngstadMTV 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)
- DirectorRick SereeniStarsSammy HagarSammy Hagar performs in the music video "Three Lock Box" from the album "Three Lock Box" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens with Sammy Hagar exploding out a large box and playing guitar. He performs against a black background and a mirror.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 Plays a day)
- DirectorMick HaggertyC.D. TaylorStarsCharlie DechantHall & OatesDaryl HallThe song's music video, directed by Mick Haggerty and C.D. Taylor, depicts Hall walking around a city street singing the song, interspersed with shots of him performing on a stage with Oates.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 Plays a day)
- DirectorMick HaggertyC.D. TaylorStarsHall & OatesDaryl HallJohn OatesMTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 Plays a day)
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsBilly JoelOfficial promotional music video for the single "Allentown" written and performed by Billy Joel, released on the album The Nylon Curtain. The video presents the hardships, struggles and some good moments faced by American blue collar workers in the 1940's.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 Plays a day)
- DirectorTony StevensStarsGreg HamColin HayMen at WorkVideo promo for Men at Work - Be Good Johnny.
- DirectorDaniel HalperinStarsJack BladesAlan FitzgeraldBrad GillisNight Ranger performs in the music video "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" from the album "Dawn Patrol" recorded for Boardwalk Records. The band performs the song on a darkened sound stage decorated with train tracks, a train stop, and harsh wind.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 Plays a day)
- StarsTom Petty & The HeartbreakersMike CampbellHowie EpsteinTom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform in the music video "You Got Lucky" from the album "Long After Dark" recorded for Backstreet Records. The music video opens on a desert highway where a futuristic call pulls up. Tom Petty exits and he discovers an old portable stereo. The band pulls up and they enter old building with music equipment gathering the dust. They take a guitar and head out.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 Plays a day)
- DirectorDon LettsStarsThe PretendersMartin ChambersChrissie HyndeMTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 Plays a day)
- DirectorAdam AntMike MansfieldStarsAdam AntMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorAdam AntMike MansfieldStarsAdam AntMTV 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)
- DirectorTim PopeStarsThe CureRobert SmithLaurence TolhurstMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 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 Medium Rotation (2-3 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 Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)