MTV Programming Week of 1983-06-08
A list featuring the programming rotations of MTV for the week of 06/08/1983. (Source: Billboard 1983-06-18, Pg. 30)
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- DirectorSteve BarronStarsBryan AdamsMTV New Videos Added
- StarsArc AngelJeff CannataMichael SoldanMTV New Videos Added
- StarsBasile LerouxSerge PerathonerBlue RoseMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorThomas DolbySimon MaggsStarsThomas DolbyMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorBob HartStarsGreg Kihn BandGreg DouglassGreg KihnMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsPaul DeanMatt FrenetteDoug JohnsonMTV New Videos Added
- StarsRichard BrownMick ConroyRobbie GreyMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsRod StewartMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsTéléphoneJean-Louis AubertLouis BertignacMTV New Videos Added
- StarsUriah HeepMick BoxBob DaisleyMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorDieter MeierStarsYelloBoris BlankPatrizia FontanaMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsDavid BowieGeeling ChingA promotional video for David Bowie's 1983 hit single "China Girl."MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsDavid BowieJoelene KingTerry RobertsA promotional video for David Bowie 's 1983 hit single "Let's Dance."MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonNick RhodesMTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 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 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)
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMick AvoryDave DaviesRay DaviesMTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorTony StevensStarsGreg HamColin HayMen at WorkMusic video for Men at Work - It's a Mistake.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 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 Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- 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 Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsThe PoliceStewart CopelandStingA promotional video for The Police's 1983 hit single "Every Breath You Take."MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorBryan GreenbergStarsPrinceDez DickersonLisa ColemanA promotional video for Prince's 1983 hit single "Little Red Corvette."MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsRick AndersonAlexis ArquetteMichael CottenMTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorTim NewmanStarsZZ TopDusty HillBilly GibbonsDirected by Tim Newman, the video features ZZ Top playing at a gas station, along with actor/model Peter Tramm playing a young gas station mechanic, and introduces classic ZZ elements such as the red "ZZ Eliminator Car," the "ZZ Keychain" and the "Three ZZ Girls" as heroines. It is the first of a ZZ Top music video series.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)
- StarsJoan ArmatradingJulia TobinMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsMatthew AshmanAnnabella LwinBow Wow WowMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorChris GabrinStarsMartin BrileyMartin Briley performs in the music video "The Salt in My Tears" from the album "One Night with a Stranger" recorded for Mercury Records. The music video opens with a woman in lingerie on a bed. She puts on a red dress before heading to the next room. Martin Briley sings and plays guitar on a couch.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsDef LeppardRick AllenStephen ClarkDef Leppard performs in the music video "Rock of Ages" from the album "Pyromania" recorded for Mercury and Vertigo Records.The music video begins with a group of robed figures and a woman chained to a tree. The band performs against a rocky background. Joe Elliott wields a large sword that turns into a guitar.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsDave EdmundsDave Edmunds performs in the music video "Slippin' Away" from the album "Information" recorded for Arista Records and Columbia Records. The music video opens with a racing car being towed through city streets. Dave Edmunds sings and plays guitar in a garage as a woman works on the car.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsThe FixxCy CurninRupert GreenallMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsGoannaRoslyn BygravePeter CoughlanGoanna performs in the music video "Solid Rock" from the album "Spirit of Place" recorded for Atco Records and WEA Australia. The music video opens with an animated cave lizard walking and a didjeridu playing. The band performs the song in front of a darkened background.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorMick HaggertyC.D. TaylorStarsHall & OatesDaryl HallJohn OatesMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsIan BurdenJo CallisJoanne CatherallMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorScott HicksStarsGarry BeersAndrew FarrissJon FarrissMusic video for "Don't Change" by Australian rock band INXS. It was released as a single from their third album Shabooh Shoobah.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsElton JohnSandy StrallenBruno TonioliOfficial music video for "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorTom BuckholtzStarsJonathan CainJourneySteve PerryMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorPhil TuckettStarsJonathan CainJourneySteve PerryMusic Video for Journeys song "Faithfully".MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 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 Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorJoe DeaStarsKrokusMark KohlerMarc StoraceKrokus performs in the music video "Screaming in the Night" from the album "Headhunter" recorded for Arista Records. The music video begins with a group of torment and whipped people pulling a cart and carrying a wooden coffin in a quasi-religious parade. The band is tired to the cart before being escorted to a cage.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 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 Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorWillie ChristieStarsJayne MansfieldMarilyn MonroeAlex McAvoyLonger than a music video, shorter than a feature film, this is essentially a short film version of Pink Floyd's album "The Final Cut". As such, the visual material is much the same as a music video (this was made in the crazy early days of MTV, after all), but this covers four songs, in a continuous, unified way.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorWillie ChristieStarsAlex McAvoy"The Fletcher Memorial Home" features dictators and politicians walking around in an asylum, filmed at Forty Hall in Enfield. These politicians include Thatcher, Leopoldo Galtieri, Winston Churchill, Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler, among others. The war veteran walks up to them, pulls out the gun seen earlier and shoots them. Just afterward, he walks over to the window of the asylum and sees them well and alive inside. The film ends.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorMark RezykaStarsQuiet RiotFrankie BanaliCarlos CavazoQuiet Riot performs in the music video "Band Your Head (Metal Health)" from the album "Metal Health" recorded for Pasha Records. The video begins with a man in an iron mask in a padded cell. He bangs against the wall in an effort to escape. He gets out the door. Meanwhile, Quiet Riot performs at a concert.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsRed RockersJohn Thomas GriffithDarren HillRed Rockers performs in the music video "China" from the album "Good as Gold" recorded for Columbia Records and 415 Records. The music video features the band performing on a set featuring Chinese decorations. Three women run carrying flags. John Thomas Griffith sings in a bazaar.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsRoman HollidayBrian BonhommeSimon CohenMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsJennifer BealsMichael SembelloThe official music video for Michael Sembello's song "Maniac" features clips from the film Flashdance, with Jennifer Beals, as, Alex working out.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsPete ShelleyMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorGraham WhifflerStarsSparksJane WiedlinRon MaelMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorDoug DowdleStarsRick SpringfieldMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorBrian GibsonStarsDennis DeYoungSuzanne DeYoungChuck PanozzoMusic video for a ballad from the concept album 'Kilroy Was Here' by Styx. Melancholic Kilroy thinks about his ex, who left him after he was sent to prison, and the time he spent there. The band performs the song dressed as prisoners.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsPeter ToshMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- DirectorMeiert AvisStarsBonoAdam ClaytonThe EdgeA promotional video for U2's 1983 single "Two Hearts Beat as One."MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsZebraGuy GelsoFelix HanemannMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsAltered ImagesClare GroganSteve LironiMusic video by Altered Images performing "Don't Talk to Me About Love".MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsMarty BalinMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorChris CrossMidge UreStarsBananaramaSara DallinSiobhan FaheyMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorFrancis DeliaStarsThe BanglesSusanna HoffsDebbi PetersonMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsThe Belle StarsJennie MatthiasMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsBlackfootCharlie HargrettKen HensleyMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsThe BlastersLee AllenDave AlvinMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorJames YukichStarsBurning SensationsMorley BartnoffRob HasickMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsJim CapaldiEric BogosianJo BonneyMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsJoe King Carrasco & The CrownsJoe King CarrascoKristine CummingsMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsCarmine AppiceRick DerringerDNAMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorChris AshbrookJon RosemanDavid A. StewartStarsEurythmicsAnnie LennoxDavid A. StewartA music video for Eurythmics's song 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsFastwayFast Eddie ClarkeDave KingMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorJames YukichStarsIron MaidenBruce DickinsonSteve HarrisIron Maiden performs in the music video "Flight of Icarus" from the album "Piece of Mind" recorded for EMI Records. The music video features the band performing the song in a recording studio while a dark grim reaper figure stands ominously near the shore of the ocean.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsJulukaJohnny CleggSipho MchunuMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorSimon MilneStarsFishMark KellyMarillionMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsMeat LoafDerek LyonsJohn SimpkinMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsMental As AnythingReg MombassaPeter O'DoughertyMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsGary MyrickMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsThe NitecapsSammy BrownPeter JordanMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsRobert Ellis OrrallCarlene CarterMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsPlanet P ProjectTony CareyPlanet P performs in the music video "Static" from the album "Planet P" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens with water drops falling on a person's forehead. A older man looks at equipment in a narrow corridor. Later, a young man skates through the hallway of a building.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorFrancis DeliaStarsDee Dee RamoneJoey RamoneJohnny RamoneMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsRank & FileAlejandro EscovedoSlim EvansMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsThe RockatsDanny B. HarveyMichael K. OsbornMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsRoxy MusicBryan FerryAndy MackayMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsJules ShearMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorJerry WilliamsStarsSingle Bullet TheoryBarry C. FitzgeraldMichael Maurice GarrettSingle Bullet Theory performs in the music video "Hang on to your Heart" from the album "Single Bullet Theory" recorded for Nemperor Records. The music video features several romantic encounters before the band gets together to sing on a stage,MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorClive RichardsonStarsRoland OrzabalCurt SmithTears for FearsMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsTriumphRik EmmettMike LevineMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- Stars20/20Steve AllenRon FlyntMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsBonnie TylerBonnie Tyler's official music video for 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'.MTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsAlan VegaMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)
- StarsXExene CervenkaMTV Light Rotation (1-2 plays a day)