Pick of the Year: 1982

‘MTV didn’t exist in 1980, but by 1982, it had gotten to be a force to be reckoned with’ – Nick Rhodes
Dad’s ‘Pick of the Year’ tapes were always a firm family favourite, where he would make a compilation cassette of his favourite songs form that year. He stopped in 1992 however, when music got a bit too modern for him. It’s something over the years I’ve tried to carry on, and did for a while but, no one listens to CDs anymore and they don’t have the same impact as mp3 playlists. I’ve often thought about restarting it all from 1982 on my blog though just so I have somewhere to put them all for prosperity sake.
The first rule of POTY is DON’T TALK ABOUT PICK OF THE YEAR, sorry, that’s the illegal underground fight club i’m part of.
The first rule of POTY is that you can only pick songs that charted in the top 75 in the UK. The second rule of POTY is that you can only pick enough songs that would fit onto an old C120 cassette (between 30-40 track). The final rule, one which i’ve imposed myself, is that you must include that year’s Christmas number 1 (highlighted in green)

Newborn Helen with Mum & Big Brother Gary in 1982

Tracks:

1. Bananarama – Shy Boy

2. Foreigner – Waiting For A Girl Like You

3. Soft Cell – Say Hello Wave Goodbye

4. J Giles Band – Centerfold

5. Billy Idol – Hot In The City

6. ABC – The Look of Love

7. Steve Winwood – Valerie

8. Kraftwerk – The Model

9. Junior – Mama Used To Say

10. Tight Fight – The Lion Sleeps Tonight

11. Survivor – Eye of the Tiger

12. Steve Miller Band – Abracadabra

13. ABC – All of My Heart

14. Human League – Don’t You Want Me

15. XTC – Senses Working Overtime

16. Madness – House of Fun

17. Toni Basil – Mickey

18. Dexies Midnight Runners – Come on Eileen

19. Yazoo – Only You

20. Musical Youth – Pass the Dutchie

21. Culture Club – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

22. Irene Cara – Fame

23. Chicago – Hard to Say I’m Sorry

24. Hall & Oates – Maneater

25. Bob Seger – We’ve Got Tonight

26. Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf

27. The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go

28. Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love

29. Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing

30. Hall & Oats – I Can’t Go For That

31. Toto – Africa

32. Renee and Renato – Save Your Love