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Way Back Wednesday

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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of February 19, 1983

Eric Vardeman

This Week In 1983: February 19th We have a new #1 song this week. Patti Austin and James Ingram move into the top spot with “Baby, Come To Me”. The top 20 remains largely unchanged CONTINUE READING…

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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of February 12, 1983

Eric Vardeman

This Week In 1983: February 5th After slipping one spot to #2 last week, Men At Work reclaim the top spot with “Down Under”. This week’s biggest drop is by Don Henley and the song CONTINUE READING…

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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of February 5, 1983

Eric Vardeman

This Week In 1983: February 5th After three weeks in the top spot, Men At Work finally slip one notch making way for Toto and their only #1 hit “Africa”. The song was written by CONTINUE READING…

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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of January 29, 1983

Eric Vardeman

This Week In 1983: January 29th Men At Work are still holding down the top spot. After being in the top ten since November of 1982, “Mickey” by Toni Basil starts it’s quick descent back CONTINUE READING…

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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of January 22, 1983

Eric Vardeman

This Week In 1983: January 22nd Men At Work are still holding strong this week at #1 with “Down Under”. In fact, all the songs in the top ten are the same, just shuffled a CONTINUE READING…

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Way Back Wednesday: January 15, 1983

Eric Vardeman

This Week In 1983: January 15th After four weeks in the top spots, Hall & Oates are supplanted by Men At Work with the song “Down Under”. The song’s lyrics, full of slang and drug CONTINUE READING…

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Way Back Wednesday: January 8, 1983

Eric Vardeman

This Week In 1983: January 8th Our first number one song of the year belongs to Daryl Hall & John Oates. The prototype for the song was a piece that John Oates had been banging CONTINUE READING…

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Way Back Wednesday: The Music of 1983

Eric Vardeman

There’s a scene in the movie, The Devil Wears Prada, where the character Andy (played by Anne Hathaway) is complaining to a co-worker, Nigel (played by Stanley Tucci), about her job, her boss and the CONTINUE READING…

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