MTV Programming Week of 1983-04-27
A list featuring the programming rotations of MTV for the week of 04/27/1983. (Source: Billboard 1983-05-07, Pg. 26)
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- StarsMatthew AshmanAnnabella LwinBow Wow WowMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorPhilip DaveyStarsLaura BraniganMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorKevin HewittStarsDepeche ModeAndrew FletcherDave GahanMusic video for Depeche Mode: Get the Balance Right!.MTV New Videos Added
- 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 New Videos Added
- StarsKelly GroucuttMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorTom BuckholtzStarsJonathan CainJourneySteve PerryMTV New Videos Added
- StarsMark GaneMartha JohnsonNick KentMTV New Videos Added
- StarsNew ModelsCasey LindstromSteven ThurberMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorMarcelo EpsteinStarsFreddy AlwagFrank GarciaIsh LedesmaMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorWillie ChristieStarsAlex McAvoyPink Floyd'The Gunner's Dream' shows the veteran driving his Rover P4 down an empty motorway. As he passes under a bridge, he sees a war veteran standing on the bridge. He stops the car and runs back to look. The camera focuses on a piece of graffiti reading "Go on Maggie", a reference to the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Instead of a veteran, there is a woman standing smirking at him. The scene changes to a home scene where he watches television with his wife. He enters the kitchen and pulls out a pistol. The smirking woman is then seen walking past their house.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorWillie ChristieStarsAlex McAvoyPink FloydIn The Final Cut Video EP for the song depicts a Japanese child walking through a factory searching for a soldier. The child is confronted by factory workers playing cards and geisha girls before he falls to his death from a scaffold and is discovered by a World War II veteran.MTV New Videos Added
- 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 New Videos Added
- StarsNile RodgersNile Rodgers performs in the music video "Land of the Good Groove" from the album "Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove" recorded for Mirage Music and Atlantic Records. The music video features Nile Rodgers as he sings in front of photographs featuring shots of New York City.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsRoxy MusicBryan FerryAndy MackayMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsTony HadleyJohn KeebleGary KempMusic video of Spandau Ballet performing "Lifeline".MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsBryan AdamsMickey CurryTommy MandelMTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- StarsAfter the FirePeter BanksPete KingAfter the Fire performs in the music video "Der Kommissar" from the album "Der Kommissar" recorded for Epic Records. The music video begins at a bar with a man drinking as a seductive woman approaches him. Later the woman puts on makeup in a mirror and the bar patrons sing along with the song.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 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 Heavy Rotation (3-4 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 Heavy Rotation (3-4 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 Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorSteve BarronThomas DolbyStarsThomas DolbyMagnus PykeThomas Dolby performs in the music video "She Blinded Me with Science" from the album "The Golden Age of Wireless" recorded for Capitol Records. Thomas Dolby commits himself to the Home for Deranged Scientists. A variety of mad scientists operate bizarre inventions on the grounds of the home. A doctor tries to diagnosis him as a woman tires to seduce him.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- StarsFalcoFalco performs in the music video "Der Kommissar" from the album "Einzelhaft" recorded for A&M Records. The music video begins with Falco superimposed over video of police cars driving on a road during the night. Falco wearing sunglasses runs, dances, and sings.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorSoren JensenStarsGarry BeersMichele BennettAndrew FarrissVideo promo for "The One Thing" by INXS, released as the first single from their third studio album, Shabooh Shoobah.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorBob GiraldiStarsMichael JacksonBill BrayMichael DeLorenzoA promotional video for Michael Jackson's 1983 hit single "Beat It."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)