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- Artist
- Spandau Ballet
- Year
- 1983
- Song
- True
- Chart
- 4
This British pop group famed for their new romantic style music with the touch of jazz, funk, soul, and synthpop. They hit their international breakthrough with their third album 'True'. The romantic title ballad topped UK singles chart, as well as no.4 on Billboard chart. After that, they managed to make 2 small hits but nowhere near the level of this ballad. They disbanded in 1989.
- Artist
- Flash & the Pan
- Year
- 1983
- Song
- Waiting For A Train
- Chart
- UK 7
Flash and the Pan was an temporary project of the songwriter duo from the Easybeats - Harry Vanda and George Young. The band scored a couple hits on Australia chart during the end of 70s and early 80s. Their 1983 singles "Waiting For A Train" was a small hit in their homeland, but it unexpectedly became a big hit in UK. So far, it was their only record to score outside their native land.
- Artist
- OXO
- Year
- 1983
- Song
- Whirly Girl
- Chart
- 28
OXO was an experiment band of an ex-Foxy member, Ish Ledesma. They released their self-title debut album in 1983. The album also gave them their only hit "Whirly Girl". Despite having a Top40 hit song, the band's career was cut short as each member decided not to continue the band.
- Artist
- Face to Face
- Year
- 1984
- Song
- 10-9-8
- Chart
- 38
Not to confuse with the newer California punk band, this one was a Massachusetts new wave band that actived during the 1980s. They had a hit back in 1984 with "10-9-8" which barely scraped the Top40 position. Nonetheless, they could not follow up the success of this one song and quietly disbanded in 1989.
- Artist
- Nena
- Year
- 1984
- Song
- 99 Luftballons
- Chart
- 2
The German singer Nena reached the peak in her career with the song "99 Luftballoons" in 1984. This anti-nuclear war song was released in both German and English language. However, only the German version became a hit in US - peaked at no.2 on Billboard chart. Made it one of the most famous German song in the world (probably just after "Wooden Heart"). The English version was less successful, but never the less, became no.1 hit in UK.
- Artist
- Alphaville
- Year
- 1984
- Song
- Big In Japan
- Chart
- UK 8
Alphaville was a synthpop band from Berlin, Germany formed in 1983. The band got public attention with their first singles. The flashy "Big In Japan" was a no.1 hit in Germany, as well as a Top10 hit in UK in 1984. Although they scored another big hit in their homeland, none of them could ever entered UK chart again.
- Artist
- Rebbie Jackson
- Year
- 1984
- Song
- Centipede
- Chart
- 24
The eldest siblings of the Jackson family did not take part in the family's band but started her own music career in the mid 1970s. Her official debut singles was actually the very first song that her younger brother, Michael, ever wrote and produced. "Centipede" became a Top40 hit in 1984 and brought her fame. She scored a couple more R&B hits in the following decade but never return to pop chart again.
- Artist
- Dwight Twilley
- Year
- 1984
- Song
- Girls
- Chart
- 16
An American power pop artist Dwight Twilley started his solo career in 1979. He made a breakthrough with his third album, Jungle, in 1984. The album contained a no.16 hit singles "Girls". Twilley still releases new materials from time to time, but he never make another hit again.
- Artist
- Fiction Factory
- Year
- 1984
- Song
- (Feels Like) Heaven
- Chart
- UK 6
Fiction Factory was a short live Scottish synthpop band in the mid 1980s. They released their debut in 1984 with the dreaming "(Feels Like) Heaven", which became Top10 hit in UK. They disbanded shortly after released their second album a year after.
- Artist
- Talk Talk
- Year
- 1984
- Song
- It's My Life
- Chart
- 31
Talk Talk was an English synthpop band from the 1980s. They broke into international scene with their second album 'It's My Life', and its title singles became Top40 hit in several countries... except UK (no.46). It was their only US hit until they disbanded in 1992. In 1990, its reissue finally landed at no.13 on UK chart - the highest position on their homeland chart.
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