Singles 1982 on Bluesky

This tournament will commence tomorrow Friday 29th August.

Four matches will be posted each day, morning and evening until the FIRST ROUND is complete. None at weekends because social.media is quieter – people out there actually have lives to be getting on with!

From the music charts I stole 147 songs including two of your ultimate favourites in Save Your Love and The Birdie Song.

I then added another 17 songs from the indie charts of 1982 which included Love My Way, Wax And Wane and Lets Go To Bed.

It was a fabulous music year and I’m sure I could make a top twenty list of singles worthy of “winning song”.

Who makes the finals of course is down to your votes.

Here is the FIRST ROUND DRAW in full.

D Train – You’re The One For Me
VS
Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love

Tight Fit – Fantasy Island
VS
Toni Basil – Mickey

Associates – Party Fears Two
VS
Shakin’ Stevens – Oh Julie

Kim Wilde – View From A Bridge
VS
Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding

The Stranglers – Golden Brown
VS
PhD – I Won’t Let You Down

Lionel Richie – Truly
VS
Adam & The Ants – Deutscher Girls

Roxy Music – More Than This
VS
Scritti Politti – Asylums In Jerusalem

Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills
VS
Bucks Fizz – The Land Of Make Believe

Madness – Cardiac Arrest
VS
Simple Minds – Promised You A Miracle

Duran Duran – My Own Way
VS
Haircut 100 – Fantastic Day

Depeche Mode – See You
VS
Meat Loaf – Dead Ringer For Love

Sisters Of Mercy – Alice
VS
Kool & The Gang – Get Down On It

Sex Gang Children – Beasts EP
VS
Shakin’ Stevens – Shirley

Toto – Africa
VS
Elton John – Blue Eyes

Christopher Cross – Arthur’s Theme
VS
Felt – My Face Is On Fire

Shalamar – A Night To Remember
VS
The Passage – XOYO

Tracey Thorn – Plain Sailing
VS
Classix Nouveaux – Is It A Dream

Shakatak – Easier Said Than Done
VS
Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag

Trio – Da Da Da
VS
Farmers Boys – Whatever Is He Like

The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
VS
Adrian Gurvitz – Classic

Junior – Mama Used To Say
VS
Bardo – One Step Further

Starsound – Stars On 45
VS
ABC – Poison Arrow

Electric Light Orchestra – Ticket To The Moon
VS
Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science

Earth Wind & Fire – Let’s Groove
VS
Bucks Fizz – My Camera Never Lies

The Jam – A Town Called Malice
VS
Chas & Dave – Ain’t No Pleasing You

Foreigner – Waiting For A Girl Like You
VS
Bow Wow Wow – Go Wild In The Country

Adam & The Ants – Ant Rap
VS
Madness – House Of Fun

Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots
VS
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Maid Of Orleans

Rocky Sharpe & The Replays – Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)
VS
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder – Ebony And Ivory

The Clash – Rock The Casbah
VS
Shaking Stevens – Give Me Your Heart Tonight

Tight Fit – The Lion Sleeps Tonight
VS
Southern Death Cult – Moya / Fatman

Yazoo – Only You
VS
The Stranglers – Strange Little Girl

The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang
VS
ABC – The Look Of Love

Kid Creole & The Coconuts – Annie I’m Not Your Daddy
VS
Captain Sensible – Happy Talk

Depeche Mode – Leave In Silence
VS
Bananarama – Shy Boy

The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
VS
Fat Larry’s Band – Zoom

Brat Chalk Dust – The Umpire Strikes Back
VS
Dire Straits – Private Investigations

Gary Numan – Music For Chameleons
VS
Scotland World Cup Squad – We Have A Dream

Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker
VS
The Steve Miller Band – Abracadabra

Tears For Fears – Mad World
VS
Carly Simon – Why

Dexy’s Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express – Come On Eileen
VS
Ultravox – Reap The Wild Wind

Odyssey – Inside Out
VS
Adam Ant – Friend Or Foe

New Order – Temptation
VS
The Jam- The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)

Altered Images – I Could Be Happy
VS
Soft Cell – Torch

Irene Cara – Fame
VS
Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger

Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
VS
Madness – Driving In My Car

Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears
VS
Chicago – Hard To Say I’m Sorry

Kool & The Gang – Ooh La La La (Let’s Go Dancin’)
VS
Malcolm McLaren & The World’s Famous Supreme Team – Buffalo Gals

Rocker’s Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin – Walking On Sunshine
VS
Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love

Abba – One Of Us
VS
The Packman – I’m The Packman (Eat Everything I Can)

The Beat – Save It For Later
VS
The Tweets – The Birdie Song

Joe Jackson – Stepping Out
VS
The Mobiles – Drowning In Berlin

Talk Talk – Talk Talk
VS
Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey

Jon & Vangelis – I’ll Find My Way Home
VS
Billy Idol – White Wedding

Wham! – Young Guns (Go For It)
VS
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney – The Girl Is Mine

Dollar – Mirror Mirror
VS
Renee & Renato – Save Your Love

Japan – Night Porter
VS
The Police – Spirits In The Material World

Ultravox – Hymn
VS
Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf

Bananarama With Fun Boy Three – Really Saying Something
VS
The J Geils Band – Centerfold

Soft Cell – Say Hello Wave Goodbye
VS
Associates – Club Country

Shalamar – I Can Make You Feel Good
VS
Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad – Tottenham Tottenham

Adam Ant – Goody Two Shoes
VS
XTC – Senses Working Overtime

Fun Boy Three & Bananarama – It Ain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It
VS
Madness – It Must Be Love

Blancmange – Living On The Ceiling

VS

Imagination – Just An Illusion
VS
Haircut 100 – Love Plus One

England World Cup Squad – This Time (We’ll Get It Right)
VS
Japan – Ghosts

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message VS
Daryl Hall & John OatesI Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll
VS
Visage – The Damned Don’t Cry

Altered Images – See Those Eyes
VS
Supertramp – It’s Raining Again

Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
VS
Simple Minds – Glittering Prize

Eurythmics – Love Is A Stranger
VS
Roxy Music – Avalon

Evelyn King – Love Come Down
VS
Men Without Hats – Safety Dance

Eddy Grant – I Don’t Wanna Dance
VS
Genesis – 3 x 3 (EP)

The Firm – Arthur Daley (E’s Alright)
VS
Gang Of Four – I Love A Man In Uniform

The The – Uncertain Smile
VS
The Human League – Mirror Man

The Cure – Let’s Go To Bed
VS
Haysi Fantayzee – John Wayne Is Big Leggy

Modern English – I Melt With You
VS

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Maneater

The Jam – Beat Surrender
VS
Marvin Gaye – (Sexual) Healing

Duran Duran – Save A Prayer
VS
Culture Club – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

Hot Chocolate – It Started With A Kiss
VS
Duran Duran – Rio

The Beatles – The Beatles Movie Medley
VS
Soft Cell – What

Tears For Fears – Pale Shelter
VS
Yazoo – Don’t Go

Haircut 100 – Nobody’s Fool
VS
Gary Numan – White Boys And Heroes

Japan – I Second That Emotion
VS
UB40 – So Here I Am

Midge Ure – No Regrets
VS
Yazoo – Situation

Shalamar – There It Is
VS
Cocteau Twins – Wax And Wane

Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie
VS
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Slowdive

The Jam – Just Who Is The 5 O’Clock Hero
VS
ABC – All Of My Heart

A Flock Of Seagulls – Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
VS
Kevin Rowland & Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Jackie Wilson Said