Top Twenty Music Videos from 1982

1982… For me… what a year… Freshman/Sophmore year at the all girls Catholic School Notre Dame in Belmont, California. I begged to go to the local public school after going to private uniform schools for the past 8 years but no luck…. So the best part is I remember we had MTV. We had just got it and I was glued to it the fist couple weekends that we had it. I remember we were vacationing at the house we rented every summer in Lake Tahoe and we got up there and they had the MTV channel. My whole world changed!! It happened to be the weekend where they spent most of it broadcasting Todd Rundgren Utopia concert but I got enough music videos to beg my Father to get it for us when we got back. Upon returning, our area was the new recipients of MTV and it gave me all the entertainment that I needed.  So here is my Top Twenty Music Videos from 1982.

20. Eye of the Tiger – Survivor

19. Only the Lonely  – the Motels

18 Centerfold – J. Geils Band

17. Don’t You Want Me – Human League

16. Come On Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners

15. Shake it UP – The Cars

14. Rick Springfield – Don’t Talk to Strangers

13. Beat It – Michael Jackson

12. Who Can it Be Now – Men at Work

11. Heat of the Moment – Asia

10. Mony, Mony – Billy Idol

9.  You Can Do Magic – America

8. Caught up in You – 38 Special

7. I ran (So Far Away) – A Flock of Seagulls

6. I Love it Loud – KISS

5. Goodbye to You – Patty Smith

4 Young Turks – Rod Stewart

3. Rock the Casbah – The Clash

2. I love Rock n Roll – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

1. I think I’m in Love – Eddie Money

 

Now that is a list that I can watch over and over!!! Tell me what your favorite video was from 1982. Lastly is my favorite video but I think it came out the year before but I must have watched it over and over and wore out my American Gigolo Vinyl. Here is my all time fave, “Call Me” by Blondie

~ Marisol