MTV Programming Week of 1983-04-20
A list featuring the programming rotations of MTV for the week of 04/20/1983. (Source: Billboard 1983-04-30, Pg. 26)
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- DirectorJohn JopsonStarsChris FlynnDaniel FlynnShishonee FlynnArt in America perform in the music video "Art in America" from the album "Art in America" recorded for Pavillion Records and Epic Records. The music video features the band performing the song against a gray background. Split screen and other visual techniques feature throughout.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsThe Belle StarsJennie MatthiasMTV New Videos Added
- StarsBlottoBlanche BlottoBowtie BlottoBlotto performs in the music video "I Quit" from the album "Hello, My Name Is Blotto, What's Yours?" recorded for Attic Records. The music video opens with shots of want ads. The band appear as officer workers who are confronting their boss insisting that they quit;.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsTony BraunagelAlex CallPeter MaunuAlex Call performs in the music video "Just Another Saturday Night" from the album "Alex Call" recorded for Arista Records. The music video opens with a man watching a nightly local television broadcast. Alex Call performs with his band on a darkened stage. He also plays a reporter discussing a recent murder.MTV New Videos Added
- 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 New Videos Added
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsDexys Midnight RunnersKevin RowlandMTV New Videos Added
- StarsMolly HatchetBarry Steven BordenDanny Joe BrownMolly Hatchet performs in the music video "What's It Gonna Take" from the album "No Guts... No Glory" recorded for Epic Records. The music video features the band dressed as Western cowboys riding horses through the prairie. The head to the house of a woman before having a gunfight with bandits.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorScott HicksStarsGarry BeersAndrew FarrissJon FarrissMusic video for "Don't Change" by Australian rock band INXS. It was released as a single from their third album Shabooh Shoobah.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorJean-Paul GoudeStarsGrace JonesMTV New Videos Added
- StarsKixJimmy ChalfantBrad DivensKix performs in the music video "Body Talk" from the album "Cool Kids" recorded for Atlantic Records The music video opens with an aerobics team appearing to do fitness, The band performs on a stage with an elevated platform for the drums. Steve Whiteman sings while the band plays.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsMessendgerJohn BuchanAllen PooleMessendger performs in the music video "Stranger" from the album "Messendger" recorded for Jab Records and Bernett Records. The music video features the band as they perform on a set with a black background. They also walk through city streets while they are followed by three men.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsMusical YouthKelvin GrantMichael GrantMusical Youth performs in the music video "Never Gonna Give You Up" from the album "The Youth Of Today" recorded for MCA Records. The music video opens with an airplane landing. The group steps out of the plane while singing. Clips of them performing in front of school children feature throughout.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorGraham WhifflerStarsSparksJane WiedlinRon MaelMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorBrian GibsonStarsDennis DeYoungSuzanne DeYoungChuck PanozzoMusic video for a ballad from the concept album 'Kilroy Was Here' by Styx. Melancholic Kilroy thinks about his ex, who left him after he was sent to prison, and the time he spent there. The band performs the song dressed as prisoners.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorClive RichardsonStarsRoland OrzabalCurt SmithTears for FearsMTV 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)
- 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)
- DirectorTom BuckholtzStarsJonathan CainJourneyMargaret OlmsteadThe official music for "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" performed by Journey. The band performs the song in front of and around a warehouse. A young woman whom the song is addressed to (apparently) is also present, entirely oblivious to the presence of the band. It ends with the woman asleep in bed with headphones on.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorTony StevensStarsGreg HamColin HayMen at WorkMusic video for Overkill by Men at Work.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- StarsModern EnglishRichard BrownMick ConroyModern English performs in the music video "I Melt with You" from the album "After the Snow" recorded for 4AD and Sire Records. Moden Englist perform the song in a darkened room with Robbie Grey wearing a black shirt and hat. A man and a woman ballroom dance to the song as the band plays.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)