MTV Programming Week of 1983-04-06

Garland Jeffreys performs in the music video "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" from the album "Guts For Love" recorded for Epic Records and CBS Records. The music video opens with shots of a man playing saxophone in a club flirting with a woman. Garland Jeffreys sings to the camera in front of a black background. The sax player repeatedly flirts with the woman throughout the city.

Nick Lowe performs in the music video "Ragin' Eyes" from the album "The Abominable Showman" recorded for F-Beat Records and Columbia Records. The music video features Nick Lowe and his band as they perform in front of white walls decorated with boards designed to test eyes. Clips of Lowe in an office dealing with any angry woman.

Music video for Overkill by Men at Work.

Neeva performs in the music video "Blue Star" from the album "Neeva" recorded for MSI and Quality Records. The music video opens at a upscale party in an apartment. Everyone stands still while James Nevius sings. He meets Vanessa Wilkinson who joins him song.

Ric Ocasek performs in the music video "Jimmy Jimmy" from the album "Beatitude" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens with a car pulling up to a sidewalk. A young man gets out and walks down the sidewalk before getting in line for a club. The young man later watches television and hangs out.

Music video for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Telegraph.

Robert Palmer performs in the music video "Pride" from the album "Pride" recorded for Island Records. The video begins with Robert Palmer singing with a steel drum band. Later, he sings will sitting in a horse drawn cart as a woman jogs. Clips of dancers and a body building woman play throughout.

Planet P performs in the music video "Why Me?" from the album "Planet P" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens with a space suited figure rising into the sky as a woman watches on at her car. The man in the space suit observes unusual lights while the woman drives.

Simple Minds performs in the music video "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" from the album "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video features the band performing on a stage. In the background are steel fences made into cages.

The Stray Cats performs in the music video "Runaway Boys" from the album "Stray Cats" recorded for Arista Records. The music video opens with the band sitting in a car as they are being driven around. Later, they performs in a small room with windows behind them.

After 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.

Music 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.

The 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.

Falco 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.

Video promo for "The One Thing" by INXS, released as the first single from their third studio album, Shabooh Shoobah.

Official video of the Michael Jackson's fifth single from his sixth studio album, "Thriller" (1982). Michael walks by the night streets while two street gangs go a storage to fight each other in a knife duel.

A music video for Michael Jackson's song 'Billie Jean'.

The 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.

Modern 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.

Ric Ocasek performs in the music video "Something to Grab For" from the album "Beatitude" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens with Ric Ocasek dressing up. He sings as he looks into a mirror and later he sits on a chair watching a blonde woman in a white dress.

Triumph performs in the music video "A World of Fantasy" from the album "Never Surrender" recorded for Attic Records. The music video features the band performing the song in a studio. Rik Emmett sings into a microphone while he plays guitar. The band plays nearby and later they perform on a concert stage.