MTV Programming Week of 1983-03-30
A list featuring the programming rotations of MTV for the week of 03/30/1983. (Source: Billboard 1983-04-09, Pg. 23)
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- StarsJon Butcher AxisDerek BlevinsJon ButcherJon Butcher Axis performs in the music video "Life Takes a Life" from the album "Jon Butcher Axis" recorded for Polydor Records and Polygram Records. The must video features the band performing in a small apartment overlooking a street. Police arrive to surround the building. There are flashback to childhood as the bodies are removed.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorBrian GriffinStarsBlanket of SecrecyRoger BechirianAndy HowellBlanket of Secrecy performs in the music video "Say You Will" from the album "Walls Have Ears" recorded for F-Beat Records. The music video features the band as they perform semi-obscured in shadows and red light. They stand in front of black backgrounds and wear black clothing.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorMartin KahanStarsMichael BoltonMTV New Videos Added
- StarsThe B'zzAnatoly HalinkovitchTom HollandThe B'zz performs in the music video "Get Up Get Angry" from the album "Get Up" recorded for Epic Records. The music video opens with a young man asleep in bed while a woman dresses and leaves. The band performs on a darkened set in front of a pink and purple background.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorChris GabrinStarsBoy GeorgeMikey CraigCulture ClubMTV New Videos Added
- StarsThe DriversSteven BoorerMalcolm NormanMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonNick Rhodes"Save a Prayer" is an exotic video filmed among the jungles, beaches, and temples of Sri Lanka. Band members sing the song while interacting with the Sri Lankan people around their tents and fishing boats on the beach, much of which is shot at Unawatuna and Talpe on the South coast. Le Bon slow dances with, and attempts to woo, a beautiful woman who eventually leaves him. Scenes of band members atop the rock fortress of Sigiriya, and among the ruins of a Buddhist temple at Polonnaruwa, are inter-cut with images of the island and its people. Sigiriya is the core of an ancient extinct volcano in the center of Sri Lanka, and is the site of historic rock carvings and paintings, many of them featuring mildly erotic and bare breasted women in tune with many of Duran Duran's early video imagery.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorBill ButtStarsEcho & The BunnymenPete DeFreitasIan McCullochEcho and The Bunnymen perform in the music video "The Cutter" from the album "Porcupine" recorded for Korova Records. The music video opens with shots of a mountain glacier and caves surrounded by ice. The band performs on a darkened stage illuminated with light and projected footage of the mountain in the mountains.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsRobert HazardRobert Hazard performs in the first version of the music video "Escalator of Life" from the EP album "Robert Hazard" recorded for RHA Records and RCA Records. The music video opens with shots of people at a fancy dinner who later stand on the escalator as it rises. Robert Hazard sings against a black background.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorBob GiraldiStarsMichael JacksonBill BrayMichael DeLorenzoA promotional video for Michael Jackson's 1983 hit single "Beat It."MTV New Videos Added
- StarsGarland JeffreysGarland Jeffreys performs in the music video "El Salvador" from the album "Guts For Love" recorded for Epic Records and CBS Records. The music video opens with shots of buildings and people in the country of El Salvador. Garland Jeffreys sings to the camera as she stands in front of a black background.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsDuke JupiterDavid CorcoranRickey EllisDuke Jupiter performs in the music video "I'm Available" from the album "You Make It Look Easy" recorded for Coast to Coast Records. The music video features the band performing the song on a set with a black background decorated with the band's logo and smoke along the floor.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsJet BlackJean-Jacques BurnelHugh CornwellMTV New Videos Added
- StarsThe SuburbsBruce C. AllenBeej ChaneyThe Suburbs performs in the music video "Waiting" from the EP album "Dream Hog" recorded for Twin/Tone Records. The music video opens with close-ups on the band members as they are playing their instruments. They performs on a darkened set that is decorated with different colored curtains.MTV New Videos Added
- StarsMasayoshi TakanakaTakanaka performs in the music video "Thunderstorm" from the album "The Rainbow Goblins" recorded for Kitty Records. The music video opens with shots of the stage as it is bathed in spot lights, lasers, and electrical light. The band performs on stage while wearing oversized masks over their heads.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsToyah WillcoxToyah performs in the music video "Thunder in the Mountains" from the single recorded for Safari Records. The music video with a group of people sitting near a fire under an overpass. Toyah stands and begins to sing as she goes upward. She gets on a futuristic chariot driven by a horse.MTV New Videos Added
- 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)
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsDexys Midnight RunnersKevin ArcherMáire FaheyThe 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.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)
- StarsJoe JacksonJoe Jackson performs in the music video "Breaking Us in Two" from the album "Night and Day" recorded for A&M Records. The music video opens with a crying woman leaving an apartment with a suitcase and bird. She goes to the train station. Joe Jackson rides the train and plays piano.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)
- DirectorJoe DeaStarsGreg Kihn BandGreg KihnGreg DouglassMTV 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)