Top Dance Songs of 1983 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1984 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #84]
[A&M 2542]
written by Sting

featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar
co-produced by Nile Rodgers
[EMI America 8158]
written by David Bowie

as Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
[Epic 04169]
written by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

[Motown 1698]
written by Lionel Richie

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1983 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1983
[Casablanca 811440]
written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey & Irene Cara

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #356]
[RCA 13533]
written by Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]

[Epic 04108]
written by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Carlo Karges & Kevin McAlea

[Portrait 04120]
written by Robert Hazard

[Portrait 03793]
written by Eddy Grant

[Columbia 04138]
written by Billy Joel

[Capitol 5233]
written by Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor [Roger Meddows-Taylor] & Andy Taylor

[Planet 13730]
written by Mark Goldenberg & Brock Walsh

[Arista 1-9164]
written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie & Joe Leeway

[EMI America 8161]
written by Limahl, Nick Beggs, Steve Askew, Stuart Croxford Neale & Jez Strode

[Capitol 5290]
written by Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor [Roger Meddows-Taylor] & Andy Taylor

[A&M/Virgin 2547]
written by Jo Callis & Philip Oakey

[Backstreet 52232]
written by Ivan Doroschuk

[Private I 4-04113]
written by Matthew Wilder & Greg Prestopino

[Atco 99817]
written by Trevor Rabin, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire & Trevor Horn

co-produced by Nile Rodgers; charted as China Girl / Shake In in US dance charts
[EMI America 8165]
written by David Bowie & Iggy Pop

[Warner 29608]
written by Rod Stewart & Jay Davis

as KC
[Meca 1001]
written by Harry Wayne Casey & Deborah Carter

[Streetwise]
written by Maurice Starr

[Epic 04364]
written by Rod Temperton

main release; charted as Holiday / Lucky Star in US dance charts ; Lucky Star also bubbled under the UK Top 75 singles chart at #171 in September 1983
[Sire 29177]
written by Madonna

[RCA 13654]
written by Daryl Hall

[Mercury 812265]
written by Donna Summer & Michael Omartian

[Beserkley 69847]
written by Greg Kihn & Steve Wright

[Casablanca 812516]
written by Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello

[Mirage 99810]
written by Chris Barbosa & Ed Chisolm

[StreetWise 1110]
written by Arthur Baker

charted as Holiday / Lucky Star in US dance charts.
[Sire 29478]
written by Curtis Hudson & Lisa Stevens

[Nemperor 04135]
written by Jimmy Marinos, Wally Palmar, Mike Skill, Coz Canler & Pete Solley

[Elektra 69766]
written by Howard Jones

[Rolling Stone 7-99813]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Capitol 5322]
written by Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr.

[London 810127]
written by Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, Steve Jolley & Tony Swain

charted as Love of the Common People / Come Back and Stay in US dance charts
[Columbia 04453]
written by John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins

charted as Love of the Common People / Come Back and Stay in US dance charts
[Columbia 04313]
written by Jack Lee

[Columbia 03932]
written by George Michael

[MCA 52264]
written by Alfie Agius, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram & Adam Woods

as Rufus & Chaka Khan
[Warner 29555]
written by Hawk Wolinski

[Chrysalis 42732]
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight

charted as Temptation / We Live so Fast in US dance charts
written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh & Martyn Ware

[Epic 34-03559]
written by Falco & Robert Ponger

R
[RCA 13618]
written by Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]

[Modern 7-99863]
written by Stevie Nicks & Prince

[Chrysalis 42766]
written by Chris Hayes & Huey Lewis

[Solar 69819]
written by Marquis Dair, Joey Gallo & Leon Sylvers III

#1 hit for Harry Richman in 1930
[RCA 13574]
written by Irving Berlin

[Warner 29672]
written by Jennie McKeown, Sarah-Jane Owen, Stella Barker, Clare Hirst, Miranda Joyce, Lesley Shone & Judy Parsons

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #108]
[Warner Bros. 29746]
written by Prince

[Profile 5017]
written by Waldo Holmes

as Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra
[Atco 99864 (Island)]
written by Trevor Horn & Malcolm McLaren

instrumental
[Columbia 04054]
written by Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell & Michael Beinhorn

produced by David Foster
[MCA 52284]
written by John Farrar

charted as Shy Boy (Don't It Make You Feel Good) / Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye in US dance charts
[London 810115]
written by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo & Dale Frashuer

[Mercury 814467]
written by Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler & Bruce Watson

[Tabu 03955]
written by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

R
written by Ian Anthony Stephens

[EMI America 8155]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

[Arista 1056]
written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie & Joe Leeway

[Atlantic 89868]
written by Martine Clémenceau & Diane Warren

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #427]
[Island 99915]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.

[Warner 29482 (Sire)]
written by Martin Gore

as Grandmaster & Melle Mel
[Sugar Hill 465]
written by Sylvia Robinson & Mel Glover

[EMI 8172]
written by Greg Mathieson & Trevor Veitch

[RCA 13695]
written by Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]

[Boardwalk 183]
written by Bobby Eli & Len Barry

written by Blue Soldier, Ruza Blue & Stephen Hague

[A&M 2591]
written by Raymond Jones

charted as Human Touch / Souls in UK charts
[RCA 13577]
written by Rick Springfield

[Sire/Fiction 29376]
written by Robert Smith

[Elektra 69811]
written by Peter Schilling

[Epic/Virgin 03912]
written by Boy George, Michael Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss

charted as Blue Monday / The Beach in US dance charts
written by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Gillian Gilbert

[Atco 99887 (Island)]
written by Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe

[Planet 13639]
written by Richard Feldman, John Black & Nan O'Byrne

[Atlantic 89786]
written by Rod Temperton & Derek Bramble

[Columbia 03566]
written by Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn & Maurice White

[Capitol 5301]
written by Paul Fishman

[EMI America 8170]
written by Pete Byrne & Rob Fisher

[Geffen 29464]
written by Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara & Keith Forsey

charted as Candy Man / All Night Long / Boys in US dance charts
[Gordy 1690]
written by Rick James

[Mango 117]
written by David Joseph

[Silver Blue 04294]
written by Jerry Herman

[StreetWise 2213]
written by Gillian Gilbert, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Arthur Baker

[Sire 7-29444]
written by Chrissie Hynde

charted as Communication / Lifeline in US dance charts
[Chrysalis 42686]
written by Gary Kemp

[Polygram 815023 (RSO)]
written by Frank Stallone & Vince DiCola

[Sire 29346]
written by Tim Stahl & John Guldberg

[EMI America 8277]
written by Limahl

[Epic 03578]
written by James Mtume

[Warner 29704 (Sire)]
written by Martin Gore

[Warner 29649]
written by Kashif

instrumental
written by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos & Maxime Schmitt