80's New Wave Radio — October 4

The full log of that day

• 23:55Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
• 23:49Adam Ant - Prince Charming
• 23:44Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself
• 23:39Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
• 23:34The B-52's - Summer Of Love
• 23:29The Human League - Don’t You Want Me
• 23:23The Members - Working Girl
• 23:16ABC - Vanity Kills
• 23:10The Fixx - Red Skies
• 23:05Roxy Music - More Than This
• 22:59Oingo Boingo - Nothing Bad Ever Happens
• 22:54Toni Basil - Mickey
• 22:49Book Of Love - Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls
• 22:44Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing
• 22:38David Bowie - Let’s Dance
• 22:32Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
• 22:26Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line
• 22:21Alphaville - Dance With Me
• 22:16Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
• 22:11The Stray Cats - Rock This Town
• 22:06The Tubes - She’s a Beauty
• 22:01Propaganda - P-Machinery
• 21:55Gary Numan - Cars (Premier Mix)
• 21:49Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit)
• 21:43Jimmy Somerville - Don’t Leave Me This Way
• 21:37Adam Ant - Antmusic
• 21:32Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
• 21:27Real Life - Catch Me I'm Falling
• 21:22Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
• 21:17U2 - New Year’s Day
• 21:10Blondie - Hanging On the Telephone
• 21:04The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women
• 20:58Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
• 20:52Heaven 17 - We Live So Fast
• 20:47Electronic - Getting Away With It
• 20:42Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You
• 20:37Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
• 20:32Kajagoogoo And Limahl - Too Shy
• 20:26Depeche Mode - Walking in My Shoes
• 20:20Duran Duran - Union of the Snake
• 20:14Bill Nelson - Flaming Desire
• 20:08Belous Some - Imagination
• 20:03Bryan Ferry - Day for Night
• 19:58Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
• 19:53Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love
• 19:48Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
• 19:42Nena - 99 Luftballons
• 19:36Katrina And The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
• 19:30Bananarama - Venus
• 19:24Information Society - Think (Virtual Reality radio edit)
• 19:19R.E.M. - Stand
• 19:14The English Beat - Save It for Later
• 19:09Felony - The Fanatic
• 19:04General Public - Tenderness
• 18:58Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line
• 18:51The Power Station - Get It On (Bang a Gong)
• 18:45Falco - Jeanny
• 18:39Yazoo - Don't Go
• 18:34The Motels - Shame
• 18:29Howard Jones - What Is Love?
• 18:24Echo And The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
• 18:19Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
• 18:07INXS - Devil Inside
• 18:01Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises
• 17:55Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years
• 17:50Limahl - Never Ending Story
• 17:45Blancmange - That's Love, That It Is
• 17:40Anything Box - Living in Oblivion
• 17:35Red Rockers - China
• 17:29Pet Shop Boys - It’s a Sin
• 17:22Psychelelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
• 17:16The Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times
• 17:11Debbie Harry - French Kissin
• 17:06Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - So in Love
• 17:00The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
• 16:55Midge Ure & Ultravox - Reap The Wild Wind
• 16:50DEVO - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
• 16:44The B‐52s - Roam (radio mix)
• 16:38New Order - Round & Round‐94
• 16:32After The Fire - Der Kommissar
• 16:26Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
• 16:21Belouis Some - Some People
• 16:16Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not
• 16:11The Kinks - Come Dancing
• 16:06Depeche Mode - It’s No Good
• 16:00The Bangles - Hero Takes a Fall
• 15:53The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep
• 15:47The Clash - This Is Radio Clash
• 15:42Madness - Our House
• 15:37Robey - One Night In Bangkok
• 15:32Berlin - Masquerade
• 15:27Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On
• 15:22R.E.M. - Stand
• 15:16The Plymsouls - A Million Miles Away
• 15:09Yello - Lost Again
• 15:03Payola$ - Eyes of a Stranger
• 14:58Call - The Walls Came Down
• 14:53Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
• 14:48Spandau Ballet - True
• 14:43Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
• 14:38Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
• 14:33The Greg Kihn band - Jeopardy
• 14:26Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years
• 14:20Arcadia - Election Day
• 14:14Time Zone featuring John Lydon & Afrika Bambaataa - World Destruction
• 14:09Camouflage - The Great Commandment
• 14:04Romeo Void - A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)
• 13:59Clan of Xymox - Obsession
• 13:54The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
• 13:48The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
• 13:41The Cure - A Forest
• 13:35Björk - Human Behaviour
• 13:30Human League - Mirror Man
• 13:25The Buggles - Clean, Clean
• 13:20The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris)
• 13:15The B-52's - Rock Lobster
• 13:10Yello - Oh Yeah
• 13:04The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love)
• 12:58Simple Minds - All the Things She Said
• 12:51a-ha - Take On Me
• 12:46ABC - Fear of the World
• 12:36Q-Feel - Dancing in Heaven
• 12:31Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
• 12:26Eurythmics - Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
• 12:20Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement
• 12:14The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
• 12:07Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals
• 12:02Face To Face - 10-9-8
• 11:57Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
• 11:52Alphaville - Big in Japan (Swemix remix 7″)
• 11:47Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
• 11:42Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart
• 11:36Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing
• 11:30Bryan Ferry - Kiss and Tell
• 11:24Propaganda - P-Machinery
• 11:18A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
• 11:13The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women
• 11:08Jimmy Somerville - Never Can Say Goodbye
• 11:04Talking Heads - Take Me to the River
• 10:59Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
• 10:53Blondie - Hanging On the Telephone
• 10:46Wang Chung - Hypnotize Me
• 10:40Roxy Music - More Than This
• 10:35Time Zone featuring John Lydon & Afrika Bambaataa - World Destruction
• 10:30Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
• 10:25Erasure - Breath of Life (single remix)
• 10:20Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You
• 10:15R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
• 10:09Electronic - Getting Away With It
• 10:03Duran Duran - Lonely in Your Nightmare
• 09:57Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit)
• 09:50Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not
• 09:44Aztec Camera - Oblivious
• 09:37Tears for Fears - Break It Down Again
• 09:32Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
• 09:27Belous Some - Imagination
• 09:22Ministry - Work For Love
• 09:16Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
• 09:10Bananarama - Love In The First Degree
• 09:04The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
• 09:00Information Society - Think (Hack radio edit)
• 08:55Nena - 99 Luftballons
• 08:50Katrina And The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
• 08:45The Cars - Shake It Up
• 08:40DEVO - Beautiful World
• 08:34The English Beat - Save It for Later (12" mix)
• 08:28R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
• 08:22Kajagoogoo And Limahl - Too Shy
• 08:18Blancmange - Feel Me
• 08:13Yazoo - Don't Go
• 08:08Shriekback - Malaria
• 08:04Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor
• 07:59Split Enz - History Never Repeats
• 07:54INXS - What You Need
• 07:48Animotion - Obsession
• 07:42The Power Station - Get It On (Bang a Gong)
• 07:36The Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection
• 07:32Bow Wow Wow - Baby, Oh No
• 07:27The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
• 07:22Limahl - Never Ending Story
• 07:18Bananarama - Shy Boy
• 07:13The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
• 07:07Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
• 07:01Echo And The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
• 06:56Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Secret
• 06:50Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart
• 06:45Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Everyday I Write the Book
• 06:41Blancmange - That's Love, That It Is
• 06:36The Vapors - Turning Japanese
• 06:31Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
• 06:26Debbie Harry - French Kissin
• 06:21The B‐52s - Love Shack
• 06:15Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
• 06:09New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle‐94
• 06:03Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya
• 05:59The Go‐Go’s - We Got the Beat
• 05:54Psychelelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
• 05:49M - Pop Muzik (original '79 mix)
• 05:44Dead or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang
• 05:40Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight
• 05:34Cabaret Voltaire - Here To Go
• 05:28Midge Ure & Ultravox - Reap The Wild Wind
• 05:22Eurythmics - It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)
• 05:17Sparks - Cool Places (feat. Jane Wiedlin)
• 05:12Duran Duran - Planet Earth
• 05:07Kim Wilde - Chequered Love
• 05:03Belouis Some - Some People
• 04:58The Kinks - Come Dancing
• 04:53Ultravox - Passing Strangers
• 04:48The Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times
• 04:42Industry - State Of The Nation
• 04:36The Plymsouls - A Million Miles Away
• 04:26Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed
• 04:21Adam Ant - Desperate but Not Serious
• 04:16Payola$ - Eyes of a Stranger
• 04:11Men At Work - Be Good Johnny
• 04:06Camouflage - The Great Commandment
• 04:00The Greg Kihn band - Jeopardy
• 03:53Anything Box - Living in Oblivion
• 03:48MCL (Microchip League) - New York (Dancefloor Cut)
• 03:43Arcadia - Election Day
• 03:38Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
• 03:34Dead or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang
• 03:29The Cure - Close to Me
• 03:24Oingo Boingo - Private Life
• 03:19Berlin - The Metro
• 03:13Big Country - Chance
• 03:07Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
• 03:02The B-52's - Strobelight
• 02:57The Human League - Don’t You Want Me
• 02:53After The Fire - Der Kommissar
• 02:48The Beat - Best Friend
• 02:43The Flirts - Juke Box (Don't Put Another Dime)
• 02:39Simple Minds - All the Things She Said
• 02:33Human League - Mirror Man
• 02:27Bill Nelson - Flaming Desire
• 02:21a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
• 02:16Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
• 02:11Romeo Void - A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)
• 02:07The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris)
• 02:02The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women
• 01:58Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
• 01:53The Members - Working Girl
• 01:48Alphaville - Big In Japan
• 01:42Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
• 01:36Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (12" Version)
• 01:30David Bowie - Let’s Dance
• 01:26Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (Original Version)
• 01:21The Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
• 01:17Propaganda - P-Machinery
• 01:12Tears for Fears - Mothers Talk (US Rmx)
• 01:08Bob Geldof - This Is The World Calling
• 01:03Jimmy Somerville - Never Can Say Goodbye
• 00:57Q-Feel - Dancing in Heaven
• 00:51Thomas Dolby - One of Our Submarines
• 00:43Blondie - Rapture
• 00:36The Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection
• 00:29Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
• 00:22A Flock of Seagulls - (It’s Not Me) Talking
• 00:17Peter Schilling - The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)
• 00:11Pete Shelley - Homosapien
• 00:06Erasure - Breath of Life (single remix)
• 00:00Roxy Music - Avalon