Countdown Top 10 of 1983

Australian Top 10 songs for 1983, as shown on the Christmas episode of Countdown on 24 December 1983. Please note the following error in the Top 10...
Flashdance was NOT the #1 single in Australia for 1983. It was in fact the #2 single. The #1 single was Australiana. However, due to either censorship issues with Australiana or just sheer stupidity on the part of the Countdown producers, the two were swapped around on the show.

[@davefranklyn7730]

I spent the entire year at Woomera AS in 1983. I was a young American Airman who loved music. Watched this show every week. We could only get the ABC on TV anyway. Strange to find upon returing to the USA in Feb, 1984 no one had heard of many of the great Australian bands I listened to. Pat Wilson, Redgum, Australian Crawl, Dragon and above all no one knew of the great comedian Austen Tayshus!

[@curvy71]

i remember watching this movie(FlashDance) when it first came out.

[@curvy71]

omg i was 12 in 1983 and i remember everyone of the songs on here.

[@Clark.Griswold]

I'm confused, how was #2 a song? It looked and sounded like a stand-up comic.

[@nicolamisselbrook7148]

was 15 years old great songs remember them all

[@jazzyfayy1983]

i meant michael jackson beat it should of came in @ # 1

[@AndrewSampson-v3p]

Zee in the see on@ff

[@figbat1]

Day 5697. 3 x 3 x 3 x 211. All my urine til 6.00pm then 5 large fresh figs and dried figs and organic iceberg lettuce. No change.

[@robinsss]

who could forget Renee and Renato?
me

[@fardaypu]

thanks ozfrog. great stuff. i was at home watching this on the couch on sunday nights at 6 30 pm.. has anyone heard of the movie staring gavin wood called houseboat of horror, or is that a false bad bad memory?

[@zapkvr]

I thought that Flashdance movie was a disgrace. There was almost no dancing in it and what there was wasn't Jennifer Beal but some unknown french bird who wasn't even credited. It was a crook film. Take your pants down and make it happen! What kind of a line is that for the kids buying records.

[@MsCaladenia]

those were the days

[@toltec19]

1983 a merman i shall bee

[@millertas]

1983 I was with Kerry (my now wife travelling the world), the age of my son (24). Also I was born around the same time as Michael Jackson. Some things change, some things don't.

[@fluffydolly]

very kool ...remember the hits well...only renee and the comic don't know....nice to know the states and australia aren't that far apart....g'day!!!!

[@Elevation023]

oh my god the reason why i like this song and can never hate even if i force myself to hate them and even if they are old because these are the songs my mom always listen while i was still on her womb....wow

[@OzFrog]

That's because it was a stand-up comedy routine that happened to be released as a "song". It became one of the biggest singles Australian singles of the 80s.

[@fardaypu]

thanks ozfrog. great stuff. i was at home watching this on the couch on sunday nights at 6 30 pm.. has anyone heard of the movie staring gavin wood called houseboat of horror, or is that a false bad bad memory? again ty oz frog, you are a champion, cobber.

[@winyguy]

I Tell People That How The Songs Did On The Charts, Was From Billboard Magazine Of Records Sales And Radio Airplay.

[@conormacdonald6699]

The One From The Movie Flashdance Was At No 1

[@Kaynos]

Oh yeah i was 11 back in 83 and i remember all of these great songs, what a year it was.

[@Alexbfd94]

Wish i grew up in the 80s so great music