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1. Who invited us to "Speak Like A Child" in the spring of 1983?
2. Name the number two hit from 1983 that opens with this lyric:
"I've never been closer
I've tried to understand
That certain feeling
Carved by another's hand"
3. Who invited us to "Rip It Up" in 1983?
4. Which 1983 top ten hit does this lyric come from?
"I've made my reservation
I'm leaving town tomorrow"
5. Who sang "Let's Dance" in 1983?
6. Which artist had a number one hit in 1983 with "Red Red Wine"?
7. Who told us that they came from "Down Under" in 1983?
8. Britain's entry in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest finished in 6th place - can you remember the song?
9. In Spring 1983, Duran Duran achieved their first UK number one. What was the title of the song?
10. Who were singing about the "Church of The Poison Mind" in 1983?
11. Who had "Just Got Lucky" in spring 1983?
12. Which artist had a top ten hit with "Fields of Fire (400 miles)" in 1983?
13. Who had a number one hit in January 1983 with a cover of "You Can't Hurry Love"?
14. Which artist released the song "Pale Shelter" in April 1983?
15. Who was "Waiting For A Train" in spring 1983?
16. Which classic British top ten hit from 1983 opens with these lyrics?
"A punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Will nature make a man of me yet?"
17. Who had a top twenty hit with "Stop and Go" in the spring of 1983?
18. Who had a UK top twenty hit with "Don't Try To Stop It" in the summer of 1983?
19. Who sang "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" in 1983?
20. Who had a top ten hit with "Wings of a Dove" in the summer of 1983?
21. Which top twenty hit from 1983 contains these lyrics?
"They're calling all the shots, they'll call and say they phoned,
They'll call us lonely when we're really just alone.
And like a funny film, it's kinda cute
They've bought the bullets and there's no-one left to shoot."
22. Who made a rare visit to the UK singles chart with the song "Owner of a Lonely Heart" in late 1983?
23. Who had a top ten hit in late 1983 with "Love Cats"?
24. "Love On Your Side" was the first of four UK chart entries in 1983 for which band?
25. Which hit song from 1983 is generally acknowledged as being the biggest selling twelve-inch-single of all time?
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