MTV Programming Week of 1983-05-04
A list featuring the programming rotations of MTV for the week of 05/04/1983. (Source: Billboard 1983-05-14, Pg. 30)
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- StarsMarty BalinMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorDoug DowdleStarsWalter EganMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorChris AshbrookJon RosemanDavid A. StewartStarsEurythmicsAnnie LennoxDavid A. StewartA music video for Eurythmics's song 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsThe FixxCy CurninRupert GreenallMTV New Videos Added
- StarsEllen FoleyMTV New Videos Added
- StarsPolyrockLenny AaronCurt CosentinoMTV New Videos Added
- StarsThe RockatsDanny B. HarveyMichael K. OsbornMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorJerry WilliamsStarsSingle Bullet TheoryBarry C. FitzgeraldMichael Maurice GarrettSingle Bullet Theory performs in the music video "Hang on to your Heart" from the album "Single Bullet Theory" recorded for Nemperor Records. The music video features several romantic encounters before the band gets together to sing on a stage,MTV New Videos Added
- StarsStormJeanette ChaseRonni HansenMTV New Videos Added
- StarsPeter ToshMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsRick AndersonAlexis ArquetteMichael CottenMTV New Videos Added
- StarsRobin WilliamsMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorJanet GreekStars'Weird Al' YankovicTress MacNeilleBarry HansenMusic video for Weird Al Yankovic's 1983 single "Ricky" in which he performs the song in a black and white video in the style of "The Lucy Show (1962)" together with actress Tress MacNeille.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorTim NewmanStarsZZ TopDusty HillBilly GibbonsDirected by Tim Newman, the video features ZZ Top playing at a gas station, along with actor/model Peter Tramm playing a young gas station mechanic, and introduces classic ZZ elements such as the red "ZZ Eliminator Car," the "ZZ Keychain" and the "Three ZZ Girls" as heroines. It is the first of a ZZ Top music video series.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsDavid BowieJoelene KingTerry RobertsA promotional video for David Bowie 's 1983 hit single "Let's Dance."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)
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsDef LeppardRick AllenStephen ClarkDef Leppard performs in the music video "Rock of Ages" from the album "Pyromania" recorded for Mercury and Vertigo Records.The music video begins with a group of robed figures and a woman chained to a tree. The band performs against a rocky background. Joe Elliott wields a large sword that turns into a guitar.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)
- DirectorSteve BarronThomas DolbyStarsThomas DolbyMagnus PykeThomas Dolby performs in the music video "She Blinded Me with Science" from the album "The Golden Age of Wireless" recorded for Capitol Records. Thomas Dolby commits himself to the Home for Deranged Scientists. A variety of mad scientists operate bizarre inventions on the grounds of the home. A doctor tries to diagnosis him as a woman tires to seduce him.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsBilly IdolPerri ListerMusic video for Billy Idol: White Wedding.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorSoren JensenStarsGarry BeersMichele BennettAndrew FarrissVideo promo for "The One Thing" by INXS, released as the first single from their third studio album, Shabooh Shoobah.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorBob GiraldiStarsMichael JacksonBill BrayMichael DeLorenzoA promotional video for Michael Jackson's 1983 hit single "Beat It."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)
- DirectorTony StevensStarsGreg HamColin HayMen at WorkMusic video for Overkill by Men at Work.MTV 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)