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Two glorious hours of 80s magic

Featuring the top 3 from '83, a 'gobstopper' from Mel & Kim, and a one-hit-wonder that wasn't actually 'Big in Japan'. Plus High Energy, Bette Davis Eyes, Chequered Love, and the story behind Dollar's "Hand Held in Black & White" from Thereza Bazar.

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Sun 15 Dec 201914:00
BBC Radio Oxford

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Music Played

  • Kim Wilde

    Chequered Love

  • Propaganda

    Duel

  • 80s Top 3 from this date in 1983

    • Billy Joel

      Uptown Girl

    • Paul Young

      Love Of the Common People

    • The Flying Pickets

      Only You

  • Belinda Carlisle

    Leave A Light On

  • 80s Rock Track

    • Europe

      Rock The Night

  • Roxy Music

    Over You

  • Tears for Fears

    Mad World

  • 80s Film Club - Buster

    • Four Tops

      Loco In Acapulco

    • Phil Collins

      A Groovy Kind Of Love

  • Evelyn Thomas

    High Energy

  • Voice of the Beehive

    Don't Call Me Baby

  • Prince

    Let's Go Crazy

  • 80s Gobstopper

    • Mel & Kim

      Showin Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)

  • 80s Album of the week - Duran Duran’s 1982 album “Rio”

    • Duran Duran

      Hungry Like The Wolf

    • Duran Duran

      Rio

  • Morrissey

    Suedehead

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Maneater

  • 80s One Hit Wonder

    • Alphaville

      Big In Japan

  • Kim Carnes

    Bette Davis Eyes

  • 80s Same Title, Different Song "Heart And Soul"

    • Huey Lewis and the News

      Heart And Soul

    • T’Pau

      Heart And Soul

  • 80s Story Behind The Song

    • Dollar

      Hand Held in Black and White

  • Dionne Warwick

    Heartbreaker

  • Womack & Womack

    Love Wars

  • Go West

    We Close Our Eyes

Broadcasts

  • Sat 14 Dec 201912:00
    BBC Radio Oxford
  • Sun 15 Dec 201914:00
    BBC Radio Oxford