Compiled by myself (Ant Peel) by choosing the best songs from the UK weekly Top 100 Singles Charts...
ANT PEEL'S ALTERNATIVE / INDEPENDENT TOP 48 BEST SONGS (JANUARY 1983)
48. JUPITER 8 FEATURING KITTY WOODSON - ET PHONE HOME
47. JOHN MELLENCAMP - HAND TO HOLD ON TO
46. THE POLECATS - MAKE A CIRCUIT WITH ME
45. HAYSI FANTAYZEE - SHINY SHINY
44. DON HENLEY - DIRTY LAUNDRY
43. LINDA RONSTADT - I KNEW YOU WHEN
42. UB40 - I'VE GOT MINE
41. EARTH WIND & FIRE - FALL IN LOVE WITH ME
40. OZZY OSBOURNE - SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE
39. INDEEP - LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE
38. THE BELLE STARS - SIGN OF THE TIMES
37. DIRE STRAITS - TWISTING BY THE POOL
36. WHAM! - WHAM RAP! (ENJOY WHAT YOU DO)
35. MELLE MEL & DUKE BOOTEE - SURVIVAL
34. MICK KARN - SENSITIVE
33. CINDY & THE SAFFRONS - PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE'
32. DEF LEPPARD - PHOTOGRAPH
31. BLITZ - NEW AGE
30. LEVEL 42 - THE CHINESE WAY
29. GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE - SCORPIO
28. U2 - NEW YEAR'S DAY
27. RUNRIG - LOCH LOMOND
26. JOHNNY CLEGG & JULUKA - SCATTERINGS OF AFRICA
25. CHRISTOPHER CROSS - ALL RIGHT
24. MEN AT WORK - DOWN UNDER
23. ICEHOUSE - HEY LITTLE GIRL
22. GEORGE CLINTON - ATOMIC DOG
21. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - OLD AND WISE
20. TOTO - AFRICA
19. JOE JACKSON - STEPPIN' OUT
18. DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES - ONE ON ONE
17. THOMPSON TWINS - LOVE ON YOUR SIDE
16. FUN BOY THREE - TUNNEL OF LOVE
15. KAJAGOOGOO - TOO SHY
14. SOUTHERN DEATH CULT - FATMAN
13. SLEEPING LIONS - WONDERFUL YOU ARE
12. FUN BOY THREE - THE MORE I SEE
11. THE UNDERTONES - THE LOVE PARADE
10. EDDY GRANT - ELECTRIC AVENUE
9. MICHAEL JACKSON - BILLIE JEAN
8. PRINCE - 1999
7. AZTEC CAMERA - OBLIVIOUS
6. BAUHAUS - LEGARTIJA NICK
5. THE SPECIAL AKA - WAR CRIMES (THE CRIME REMAINS THE SAME)
4. CHINA CRISIS - CHRISTIAN
3. TEARS FOR FEARS - CHANGE
2. THE STRANGLERS - EUROPEAN FEMALE
1. ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN - THE CUTTER
