Sure, every year we get the “songs of the summer,” but 1983 was something more. New wave, pop, ... So much so, that from 1980-87, they landed nine songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40.

9 'Die by the Sword' Slayer. Written by late guitarist Jeff Hannemann, ‘Die by the Sword’ certainly isn’t one of Slayer’s fastest tracks, but it is one of the jewels of the thrash behemoth’s early ...

The UK's best-selling single of 1983 was Culture Club's Karma Chameleon with 955,000 sales, according Official Charts Company data. In second place, and just over 350,000 sales behind, is Billy ...