MTV Programming Week of 1983-05-25
A list featuring the programming rotations of MTV for the week of 05/25/1983. (Source: Billboard 1983-06-04, Pg. 29)
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- StarsThe BlastersLee AllenDave AlvinMTV New Videos Added
- StarsCarmine AppiceRick DerringerDNAMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsIan BurdenJo CallisJoanne CatherallMTV New Videos Added
- DirectorJoe DeaStarsKrokusMark KohlerMarc StoraceKrokus performs in the music video "Screaming in the Night" from the album "Headhunter" recorded for Arista Records. The music video begins with a group of torment and whipped people pulling a cart and carrying a wooden coffin in a quasi-religious parade. The band is tired to the cart before being escorted to a cage.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorSimon MilneStarsFishMark KellyMarillionMTV New Videos Added
- StarsMeat LoafDerek LyonsJohn SimpkinMTV New Videos Added
- StarsMental As AnythingReg MombassaPeter O'DoughertyMTV New Videos Added
- StarsPlanet P ProjectTony CareyPlanet P performs in the music video "Static" from the album "Planet P" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens with water drops falling on a person's forehead. A older man looks at equipment in a narrow corridor. Later, a young man skates through the hallway of a building.MTV New Videos Added
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsThe PoliceStewart CopelandStingA promotional video for The Police's 1983 hit single "Every Breath You Take."MTV New Videos Added
- StarsTriumphRik EmmettMike LevineMTV 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)
- DirectorMaurice PhillipsStarsChris De BurghMusic video for Chris De Burgh's 1982 single "Don't Pay The Ferryman".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)
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonNick RhodesMTV 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 Men at Work - It's a Mistake.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorPepe MarcosSimon MilneStarsPete ByrneRob FisherNaked EyesIn the official music video for the Naked Eyes version of "Always Something There to Remind Me", a man finds out his ex is getting married via newspaper headlines.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorStorm ThorgersonStarsPlanet P ProjectNick BrimbleTony CareyPlanet P performs in the music video "Why Me?" from the album "Planet P" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens with a space suited figure rising into the sky as a woman watches on at her car. The man in the space suit observes unusual lights while the woman drives.MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorBryan GreenbergStarsPrinceDez DickersonLisa ColemanA promotional video for Prince's 1983 hit single "Little Red Corvette."MTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsRick AndersonAlexis ArquetteMichael CottenMTV Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- 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 Heavy Rotation (3-4 plays a day)
- DirectorTony van den EndeStarsA Flock of SeagullsFrank MaudsleyMichael ScoreA Flock of Seagulls perform in the music video "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" from the album "Listen" recorded for Zomba Records. Mike Score sings and the band pace through a futuristic space station. Sitting in the control Score conjures up a photograph of a woman using a computer but rips it up before watching his fellow band-mates on television.MTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsThe Belle StarsJennie MatthiasMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)
- StarsMatthew AshmanAnnabella LwinBow Wow WowMTV Medium Rotation (2-3 plays a day)