8 of the 80s: 10/30/14 (1982)

It's Throwback Thursday 80s time, and this week I'm back to 1982, the year British TV Channel 4 starts broadcasting...

AC/DC - "Let's Get It Up"
from the album For Those About To Rock We Salute You (1981)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #44
Songwriters: Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young

 One of my faves of the band, this dirty little number doesn't make any pretenses about its inclinations.

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April Wine - "Enough Is Enough"
from the album Power Play (1982)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #59
Songwriter: Myles Goodwyn

The Canadian rockers from Halifax made the top-10 on the pop chart in their home country with this single.

Kiss - "A World Without Heroes"
from the album Music From "The Elder" (1981)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #56
Songwriters: Bob Ezrin, Lou Reed, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley

This track from the glam metal gods' ill-received concept album was co-written with the alternative rock pioneer from the Velvet Underground.

Prism - "Turn On Your Radar"
from the album Small Change (1981)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #64
Songwriter: Morgan Walker

Another Canadian rock band followed up their first top-40 success in America with this record.

Billy Squier - "Emotions In Motion"
from the album Emotions In Motion (1982)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #68
Songwriter: Billy Squier 

This gem from Squier's second top-5 album was awesome driving accompaniment.

Robert Plant - "Pledge Pin"
from the album Pictures At Eleven (1982)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #74
Songwriters: Robbie Blunt, Robert Plant

The second single from Plant's first solo album, which pop radio didn't really know what to do with as yet. All would be redeemed by the next release and "Big Log"...

Bad Company - "Electricland"
from the album Rough Diamonds (1982)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #74
Songwriter: Paul Rodgers

This song from the band that straddled the line between metal and arena rock went all the way to #2 on the brand-new rock tracks chart in Billboard.

The Kinks - "Better Things"
from the album Give The People What They Want (1981)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #92
Songwriter: Ray Davies

Ray released a duet of this song with Bruce Springsteen in 2010.