▸ the year you arrived
1983
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You will be 43 this year — a child of the '80s.
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Your generation
Xennial
1983 belonged to
Michael Jackson
5 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1983
- 1
Every Breath You Take
The Police
- 2
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
- 3
Flashdance...What a Feeling
Irene Cara
- 4
Down Under
Men At Work
- 5
Beat It
Michael Jackson
- 6
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Bonnie Tyler
- 7
Maneater
Daryl Hall & John Oates
- 8
Baby, Come to Me
Patti Austin & James Ingram
- 9
Maniac
Michael Sembello
- 10
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Eurythmics
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsThe Police — Synchronicity
Def Leppard — Pyromania
Cyndi Lauper — She's So Unusual
At the MoviesReturn of the Jedi
Scarface
A Christmas Story
On TVThe A-Team
M*A*S*H finale
Webster
In the HeadlinesSally Ride becomes first US woman in space
Nintendo's Famicom launches in Japan
Motorola tests the first cell phone
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