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<\/p>\nThe music of the 1980s will always be one of the most memorable decades in music history. But some of the best songs from that era came out in 1983, including these three rock songs that are so good, almost every 80s kid can likely still sing along with them today.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs There Something I Should Know?\u201d by Duran Duran<\/p>\n
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Duran Duran\u2019s second Top 10 single, \u201cIs There Something I Should Know?\u201d was written by the band members. Originally not on a record, it later appeared on a United States reissue of Duran Duran\u2019s eponymous debut album.<\/p>\n
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One of Duran Duran\u2019s biggest hits, \u201cIs There Something I Should Know?\u201d says, \u201cThere\u2019s a dream that strings the road \/ With broken glass for us to hold \/ And I cut so far before I had to say \/ Please, please tell me now \/ Is there something I should know, is there something I should say \/ That would make you come my way? \/ Do you feel the same? \/ \u2018Cause you don\u2019t let it show.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s A Mistake\u201d by Men At Work<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s A Mistake\u201d did not do as well at radio as some other singles by Men At Work<\/a>, which is surprising, since it remains a fan favorite today. On their Cargo record, \u201cIt\u2019s A Mistake\u201d was written by the band\u2019s lead singer, Colin Hay.<\/p>\n Hay wrote \u201cIt\u2019s A Mistake\u201d as a protest<\/a> against war. The song says, \u201cDon\u2019t think that we don\u2019t know \/ Don\u2019t think that we\u2019re not trying \/ Don\u2019t think we move too slow \/ It\u2019s no use after crying \/ Saying it\u2019s a mistake \/ It\u2019s a mistake \/ It\u2019s a mistake \/ It\u2019s a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s A Mistake\u201d is Men At Work\u2019s final Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.<\/p>\n \u201cPhotograph\u201d by Def Leppard<\/p>\n \t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \u201cPhotograph\u201d is the first of several singles that Def Leppard put out in 1983. It also became their first No.1 single. The song was written by band members Steve Clark, Pete Willis, Rick Savage, and Joe Elliott, plus producer Robert \u201cMutt\u201d Lange. \u201cPhotograph\u201d was partially inspired<\/a> by a poster of Marilyn Monroe. The song is part of Def Leppard\u2019s Pyromania record.<\/p>\n The song says, \u201cOh, look what you\u2019ve done to this rock \u2018n\u2019 roll clown \/ Oh, look what you\u2019ve done \/ Photograph \/ I don\u2019t want your photograph \/ I don\u2019t need your photograph \/ All I\u2019ve got is a photograph \/ But it\u2019s not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n Pyromania remains one of the most successful Def Leppard albums. It also includes \u201cRock Of Ages\u201d and \u201cFoolin\u2019\u201d, both hit singles for the rock band.<\/p>\n Photo by Peter Stone\/Mirrorpix via Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The music of the 1980s will always be one of the most memorable decades in music history. But…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[20278,2617,88,216,2156],"class_list":["post-807332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1980s","tag-classic-rock","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-rock-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Play\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786232172_173_hqdefault.jpg\")
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