Hear (and see!) Kim’s playlist from 1982

Kim Wilde recently posted an old list of favourite tunes from 1982 on her Twitter account, asking her producer Louise at Magic 105.4 what they should play during her radio show next week.

The correct answer is of course… All of them! So here they are, for your listening pleasure. (Links open in a new window.)

  1. Don’t you want me – Human League
  2. In the name of love – Thompson Twins
  3. Love plus one – Haircut 100
  4. Turn your love around – George Benson
  5. I don’t want to live with monkeys – Higsons
  6. Shack up – A certain ratio
  7. Papa’s got a brand new pigbag – Pigbag
  8. Do you believe in the west world – Theatre of Hate
  9. Mama used to say – Junior Giscombe
  10. Inbetweenies – Ian Dury
  11. At last I am free – Robert Wyatt
  12. Just can’t get enough – Depeche Mode

The photo also included a list of ‘all time best of’s, which you can check out here:

  1. Opportunity – Elvis Costello
  2. I close my eyes and count to 10 – Dusty Springfield
  3. A man can be drunk sometimes – George Jones
  4. Step inside love – Cilla Black
  5. 24 hours from Tulsa – Gene Pitney
  6. Baby I love you – Aretha Franklin
  7. Howlin – Howlin Wolf
  8. Off the hook – Rolling Stones
  9. Who’s sorry now – Connie Francis
  10. Only the lonely know – Frank Sinatra
  11. Panic in Detroit – David Bowie
  12. Congratulations – Paul Simon