1982 Festive Fifty

Shows

 * #50 - #46: 15 December 1982
 * #45 - #41: 16 December 1982
 * #40 - #36: 20 December 1982
 * #35 - #31: 21 December 1982
 * #30 - #26: 22 December 1982
 * #25 - #21: 23 December 1982
 * #20 - #16: 27 December 1982
 * #15 - #11: 28 December 1982
 * #10 - #06: 29 December 1982
 * #05 - #01: 30 December 1982


 * Comments


 * For the first time, JP introduced a year-by-year listener's chart. This would in the following year supersede the all-time charts completely. The practice would be revived once more in 1999, as a concession to the approaching millenium.
 * Also for the first time, John announces a dead heat at the beginning of the All-Time chart.
 * Peel declares that there are two records in the yearly chart that he has never played before (the first time he did so): they are by Weekend and Dexy's Midnight Runners.
 * Both charts are played in the same shows, side by side.
 * Ken Garner's The Peel Sessions lists the chart rundown as beginning on December 20.

John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty 1982

 * =49: Damned, 'Love Song (LP-Machine Gun Etiquette)' (Chiswick)
 * =49: Laurie Anderson, 'O Superman (LP-Big Science)' (Warner Bros)
 * 48: Joy Division, 'The Eternal (LP-Closer)' (Factory)
 * 47: Magazine, 'Shot By Both Sides (7 inch)' (Virgin)
 * 46: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Hong Kong Garden (LP-Once Upon A Time/The Singles)' (Polydor)
 * 45: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Icon (LP-Join Hands)' (Polydor)
 * 44: Sex Pistols, 'Pretty Vacant (LP-Never Mind The Bollocks)' (Virgin)
 * 43: Specials, 'Ghost Town (12 inch)' (2-Tone)
 * 42: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Switch (LP-The Scream)' (Polydor)
 * 41: Joy Divison, 'She's Lost Control (LP-Unknown Pleasures)' (Factory)
 * 40: Clash, 'Armagideon Time (7 inch-B side of London Calling)' (CBS)
 * 39: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Jigsaw Feeling (LP-The Scream)' (Polydor)
 * 38: Joy Division, 'Isolation (LP-Closer)' (Factory)
 * 37: Sex Pistols, 'Holidays In The Sun (LP-Never Mind The Bollocks)' (Virgin)
 * 36: Undertones, 'Get Over You (7 inch)' (Sire)
 * 35: Ruts, 'In A Rut (7 inch)' (People Unite)
 * 34: Killing Joke, 'Psyche (7 inch-B side of Wardance)' (Malicious Damage)
 * 33: Theatre Of Hate, 'Legion (7 inch-B side of Original Sin)' (SS Label)
 * 32: Killing Joke, 'Requiem (LP-Killing Joke)' (E'G)
 * 31: Stiff Little Fingers, 'Suspect Device (7 inch)' (Rigid Digits)
 * 30: New Order, 'Procession'
 * 29: Stiff Little Fingers, 'Johnny Was'
 * 28: Birthday Party, 'Release The Bats'
 * 27: Scritti Politti, 'The Sweetest Girl'
 * 26: Joy Division, 'Transmission'
 * 25: Sex Pistols, 'God save The Queen'
 * 24: Only Ones, 'Another Girl, Another Planet'
 * 23: Joy Division, 'Twenty-Four Hours'
 * 22: Echo And The Bunnymen, 'Over The Wall'
 * 21: Altered Images, 'Dead Pop Stars'
 * 20: Public Image Ltd, 'Public Image'
 * 19: Clash, 'Complete Control'
 * 18: New Order, 'Temptation'
 * 17: Jam, 'Going Underground'
 * 16: Stiff Little Fingers, 'Alternative Ulster'
 * 15: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Israel'
 * 14: Dead Kennedys, 'Holiday In Cambodia'
 * 13: Damned, 'New Rose'
 * 12: Joy Division, 'Dead Souls'
 * 11: Jam, 'Down In The Tube Station At Midnight'
 * 10: Clash, '(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais'
 * 09: Bauhaus, 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'
 * 08: Undertones, 'Teenage Kicks'
 * 07: Joy Division, 'Decades'
 * 06: New Order, 'Ceremony'
 * 05: Cure, 'A Forest'
 * 04: Joy Division, 'New Dawn Fades'
 * 03: Joy Division, 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
 * 02: Joy Division, 'Atmosphere'
 * 01: Sex Pistols, 'Anarchy In The U.K.'

John Peel's Festive Fifty 1982

 * 60: Yazoo, 'Don't Go'
 * 59: Captain Sensible, 'Happy Talk'
 * 58: Fall, 'Look, Know'
 * 57: Theatre Of Hate, 'The Hop'
 * 56: Stranglers, 'Golden Brown'
 * 55: Associates, 'Club Country'
 * 54: Everything But The Girl, 'Night And Day'
 * 53: Gregory Isaacs, 'Night Nurse'
 * 52: Josef K, 'The Missionary'
 * 51: Stranglers, Strange Little Girl'


 * 50: Farmers Boys, 'I Think I Need Help (7 inch)' (Waap)
 * 49: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Melt (12 inch)' (Polydor)
 * 48: Action Pact, 'Suicide Bag (EP-Suicide Bag)' (Fallout)
 * 47: Higsons, 'Conspiracy (7 inch)' (Waap)
 * 46: Bauhaus, 'Third Uncle (LP-The Sky's Gone Out)' (Beggars Banquet)
 * 45: Simple Minds, 'Glittering Prize (LP-New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84)' (Virgin)
 * 44: Shambeko Say Wah!, 'Remember (7 inch)' (Eternal)
 * 43: Weekend, 'A View From Her Room (7 inch)' (Rough Trade)
 * 42: Chameleons, 'In Shreds (7 inch-double A side with Less Than Human)' (Epic)
 * 41: Passage, 'XOYO (LP-Degenerates)' (Cherry Red)
 * 40: Clash, 'Rock The Casbah (LP-Combat Rock)' (CBS)
 * 39: Jam, 'The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) (7 inch)' (Polydor)
 * 38: Serious Drinking, 'Love On The Terraces (7 inch)' (Upright)
 * 37: Cocteau Twins, 'Wax And Wane (LP-Garlands)' (4AD)
 * 36: Musical Youth, 'Pass The Dutchie (7 inch)' (MCA)
 * 35: Blancmange, 'Feel Me (LP-Happy Families)' (London)
 * 34: Blancmange, 'Living On The Ceiling (LP-Happy Families)' (London)
 * 33: Cure, 'A Strange Day (LP-Pornography)' (Fiction)
 * 32: Simple Minds, 'Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) (LP-New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84)' (Virgin)
 * 31: Redskins, 'Peasant Army (7 inch-B side of Lev Bronstein)' (CNT Productions)
 * 30: Simple Minds, 'Promised You A Miracle'
 * 29: Psychedelic Furs, 'Love My Way'
 * 28: Cure, 'The Figurehead'
 * 27: Clash, 'Know Your Rights'
 * 26: Clash, 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go'
 * 25: Cure, 'The Hanging Garden'
 * 24: Aztec Camera, 'Pillar To Post'
 * 23: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Slow Dive'
 * 22: China Crisis, 'African And White'
 * 21: Farmers Boys, 'Whatever Is He Like'
 * 20: Killing Joke, 'Empire Song'
 * 19: Dexys Midnight Runners, 'Come On Eileen'
 * 18: Scritti Politti, 'Asylums In Jerusalem'
 * 17: New Order, 'Hurt'
 * 16: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Fireworks'
 * 15: Bauhaus, 'Ziggy Stardust'
 * 14: Associates, 'Party Fears Two'
 * 13: Scritti Politti, 'Faithless'
 * 12: Yazoo, 'Only You'
 * 11: Jam, 'A Town Called Malice'
 * 10: Wild Swans, 'Revolutionary Spirit'
 * 09: Artery, 'Into The Garden'
 * 08: Theatre Of Hate, 'Do You Believe In The Westworld'
 * 07: Wah!, 'Story Of The Blues'
 * 06: Clash, 'Straight To Hell'
 * 05: Tears For Fears, 'Mad World'
 * 04: Echo And The Bunnymen, 'The Back Of Love'
 * 03: Grandmaster Flash And The Furious 5, 'The Message'
 * 02: Robert Wyatt, 'Shipbuilding'
 * 01: New Order, 'Temptation'

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