Thru the Roof '83 explained

Thru The Roof '83
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Various Artists
Cover:	Thrutheroof83.jpg
Genre:	Pop
Label:	CBS

Thru The Roof '83 was a various artists "hits" collection album released in Australia in early December 1983 on the CBS record Label (Cat No. ROOF 1). The album spent 5 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in Dec. 1983 / Jan. 1984.

Track listing

Side 1:

• 1 Pat Wilson – "Bop Girl"
• 2 Dragon – "Rain"
• 3 Culture Club – "Karma Chameleon"
• 4 UB40 – "Red Red Wine"
• 5 Paul Young – "Wherever I Lay My Hat"
• 6 Mike Oldfield – "Moonlight Shadow"
• 7 Sharon O'Neill – "Maxine"
• 8 Malcolm McLaren – "Double Dutch"
• 9 Michael Sembello – "Maniac"

Side 2:

• 1 Billy Joel – "Tell Her About It"
• 2 Michael Jackson – "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
• 3 KC & The Sunshine Band – "Give It Up"
• 4 Cold Chisel – "No Sense"
• 5 Elton John – "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
• 6 Jon English – "Some People (Have All the Fun)"
• 7 Donna Summer – "She Works Hard for the Money"
• 8 The Blues Brothers & Ray Charles – "Shake a Tail Feather"
• 9 Austen Tayshus – "Australiana"

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

   . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 323.