So I'm browsing through my copy of Joel Whitburn's Music Yearbook 1983 (because that's just something that music junkies do) and I stumble upon the "Bubbling Under the Hot 100" section, which lists all the songs that didn't quite make Billboard's Hot 100 list in 1983, peaking at positions 101-110. While I am unfamiliar with most of the songs on the list, I'm incredulous that the following fine singles didn't manage to crack the Hot 100. This is quality stuff that gets a lot of playing time 'round here:
| Title | Artist | Chart |
| Atomic Dog | George Clinton | 101 |
| Two Hearts Beat as One | U2 | 101 |
| Red Skies | The Fixx | 101 |
| White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) | Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel | 101 |
| More Than This | Roxy Music | 102 |
| We Live So Fast | Heaven 17 | 102 |
| Dancing with Myself | Billy Idol | 102 |
| Whenever You're on My Mind | Marshall Crenshaw | 103 |
| I Confess | English Beat | 104 |
| Twisting by the Pool | Dire Straits | 105 |
| Save It for Later | English Beat | 106 |
| Lifeline | Spandau Ballet | 108 |
Mark, I enjoy that part of those books as well. What it goes to show is that "we buyers" at the time had so much to choose from that many great tunes just did not sell as well as singles.
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