The British Invasion of 1983 (American Top 40 - June 25)

I'll let Casey set this up:

"You know, during the past couple of weeks, two all-time chart records were broken. One was the number of British acts in the Top 40 at the same time: 16. And the other was the number of foreign acts in the Top 40 at the same time: 22. Well, this week another British act debuts and none fall out, thereby adding to last week's total of British acts and foreign acts as well. So, there's a new all-time record in each case. The number of British acts in the Top 40 this week is 17. And the number of foreign acts is 23. Furthermore, listen to this: one of these foreign acts, Bryan Adams from Canada, has two hits in the survey, which means that among this week's forty most popular songs in America, 24 are by foreign acts and 16 by American acts. And let me remind you that the Top 40 hits each week are the choices of American record buyers and radio listeners."

24 songs by foreign acts in the Top 40 is a remarkable 60%. Allow me to breakdown this episode of AT40 by nationality:


United Kingdom

• Billy Idol ("White Wedding" 38)
• Chris de Burgh ("Don't Pay the Ferryman" 35)
• Thomas Dolby ("She Blinded Me with Science" 34)
• Eurythmics ("Sweet Dreams" 32)
• A Flock of Seagulls ("Wishing" 29)
• Jim Capaldi ("That's Love" 28)
• Rod Stewart ("Baby Jane" 26)
• Duran Duran ("Is There Something I Should Know" 25)
• Bee Gees ("The Woman in You" 24)
• Madness ("Our House" 19)
• The Kinks ("Come Dancing" 17)
• Elton John ("I'm Still Standing" 16)
• Naked Eyes ("Always Something There to Remind Me" 13)
• Kajagoogoo ("Too Shy" 10)
• David Bowie ("Let's Dance" 5)
• The Police ("Every Breath You Take" 4)
• Culture Club ("Time" 2)

United States

• Laura Branigan ("Soltaire" 39)
• Prince ("Little Red Corvette" 36 & "1999" 33)
• Bob Seger ("Roll Me Away" 31)
• Donna Summer ("She Works Hard for the Money" 30)
• Stevie Nicks ("Stand Back" 27)
• Champaign ("Try Again" 23)
• DeBarge ("All This Love" 21)
• Lionel Richie ("My Love" 20)
• Michael Jackson ("Wanna Be Startin' Something" 15 & "Beat It" 11)
• The Tubes ("She's a Beauty" 14)
• Journey ("Faithfully" 12)
• Styx ("Don't Let It End" 7)
• Hall & Oates ("Family Man" 6)
• Irene Cara ("Flashdance" 1)

Australia

• The Little River Band ("We Two" 22)
• Men at Work ("Overkill" 18)
• Rick Springfield ("Affair of the Heart" 9)

Canada

• Bryan Adams ("Cuts Like a Knife" 40 & Straight from the Heart" 37)

Brazil

• Sergio Mendes ("Never Gonna Let You Go" 8)

Barbados

• Eddy Grant ("Electric Avenue" 3)