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In today’s episode, we’re going year-by-year through 1980s Italo Disco. Today’s episode is 1982!

Every song in this episode is from Italy. And every song is from 1982.

Some key names or songs in this episode:

• Pierluigi Giombini (wrote You Are a Danger and Masterpiece)
• Dirty Talk influenced New Order’s Blue Monday
• Paul Micioni as Bo Boss and Trilogy
• Stefano Pulga of Kano in Pink Project and Dharma
• Franco Rago, Gigi Farina, and X. Monneret of Expansives, Lectric Workers, and Wanexa
• Claudio Simonetti and Giancarlo Meo are still involved in a bunch of production

#	Title	Artist	Time	Release	Country
1	You Are a Danger	Gary Low	08:40	1982	Italy
2	Masterpiece	Gazebo	04:05	1982	Italy
3	Dirty Talk	Klein & M.B.O.	05:36	1982	Italy
4	Tequila	Bo Boss	04:50	1982	Italy
5	Take Me to the Top	Advance	06:17	1982	Italy
6	Space Operator	4 M International	04:25	1982	Italy
7	Disco Project	Pink Project	05:05	1982	Italy
8	Bad Passion	Steel Mind	06:34	1982	Italy
9	Stop	Valery Allington	04:34	1982	Italy
10	Life With You	Expansives	06:53	1982	Italy
11	I Need Love	Capricorn	04:33	1982	Italy
12	Not Love	Trilogy	07:35	1982	Italy
13	For You	Ago	05:54	1982	Italy
14	I’m a Vocoder	Gay Cat Park	07:27	1982	Italy
15	The Man From Colours	Wanexa	06:43	1982	Italy
16	Plastic Doll	Dharma	06:29	1982	Italy
17	Catch	Sun-la-shan	06:58	1982	Italy
18	Robot Is Systematic	Lectric Workers	07:42	1982	Italy
19	Feels Good	Electra ft. Tara Butler	06:15	1982	Italy
20	Lemonsweet	Bagarre	07:05	1982	Italy
21	Girls on Me	Amin Peck	09:59	1982	Italy
22	Hookey	Sylvi Foster	06:31	1982	Italy

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We’re digging through Italo Disco year-by-year in the 1980s. In this episode we dive into 1981.

#	Title	Artist	Time	Release Date	Country
1	Wake Up	The Clocks	04:16	1981	Italy
2	Fotofinish	Gin & Tonic	03:22	1981	Italy
3	Baby Not Tonight (Short Version)	Kano	03:52	1981	Italy
4	Strange Desires (Vocal)	Peter Richard	05:21	1981	Italy
5	Gioca jouer (USA Version)	Claudio Cecchetto	03:48	1981	Italy
6	Just Your Love	J.M.T. Band	07:25	1981	Belgium
7	Love Is Gonna Be on Your Side (Single Version)	Firefly	04:15	1981	Italy
8	The Night They Invented The Disco	D.D. Sound	06:07	1981	Italy
9	My Mind (Vocal)	Korja	04:31	1981	Italy
10	Love is magic	Sunflower	06:20	1981	Italy
11	Give Me	Range	07:12	1981	Italy
12	Wake Up In The Night	D.D. Sound	04:40	1981	Italy
13	Can’t Hold Back (Your Loving)	Kano	04:45	1981	Italy
14	Wallet Woman	Tileface	06:40	1981	Italy
15	Walkman	Kasso	05:24	1981	Italy
16	You Make Me Do It	Ago	05:45	1981	Italy
17	Pow Pow Pow	Capricorn	05:43	1981	Italy
18	J’ai jamais dit ça!	Mino	03:19	1981	Belgium
19	Silver Spoon	Danielle Devred	06:50	1981	Belgium
20	Venus	Russell Russell	05:09	1981	Italy
21	Midnight	Passengers	05:00	1981	Italy
22	Love Stars	Caelestium	06:03	1981	Italy

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We’re digging through Italo Disco year-by-year in the 1980s. We’re starting with the year 1980. In 1979, Disco faced significant backlash in the United States. In 1980, some Disco acts continued to be released. It would be a few years before Italo Disco really hit its stride in Europe. However, 1980 saw music released by some key players and influencers including Giorgio Moroder, Kano, Easy Going and Claudio Simonetti, and the La Bionda brothers.

Italo Disco 1980 Playlist

#	Title	Artist	Time	Year	Country
1	It’s a War	Kano	06:54	1980	Italy
2	Standard Planet	Moons	05:47	1980	Italy
3	I Am A Robot	David Zed	07:12	1980	Italy
4	If You Weren’t Afraid	Giorgio Moroder	05:41	1980	Italy
5	Got To Be	Ben Norman	03:44	1980	Italy
6	If Are You Master	Silvi Foster	06:01	1980	Italy
7	I’m Dancing All The Night	Navach	05:43	1980	Italy
8	Casanova	Easy Going	06:55	1980	Italy
9	Dream Machine	Disco Dream And The Androids	09:10	1980	UK
10	Give me a Break	Vivien Vee	08:49	1980	Italy
11	Show Show Show	Marina Marfoglia	04:38	1980	Italy
12	(One Two Three) Counting On Love	Peter Jacques Band	05:16	1980	Italy
13	Got Got Money	Five Letters	08:26	1980	France
14	Any Time or Place	Azoto	06:14	1980	Italy
15	A Gay Time Latin Lover	Easy Going	08:26	1980	Italy
16	I’m In Love	Cela	11:01	1980	Italy
17	I Wanna Be Your Lover	La Bionda	03:15	1980	Italy
18	Margherita	Massara	07:55	1980	Italy

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