Mutant Movement 1981 Special: 45th Anniversary AFTERNOON DJ Set

If any year epitomises what Mutant Movement is all about, it's 1981. Retro Alternative classics from Positive Punk to Futurist & New Wave!!!

Since the very first MM in 2017, a huge part of each set list has been around 1981, the year that clubs discovered the synth and even Record Mirror ran a Futurist chart with input from DJs across the UK including Marten Read who first played The Human League at The Precinct in 1978 and built the Leeds scene whilst at Leeds Warehouse.

This is a 7 hour event and as ever with MM sets, it will start off with more underground tracks so if that's not your bag or you can't last 7 hours, you can be sure to be there for the climax if you come a little later!

Here's how followers voted in two polls of alternative & mainstream to find the best tracks of 1981...
1 Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
2 Human League - Sound Of The Crowd
3 Visage - Fade To Grey
4 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
5 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound
6 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay
7 Kraftwerk - The Model
8 Japan - Quiet Life
9 Soft Cell - Bedsitter
10 Duran Duran - Planet Earth
11 Depeche Mode - New Life
12 Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)
13 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
14 Pete Shelley - Homosapien
15 Gen X - Dancing With Myself
16 Teardrop Explodes - Reward
17 Soft Cell - Memorabilia
18 Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
19 Simple Minds - Love Song
20 Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf
21 Duran Duran - Girls On Film
22 ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
23 Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
24 Devo - Whip It
25 New Order - Ceremony
26 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Israel
27 Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye
28 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
29 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc
30 Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
31 Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye
32 Cramps - Goo Goo Muck
33 Billy Idol - Mony Mony
34 David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
35 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)