| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 06/1982 | | 434
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 5
US dance 26
US rock ✫1 |  [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1984]
 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #84]
[A&M 2542]
written by Sting |
| 2. | 06/1982 | | 424
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 27
US dance 59
US rock ✫1 | [Scotti Brothers 02912]
written by Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik |
 | 3. | 04/1982 | | 408
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B 8
US rock 34 | [Columbia 02860]
written by Paul McCartney |
 | 4. | 10/1982 | | 395
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 13
US dance 33
US rock ✫1 | charted as Who Can It Be Now? / Down Under in US dance charts
[Columbia 03303]
written by Colin Hay & Ron Strykert |
| 5. | 05/1982 | | 364
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC 28
US dance 14
US R&B 26
US rock 4 | [Capitol 5126]
written by Steve Miller |
 | 6. | 07/1982 | | 361
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC 31
US rock 6 | as Dexy's Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express
[BRIT Awards Best British Single 1983]
written by Kevin Rowland, Jim "Big Jim" Paterson & Billy Adams |
 | 7. | 09/1982 | | 345
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC 8
US dance 34
US R&B 39
US rock 21 | charted as I'm Afraid of Me / Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? in US dance charts
[Virgin/Epic 34-03368]
written by Boy George, Mikey Craig (as Michael Craig), Roy Hay & Jon Moss |
 | 8. | 02/1982 | | 330
| US ✫1
UK 2
US dance 3 | [Chrysalis 2638]
written by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn |
| 9. | 06/1982 | | 315
| US ✫1
UK 4
US AC ✫1 | charted as Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away in US AC charts
[Warner 29979 (Full Moon)]
written by Peter Cetera & David Foster |
| 10. | 10/1982 | | 313
| US ✫1
UK 6
US AC ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Motown 1644]
written by Cochrane & Lionel Richie |
|
 | 11. | 10/1982 | | 310
| US ✫1
UK 6
US AC 14
US dance 18
US R&B 78
US rock 18 | [RCA 13354]
written by Sara Allen, Daryl Hall & John Oates |
 | 12. | 10/1982 | | 309
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC 5 | [Columbia 03335]
written by David Paich & Jeff Porcaro |
 | 13. | 03/1982 | | 308
| US 3
UK ✫1
US AC 7
US country 60 | [R]
[Motown 1611]
written by Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) & Ken Hirsch |
 | 14. | 10/1982 | | 288
| US 3
UK 4
US AC 34
US dance 12
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #231]
[Columbia 03302]
written by Marvin Gaye |
 | 15. | 08/1982 | | 287
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC 3 |  [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1982]
 [Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1982]
[Atco 99996 (Island)]
written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie & Will Jennings |
 | 16. | 11/1982 | | 287
| US 2
UK 3
US AC 6
US dance 46
US R&B 34 | [Virgin 03796]
written by Boy George, Mikey Craig (as Michael Craig), Roy Hay & Jon Moss |
 | 17. | 10/1982 | | 285
| US ✫1
UK 11
US AC ✫1
US R&B 9 | [R]
[Qwest 50036]
written by Rod Temperton |
 | 18. | 07/1982 | | 285
| US 2
UK 6
US AC 28
US dance 4 | [Atlantic 4048]
written by Umberto Tozzi, Giancarlo Bigazzi & Trevor Veitch |
 | 19. | 09/1982 | | 281
| US 10
UK ✫1
US dance 11
US R&B 8 | [MCA 52149]
written by Lloyd Ferguson, Jackie Mittoo & Fitzroy Simpson |
 | 20. | 11/1982 | | 278
| US 10
UK ✫1
US AC 9
US rock 24 | [Atlantic 89933]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. |
 | 21. | 05/1982 | | 276
| US 3
UK 5
US dance 36
US rock ✫1 | [Capitol 5134 (Harvest)]
written by Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor & Andy Taylor |
 | 22. | 11/1982 | | 266
| US 2
UK 8
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Epic 03288]
written by Michael Jackson |
 | 23. | 10/1982 | | 259
| US 10
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US R&B 14 | [Arista 1015]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb |
 | 24. | 06/1982 | | 249
| US ✫1
UK 25
US rock 3 | as John Cougar
written by John Mellencamp |
 | 25. | 08/1982 | | 248
| US 6
UK 6
US AC 4
US dance 45
US rock 7 | [A&M 2428]
written by Joe Jackson |
 | 26. | 04/1982 | | 237
| US 2
UK 12
US AC 17
US rock 8 | [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1983]
[Columbia 02811]
written by David Paich |
 | 27. | 05/1982 | | 232
| US 12
UK ✫1
US rock 7 | written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni |
 | 28. | 11/1982 | | 231
| US 7
UK 5
US dance 21
US rock 9 | written by Chris Foreman & Chas Smash (as Carl Smyth) |
 | 29. | 10/1982 | | 202
| US 5
UK 17
US rock 4 | [Warner 29840 (Sire)]
written by Chrissie Hynde |
| 30. | 07/1982 | | 201
| US ✫1
UK 45
US dance 33
US rock 46 | charted as Who Can It Be Now? / Down Under in US dance charts
[Columbia 18-02888]
written by Colin Hay |
 | 31. | 01/1982 | | 193
| US 4
UK 39
US AC 10
US dance 27
US R&B ✫1 | [Tamla 1602]
written by Stevie Wonder |
 | 32. | 12/1982 | | 192
| US 2
US AC ✫1
US country 15 | as Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
[Capitol 5187]
written by Rodney Crowell |
| 33. | 04/1982 | | 191
| US 2
US rock ✫1 | as John Cougar
written by John Mellencamp & George M. Green |
 | 34. | 05/1982 | | 189
| US 18
UK 4
US dance ✫1
US rock 32 | [Mercury 76168]
written by Martin Fry, Mark White, Stephen Singleton, Mark Lickley & David Palmer |
| 35. | 03/1982 | | 187
| US 5
UK 49
US AC 2
US country ✫1 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1983]
[Columbia 02741]
written by Johnny Christopher, Mark James [songwriter] & Wayne Carson Thompson |
| 36. | 09/1982 | | 185
| US 3
UK 59
US dance 47
US rock ✫1 | [Elektra 69894 (Asylum)]
written by Don Henley & Danny Kootch (as Danny Kortchmar) |
 | 37. | 04/1982 | | 180
| US 5
US dance 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Motown 1609]
written by Reggie Andrews & Leon "Ndugu" Chancler |
 | 38. | 11/1982 | | 180
| US 5
UK 49
US dance 3
US R&B 49
US rock 6 | written by Thomas Dolby & Tim Kerr |
 | 39. | 04/1982 | | 178
| US 4
UK 46
US rock ✫1 | [Geffen 50040]
written by Geoff Downes & John Wetton |
 | 40. | 08/1982 | | 178
| US 4
UK 43
US AC 8
US R&B 7 | [Warner 29933]
written by Michael McDonald, Ed Sanford, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 41. | 03/1982 | | 177
| US 2
US AC 30
US rock 11 | [RCA 13075]
written by Rick Springfield |
 | 42. | 06/1982 | | 176
| US 10
UK 18
US dance 3
US R&B 4 | [Geffen 29982]
written by Quincy Jones, Merria Ross & Rod Temperton |
| 43. | 01/1982 | | 176
| US 2
US rock 7 | [R]
[I.r.s. 9903]
written by Charlotte Caffey |
 | 44. | 01/1982 | | 176
| US 2
US AC 7
US rock 35 | [Columbia 02687]
written by Jonathan Cain & Steve Perry |
 | 45. | 07/1982 | | 176
| US 3
US AC 3
US rock 11 | [Arista 0696]
written by Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson |
 | 46. | 08/1982 | | 175
| US 17
UK 7
US dance ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | written by Kashif (as Kashif Saleem) |
 | 47. | 06/1982 | | 172
| US 4
US AC 7
US rock 3 | [Warner 29966]
written by Christine McVie & Robbie Patton |
| 48. | 03/1982 | | 171
| US 4
US AC 33
US dance 24
US R&B 2 | [Arista 0669]
written by Ray Parker Jr |
| 49. | 10/1982 | | 170
| US 53
UK ✫1 | written by Eddy Grant |
 | 50. | 10/1982 | | 169
| US 10
UK 15
US AC 36
US R&B 4 | produced by Michael Jackson
[RCA 13382]
written by Michael Jackson |
 | 51. | 10/1982 | | 169
| US 7
UK 81
US AC 2
US country ✫1 | [Elektra 69936]
written by Frank J. Myers |
 | 52. | 05/1982 | | 168
| US 13
UK 10
US AC 25
US dance ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Tamla 1612]
written by Stevie Wonder |
 | 53. | 06/1982 | | 167
| US 8
UK 30
US dance 8
US rock 6 | charted as Rock The Casbah / Mustapha Dance in US dance charts
[Columbia 03245 (Epic)]
written by Mick Jones [The Clash], Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon & Topper Headon |
 | 54. | 05/1982 | | 166
| US 10
UK 15
US AC 6
US rock 39 | [Columbia 03019]
written by Paul McCartney |
| 55. | 06/1982 | | 165
| US 5
UK 44
US AC ✫1 | [Arista 0692]
written by Terry Skinner, J.L. Wallace & Ken Bell |
| 56. | 10/1982 | | 164
| UK ✫1 | written by John Edward |
 | 57. | 11/1982 | | 163
| US 30
UK 2
US rock 22 | written by Ian Burden, Jo Callis & Philip Oakey |
| 58. | 09/1982 | | 162
| US 3
UK 46 | [MCA 52100]
written by Paul Bliss |
 | 59. | 09/1982 | | 161
| US 5
UK 47
US AC ✫1 | [Columbia 03345]
written by Neil Diamond, Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager |
| 60. | 02/1982 | | 160
| UK ✫1
US dance 45 |
written by Paul Weller |
| 61. | 01/1982 | | 158
| UK ✫1 | [Jive 103]
written by Solomon Linda, Paul Campbell, Albert Stanton, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss |
 | 62. | 02/1982 | | 158
| UK ✫1 | written by Wolff Ekkehardt, Stein Jass & Wolfgang Jass |
 | 63. | 02/1982 | | 158
| US 5
UK 43
US AC 6 | [MCA]
written by John Farrar & Tom Snow |
| 64. | 01/1982 | | 155
| US 8
UK 36
US dance 14
US R&B 2 | charted as Mirror, Mirror / Work That Body in US dance charts
[RCA 13021]
written by Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello |
| 65. | 03/1982 | | 155
| US 12
UK 8
US AC ✫1 | [Geffen 7-29954]
written by Elton John & Gary Osborne |
 | 66. | 01/1982 | | 155
| US 37
UK 3
US dance 8
US rock 18 | [Arista 0672]
written by Nick Heyward |
 | 67. | 06/1982 | | 153
| UK ✫1 | [A&M 2433]
written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (as Oscar Hammerstein) |
 | 68. | 05/1982 | | 152
| UK ✫1 | written by Mike Barson & Lee Thompson |
 | 69. | 12/1982 | | 152
| UK ✫1 | written by Paul Weller |
| 70. | 05/1982 | | 152
| UK ✫1 | [1982 Eurovision Song Contest winner]
written by Bernd Meinunger, Paul Greedus & Ralph Siegel |
 | 71. | 03/1982 | | 149
| US 9
UK 43
US dance 8
US rock 3 | written by Mike Score, Ali Score, Paul Reynolds & Frank Maudsley |
 | 72. | 04/1982 | | 147
| US 23
UK 8
US dance 2
US R&B 4 | [Elektra 47427]
written by Patrice Rushen, Teri McFadden & Freddie Washington |
 | 73. | 01/1982 | | 147
| UK ✫1 | written by Shakin' Stevens |
 | 74. | 03/1982 | | 147
| UK ✫1 | written by Andy Hill & Nichola Martin |
| 75. | 02/1982 | | 145
| US 30
UK 7
US dance 4
US R&B 2 | [R]
[Mercury 76132]
written by Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter |
| 76. | 05/1982 | | 143
| US 5
US AC 10
US dance 8 | [Arista 0676]
written by Dean Pitchford & Tom Snow |
 | 77. | 02/1982 | | 143
| US 7
UK 60
US rock 6 | as Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
[Boardwalk 7-11-144]
written by Tommy James & Peter Lucia |
| 78. | 11/1982 | | 141
| US 14
UK 9
US rock 5 | [Capitol 5175 (Harvest)]
written by Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor & Andy Taylor |
| 79. | 03/1982 | | 141
| US 102
UK 2
US dance 15
US R&B 27 | [MCA 52067]
written by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram |
 | 80. | 07/1982 | | 141
| US 7
US AC 14
US rock 4 | [Elektra 69982 (Asylum)]
written by Jackson Browne |
| 81. | 02/1982 | | 140
| US 6
US AC 5 | [Arista 0661]
written by Paul Davis |
 | 82. | 07/1982 | | 139
| US 8
UK 59
US AC 5 | [Capitol 5142]
written by Russ Ballard |
| 83. | 04/1982 | | 139
| US 67
UK 2
US AC 38 | [Sire 29844]
written by Vince Clarke |
| 84. | 05/1982 | | 138
| US 7
US AC 4
US country 30 | [Capitol 5120]
written by Gary Burr |
| 85. | 04/1982 | | 137
| US 10
US AC 6
US R&B ✫1 | [Columbia 02812]
written by Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein & Lou Stallman |
 | 86. | 07/1982 | | 134
| UK 3
US dance ✫1 | written by Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet |
| 87. | 04/1982 | | 133
| US 10
UK 79
US rock ✫1 | produced by David Foster
written by David Foster, Fee Waybill & Steve Lukather |
| 88. | 10/1982 | | 133
| UK 2
US dance 18 | charted as I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby / I'm Corrupt / Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy in US dance charts
written by Kid Creole (as August Darnell) |
 | 89. | 02/1982 | | 132
| US 25
UK 6
US dance 39 | [Mercury 810340]
written by Martin Fry, Mark White, Stephen Singleton, Mark Lickley & David Palmer |
| 90. | 10/1982 | | 130
| US 30
UK 6
US R&B 7 | written by Amir Bayyan, James "J.T." Taylor & Kool & The Gang |
 | 91. | 07/1982 | | 130
| UK 2
US dance 33 | written by Stephan Remmler & Gert 'Kralle' Krawinkel |
| 92. | 11/1982 | | 130
| US 10
US rock ✫1 | written by George Kooymans |
| 93. | 06/1982 | | 129
| US 104
UK 3
US dance 25
US R&B 12 | [RCA 13217]
written by Jesse Rae |
 | 94. | 02/1982 | | 128
| US 7
US rock 12 | written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange |
 | 95. | 09/1982 | | 128
| UK 2
US R&B 89 | [Columbia 03056 (wmot)]
written by Len Barry & Bobby Eli |
 | 96. | 03/1982 | | 127
| US 12
UK 10
US AC 15 | [magical mystery tour, all you need is love, you've got to hide your love away, i should have known better, a hard day's night, ticket to ride, get back]
from the Reel Music compilation album
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| 97. | 05/1982 | | 127
| UK 2 | written by Marc Almond & David Ball |
| 98. | 12/1982 | | 127
| UK 2 | |
| 99. | 09/1982 | | 127
| UK 2 | written by Paul Weller |
 | 100. | 01/1982 | | 127
| UK 2 | written by The Stranglers |
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