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Top Dance Songs of 1983

1982 <-1983-> 1984
    

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1.
05/1983
411

✫1
US
5
AC
26
dance


✫1
rock
✫1
UK
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1984]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #84]
[A&M 2542]
written by Sting
2.
03/1983
407

✫1
US


✫1
dance
14
R&B
8
rock
✫1
UK
featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar
co-produced by Nile Rodgers
[EMI America 8158]
written by David Bowie
3.
10/1983
406

✫1
US
3
AC
2
dance
2
R&B
24
rock
2
UK
as Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
[Epic 04169]
written by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
4.
09/1983
404

✫1
US
✫1
AC
5
dance
✫1
R&B


2
UK
[Motown 1698]
written by Lionel Richie
5.
04/1983
404

✫1
US
4
AC
✫1
dance
2
R&B


2
UK
[Academy Award for Best Original Song 1983]
[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1983]
[Casablanca 811440]
written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey & Irene Cara
6.
02/1983
369

✫1
US
36
AC
2
dance


16
rock
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #356]
[RCA 13533]
written by Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]
7.
12/1983
351

2
US
42
AC
22
dance


23
rock
✫1
UK
8.
12/1983
345

2
US


✫1
dance
80
R&B
16
rock
2
UK
[Portrait 04120]
written by Robert Hazard
9.
01/1983
343

2
US


6
dance
18
R&B
12
rock
2
UK
[Portrait 03793]
written by Eddy Grant
10.
07/1983
339

✫1
US
✫1
AC
38
dance


17
rock
4
UK
[Columbia 04138]
written by Billy Joel
11.
03/1983
325

4
US


34
dance


3
rock
✫1
UK
12.
11/1983
302

3
US
8
AC
✫1
dance


9
rock
4
UK
[Arista 1-9164]
written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie & Joe Leeway
13.
01/1983
301

5
US


25
dance


23
rock
✫1
UK
14.
10/1983
289

3
US


33
dance


2
rock
3
UK
15.
04/1983
275

8
US


✫1
dance
56
R&B
14
rock
2
UK
[A&M/Virgin 2547]
written by Jo Callis & Philip Oakey
16.
06/1983
265

3
US


✫1
dance


21
rock
6
UK
[Backstreet 52232]
written by Ivan Doroschuk
17.
09/1983
262

5
US
4
AC
17
dance
76
R&B


4
UK
[Private I 04113]
written by Matthew Wilder & Greg Prestopino
18.
11/1983
260

✫1
US


3
dance
69
R&B
✫1
rock
28
UK
19.
05/1983
247

10
US


51
dance


3
rock
2
UK
co-produced by Nile Rodgers; charted as China Girl / Shake In in US dance charts
[EMI America 8165]
written by David Bowie & Iggy Pop
20.
05/1983
238

14
US


47
dance




✫1
UK
[Warner 7-29608]
written by Rod Stewart & Jay Davis
21.
07/1983
231

18
US


24
dance




✫1
UK
as KC
written by Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) & Deborah Carter
22.
04/1983
223

46
US


17
dance
✫1
R&B


✫1
UK
[StreetWise 1108]
written by Maurice Starr
23.
11/1983
222

4
US
24
AC
44
dance
3
R&B
42
rock
10
UK

[Epic 04364]
written by Rod Temperton
24.
09/1983
216

4
US
19
AC
✫1
dance
42
R&B


14
UK
main release; charted as Holiday / Lucky Star in US dance charts ; Lucky Star also bubbled under the UK Top 75 singles chart at #171 in September 1983
[Sire 29177]
written by Madonna
25.
10/1983
215

2
US
8
AC
✫1
dance
45
R&B
18
rock
69
UK
[RCA 13654]
written by Daryl Hall
26.
01/1983
214

2
US


✫1
dance
48
R&B
5
rock
63
UK
[Elektra 69847 (Beserkley)]
written by Greg Kihn & Steve Wright
27.
05/1983
213

3
US


3
dance
✫1
R&B


25
UK
[Mercury 812265]
written by Donna Summer & Michael Omartian
28.
06/1983
207

✫1
US
34
AC
6
dance


34
rock


[Casablanca 812516]
written by Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello
29.
10/1983
191

8
US


✫1
dance
2
R&B


14
UK
[Mirage 99810]
written by Chris Barbosa & Ed Chisolm
30.
06/1983
188

104
US


✫1
dance
13
R&B


2
UK
[StreetWise 1110]
written by Arthur Baker
31.
09/1983

Holiday by Madonna

from Madonna   Madonna
183

16
US


✫1
dance
25
R&B


6
UK
charted as Holiday / Lucky Star in US dance charts.
[Sire 29478]
written by Curtis Hudson & Lisa Stevens
32.
10/1983
182

3
US


✫1
dance


2
rock


[Nemperor 04135]
written by Jimmy Marinos, Wally Palmar, Mike Skill, Coz Canler & Peter Solley (as Pete Solley)
33.
11/1983
180

9
US


9
dance


2
rock
11
UK
34.
09/1983
179

27
US


4
dance


58
rock
3
UK
[Elektra 7-69766]
written by Howard Jones
35.
11/1983
177

26
US


✫1
dance
3
R&B


6
UK
[Capitol 5322]
written by Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr.
36.
07/1983
174

9
US
44
AC
11
dance




8
UK
37.
11/1983
170

45
US


42
dance




2
UK
charted as Love of the Common People / Come Back and Stay in US dance charts
written by John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins
38.
09/1983
169

22
US
40
AC
42
dance


33
rock
4
UK
charted as Love of the Common People / Come Back and Stay in US dance charts
[Columbia 04313]
written by Jack Lee
39.
05/1983
167

60
US


28
dance




2
UK
[Columbia 03932]
written by George Michael
40.
06/1983
163

4
US


14
dance


2
rock
86
UK
41.
07/1983
161

22
US


6
dance
✫1
R&B


8
UK
as Rufus & Chaka Khan
[Warner 29555]
written by David Wolinski (as Hawk Wolinski)
42.
09/1983
158

5
US


41
dance


✫1
rock
49
UK
[Chrysalis 42732]
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight
43.
04/1983
155





34
dance




2
UK
charted as Temptation / We Live so Fast in US dance charts
written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh & Martyn Ware
44.
02/1983
153

5
US


17
dance


4
rock
47
UK
[Epic 34-03559]
written by Falco & Robert Ponger
45.
04/1983
151

23
US


7
dance




6
UK
46.
06/1983
146

5
US


12
dance


2
rock


[Modern 7-99863]
written by Stevie Nicks & Prince
47.
10/1983
145

6
US


✫1
dance


7
rock


written by Chris Hayes & Huey Lewis
48.
06/1983
141

22
US


18
dance
10
R&B
41
rock
8
UK
[Solar 69819]
written by Marquis Dair, Joey Gallo & Leon Sylvers III
49.
06/1983
140

4
US
12
AC
37
dance






#1 hit for Harry Richman in 1930
[RCA 13574]
written by Irving Berlin
50.
01/1983
138

75
US


43
dance




3
UK
51.
02/1983
135

6
US


61
dance
15
R&B
17
rock
54
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #108]
[Warner 29746]
written by Prince
52.
02/1983
130





9
dance




4
UK
[Profile 5017]
written by Wally Holmes (as Waldo Holmes)
53.
07/1983
130





47
dance




3
UK
as Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra
[Atco 99864 (Island)]
written by Trevor Horn & Malcolm McLaren
54.
11/1983
129

5
US


51
dance




57
UK
produced by David Foster
[MCA 52284]
written by John Farrar
55.
07/1983
129

71
US


✫1
dance
6
R&B


8
UK
[instrumental]
[Columbia 04054]
written by Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell & Michael Beinhorn
56.
02/1983
124

101
US


14
dance


26
rock
5
UK
charted as Shy Boy (Don't It Make You Feel Good) / Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye in US dance charts
written by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo & Dale Frashuer
57.
05/1983
120

17
US


37
dance


3
rock
17
UK
[Polygram 814467 (Mercury)]
written by Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler & Bruce Watson
58.
06/1983
112

55
US


3
dance
2
R&B


13
UK
[Tabu 03955]
written by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
59.
03/1983
111

8
US
31
AC
37
dance


20
rock
59
UK
[EMI America 8155]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
60.
01/1983
108

45
US


6
dance


36
rock
9
UK
[Arista 1056]
written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie & Joe Leeway
61.
03/1983
108

7
US
16
AC
28
dance






[Atlantic 89868]
written by Martine Clémenceau & Diane Warren
62.
08/1983
106

9
US
15
AC
9
dance




84
UK
[EMI 8172]
written by Greg Mathieson & Trevor Veitch
63.
01/1983

New Year's Day by U2

from War   War
106

53
US


38
dance


2
rock
10
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #427]
[Island 99915]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.
64.
07/1983
106





17
dance




6
UK
[Warner 29482 (Sire)]
written by Martin Gore
65.
10/1983
105

101
US


9
dance
47
R&B


7
UK
as Grandmaster & Melle Mel
[Sugar Hill 465]
written by Sylvia Robinson & Grandmaster Melle Mel (as Mel Glover)
66.
11/1983
104

29
US
38
AC
32
dance




10
UK
67.
04/1983
102





66
dance
46
R&B


6
UK
[Boardwalk 183]
written by Bobby Eli & Len Barry
68.
10/1983
95

30
US


31
dance
4
R&B


18
UK
[A&M 2591]
written by Raymond Jones
69.
10/1983
94

107
US


52
dance




7
UK
written by Robert Smith
70.
07/1983
94

18
US


23
dance


34
rock
23
UK
charted as Human Touch / Souls in UK charts
[RCA 13577]
written by Rick Springfield
71.
01/1983
94

101
US


2
dance
10
R&B


13
UK
[Sound of New York 602]
written by Mike Cleveland (as Michael Cleveland)
72.
09/1983
93

14
US


2
dance


8
rock


[Elektra 69811]
written by Peter Schilling
73.
07/1983
92

9
US
33
AC
14
dance
70
R&B




[Epic/Virgin 03912]
written by Boy George, Mikey Craig (as Michael Craig), Roy Hay & Jon Moss
74.
03/1983
91





5
dance




9
UK
charted as Blue Monday / The Beach in US dance charts
written by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Gillian Gilbert
75.
05/1983
87





3
dance




10
UK
[Atco 99887 (Island)]
written by Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe
76.
10/1983
86

48
US
15
AC
2
dance
13
R&B


25
UK
[Planet 13639]
written by Richard Feldman, John Black & Nan O'Byrne
77.
09/1983
86

40
US
5
AC
29
dance
32
R&B


19
UK
[Atlantic 89786]
written by Rod Temperton & Derek Bramble
78.
01/1983
85

17
US


31
dance
4
R&B


47
UK
[Columbia 03566]
written by Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn & Maurice White
79.
11/1983
85

24
US


8
dance


19
rock
28
UK
written by Paul Fishman
80.
07/1983
84

11
US
19
AC
32
dance




95
UK
[EMI America 8170]
written by Pete Byrne & Rob Fisher
81.
10/1983
83

13
US


7
dance
41
R&B


86
UK
[Geffen 29464]
written by Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara & Keith Forsey
82.
06/1983
83

101
US


8
dance
11
R&B


13
UK
charted as Candy Man / All Night Long / Boys in US dance charts
[Gordy 1690]
written by Rick James
83.
02/1983
82





2
dance
72
R&B


13
UK
[Mango 117]
written by David Joseph
84.
11/1983
81

102
US


3
dance
82
R&B


13
UK
[Silver Blue 720]
written by Jerry Herman
85.
09/1983
79





5
dance
71
R&B


12
UK
86.
12/1983
78

19
US


43
dance


2
rock
81
UK
[Warner 29444 (Sire)]
written by Chrissie Hynde
87.
07/1983
77

10
US


43
dance






[Polygram 815023 (RSO)]
written by Frank Stallone & Vince DiCola
88.
02/1983
75

59
US


58
dance




12
UK
charted as Communication / Lifeline in US dance charts
[Chrysalis 42686]
written by Gary Kemp
89.
11/1983
69

51
US


28
dance




16
UK
written by Limahl
90.
04/1983
66

45
US


30
dance
✫1
R&B


34
UK
[Epic 03578]
written by James Mtume
91.
02/1983
62





31
dance




13
UK
[Warner 29704 (Sire)]
written by Martin Gore
92.
05/1983
61

43
US
35
AC
7
dance
3
R&B


57
UK
[Warner 29649]
written by Kashif
93.
08/1983
55





4
dance




22
UK
94.
07/1983
55

40
US


17
dance
✫1
R&B


93
UK
[Gordy 1687]
written by Rick James
95.
07/1983
54

61
US


9
dance
✫1
R&B


74
UK
produced by Luther Vandross
[Arista 9034]
written by Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
96.
06/1983
54

31
US


17
dance
15
R&B


46
UK
[RCA 13549]
written by Marc Jordan & John Capek
97.
04/1983

Music by D Train

from Music   
51





12
dance
20
R&B


23
UK
[Prelude 8068]
written by James "D Train" Williams (as James "D. Train" Williams) & Hubert Eaves III
98.
09/1983
51





34
dance




17
UK
[Arista 9074]
written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh & Martyn Ware
99.
04/1983
49

36
US


10
dance


4
rock


[R]
[Chrysalis]
written by Billy Idol
100.
04/1983
48





40
dance
75
R&B


19
UK
[Chrysalis 42712]
written by Derek Bramble & David Grant

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