NEW ZEALAND’S (R.I.A.N.Z-BARRY KOWAL) TOP SINGLES FOR 1982
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 HOW GREAT THOU ART-SIR HOWARD MORRISON-JANUARY 992 2 HANDS UP-OTTOWAN-March 984 3 BEAUTIFUL WOMAN-TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS-August 884 4 COME ON EILEEN-DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-November 780 5 TAINTED LOVE-SOFT CELL-March 774 6 DOWN UNDER-MEN AT WORK-February 768 7 PASS THE DUTCHIE-MUSICAL YOUTH-December 748 8 IT STARTED WITH A KISS-Hot Chocolate-November 728 9 DA DA DA-Trio-October 692 10 CAT PEOPLE-David Bowie-September 684 11 Good Thing Going-Sugar Minott-April 676 12 E-ipo-Prince Tui Teka-July 670 13 Fame-Irene Cara-September 654 14 Iko Iko-Natasha-November 644 15 I Love Rock & Roll-Joan Jett & The Blackhearts-June 642 16 Don't You Want Me-The Human League-May 632 17 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?-Culture Club-November 596 18 Girls On Film-Duran Duran-March 592 19 Memory-Barbra Streisand-October 564 20 Mickey-Toni Basil-September 562 21 Lets Groove-Earth Wind And Fire-January 562 22 Stool Pigeon-Kid Creole & The Coconuts-December 546 23 Forever Now-Cold Chisel-August 528 24 Poison Arrow-Abc-August 524 25 It's My Party-Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin-February 520 26 Centrefold-J Geils Band-March 506 27 Ain't No Pleasing You-Chas & Dave-October 502 28 Trouble-Lindsey Buckingham-January 496 29 Shy Boy-Bananarama-November 472 30 Ebony And Ivory-Paul Mccartney & Stevie Wonder-May 472 31 Maoris On 45-The Consorts-June 452 32 Dirty Creature-Split Enz-May 442 33 Six Months In A Leaky Boat-Split Enz-August 430 34 I Can't Go For That-Daryl Hall & John Oates-March 426 35 Daddy's Home-Cliff Richard-March 416 36 Love My Way-Psychedelic Furs-September 412 37 The Lion Sleeps Tonight-Tight Fit-May 406 38 Chariots Of Fire-Vangelis-May 400 39 The Other Woman-Ray Parker Jnr.-August 396 40 I've Never Been To Me-Charlene-July 396 41 I Could Never Miss You-Lulu-April 394 42 Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk-Dr. Hook-June 392 43 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Diana Ross-January 388 44 Under Pressure-Queen & David Bowie-January 366 45 My Guy-Sister Sledge-May 362 46 The Look Of Love-Abc-September 356 47 Glittering Prize-Simple Minds-November 352 48 Eye Of The Tiger-Survivor-September 346 49 Africa-Toto-November 320 50 Promised You A Miracle-Simple Minds-October 316 51 Working In The Coalmine-Devo-February 316 52 I Could Be Happy-Altered Images-July 316 53 Oh Julie-Shakin' Stevens-April 316 54 It's Gonna Take A Miracle-Deniece Williams-December 308 55 Superfreak-Rick James-September 282 56 Forget Me Nots-Patrice Rushen-September 280 57 Get Down On It-Kool & The Gang-September 276 58 Be Good Johnny-Men At Work-June 274 59 Beechwood 4-5789-The Carpenters-March 268 60 French Letter-Herbs-September 260 61 Key Largo-Bertie Higgins-July 248 62 Freeze Frame-J Geils Band-June 246 63 For Your Eyes Only-Sheena Easton-February 226 64 Hungry Like The Wolf-Duran Duran-September 214 65 I Ran-Flock Of Seagulls-September 208 66 Maid Of Orleans-Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark-July 198 67 Hill Street Blues-Mike Post-March 194 68 Great Sounds Great-The Clean-May 192 69 Homosapien-Pete Shelley-March 192 70 Turn Your Love Around-George Benson-February 168 71 Great Southern Land-Icehouse-October 164 72 Do I Do-Stevie Wonder-September 162 73 Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band-September 158 74 Heart Attack-Olivia Newton-john-November 146 75 If I Were You-Lulu-August 138 76 Victoria-Dance Exponents-August 122 77 Chi-mai-Ennio Morricone-June 116 78 Crimson & Clover-Joan Jett & The Blackhearts-September 110 79 No Fool Like An Old Fool-Brendan Dugan And Jodi Vaughan-May 108 80 Wired For Sound-Cliff Richard-March 84 81 Only The Lonely-Motels-August 82 82 Waiting For A Girl Like You-Foreigner-January 80 83 More Than This-Roxy Music-June 74 84 Harden My Heart-Quarterflash-April 74 85 Castles In The Air-Don Mclean-March 72 86 A Town Called Malice/Precious-Jam-March 68 87 Eye In The Sky-The Alan Parsons Project-August 50 88 Heading For The Top-World Cup Soccer Squad-June 42 89 Blue Eyes-Elton John-May 40 90 When I Dream-Suzanne Prentice-December 40 91 You Can Do Magic-America-November 38 92 Telegram Sam-Bauhaus-August 38 93 My Own Way-Duran Duran-June 38 94 '65 Love Affair-Paul Davis-August 36 95 Hard To Say I'm Sorry-Chicago-October 36 96 Never Give Up On A Good Thing-George Benson-March 34 97 Empty Garden-Elton John-August 34