PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1982*
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No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 EYE OF THE TIGER-SURVIVOR-AUGUST 2 I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL-JOAN JETT & BLACKHEARTS-April 3 DON'T YOU WANT ME-HUMAN LEAGUE-July 4 EBONY & IVORY-PAUL McCARTNEY & STEVIE WONDER-May 5 DOWN UNDER-MEN AT WORK-December 6 CENTERFOLD-J.GEILS BAND-February 7 ABRACADABRA-STEVE MILLER BAND-September 8 COME ON EILEEN-Dexy's Midnight Runners-December 9 UP WHERE WE BELONG-Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes-November 10 PASS THE DUTCHIE-Musical Youth-December 11 Words-F.R.David-October 12 Hard To Say I'm Sorry-Chicago-September 13 John Cougar Jack & Diane-John Cougar-October 14 Mickey-Toni Basil-December 15 I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)-Daryl Hall & John Oates-January 16 Maneater-Daryl Hall & John Oates-December 17 Da Da Da-Trio-December 18 Rosanna-Toto-July 19 I've Never Been To Me-Charlene-May 20 Hungry Like the Wolf-Duran Duran-December 21 Gloria-Laura Branigan-December 22 Harden My Heart-Quarterflash-January 23 The Look Of Love-ABC-December 24 It's Raining Again-Supertramp-December 25 Oh Julie-Shakin' Stevens-April 26 I Know There's Something Going On-Frida-December 27 Heartbreaker-Dionne Warwick-December 28 Chariots Of Fire-Vangelis-May 29 Rock The Casbah-The Clash-December 30 Hurts So Good-John Cougar-August 31 Der Kommissar (The Commissioner)-December 32 Cambodia-Kim Wilde-January 33 Get Down On It-Kool & The Gang-May 34 The Girl Is Mine-Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney-December 35 The Message-Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five-September 36 Trouble-Lindsey Buckingham-January 37 Always On My Mind-Willie Nelson-June 38 Truly-Lionel Richie-December 39 We Got The Beat-The Go Gos-April 40 Just An Illusion-Imagination-April 41 Eye In The Sky-The Alan Parsons Project-October 42 Who Can It Be Now?-Men At Work-October 43 I Ran (So Far Away)-A Flock Of Seagulls-October 44 Dirty Laundry-Don Henley-December 45 Goody Two Shoes-Adam Ant-August 46 Open Arms-Journey-March 47 Don't Go-Yazoo-November 48 Freeze Frame-J.Giels Band-April 49 Heat Of The Moment-Asia-June 50 Reality-Richard Sanderson-January 51 Stray Cat Strut-The Stray Cats-February 52 Cat People (Putting Out Fire)-David Bowie-June 53 Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc)-Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark-July 54 Mirror Man-The Human League-December 55 Steppin' Out-Joe Jackson-December 56 The Lion Sleeps Tonight-Tight Fit-June 57 The Other Woman-Ray Parker,Jr.-Arista-June 58 Back On The Chain Gang-The Pretenders-December 59 That Girl-Stevie Wonder-March 60 Turn Your Love Around-George Benson-January 61 Music And Lights-Imagination-July 62 Shake It Up-The Cars-January 63 867-5309 Jenny-Tommy Tutone-May 64 Love Is In Control (Finger On the Trigger)-Donna Summer-September 65 I Will Always Love You-Dolly Parton-October 66 Heart Attack-Olivia Newton-John-November 67 Private Investigations-Dire Straits-September 68 Blue Eyes-Elton John-October 69 A Town Called Malice-The Jam-May 70 Radio Free Europe-REM-December 71 Hold Me-Fleetwood Mac-August 72 Rio-Duran Duran-December 73 Pac-Man Fever-Buckner & Garcia-April 74 Body Language-Queen-June 75 Don't Talk To Strangers-Rick Springfield-May 76 I'll Find My Way Home-Jon And Vangelis-March 77 Empty Garden(Hey Hey Johnny)-Elton John-June 78 Leather & Lace-Stevie Nicks & Don Henley-January 79 The Land Of Make Believe-Bucks Fizz-January 80 Can't Take My Eyes Off You-Boys Town Gang-December 81 Going To A Go-Go-The Rolling Stones-July 82 Key Largo-Bertie Higgins-April 83 Planet Rock-Afrika Bambaataa-April 84 I Won't Let You Down-PH.D-October 85 Crimson & Clover-Joan Jett & The Blackhearts-May 86 Vacation-The Go Gos-August 87 Talk Talk-Talk Talk-November 88 Golden Brown-The Stranglers-May 89 The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)-Juice Newton-January 90 Skandal im Sperrbezirk-Spider Murphy Gang-January 91 More Than This-Roxy Music-July 92 Only The Lonely-Motels-May 93 It Started With A Kiss-Hot Chocolate-November 94 I Will Follow-U2-December 95 Love Plus One-Haircut One Hundred-June 96 The Day Before You Came-Abba-January 97 Felicita-Al Bano & Romina Power-May 98 Adios Amor-Andy Borg-September 99 Hot In The City-Billy Idol-September 100 Even The Nights Are Better-Air Supply-September *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA,UK and Australia).