NEW ZEALAND’S (R.I.A.N.Z-WEBSITE CHART) TOP SINGLES FOR 1982
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 BEAUTIFUL WOMAN-TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS-AUGUST 2 DA DA DA-TRIO-October 3 HANDS UP-OTTOWAN-March 4 CAT PEOPLE-DAVID BOWIE-September 5 COME ON EILEEN-DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-November 6 E-IPO-PRINCE TUI TEKA-July 7 I LOVE ROCK & ROLL-JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS-June 8 DON'T YOU WANT ME-The Human League-May 9 PASS THE DUTCHIE-Musical Youth-December 10 HOW GREAT THOU ART-Sir Howard Morrison-January 11 Fame-Irene Cara-September 12 Forever Now-Cold Chisel-August 13 Poison Arrow-Abc-August 14 Tainted Love-Soft Cell-March 15 Mickey-Toni Basil-September 16 It Started With A Kiss-Hot Chocolate-November 17 Ebony And Ivory-Paul Mccartney & Stevie Wonder-May 18 Memory-Barbra Streisand-October 19 Down Under-Men At Work-February 20 Ain't No Pleasing You-Chas & Dave-October 21 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?-Culture Club-November 22 Good Thing Going-Sugar Minott-April 23 Promised You A Miracle-Simple Minds-October 24 Girls On Film-Duran Duran-March 25 Iko Iko-Natasha-November 26 Dirty Creature-Split Enz-May 27 The Other Woman-Ray Parker Jnr.-August 28 The Look Of Love-Abc-September 29 Centrefold-J Geils Band-March 30 Eye Of The Tiger-Survivor-September 31 I Ran-Flock Of Seagulls-September 32 I Could Be Happy-Altered Images-July 33 Six Months In A Leaky Boat-Split Enz-August 34 Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk-Dr. Hook-June 35 The Lion Sleeps Tonight-Tight Fit-May 36 Get Down On It-Kool & The Gang-September 37 Chariots Of Fire-Vangelis-May 38 Forget Me Nots-Patrice Rushen-September 39 Maoris On 45-The Consorts-June 40 I've Never Been To Me-Charlene-July 41 Love My Way-Psychedelic Furs-September 42 Africa-Toto-November 43 French Letter-Herbs-September 44 Superfreak-Rick James-September 45 Eye In The Sky-The Alan Parsons Project-August 46 Great Southern Land-Icehouse-October 47 It's My Party-Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin-February 48 Hard To Say I'm Sorry-Chicago-October 49 Hungry Like The Wolf-Duran Duran-September 50 Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band-September