US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending August 27, 1983
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US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending August 27, 1983

These are all the US Top 40 singles for the week ending August 27th, 1983.

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TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 1 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE –•– The Police (A&M)-13 (8 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 SWEET DREAMS (Are Made Of This) –•– The Eurythmics (RCA)-16 (2)
3 4 MANIAC –•– Michael Sembello (Casablanca)-13 (3)
4 3 SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY –•– Donna Summer (Mercury)-14 (3)
5 9 PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ –•– Taco (RCA)-10 (5)
6 6 IT’S A MISTAKE –•– Men At Work (Columbia)-9 (6)
7 5 STAND BACK –•– Stevie Nicks (Modern)-13 (5)
8 8 (Keep Feeling) FASCINATION –•– The Human League (A&M)-14 (8)
9 10 I’LL TUMBLE 4 YA –•– Culture Club (Virgin)-9 (9)
10 12 CHINA GIRL –•– David Bowie (EMI-America)-13 (10)

11 18 THE SAFETY DANCE –•– Men Without Hats (Backstreet)-10 (11)
12 22 TELL HER ABOUT IT –•– Billy Joel (Columbia)-5 (12)
13 15 HUMAN NATURE –•– Michael Jackson (Epic)-6 (13)
14 17 LAWYERS IN LOVE –•– Jackson Browne (Asylum)-8 (14)
15 7 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW –•– Duran Duran (Capitol)-13 (4)
16 23 DON’T CRY –•– Asia (Geffen)-5 (16)
17 11 HOT GIRLS IN LOVE –•– Loverboy (Columbia)-12 (11)
18 14 TAKE ME TO HEART –•– Quarterflash (Geffen)-11 (14)
19 19 ROCK ‘N’ ROLL IS KING –•– ELO (Jet)-10 (19)
20 30 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART –•– Bonnie Tyler (Columbia)-7 (20)

21 26 HUMAN TOUCH –•– Rick Springfield (RCA)-8 (21)
22 13 FLASHDANCE…WHAT A FEELING –•– Irene Cara (Casablanca)-22 (1)
23 24 AFTER THE FALL –•– Journey (Columbia)-8 (23)
24 29 PROMISES, PROMISES –•– Naked Eyes (EMI-America)-7 (24)
25 21 ROCK OF AGES –•– Def Leppard (Mercury)-12 (16)
26 32 MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL –•– Air Supply (Arista)-5 (26)
27 28 HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU –•– Laura Branigan (Atlantic)-9 (27)
28 34 (She’s) SEXY + 17 –•– The Stray Cats (EMI-America)-4 (28)
29 31 DEAD GIVEAWAY –•– Shalamar (Solar)-10 (29)
30 36 FAR FROM OVER –•– Frank Stallone (RSO)-5 (30)

31 20 ELECTRIC AVENUE –•– Eddy Grant (Portrait)-20 (2)
32 42 TRUE –•– Spandau Ballet (Chrysalis)-4 (32)
33 16 NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO –•– Sergio Mendes (with Joe Pizzulo & Leza Miller) (A&M)-20 (4)
34 38 DON’T YOU GET SO MAD –•– Jeffrey Osborne (A&M)-7 (34)
35 40 KISS THE BRIDE –•– Elton John (Geffen)-4 (35)
36 37 ALL TIME HIGH –•– Rita Coolidge (A&M)-9 (36)
37 — KING OF PAIN –•– The Police (A&M)-1 (37)
38 44 LADY LOVE ME (One More Time) –•– George Benson (Warner Brothers)-6 (38)
39 43 YOU’RE DRIVING ME OUT OF MY MIND –•– The Little River Band (Capitol)-6 (39)
40 25 SAVED BY ZERO –•– The Fixx (MCA)-14 (20)

OFF THE CHARTS

42 27 **1999** –•– Prince (Warner Brothers)-25 (12)
45 35 FAKE FRIENDS –•– Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (Blackheart)-8 (35)
49 33 THE BORDER –•– America (Capitol)-11 (33)
51 39 OUR HOUSE –•– Madness (Geffen)-17 (7)

POWER PLAYS

41 45 TONIGHT, I CELEBRATE MY LOVE –•– Peabo Bryson / Roberta Flack (Capitol)-8 (41)
43 50 TELL HER NO –•– Juice Newton (Capitol)-3 (43)
44 55 BIG LOG –•– Robert Plant (Es Paranza)-4 (44)
46 48 HOLD ME ‘TIL THE MORNIN’ COMES –•– Paul Anka (Columbia)-11 (46)
47 54 BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE –•– The Talking Heads (Sire)-5 (47)
48 49 BLAME IT ON LOVE –•– Smokey Robinson & Barbara Mitchell / High Inergy (Tamla)-9 (48)
50 56 COLD BLOODED –•– Rick James (Gordy)-5 (50)

NEW THIS WEEK

37 — KING OF PAIN –•– The Police (A&M)-1 (37)
58 — ISLANDS IN THE STREAM –•– Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton (RCA)-1 (58)
65 — ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER –•– The Fixx (MCA)-1 (65)
69 — WHAT AM I GONNA DO (I’m So In Love With You) –•– Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)-1 (69)
78 — CAN’T SHAKE LOOSE –•– Agnetha Faltskog (Polydor)-1 (78)
85 — HANG ON NOW –•– Kajagoogoo (EMI-America)-1 (85)
89 — LIVING ON THE EDGE –•– Jim Capaldi (Atlantic)-1 (89)
90 — JUST BE GOOD TO ME –•– The S.O.S. Band (Tabu)-1 (90)
92 — SOLSBURY HILL (Live Version) –•– Peter Gabriel (Geffen)-1 (92)

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