These are the top 100 songs of 1982. Within the top 100 there are a total of 81 different bands or artists.
There are four acts with the most entries. Each of these acts has a total of three entries in the top songs of 1982:
- Air Supply
- Hall & Oats
- Stevie Wonder (including a duet with Paul McCartney)
- The Go Go's
The song title is at the top in gray with the artist below in red.
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Top Songs of 1982
1
Physical
Olivia Newton-John
2
Eye of the Tiger
Survivor
3
I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
4
Ebony and Ivory
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
5
Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
6
Don't You Want Me
The Human League
7
Jack & Diane
John Cougar
8
Hurts So Good
John Cougar
9
Abracadabra
Steve Miller Band
10
Hard to Say I'm Sorry
Chicago
11
Tainted Love
Soft Cell
12
Chariots of Fire
Vangelis
13
Harden My Heart
Quarterflash
14
Rosanna
Toto
15
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
Hall & Oates
16
867-5309/Jenny
Tommy Tutone
17
Key Largo
Bertie Higgins
18
You Should Hear How She Talks About You
Melissa Manchester
19
Waiting for a Girl Like You
Foreigner
20
Don't Talk to Strangers
Rick Springfield
21
The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)
Juice Newton
22
Always on My Mind
Willie Nelson
23
Shake It Up
The Cars
24
Let It Whip
Dazz Band
25
We Got the Beat
The Go-Go's
26
The Other Woman
Ray Parker, Jr.
27
Turn Your Love Around
George Benson
28
Sweet Dreams
Air Supply
29
Only the Lonely
The Motels
30
Who Can It Be Now?
Men at Work
31
Hold Me
Fleetwood Mac
32
Eye in the Sky
The Alan Parsons Project
33
Let's Groove
Earth, Wind & Fire
34
Open Arms
Journey
35
Leader of the Band
Dan Fogelberg
36
Leather and Lace
Stevie Nicks and Don Henley
37
Even the Nights Are Better
Air Supply
38
I've Never Been to Me
Charlene
39
65 Love Affair
Paul Davis
40
Heat of the Moment
Asia
41
Take It Easy on Me
Little River Band
42
Pac-Man Fever
Buckner & Garcia
43
That Girl
Stevie Wonder
44
Private Eyes
Hall & Oates
45
Trouble Lindsey
Buckingham
46
Making Love
Roberta Flack
47
Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me
Juice Newton
48
Young Turks
Rod Stewart
49
Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
50
Keep the Fire Burnin'
REO Speedwagon
51
Do You Believe in Love
Huey Lewis & The News
52
Cool Night
Paul Davis
53
Caught Up In You
38 Special
54
Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
Diana Ross
55
Love in the First Degree
Alabama
56
Hooked On Classics
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
57
Wasted on the Way
Crosby, Stills & Nash
58
Think I'm in Love
Eddie Money
59
Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)
Donna Summer
60
Personally
Karla Bonoff
61
One Hundred Ways
Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram
62
Blue Eyes
Elton John
63
Our Lips Are Sealed
The Go-Go's
64
You Could Have Been with Me
Sheena Easton
65
You Can Do Magic
America
66
Did It in a Minute
Hall & Oates
67
I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
68
Somebody's Baby
Jackson Browne
69
Oh No
Commodores
70
Take It Away
Paul McCartney
71
It's Gonna Take a Miracle
Deniece Williams
72
Love Will Turn You Around
Kenny Rogers
73
Don't Stop Believin'
Journey
74
Comin' In and Out of Your Life
Barbra Streisand
75
Gloria
Laura Branigan
76
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
Elton John
77
Yesterday's Songs
Neil Diamond
78
Crimson and Clover
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
79
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
80
Here I Am
Air Supply
81
I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)
Michael McDonald
82
Get Down on It
Kool & the Gang
83
Any Day Now
Ronnie Milsap
84
Make a Move on Me
Olivia Newton-John
85
Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
Kool & the Gang
86
Mirror Mirror
Diana Ross
87
Vacation
The Go-Go's
88
Oh, Pretty Woman
Van Halen
89
Should I Do It
The Pointer Sisters
90
Hot in the City
Billy Idol
91
Kids in America
Kim Wilde
92
Man on Your Mind
Little River Band
93
What's Forever For
Michael Murphey
94
Waiting on a Friend
The Rolling Stones
95
Do I Do
Stevie Wonder
96
Working for the Weekend
Loverboy
97
Goin' Down
Greg Guidry
98
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Christopher Cross
99
Through the Years
Kenny Rogers
100
Edge of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks