List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1982

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1982. The two longest running number-one singles of 1982 are "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, which each stayed at the top for seven weeks. "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John concluded a ten week run that began in 1981. At the time, 1982 had the second lowest number of number-one songs since 1956, with only 15 songs reaching the #1 spot.

That year, 10 acts received their first number-one songs: The J. Geils Band, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Vangelis, The Human League, Survivor, John Cougar, Men at Work, Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes, and Toni Basil. Only one act topped the Hot 100 more than once in 1982—Daryl Hall and John Oates, with two number ones, "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" and "Maneater".

Olivia Newton-John scored a ten week long run with "Physical" in 1981 and 1982 and became the #1 song at the end of 1982.
Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1982 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No. Issue Date Song Artist(s) Ref.
511 January 2 "Physical" Olivia Newton-John [1]
January 9 [2]
January 16 [3]
January 23 [4]
512 January 30 "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" Daryl Hall and John Oates [5]
513 February 6 "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band [6]
February 13 [7]
February 20 [8]
February 27 [9]
March 6 [10]
March 13 [11]
514 March 20 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Joan Jett and the Blackhearts [12]
March 27 [13]
April 3 [14]
April 10 [15]
April 17 [16]
April 24 [17]
May 1 [18]
515 May 8 "Chariots of Fire" Vangelis [19]
516 May 15 "Ebony and Ivory" Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder [20]
May 22 [21]
May 29 [22]
June 5 [23]
June 12 [24]
June 19 [25]
June 26 [26]
517 July 3 "Don't You Want Me" The Human League [27]
July 10 [28]
July 17 [29]
518 July 24 "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor [30]
July 31 [31]
August 7 [32]
August 14 [33]
August 21 [34]
August 28 [35]
519 September 4 "Abracadabra" Steve Miller Band [36]
520 September 11 "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago [37]
September 18 [38]
re September 25 "Abracadabra" Steve Miller Band [39]
521 October 2 "Jack & Diane" John Cougar [40]
October 9 [41]
October 16 [42]
October 23 [43]
522 October 30 "Who Can It Be Now?" Men at Work [44]
523 November 6 "Up Where We Belong" Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes [45]
November 13 [46]
November 20 [47]
524 November 27 "Truly" Lionel Richie [48]
December 4 [49]
525 December 11 "Mickey" Toni Basil [50]
526 December 18 "Maneater" Daryl Hall and John Oates [51]
December 25 [52]

References
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Sources
  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

See also
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