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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1982.
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1982.
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1981 | |||||
| December 12 | "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" | Juice Newton | 1 | January 30 | 11 |
| December 19 | "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" | Ronnie Milsap | 3 | January 30 | 9 |
| December 26 | "Cool Night" | Paul Davis | 2 | February 7 | 10 |
| Singles from 1982 | |||||
| January 9 | "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" | Eddie Rabbitt | 10 | January 9 | 5 |
| January 16 | "She's Got a Way" | Billy Joel | 4 | February 7 | 7 |
| "Leader of the Band" | Dan Fogelberg | 1 | February 7 | 8 | |
| January 30 | "You Could Have Been with Me" | Sheena Easton | 6 | February 13 | 6 |
| February 6 | "Somewhere Down the Road" | Barry Manilow | 1 | February 20 | 7 |
| "Through the Years" | Kenny Rogers | 1 | March 6 | 8 | |
| February 13 | "Sweet Dreams" | Air Supply | 4 | February 27 | 5 |
| February 20 | "Love in the First Degree" | Alabama | 5 | February 27 | 6 |
| February 27 | "Key Largo" | Bertie Higgins | 1 | March 20 | 7 |
| "Open Arms" | Journey | 7 | March 20 | 6 | |
| March 6 | "Chariots of Fire" | Vangelis | 1 | April 3 | 11 |
| "When All Is Said and Done" | ABBA | 10 | March 6 | 2 | |
| March 13 | "One Hundred Ways" | Quincy Jones & James Ingram | 5 | March 27 | 7 |
| "Daddy's Home" | Cliff Richard | 3 | March 27 | 4 | |
| March 20 | "On the Way to the Sky" | Neil Diamond | 4 | March 27 | 5 |
| "My Guy" | Sister Sledge | 2 | April 17 | 7 | |
| March 27 | "Shanghai Breezes" | John Denver | 1 | May 8 | 10 |
| April 3 | "Make a Move on Me" | Olivia Newton-John | 6 | April 17 | 6 |
| "Memory" | Barbara Streisand | 9 | April 10 | 3 | |
| April 10 | "'65 Love Affair" | Paul Davis | 5 | May 1 | 6 |
| "That Girl" | Stevie Wonder | 10 | April 10 | 2 | |
| April 17 | "Always on My Mind" | Willie Nelson | 2 | May 8 | 12 |
| April 24 | "I've Never Been to Me" | Charlene | 7 | May 1 | 5 |
| "Let's Hang On!" | Barry Manilow | 6 | May 8 | 5 | |
| "Ebony and Ivory" | Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder | 1 | May 15 | 10 | |
| May 1 | "Run for the Roses" | Dan Fogelberg | 3 | May 22 | 6 |
| May 8 | "Making Love" | Roberta Flack | 7 | May 29 | 6 |
| May 15 | "Wake Up Little Susie" | Simon & Garfunkel | 5 | May 22 | 4 |
| May 22 | "Friends in Love" | Dionne Warwick & Johnny Mathis | 5 | June 12 | 5 |
| "Any Day Now" | Ronnie Milsap | 1 | June 19 | 12 | |
| May 29 | "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" | Juice Newton | 4 | July 3 | 9 |
| "I Don't Know Where to Start" | Eddie Rabbitt | 9 | May 29 | 4 | |
| June 5 | "Be Mine Tonight" | Neil Diamond | 2 | June 26 | 7 |
| June 12 | "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" | Deniece Williams | 6 | June 26 | 5 |
| "Personally" | Karla Bonoff | 3 | July 3 | 7 | |
| June 19 | "Take Me Down" | Alabama | 5 | July 31 | 8 |
| June 26 | "Even the Nights are Better" | Air Supply | 1 | July 24 | 9 |
| "Just Another Day in Paradise" | Bertie Higgins | 10 | June 26 | 2 | |
| July 3 | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | Chicago | 1 | August 21 | 14 |
| July 10 | "Wasted on the Way" | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 2 | August 21 | 13 |
| "If the Love Fits Wear It" | Leslie Pearl | 7 | July 31 | 6 | |
| July 17 | "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" | Melissa Manchester | 10 | July 17 | 3 |
| July 24 | "Love Will Turn You Around" | Kenny Rogers | 1 | September 25 | 12 |
| July 31 | "Route 101" | Herb Alpert | 4 | August 28 | 8 |
| "Hold Me" | Fleetwood Mac | 7 | August 21 | 7 | |
| August 7 | "Take It Away" | Paul McCartney | 6 | August 28 | 8 |
| August 14 | "Blue Eyes" | Elton John | 1 | September 11 | 11 |
| "American Music" | The Pointer Sisters | 9 | August 21 | 4 | |
| August 21 | "What's Forever For" | Michael Martin Murphey | 4 | September 25 | 8 |
| August 28 | "Eye in the Sky" | The Alan Parsons Project | 3 | October 2 | 9 |
| September 11 | "I'm the One" | Roberta Flack | 10 | September 11 | 3 |
| September 18 | "You Can Do Magic" | America | 5 | October 9 | 7 |
| September 25 | "Break It to Me Gently" | Juice Newton | 1 | October 9 | 7 |
| October 2 | "The One You Love" | Glenn Frey | 2 | October 30 | 9 |
| "Heartlight" | Neil Diamond | 1 | October 23 | 8 | |
| October 9 | "Up Where We Belong" | Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes | 3 | October 30 | 9 |
| "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" | Michael McDonald | 8 | October 23 | 4 | |
| October 16 | "Nobody" | Sylvia | 5 | October 30 | 5 |
| "Gypsy" | Fleetwood Mac | 9 | October 23 | 5 | |
| October 30 | "Heartbreaker" | Dionne Warwick | 1 | December 18 | 12 |
| "Southern Cross" | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 6 | November 20 | 6 | |
| November 6 | "Truly" | Lionel Richie | 1 | November 20 | 10 |
| "On the Wings of Love" | Jeffrey Osborne | 7 | December 11 | 7 | |
| November 13 | "Love Me Tomorrow" | Chicago | 8 | November 13 | 3 |
| November 20 | "The Girl Is Mine" | Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney | 1 | December 25 | 10 |
| "Steppin' Out" | Joe Jackson | 4 | December 11 | 8 | |
| November 27 | "Missing You" | Dan Fogelberg | 6 | December 11 | 4 |
| December 4 | "It's Raining Again" | Supertramp | 5 | December 11 | 7 |
| "A Love Song" | Kenny Rogers | 10 | December 4 | 2 | |
| December 11 | "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)" | Donald Fagen | 8 | December 11 | 5 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 14 | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" | Diana Ross | 2 | December 5 | 9 |
| November 21 | "Yesterday's Songs" | Neil Diamond | 1 | December 19 | 11 |
| November 28 | "Castle in the Air" | Don McLean | 7 | December 26 | 7 |
| December 5 | "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" | Barbara Streisand | 2 | December 26 | 12 |
| "Turn Your Love Around" | George Benson | 9 | December 19 | 9 | |
| December 19 | "Hooked on Classics" | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 8 | December 26 | 6 |
| December 26 | "Leather and Lace" | Stevie Nicks & Don Henley | 10 | December 26 | 2 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 11 | "You and I" | Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle | 2 | January 15 | 11 |
| December 18 | "Africa" | Toto | 5 | January 22 | 9 |
| December 25 | "Baby, Come to Me" | Patti Austin & James Ingram | 1 | January 22 | 10 |
| "Two Less Lonely People in the World" | Air Supply | 4 | January 15 | 6 |
The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States. The chart is compiled based on airplay data submitted to Billboard by stations that are members of the Adult Contemporary radio panel. The chart debuted in Billboard magazine on July 17, 1961. Over the years, the chart has gone under a series of name changes, being called Easy Listening(1961–1962; 1965–1979), Middle-Road Singles(1962–1964), Pop-Standard Singles(1964–1965), Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks(1979–1982) and Adult Contemporary(1983–present).
"Heartbreaker" is a single by American pop and soul singer Dionne Warwick from her album Heartbreaker (1982). The song was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees, with Barry Gibb's backing vocal being heard on the chorus.
"Baby, Come to Me", a love ballad from Patti Austin's 1981 album Every Home Should Have One, was her duet with James Ingram. It was written by Rod Temperton. The song was released as a single in April 1982, peaking at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100. Several months later, American soap opera General Hospital began to feature the song heavily as the love theme for character Luke Spencer. It was re-released in October and reached No. 1 on the chart in February 1983.
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a 1981 power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. The distinctive synthesizer theme was performed by the then-little-known Thomas Dolby.
"Break It to Me Gently" is a pop song written by blues musician Joe Seneca with lyrics by Diane Lampert. Both Brenda Lee and Juice Newton met with considerable success with their versions of the song.
"Shame on the Moon" is a song written by Rodney Crowell and first recorded for his eponymous 1981 album. It was subsequently covered by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, as the lead single from their 1982 album The Distance.
"Through the Years" is a song written by Steve Dorff and Marty Panzer, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in December 1981 as the fourth single from the album Share Your Love.
"Leader of the Band" is a song written by Dan Fogelberg from his 1981 album The Innocent Age. The song was written as a tribute to his father, Lawrence Fogelberg, a musician and the leader of a band, who was still alive at the time the song was released. Lawrence died in August 1982, but not before this hit song made him a celebrity with numerous media interviews interested in him as its inspiration.
"Truly" is the title of the debut solo single by singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. Resuming where he left off with D-flat major tunes "Sail On" and particularly "Still" when he was lead for the Commodores, Richie wrote the song and co-produced it with James Anthony Carmichael.
"Blue Eyes" is a song performed by Elton John with music and lyrics written by Elton John and Gary Osborne. It was released in 1982, both as a single and on the album Jump Up!. It hit No. 8 in the UK; in the US, it spent three weeks at No. 10 on the Cash Box chart, went to No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and spent two weeks at No. 1 on the AC chart.
"Somewhere Down the Road" is a popular song written by Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow and most famously recorded in 1981 by Barry Manilow. Weil wrote the song's lyrics and Snow wrote the melody.
"Shanghai Breezes" is the title of a popular song by the American singer-songwriter John Denver. Released as a single from his 1982 album Seasons of the Heart, "Shanghai Breezes" would become Denver's fifteenth and final Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #31 during the spring of 1982. It also became the singer's ninth #1 song on the adult contemporary chart.
"Love Will Turn You Around" is a song performed and co-written by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. It was released in June 1982 as the first single and title track from Rogers' album of the same name. It is also the theme song to Rogers' 1982 film Six Pack. Rogers wrote the song with Thom Schuyler, David Malloy and Even Stevens.
"Even the Nights Are Better" is the title of a popular song from 1982 by the Australian soft rock group Air Supply. "Even the Nights Are Better" was included on Air Supply's 1982 album Now and Forever.
"Yesterday's Songs" is a 1981 single by Neil Diamond from his album On the Way to the Sky. The song was a major adult contemporary radio hit, spending six weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart and four weeks atop the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. On the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at #11. On the Canadian pop charts, the song reached #15. "Yesterday's Songs" is ranked as the 77th biggest American hit of 1982.
The Adult Top 40 chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and ranks "the most popular adult top 40 as based on radio airplay detections measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems."