List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1982

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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.

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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. Olivia Newton-John 2.jpg
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.

Chart history

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1982 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

No.Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
511January 2*"Physical" Olivia Newton-John [1]
January 9 [2]
January 16 [3]
January 23 [4]
512January 30"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" Daryl Hall and John Oates [5]
513February 6"Centerfold" The J. Geils Band [6]
February 13 [7]
February 20 [8]
February 27 [9]
March 6 [10]
March 13 [11]
514March 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]
515May 8"Chariots of Fire" Vangelis [19]
516May 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]
517July 3"Don't You Want Me" The Human League [27]
July 10 [28]
July 17 [29]
518July 24"Eye of the Tiger" Survivor [30]
July 31 [31]
August 7 [32]
August 14 [33]
August 21 [34]
August 28 [35]
519September 4"Abracadabra" Steve Miller Band [36]
520September 11"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago [37]
September 18 [38]
reSeptember 25"Abracadabra"Steve Miller Band [39]
521October 2"Jack & Diane" John Cougar [40]
October 9 [41]
October 16 [42]
October 23 [43]
522October 30"Who Can It Be Now?" Men at Work [44]
523November 6"Up Where We Belong" Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes [45]
November 13 [46]
November 20 [47]
524November 27"Truly" Lionel Richie [48]
December 4 [49]
525December 11"Mickey" Toni Basil [50]
526December 18"Maneater"Daryl Hall and John Oates [51]
December 25 [52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
PositionArtistWeeks at No. 1
1Joan Jett and the Blackhearts7
Paul McCartney
Stevie Wonder
4The J. Geils Band6
Survivor
6Olivia Newton-John4
John Cougar
8The Human League3
Joe Cocker
Jennifer Warnes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
12Chicago2
Steve Miller Band
Lionel Richie
15Vangelis1
Men at Work
Toni Basil

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References

  1. ↑ "January 2, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  2. ↑ "January 9, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  3. ↑ "January 16, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  4. ↑ "January 23, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  5. ↑ "January 30, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  6. ↑ "February 6, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  7. ↑ "February 13, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  8. ↑ "February 20, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  9. ↑ "February 27, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  10. ↑ "March 6, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  11. ↑ "March 13, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  12. ↑ "March 20, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  13. ↑ "March 27, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  14. ↑ "April 3, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  15. ↑ "April 10, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  16. ↑ "April 17, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  17. ↑ "April 24, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  18. ↑ "May 1, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  19. ↑ "May 8, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  20. ↑ "May 15, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  21. ↑ "May 22, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  22. ↑ "May 29, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  23. ↑ "June 5, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  24. ↑ "June 12, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  25. ↑ "June 19, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  26. ↑ "June 26, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  27. ↑ "July 3, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  28. ↑ "July 10, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  29. ↑ "July 17, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  30. ↑ "July 24, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  31. ↑ "July 31, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  32. ↑ "August 7, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  33. ↑ "August 14, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  34. ↑ "August 21, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  35. ↑ "August 28, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  36. ↑ "September 4, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  37. ↑ "September 11, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  38. ↑ "September 18, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  39. ↑ "September 25, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  40. ↑ "October 2, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  41. ↑ "October 9, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  42. ↑ "October 16, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  43. ↑ "October 23, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  44. ↑ "October 30, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  45. ↑ "November 6, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  46. ↑ "November 13, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  47. ↑ "November 20, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  48. ↑ "November 27, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
  49. ↑ "December 4, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .
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  52. ↑ "December 25, 1982". Billboard Hot 100 .

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