List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1983

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1983.

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Michael Jackson scored seven top ten hits during the year with "The Girl Is Mine", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Human Nature", "Say Say Say", and "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1983
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1982
November 27"The Girl Is Mine" Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney 2January 810
December 4"Dirty Laundry" Don Henley 3January 810
December 11"Sexual Healing" Marvin Gaye 3January 2910
December 25"Down Under" Men at Work 1January 1510
Singles from 1983
January 15"Africa" Toto 1February 56
"Baby, Come to Me" Patti Austin and James Ingram 1February 199
"Rock the Casbah" The Clash 8January 225
"Heartbreaker" Dionne Warwick 10January 152
January 29"Shame on the Moon" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 2February 268
"You and I" Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle 7February 126
February 5"You Can't Hurry Love" Phil Collins 10February 53
February 12"Stray Cat Strut" Stray Cats 3February 265
February 19"Billie Jean"Michael Jackson1March 511
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" Culture Club 2March 269
"Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran 3March 269
February 26"We've Got Tonight" Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton 6March 267
"Pass the Dutchie" Musical Youth 10February 262
March 5"Back on the Chain Gang" The Pretenders 5March 195
March 12"You Are" Lionel Richie 4March 264
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" Journey 8March 197
March 19"One on One" Hall & Oates 7April 96
"Mr. Roboto" Styx 3April 168
March 26"Twilight Zone" Golden Earring 10March 262
April 9"Come On Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners 1April 236
"Jeopardy" The Greg Kihn Band 2May 77
"Beat It"Michael Jackson1April 3010
April 16"Der Kommissar" After the Fire 5April 305
April 23"Let's Dance" David Bowie 1May 2110
"She Blinded Me with Science" Thomas Dolby 5May 148
April 30"Overkill"Men at Work3June 48
"Little Red Corvette" Prince 6May 216
May 7"I Won't Hold You Back"Toto10May 71
May 14"Flashdance... What a Feeling" Irene Cara 1May 2814
"Solitaire" Laura Branigan 7May 214
May 21"My Love"Lionel Richie5June 115
"Time (Clock of the Heart)"Culture Club2June 189
May 28"Straight from the Heart" Bryan Adams 10May 282
June 11"Always Something There to Remind Me" Naked Eyes 8June 112
"Don't Let It End"Styx6July 25
"Affair of the Heart" Rick Springfield 9June 183
June 18"Electric Avenue" Eddy Grant 2July 28
"Family Man"Hall & Oates6June 253
June 25"Every Breath You Take" The Police 1July 913
"Never Gonna Let You Go" Sérgio Mendes 4July 98
"Too Shy" Kajagoogoo 5July 94
July 2"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"Michael Jackson5July 166
"She's a Beauty" The Tubes 10July 21
July 9"Come Dancing" The Kinks 6July 163
"Our House" Madness 7July 234
July 16"Is There Something I Should Know?"Duran Duran4August 66
July 23"Stand Back" Stevie Nicks 5August 206
"She Works Hard for the Money" Donna Summer 3August 68
July 30"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Eurythmics 1September 39
August 6"Maniac" Michael Sembello 1September 109
August 13"It's a Mistake"Men at Work6August 204
"(Keep Feeling) Fascination" The Human League 8August 203
August 20"Puttin' on the Ritz" Taco 4September 36
"I'll Tumble 4 Ya"Culture Club9August 274
August 27"China Girl"David Bowie10August 271
September 3"The Safety Dance" Men Without Hats 3September 107
"Tell Her About It" Billy Joel 1September 247
"Human Nature"Michael Jackson7September 174
September 10"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler 1October 111
September 17"Making Love Out of Nothing at All" Air Supply 2October 89
"Don't Cry" Asia 10September 172
September 24"(She's) Sexy + 17"Stray Cats5October 14
October 1"King of Pain"The Police3October 85
"True" Spandau Ballet 4October 86
"Islands in the Stream"Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton 1October 2912
"Far from Over" Frank Stallone 10October 12
October 8"One Thing Leads to Another" The Fixx 4November 57
October 15"All Night Long (All Night)"Lionel Richie1November 1213
October 22"Delirious"Prince8October 224
"Burning Down the House" Talking Heads 9October 221
"Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)"Sheena Easton9October 293
October 29"Uptown Girl"Billy Joel3November 1210
November 5"Say Say Say"Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson1December 1013
November 12"Cum on Feel the Noize" Quiet Riot 5November 195
"Suddenly Last Summer" The Motels 9November 192
November 19"Love Is a Battlefield" Pat Benatar 5December 107
"Say It Isn't So"Hall & Oates2December 1710
November 26"Heart and Soul" Huey Lewis and the News 8November 262
"Crumblin' Down" John Cougar Mellencamp 9November 263
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"Michael Jackson10November 261
December 3"Church of the Poison Mind"Culture Club10December 33
December 10"Union of the Snake"Duran Duran3December 246
December 24"Undercover of the Night" The Rolling Stones 9December 243

1982 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1983 which peaked in 1982
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 6"Truly"Lionel Richie1November 2710
"Gloria"Laura Branigan2November 2710
November 20"Maneater"Hall & Oates1December 1813
"Mickey" Toni Basil 1December 1110
"Steppin' Out" Joe Jackson 6December 118
December 11"Rock This Town"Stray Cats9December 115

1984 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1983 which peaked in 1984
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 17"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes 1January 2110
"Twist of Fate" Olivia Newton-John 5January 77
December 24"Break My Stride" Matthew Wilder 5January 217

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