List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1983 explained

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1983. The longest running number-one single of 1983 is "Every Breath You Take" by the Police at eight weeks.

That year, 9 acts reached number one for the first time: Toto, Patti Austin, James Ingram, Dexys Midnight Runners, Irene Cara, The Police, Eurythmics, Michael Sembello, and Bonnie Tyler. Michael Jackson was the only act to hit number one more than once, with three.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboards 1983 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An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
526	January 1*	"Maneater"	Daryl Hall and John Oates	^[1]
January 8	^[2]
527	January 15	"Down Under"	Men at Work	^[3]
January 22	^[4]
January 29	^[5]
528	February 5	"Africa"	Toto	^[6]
re	February 12	"Down Under"	Men at Work	^[7]
529	February 19	"Baby, Come to Me"	Patti Austin and James Ingram	^[8]
February 26	^[9]
530	March 5	"Billie Jean"	Michael Jackson	^[10]
March 12	^[11]
March 19	^[12]
March 26	^[13]
April 2	^[14]
April 9	^[15]
April 16	^[16]
531	April 23	"Come On Eileen"	Dexys Midnight Runners	^[17]
532	April 30	"Beat It"	Michael Jackson	^[18]
May 7	^[19]
May 14	^[20]
533	May 21	"Let's Dance"	David Bowie	^[21]
534	May 28	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"	Irene Cara	^[22]
June 4	^[23]
June 11	^[24]
June 18	^[25]
June 25	^[26]
July 2	^[27]
535	July 9	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="8"	"Every Breath You Take"	The Police	^[28]
July 16	^[29]
July 23	^[30]
July 30	^[31]
August 6	^[32]
August 13	^[33]
August 20	^[34]
August 27	^[35]
536	September 3	"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"	Eurythmics	^[36]
537	September 10	"Maniac"	Michael Sembello	^[37]
September 17	^[38]
538	September 24	"Tell Her About It"	Billy Joel	^[39]
539	October 1	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Bonnie Tyler	^[40]
October 8	^[41]
October 15	^[42]
October 22	^[43]
540	October 29	"Islands in the Stream"	Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton	^[44]
November 5	^[45]
541	November 12	"All Night Long (All Night)"	Lionel Richie	^[46]
November 19	^[47]
November 26	^[48]
December 3	^[49]
542	December 10	"Say Say Say"	Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson	^[50]
December 17	^[51]
December 24	^[52]
December 31*	^[53]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	Michael Jackson	14
2	The Police	8
3	Irene Cara	6
4	Men at Work	4
	Bonnie Tyler
	Lionel Richie
	Paul McCartney
8	Daryl Hall and John Oates	2
	Patti Austin
	James Ingram
	Michael Sembello
	Kenny Rogers
	Dolly Parton
14	Toto	1
	Dexys Midnight Runners
	David Bowie
	Eurythmics
	Billy Joel

See also

• 1983 in music
• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1983
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of number-one R&B singles of 1983 (U.S.)
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboards online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 1, 1983. .
2. Web site: January 8, 1983. .
3. Web site: January 15, 1983. .
4. Web site: January 22, 1983. .
5. Web site: January 29, 1983. .
6. Web site: February 5, 1983. .
7. Web site: February 12, 1983. .
8. Web site: February 19, 1983. .
9. Web site: February 26, 1983. .
10. Web site: March 5, 1983. .
11. Web site: March 12, 1983. .
12. Web site: March 19, 1983. .
13. Web site: March 26, 1983. .
14. Web site: April 2, 1983. .
15. Web site: April 9, 1983. .
16. Web site: April 16, 1983. .
17. Web site: April 23, 1983. .
18. Web site: April 30, 1983. .
19. Web site: May 7, 1983. .
20. Web site: May 14, 1983. .
21. Web site: May 21, 1983. .
22. Web site: May 28, 1983. .
23. Web site: June 4, 1983. .
24. Web site: June 11, 1983. .
25. Web site: June 18, 1983. .
26. Web site: June 25, 1983. .
27. Web site: July 2, 1983. .
28. Web site: July 9, 1983. .
29. Web site: July 16, 1983. .
30. Web site: July 23, 1983. .
31. Web site: July 30, 1983. .
32. Web site: August 6, 1983. .
33. Web site: August 13, 1983. .
34. Web site: August 20, 1983. .
35. Web site: August 27, 1983. .
36. Web site: September 3, 1983. .
37. Web site: September 10, 1983. .
38. Web site: September 17, 1983. .
39. Web site: September 24, 1983. .
40. Web site: October 1, 1983. .
41. Web site: October 8, 1983. .
42. Web site: October 15, 1983. .
43. Web site: October 22, 1983. .
44. Web site: October 29, 1983. .
45. Web site: November 5, 1983. .
46. Web site: November 12, 1983. .
47. Web site: November 19, 1983. .
48. Web site: November 26, 1983. .
49. Web site: December 3, 1983. .
50. Web site: December 10, 1983. .
51. Web site: December 17, 1983. .
52. Web site: December 24, 1983. .
53. Web site: December 31, 1983. .