List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1982 explained

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".

Chart history

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An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
511	January 2*	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="4"	"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]

Number-one artists

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

1	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	7
	Paul McCartney
	Stevie Wonder
4	The J. Geils Band	6
	Survivor
6	Olivia Newton-John	4
	John Cougar
8	The Human League	3
	Joe Cocker
	Jennifer Warnes
	Daryl Hall and John Oates
12	Chicago	2
	Steve Miller Band
	Lionel Richie
15	Vangelis	1
	Men at Work
	Toni Basil

See also

• 1982 in music
• Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1982
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1982
• 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 Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

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52. Web site: December 25, 1982. .