1980's Top 20 charts

January 1982

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Land of make believe	Bucks Fizz
2		Don't you want me	Human League
3		Get down on it	Kool & the Gang
4		Mirror mirror (Mon Amour)	Dollar
5		I'll find my way home	Jon & Vangelis
6		Ant rap	Adam & the Ants
7		One of us	Abba
8		It must be love	Madness
9		The model / Computer love	Kraftwerk
10		Oh Julie	Shakin' Stevens
11		I could be happy	Altered Images
12		Waiting for a girl like you	Foreigner
13		Daddy's home	Cliff Richard
14		Bein' boiled	Human League
15		Wedding bells	Godley & Creme
16		Rock 'n' roll	Status Quo
17		Dead ringer for love	Meat Loaf
18		Young Turks	Rod Stewart
19		Goldern brown	Stranglers
20		Spirits in the material world	Police

 

February 1982

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Goldern brown	Stranglers
2		The model / Computer love	Kraftwerk
3		Maid of Orleans (the waltz Joan Of Arc)	O.M.D.
4		Town called Malice / Precious	Jam
5		Oh Julie	Shakin' Stevens
6		Dead ringer for love	Meat Loaf
7		Arthur's theme (Best that you can do)	Christopher Cross
8		The lion sleeps tonight	Tight Fit
9		Say hello wave goodbye	Soft Cell
10		Love plus one	Haircut 100
11		I can't go for that (no can do)	Daryl Hall & John Oates
12		Land of make believe	Bucks Fizz
13		Drowning in Berlin	Mobiles
14		Senses working overtime	XTC
15		Easier said than done	Shakatak
16		Centerfold	J.Geiles Band
17		Get down on it	Kool & the Gang
18		Bein' boiled	Human League
19		Let's get it up	AC/DC
20		Waiting for a girl like you	Foreigner

 

March 1982

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		The lion sleeps tonight	Tight Fit
2		Mickey	Toni Basil
3		Love plus one	Haircut 100
4		It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it	Bananarama with Funboy Three
5		Seven tears	Goombay Dance Band
6		Centerfold	J.Geiles Band
7		Poison arrow	ABC
8		See you	Depeche Mode
9		Go wild in the country	Bow Wow Wow
10		Run to the hills	Iron Maiden
11		Classic	Adrian Gurvitz
12		Just an illusion	Imagination
13		Town called Malice / Precious	Jam
14		Quiereme mucho (yours)	Julio Iglesias
15		Cardiac arrest	Madness
16		Layla	Derek & the Dominoes
17		Say hello wave goodbye	Soft Cell
18		Party fears two	Associates
19		Deutscher girls	Adam & the Ants
20		Maid of Orleans (the waltz Joan Of Arc)	O.M.D.

 

April 1982

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		My camera never lies	Bucks Fizz
2		Ain't no pleasing you	Chas & Dave
3		Seven tears	Goombay Dance Band
4		Just an illusion	Imagination
5		Give me back my heart	Dollar
6		Ghosts	Japan
7		More than this	Roxy Music
8		Ebony and Ivory	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
9		Layla	Derek & the Dominoes
10		Quiereme mucho (yours)	Julio Iglesias
11		Papa's got a brand new pigbag	Pigbag
12		Have you ever been in love	Leo Sayer
13		Dear John	Status Quo
14		Is it a dream	Classix Nouveaux
15		Night birds	Shakatak
16		One step further	Bardo
17		See those eyes	Altered Images
18		Poison arrow	ABC
19		Damned don't cry	Visage
20		Blue eyes	Elton John

 

May 1982

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		I won't let you down	PhD
2		Ebony and Ivory	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
3		A little peace	Nicole
4		I love rock 'n' roll	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
5		Only you	Yazoo
6		Really saying something	Bananarama with Funboy Three
7		This time (We'll get it right)/England we'll fly the flag	England World Cup Squad
8		We have a dream	Scotland World Cup Squad
9		Girl crazy	Hot Chocolate
10		Papa's got a brand new pigbag	Pigbag
11		Goody two shoes	Adam Ant
12		One step further	Bardo
13		Forget me nots	Patrice Rushen
14		House of fun	Madness
15		Fantasy island	Tight Fit
16		I can make you feel good	Shalamar
17		Fantasic day	Haircut 100
18		Shirley	Shakin' Stevens
19		The look of love (part 1)	ABC
20		Instinction	Spandau Ballet

 

June 1982

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Goody two shoes	Adam Ant
2		Torch	Soft Cell
3		The look of love (part 1)	ABC
4		House of fun	Madness
5		Hungry like a wolf	Duran Duran
6		I've never been to me	Charlene
7		Fantasy island	Tight Fit
8		Mama used to say	Junior
9		Only you	Yazoo
10		I'm a wonderful thing (baby)	Kid Creole & the Coconuts
11		I want candy	Bow Wow Wow
12		Work that body	Diana Ross
13		3 x 3 (E.P.)	Genesis
14		We take mystery (to bed)	Gary Numan
15		Island of lost souls	Blondie
16		Club country	Associates
17		Forget me nots	Patrice Rushen
18		I won't let you down	PhD
19		Inside out	Odyssey
20		Do I do	Stevie Wonder

 

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