1980's Top 20 charts
July 1982
| UK |
(US) |
Song title |
Artist |
| 1 |
|
Abracadabra |
Steve Miller Band |
| 2 |
|
Fame |
Irene Cara |
| 3 |
|
Inside out |
Odyssey |
| 4 |
|
Happy talk |
Captain Sensible |
| 5 |
|
A night to remember |
Shalamar |
| 6 |
|
Music and lights |
Imagination |
| 7 |
|
Da Da Da |
Trio |
| 8 |
|
Shy boy |
Bananarama |
| 9 |
|
Now those days are gone |
Bucks Fizz |
| 10 |
|
It started with a kiss |
Hot Chocolate |
| 11 |
|
Don't go |
Yazoo |
| 12 |
|
No regrets |
Midge Ure |
| 13 |
|
I've never been to me |
Charlene |
| 14 |
|
Iko Iko |
Natasha |
| 15 |
|
Driving my car |
Madness |
| 16 |
|
Come on Eileen |
Dexy's Midnight Runners |
| 17 |
|
Work that body |
Diana Ross |
| 18 |
|
Just who is the five o'clock here |
Jam |
| 19 |
|
Beatles medley |
Beatles |
| 20 |
|
Night train |
Visage |
August 1982
| UK |
(US) |
Song title |
Artist |
| 1 |
|
Come on Eileen |
Dexy's Midnight Runners |
| 2 |
|
Fame |
Irene Cara |
| 3 |
|
Don't go |
Yazoo |
| 4 |
|
It started with a kiss |
Hot Chocolate |
| 5 |
|
Eye of the tiger |
Survivor |
| 6 |
|
Driving my car |
Madness |
| 7 |
|
Strange little girl |
Stranglers |
| 8 |
|
Stool pigeon |
Kid Creole & the Coconuts |
| 9 |
|
Can't take my eyes off you |
Boystown Gang |
| 10 |
|
My girl lollipop (my boy lollypop) |
Bad Manners |
| 11 |
|
Shy boy |
Bananarama |
| 12 |
|
What |
Soft Cell |
| 13 |
|
The clapping song |
Belle Stars |
| 14 |
|
Da Da Da |
Trio |
| 15 |
|
I second that emotion |
Japan |
| 16 |
|
I eat cannibals pt.1 |
Toto Coelo |
| 17 |
|
The only way out |
Cliff Richard |
| 18 |
|
Save a prayer |
Duran Duran |
| 19 |
|
Arthur Daley ('E's alright) |
Firm |
| 20 |
|
John Wayne is big leggy |
Haysi Fantayzee |
September 1982
| UK |
(US) |
Song title |
Artist |
| 1 |
|
Eye of the tiger |
Survivor |
| 2 |
|
Save a prayer |
Duran Duran |
| 3 |
|
Walking on sunshine |
Rocker's Revenge |
| 4 |
|
Private investigations |
Dire Straits |
| 5 |
|
Come on Eileen |
Dexy's Midnight Runners |
| 6 |
|
Hi-fidelity |
Kids from 'Fame' |
| 7 |
|
All of my heart |
ABC |
| 8 |
|
Give me your heart tonight |
Shakin' Stevens |
| 9 |
|
What |
Soft Cell |
| 10 |
|
The message |
Grandmaster Flash, Melle Met & the Furious Five |
| 11 |
|
The bitterest pill (I ever had to swallow) |
Jam |
| 12 |
|
I eat cannibals pt.1 |
Toto Coelo |
| 13 |
|
There it is |
Shalamar |
| 14 |
|
Can't take my eyes off you |
Boystown Gang |
| 15 |
|
Nobody's fool |
Haircut 100 |
| 16 |
|
Today |
Talk Talk |
| 17 |
|
Saddle up |
David Christie |
| 18 |
|
John Wayne is big leggy |
Haysi Fantayzee |
| 19 |
|
Why |
Carly Simon |
| 20 |
|
Fame |
Irene Cara |
October 1982
| UK |
(US) |
Song title |
Artist |
| 1 |
|
Pass the dutchie |
Musical Youth |
| 2 |
|
Zoom |
Fat Larry's Band |
| 3 |
|
Do you really want to hurt me |
Culture Club |
| 4 |
|
Hard to say I'm sorry |
Chicago |
| 5 |
|
Starmaker |
Kids from 'Fame' |
| 6 |
|
Love come down |
Evelyn King |
| 7 |
|
Jackie Wilson said |
Dexy's Midnight Runners |
| 8 |
|
There it is |
Shalamar |
| 9 |
|
Love me do |
Beatles |
| 10 |
|
Just what I always wanted |
Mari Wilson |
| 11 |
|
Lifeline |
Spandau Ballet |
| 12 |
|
Annie I'm not your daddy |
Kid Creole & the Coconuts |
| 13 |
|
The bitterest pill (I ever had to swallow) |
Jam |
| 14 |
|
Friend or foe |
Adam Ant |
| 15 |
|
Eye of the tiger |
Survivor |
| 16 |
|
Walking on sunshine |
Rocker's Revenge |
| 17 |
|
Why |
Carly Simon |
| 18 |
|
House of the rising sun |
Animals |
| 19 |
|
Danger games |
Pinkees |
| 20 |
|
Mad world |
Tears For Fears |
November 1982
| UK |
(US) |
Song title |
Artist |
| 1 |
|
I don't wanna dance |
Eddy Grant |
| 2 |
|
Heartbreaker |
Dionne Warwick |
| 3 |
|
Mad world |
Tears For Fears |
| 4 |
|
Do you really want to hurt me |
Culture Club |
| 5 |
|
(Sexual) Healing |
Marvin Gaye |
| 6 |
|
Theme from Harry's game |
Clannad |
| 7 |
|
Maneater |
Daryl Hall & John Oates |
| 8 |
|
Ooh la la la (Let's go dancing) |
Kool & the Gang |
| 9 |
|
The girl is mine |
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson |
| 10 |
|
Starmaker |
Kids from 'Fame' |
| 11 |
|
Mirror man |
Human League |
| 12 |
|
I wanna do it with you |
Barry Manilow |
| 13 |
|
Young guns (Go for it) |
Wham! |
| 14 |
|
Living on the ceiling |
Blancmange |
| 15 |
|
Annie I'm not your daddy |
Kid Creole & the Coconuts |
| 16 |
|
Love me do |
Beatles |
| 17 |
|
I'll be satisfied |
Shakin' Stevens |
| 18 |
|
Caroline (Live at the N.E.C.) |
Status Quo |
| 19 |
|
Rio |
Duran Duran |
| 20 |
|
Lifeline |
Spandau Ballet |
December 1982
| UK |
(US) |
Song title |
Artist |
| 1 |
|
Save your love |
Renee and Renato |
| 2 |
|
Beat surrender |
Jam |
| 3 |
|
Time (clock of the heart) |
Culture Club |
| 4 |
|
Mirror man |
Human League |
| 5 |
|
Truly |
Lionel Richie |
| 6 |
|
Young guns (Go for it) |
Wham! |
| 7 |
|
Our house |
Madness |
| 8 |
|
Living on the ceiling |
Blancmange |
| 9 |
|
Best years of our lives |
Modern Romance |
| 10 |
|
The Shakin' Stevens E.P. |
Shakin' Stevens |
| 11 |
|
I don't wanna dance |
Eddy Grant |
| 12 |
|
Rio |
Duran Duran |
| 13 |
|
Peace on earth / Little drummer boy |
David Bowie & Bing Crosby |
| 14 |
|
Wishing (If I had a photograph of you) |
Flock Of Seaguls |
| 15 |
|
Hymn |
Ultravox |
| 16 |
|
The other side of love |
Yazoo |
| 17 |
|
You can't hurry love |
Phil Collins |
| 18 |
|
Heartbreaker |
Dionne Warwick |
| 19 |
|
Friends |
Shalamar |
| 20 |
|
A winter's tale |
David Essex |
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