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"Abracadabra" by Steve Miller Band
ending week: 1982-09-25
(total weeks: 2)
genre: rock, new wave
"Abracadabra" is a well-recognized song recorded by the Steve Miller Band. Released as the main single from Abracadabra in June 1982, it became a number-one hit on the United States Billboard Hot...
[more]"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago
ending week: 1982-09-18
(total weeks: 2)
genre: rock, adult contemporary
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" is a ballad performed by American rock group Chicago, written by band member Peter Cetera and producer David Foster from the album Chicago 16 , released in 1982. The song...
[more]"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
ending week: 1982-08-28
(total weeks: 6)
genre: rock
"Eye of the Tiger" is a song performed by the American rock band Survivor from the album Eye of the Tiger , released in 1982. It was written at the request of Sylvester Stallone for the film Rocky...
[more]"Don't You Want Me" by The Human League
ending week: 1982-07-17
(total weeks: 3)
genre: new wave, dance-pop, synthpop
"Don't You Want Me" is a single by British synthpop group The Human League, released from their third album Dare on 27 November 1981. It is the band's best known and most commercially successful...
[more]"Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
ending week: 1982-06-26
(total weeks: 7)
genre: pop / r&b
"Ebony and Ivory" is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney, performed with Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 29 of that year. The song is featured on McCartney's album Tug of War as well...
[more]"Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis
ending week: 1982-05-08
(total weeks: 1)
genre: new age
"Chariots of Fire" is an instrumental theme written and recorded by Vangelis for the soundtrack of the 1981 film of the same name. The recording has since been covered by numerous performers and...
[more]"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
ending week: 1982-05-01
(total weeks: 7)
genre: rock
"I Love Rock 'n Roll" is a rock song written in 1975 by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker of The Arrows, who recorded the first released version. The song was later made famous by the hit version...
[more]"Centerfold" by The J. Geils Band
ending week: 1982-03-13
(total weeks: 6)
genre: rock
"Centerfold" was a single released by The J. Geils Band from their album Freeze Frame . The song is about a man who is shocked to discover that his high school crush appeared in a centerfold spread...
[more]"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" by Daryl Hall and John Oates
ending week: 1982-01-30
(total weeks: 1)
genre: pop, dance-pop, urban r&b, blue-eyed soul
"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" is a 1981 song recorded by Daryl Hall and John Oates. It was the fourth number-one hit single of their career on the Billboard Hot 100 and the second hit single...
[more]"Physical" by Olivia Newton-John
ending week: 1981-12-26
(total weeks: 6)
"Physical" is a 1981 song written by Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick and performed by Olivia Newton-John. Recorded in early 1981, it first rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in America in...
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