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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

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

Number-one artists

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

References

1. "January 2, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
2. "January 9, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
3. "January 16, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
4. "January 23, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
5. "January 30, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
6. "February 6, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
7. "February 13, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
8. "February 20, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
9. "February 27, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
10. "March 6, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
11. "March 13, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
12. "March 20, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
13. "March 27, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
14. "April 3, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
15. "April 10, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
16. "April 17, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
17. "April 24, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
18. "May 1, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
19. "May 8, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
20. "May 15, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
21. "May 22, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
22. "May 29, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
23. "June 5, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
24. "June 12, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
25. "June 19, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
26. "June 26, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
27. "July 3, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
28. "July 10, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
29. "July 17, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
30. "July 24, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
31. "July 31, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
32. "August 7, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
33. "August 14, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
34. "August 21, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
35. "August 28, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
36. "September 4, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
37. "September 11, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
38. "September 18, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
39. "September 25, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
40. "October 2, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
41. "October 9, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
42. "October 16, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
43. "October 23, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
44. "October 30, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
45. "November 6, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
46. "November 13, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
47. "November 20, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
48. "November 27, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
49. "December 4, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
50. "December 11, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
51. "December 18, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.
52. "December 25, 1982". Billboard Hot 100.

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

• 1982 record charts
• Lists of Billboard Hot 100 number-one songs