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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1982. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1982. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report".

# Title Artist Highest pos. reached weeks at No. 1
1. "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor 1 6
2. "What About Me" Moving Pictures 1 6
3. "Tainted Love" Soft Cell 1 3
4. "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band 1 1
5. "Key Largo" Bertie Higgins 2
6. "Mickey" Toni Basil 1 2
7. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 1 5
8. "Trouble" Lindsey Buckingham 1 3
9. "Believe it or Not" Joey Scarbury 2
10. "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago 4
11. "I've Never Been to Me" Charlene 1 6
12. "Come On Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners 1 5
13. "Abracadabra" Steve Miller Band 1 2
14. "If You Want My Love" Cheap Trick 2
15. "I Ran (So Far Away)" A Flock of Seagulls 1 2
16. "Hurts So Good" John Cougar 5
17. "Our Lips Are Sealed" The Go-Go's 2
18. "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" Split Enz 2
19. "Shy Boy" Bananarama 2
20. "Ebony and Ivory" Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder 2
21. "Waiting for a Girl Like You" Foreigner 3
22. "The Other Woman" Ray Parker Jr. 1 1
23. "Young Turks" Rod Stewart 3
24. "Down Under" Men at Work 1 6
25. "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" Melissa Manchester 4

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report.

References

  1. "National Top 100 Singles for 1982". Kent Music Report. 3 January 1983. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via Imgur.
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