Chart 1982 Jul-Dec
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 |
© BPI/ Gallup
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