A breakdown of my top singles from my favorite year in pop music
 | Mama Used to Say Junior Weeks in Hot 100: 13 Peaked: April 24 Album: Ji (Mercury) |
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 30 |
| Dance | 4 |
| R&B | 2 |
 | He Could Be the One Josie Cotton Weeks in Hot 100: 7 Peaked: September 4 Album: Convertible Music (Elektra) |
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 74 |
 | Workin' for a Livin' Huey Lewis & the News Weeks in Hot 100: 9 Peaked: September 18 Album: Picture This (Chrysalis) |
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 41 |
| Mainstream Rock | 20 |
 | I Can't Go for That Daryl Hall & John Oates Weeks in Hot 100: 21 Peaked: January 30 Album: Private Eyes (RCA) |
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 1 |
| R&B | 1 |
| Dance | 1 |
| Adult Contemporary | 12 |
 | Pressure Billy Joel Weeks in Hot 100: 17 Peaked: November 20 Album: The Nylon Curtain (Columbia) |
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 20 |
| Mainstream Rock | 8 |
 | You Should Hear How She Talks About You Melissa Manchester Weeks in Hot 100: 25 Peaked: September 18 Album: Hey Ricky (Arista) |
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 5 |
| Dance | 8 |
| Adult Contemporary | 10 |
 | Should I Stay or Should I Go The Clash Weeks in Hot 100: 13 Peaked: September 18 Album: Combat Rock (Epic) |
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 45 |
| Mainstream Rock | 13 |
 | One Hundred Ways Quincy Jones feat. James Ingram Weeks in Hot 100: 21 Peaked: April 17 Album: The Dude (A&M) |
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 14 |
| Adult Contemporary | 5 |
| R&B | 10 |
 | I Know What Boys Like The Waitresses Weeks in Hot 100: 6 Peaked: May 29 Album: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? (Polydor) |
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 62 |
 | I Keep Forgettin' Michael McDonald Weeks in Hot 100: 19 Peaked: October 23 Album: If That's What It Takes (Warner Bros.) |
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 4 |
| R&B | 7 |
| Adult Contemporary | 8 |
These are my personal top 82 singles of those that charted in 1982. The list is solely my opinion. Chart information is from the US Billboard charts. Using Joel Whitburn's book, Pop Annual 1955-1999, I started with the 424 singles that charted on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in 1982. An initial pass through that list narrowed it down to 116. Titles of those songs were written on index cards and the listening, ranking, and editing began. The top 82 are presented here, in order.
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