Counting down the Top 82 of '82: Singles #50 - 41

A breakdown of my top singles from my favorite year in pop music

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Do You Believe in Love Huey Lewis & the News Weeks in Hot 100: 17 Peaked: April 17 Album: Picture This (Chrysalis)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	7
Mainstream Rock	12

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Freeze-Frame The J. Geils Band Weeks in Hot 100: 16 Peaked: April 10 Album: Freeze-Frame (EMI)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	4
Mainstream Rock	8
R&B	25

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Love Me Tomorrow Chicago Weeks in Hot 100: 15 Peaked: December 4 Album: Chicago 16 (Full Moon)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	22
Adult Contemporary	8

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I Need You Paul Carrack Weeks in Hot 100: 13 Peaked: October 30 Album: Suburban Voodoo (Epic)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	37
Adult Contemporary	20
Mainstream Rock	22

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Hot in the City Billy Idol Weeks in Hot 100: 17 Peaked: September 11 Album: Billy Idol (Chrysalis)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	23
Mainstream Rock	31

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On the Wings of Love Jeffrey Osborne Weeks in Hot 100: 18 Peaked: December 18 Album: Jeffrey Osborne (A&M)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	29
R&B	13
Adult Contemporary	7

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Maneater Daryl Hall & John Oates Weeks in Hot 100: 23 Peaked: December 18 Album: H2O (RCA)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	1
Adult Contemporary	14
Dance	18
Mainstream Rock	18
R&B	78

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I.G.Y. Donald Fagen Weeks in Hot 100: 14 Peaked: November 27 Album: The Nightfly (Warner Bros.)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	26
Adult Contemporary	8
Mainstream Rock	17
R&B	54

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Love is Like a Rock Donnie Iris Weeks in Hot 100: 14 Peaked: February 20 Album: King Cool (MCA)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	37
Mainstream Rock	9

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Get Closer Linda Ronstadt Weeks in Hot 100: 12 Peaked: November 13 Album: Get Closer (Asylum)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	29
Mainstream Rock	34

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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.