Counting down the Top 82 of '82: Singles #71 - 61

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

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'65 Love Affair Paul Davis Weeks in Hot 100: 20 Peaked: May 22 Album: Cool Night (Arista)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	6
Adult Contemporary	5

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Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks Weeks in Hot 100: 14 Peaked: April 17 Album: Bella Donna (Modern)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	11
Mainstream Rock	4

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Valley Girl Frank Zappa Weeks in Hot 100: 12 Peaked: September 11 Album: Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (Barking Pumpkin)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	32
Mainstream Rock	12

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Breakin' Away Al Jarreau Weeks in Hot 100: 10 Peaked: January 30 Album: Breakin' Away (Warner Bros.)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	43
Adult Contemporary	30
R&B	25

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Love is in Control Donna Summer Weeks in Hot 100: 18 Peaked: September 25 Album: Donna Summer (Geffen)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	10
R&B	4
Dance	3

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Trouble Lindsey Buckingham Weeks in Hot 100: 19 Peaked: January 16 Album: Law and Order (Asylum)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	9
Mainstream Rock	12
Adult Contemporary	14

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Be Mine (Tonight) Grover Washington, Jr. Weeks in Hot 100: 4 Peaked: February 20 Album: Come Morning (Elektra)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	92
R&B	13

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The Beatles' Movie Medley The Beatles Weeks in Hot 100: 11 Peaked: May 8 Album: single only (Capitol)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	12
Adult Contemporary	15

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Since You're Gone The Cars Weeks in Hot 100: 9 Peaked: May 8 Album: Shake It Up (Elektra)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	41
Mainstream Rock	24

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Cool Night Paul Davis Weeks in Hot 100: 19 Peaked: February 6 Album: Cool Night (Arista)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	11
Adult Contemporary	2

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That Girl Stevie Wonder Weeks in Hot 100: 18 Peaked: March 20 Album: Original Musiquarium I (Tamla)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	4
R&B	1
Adult Contemporary	10
Dance	27

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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.