A breakdown of my top singles from 1983
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
Rock
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
40
|
"The Walls Came Down"
| The Call
|
74
|
17
| |||
39
|
"Let Me Go"
| Heaven 17
|
74
| 32
| 4
|
||
38
|
"Love is a Stranger"
| Eurythmics
|
23
| 7
|
|||
37
|
"Goody Two Shoes"
| Adam Ant
|
12
| 7
| |||
36
|
"Love My Way"
| The Psychedelic Furs
|
44
| 30
|
40
|
||
35
|
"Slipping Away"
| Dave Edmunds
|
39
| 7
| |||
34
|
"The Look of Love (Pt. 1)"
| ABC
|
18
|
32
| 1
|
||
33
|
"Should I Stay or Should I Go"
| The Clash
|
45
| 13
| |||
32
|
"Burning Down the House"
|
Talking Heads
|
9
|
6
| 2
|
||
31
|
"Radio Free Europe"
| R.E.M.
|
78
| 25 |
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
Rock
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
30
|
"In a Big Country"
| Big Country
|
17
| 3
| 37
|
||
29
|
"Heart and Soul"
| Huey Lewis & The News
|
8
| 1
| |||
28
|
"Photograph"
| Def Leppard
|
12
| 1
| |||
27
|
"Reap the Wild Wind"
| Ultravox
|
71
| 27
| |||
26
|
"Say It Isn't So"
| Daryl Hall & John Oates
|
2
| 8
| 18
| 1
|
|
25
|
"Africa"
| Toto
|
1
| 5
| |||
24
|
"Suddenly Last Summer"
| The Motels
|
9
| 18
| 1
| ||
23
|
"1999"
| Prince
|
12
|
4
| 1
|
||
22
|
"It's a Mistake"
| Men at Work
|
6
|
10
| 27
| ||
21
|
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
| Michael Jackson
|
5
|
5
| 1
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
Rock
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
|
20
|
"Every Breath You Take"
| The Police
|
1
| 5
| 1
| 26
|
|
19
|
"All Night Long"
| Lionel Richie
|
1
| 1
|
1
| 5
|
|
18
|
"Let's Dance"
| David Bowie
|
1
| 8
| 14
| 1
|
|
17
|
"Heart to Heart"
|
Kenny Loggins
|
15
| 3
| |||
16
|
"(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
| Human League
|
8
| 14
|
1
|
||
15
|
"Is There Something I Should Know"
| Duran Duran
|
4
| 3
|
34
|
||
14
|
"Allentown"
| Billy Joel
|
17
| 19
| 28
| ||
13
|
"One on One"
| Daryl Hall & John Oates
|
7
| 4
|
8
| ||
12
|
"True"
| Spandau Ballet
|
4
| 1
| 34
| ||
11
|
"This Must be the Place (Naïve Melody)"
| Talking Heads
|
62
| 2
|
All chart positions are peak positions from Billboard charts for 1983. These are my personal top 83 singles of those that peaked on the Billboard charts in 1983. The list is solely my opinion. Using Joel Whitburn's book, Pop Annual 1955-2005, I started with the 452 singles that peaked on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in 1983. An initial pass through that list narrowed it down to 120 tunes, then listening, ranking, and editing began. The top 83 are presented this week, in order.
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