Here they are, the absolutely greatest top hits from the history of popular music.
The very best music.
The Year is 1982.
These are the year's Favorites in the UK, the top 20 single records.
ABC - Poison Arrow - 03-1982 (Neutron)
ABC - The Look Of Love (Part 1) - 05-1982 (Neutron)
ABC - All Of My Heart - 09-1982 (Neutron)
AC/DC - Let's Get It Up - 02-1982 (Atlantic)
Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes - 05-1982 (CBS)
Adam Ant - Friend Or Foe - 10-1982 (CBS)
Adam & The Ants - Deutscher Girls - 03-1982 (Ego)
Altered Images - I Could Be Happy - 01-1982 (Epic)
Altered Images - See Those Eyes - 04-1982 (Epic)
The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun - 10-1982 (RAK)
The Associates - Party Fears Two - 03-1982 (Associates)
The Associates - Club Country - 06-1982 (Associats)
Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop) - 08-1982 (Magnet)
Bananarama With Funboy Three - Really Saying Something - 05-1982 (Deram)
Bananarama - Shy Boy - 07-1982 (London)
Bardo - One Step Further - 04-1982 (Epic)
Toni Basil - Mickey - 03-1982 (Radialchoice)
The Beatles - Beatles Movie Medley - 07-1982 (Parlophone)
The Beatles - Love Me Do - 10-1982 (Parlophone)
The Belle Stars - The Clapping Song - 08-1982 (Stiff)
Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling - 11-1982 (London)
Blondie - Island Of Lost Souls - 06-1982 (Chrysalis)
Bow Bow Wow - Go Wild In The Country - 03-1982 (RCA)
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy - 06-1982 (RCA)
David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - 12-1982 (RCA)
The Boystown Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You - 08-1972 (ERC)
Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies - 04-1982 (RCA)
Bucks Fizz - Now Those Days Are Gone - 07-1982 (RCA)
Captain Sensible - Happy Talk - 7-1982 (A&M)
Irene Cara - Fame - 07-1982 (RSO)
Charlene - I've Never Been To Me - 06-1982 (Motown)
Chas & Dave - Ain't No Pleasing You - 04-1982 (Rockney)
Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry - 10-1982 (Full Moon)
David Christie - Saddle Up - 09-1982 (KR)
Clannad - Theme From Harry's Game - 11-1982 (RCA)
Classix Nouveaux - Is It A Dream - 04-1982 (Liberty)
Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals Pt. 1 - 08-1982 (Radialchoice)
Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love - 12-1982 (Virgin)
Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - 02-1982 (Warner)
Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - 10-1982 (Virgin)
Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart) - 12-1982 (Virgin)
Depeche Mode - See You - 03-1982 (Mute)
Derek & The Dominoes - Layla - 03-1982 (RSO)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen - 07-1982 (Mercury)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said - 10-1982 (Mercury)
Dire Straits - Private Investigations - 09-1982 (Vertigo)
Dollar - Give Me Back My Heart - 04-1982 (WEA)
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf - 06-1982 (EMI)
Duran Duran - Save A Prayer - 08-1982 (EMI)
Duran Duran - Rio - 11-1982 (EMI)
The England World Cup Squad - This Time (We'll Get It Right)/England We'll Fly The Flag - 05-1982 (England)
David Essex - A Winter's Tale - 12-1982 (Mercury)
Fat Larry's Band - Zoom - 10-1982 (Virgin)
Firm - Arthur Daley ('E's Alright) - 08-1982 (Bark)
A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) - 12-1982 (Jive)
Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You - 01-1982 (Atlantic)
Fun Boy Three & Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It - 03-1982 (Chrysalis)
Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing - 11-1982 (CBS)
Genesis - 3 X 3 (E.P.) - 06-1982 (Charisma)
The Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears - 03-1982 (Epic)
Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five - The Message - 09-1982 (Sugar Hill)
Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance - 11-1982 (Ice)
Adrian Gurvitz - Classic - 03-1982 (RAK)
Haircut 100 - Love Plus One - 02-1982 (Arista)
Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day - 05-1982 (Arista)
Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool - 09-1982 (Arista)
Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - 02-1982 (RCA)
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater - 11-1982 (RCA)
Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy - 08-1982 (Regard)
Hot Chocolate - Girl Crazy - 05-1982 (RAK)
Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss - 07-1982 (RAK)
The Human League - Being Boiled - 01-1982 (Virgin)
The Human League - Mirror Man - 11-1982 (Virgin)
Julio Iglesias - Quiereme Mucho (Yours) - 03-1982 (CBS)
Imagination - Just An Illusion - 03-1982 (R&B)
Imagination - Music And Lights - 07-1982 (R&B)
Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills - 03-1982 (EMI)
Barry Manilow - I Wanna Do It With You - 11-1982 (Arista)
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney - The Girl Is Mine - 11-1982 (Epic)
The Jam - Town Called Malice/Precious - 02-1982 (Polydor)
The Jam - Just Who Is The Five O'Clock Hero - 07-1982 (Polydor)
The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) - 09-1982 (Polydor)
The Jam - Beat Surrender - 12-1982 (Polydor)
Japan - Ghosts - 04-1982 (Virgin)
Japan - I Second That Emotion - 08-1982 (Hansa)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n' Roll - 05-1982 (Epic)
The J. Geils Band - Centrefold - 02-1982 (EMI America)
Elton John - Blue Eyes - 04-1982 (Rocket)
Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home - 01-1982 (Polydor)
Junior - Mama Used To Say - 06-1982 (Mercury)
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I'm A Wonderful Thing (Baby) - 06-1982 (Ze)
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon - 08-1982 (Ze)
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Annie I'm Not Your Daddy - 10-1982 (Ze)
Kids From 'Fame' (Featuring Valerie Landsberg) - Hi-Fidelity - 09-1982 (RCA)
Kids From 'Fame' - Starmaker - 10-1982 (RCA)
Evelyn King - Love Comes Down - 10-1982 (EMI)
Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It - 01-1982 (De-Lite)
Kool & The Gang - Ooh La La La (Let's Go Dancing) - 11-1982 (De-lite)
Kraftwerk - The Model/Computer Love - 01-1982 (EMI)
Madness - Cardiac Arrest - 03-1982 (Stiff)
Madness - House Of Fun - 05-1982 (Stiff)
Madness - Driving In My Car - 07-1982 (Stiff)
Madness - Our House - 12-1982 (Stiff)
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory - 04-1982 (Parlophone)
Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer For Love - 01-1982 (Epic)
Midge Ure - No Regrets - 07-1982 (Chrysalis)
The Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin - 02-1982 (Rialto)
Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives - 12-1982 (WEA)
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie - 10-1982 (MCA)
Natasha - Iko Iko - 07-1982 (Towerbell)
Nicole - A Little Peace - 05-1982 (CBS)
Gary Numan - We Take Mystery (To Bed) - 06-1982 (Beggars Banquet)
Odyssey - Inside Out - 06-1982 (RCA)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc) - 02-1982 (Dindisc)
PhD - I Won't Let You Down - 05-1982 (WEA)
Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - 04-1982 (Y)
The Pinkees - Danger Games - 10-1982 (Creole)
Renee And Renato - Save Your Love - 12-1982 (Hollywood)
Cliff Richard - The Only Way Out - 08-1982 (EMI)
Lionel Richie - Truly - 12-1982 (Motown)
Rocker's Revenge - Walking On Sunshine - 09-1982 (London)
Diana Ross - Work That Body - 06-1982 (Capitol)
Roxy Music - More Than This - 04-1982 (EG)
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots - 05-1982 (Elektra)
Leo Sayer - Have You Ever Been In Love - 04-1982 (Chrysalis)
The Scotland World Cup Squad - We Have A Dream - 05-1982 (WEA)
Shakatak - Easier Said Than Done - 02-1982 (Polydor)
Shakatak - Night Birds - 04-1982 (Polydor)
Shakin' Stevens - Oh Julie - 01-1982 (Epic)
Shakin' Stevens - Shirley - 05-1982 (Epic)
Shakin' Stevens - Give Me Your Heart Tonight - 09-1982 (Epic)
Shakin' Stevens - I'll Be Satisfied - 11-1982 (Epic)
Shakin' Stevens - The Shakin' Stevens E.P. - 12-1982 (Epic)
Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good - 05-1982 (Solar)
Shalamar - A Night To Remember - 07-1982 (Solar)
Shalamar - There It Is - 09-1982 (Solar)
Shalamar - Friends - 12-1982 (Solar)
Carly Simon - Why - 09-1982 WEA)
Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye - 02-1982 (Some Bizzare)
Soft Cell - Torch - 06-1982 (Some Bizzare)
Soft Cell - What - 08-1982 (Some Bizzare)
Spandau Ballet - Instinction - 05-1982 (Chrysalis)
Spandau Ballet - Lifeline - 10-1982 (Chrysalis)
Status Quo - Dear John - 04-1982 (Vertigo)
Status Quo - Caroline (Live At The N.E.C.) - 11-1982 (Vertigo)
The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra - 07-1982 (Mercury)
Rod Stewart - Young Turks - 01-1982 (Riva)
The Stranglers - Golden Brown - 01-1982 (Liberty)
The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl - 08-1982 (Liberty)
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger - 08-1982 (Scotti Brothers)
Talk Talk - Today - 09-1982 (EMI)
Tears For Fears - Mad World - 10-1982 (Mercury)
Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight - 02-1982 (Jive)
Tight Fit - Fantasy Island - 05-1982 (Jive)
Trio - Da Da Da - 07-1982 (Mobile Suit)
Ultravox - Hymn - 12-1982 (Chrysalis)
Visage - Damned Don't Cry - 04-1982 (Polydor)
Visage - Night Train - 07-1982 (Polydor)
Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker - 11-1982 (Arista)
Wham! - Young Guns (Go For It) - 11-1982 (Innervision)
Mari Wilson - Just What I Always Wanted - 10-1982 (Compact)
Stevie Wonder - Do I Do - 06-1982 (Motown)
XTC - Senses Working Overtime - 02-1982 (Virgin)
Yazoo - Only You - 05-1982 (Mute)
Yazoo - Don't Go - 07-1982 (Mute)
Yazoo - The Other Side Of Love - 12-1982 (Mute)

1982 in the US
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