List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1982 (U.S.)
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1982.
Top-ten singles[edit]
Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 1981 | |||||
December 12 | "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" | Juice Newton | 1 | January 30 | 11 |
December 19 | "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" | Ronnie Milsap | 3 | January 30 | 9 |
December 26 | "Cool Night" | Paul Davis | 2 | February 7 | 10 |
Singles from 1982 | |||||
January 9 | "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" | Eddie Rabbitt | 10 | January 9 | 5 |
January 16 | "She's Got a Way" | Billy Joel | 4 | February 7 | 7 |
"Leader of the Band" | Dan Fogelberg | 1 | February 7 | 8 | |
January 30 | "You Could Have Been with Me" | Sheena Easton | 6 | February 13 | 6 |
February 6 | "Somewhere Down the Road" | Barry Manilow | 1 | February 20 | 7 |
"Through the Years" | Kenny Rogers | 1 | March 6 | 8 | |
February 13 | "Sweet Dreams" | Air Supply | 4 | February 27 | 5 |
February 20 | "Love in the First Degree" | Alabama | 5 | February 27 | 6 |
February 27 | "Key Largo" | Bertie Higgins | 1 | March 20 | 7 |
"Open Arms" | Journey | 7 | March 20 | 6 | |
March 6 | "Chariots of Fire" | Vangelis | 1 | April 3 | 11 |
"When All Is Said and Done" | ABBA | 10 | March 6 | 2 | |
March 13 | "One Hundred Ways" | Quincy Jones & James Ingram | 5 | March 27 | 7 |
"Daddy's Home" | Cliff Richard | 3 | March 27 | 4 | |
March 20 | "On the Way to the Sky" | Neil Diamond | 4 | March 27 | 5 |
"My Guy" | Sister Sledge | 2 | April 17 | 7 | |
March 27 | "Shanghai Breezes" | John Denver | 1 | May 8 | 10 |
April 3 | "Make a Move on Me" | Olivia Newton-John | 6 | April 17 | 6 |
"Memory" | Barbara Streisand | 9 | April 10 | 3 | |
April 10 | "'65 Love Affair" | Paul Davis | 5 | May 1 | 6 |
"That Girl" | Stevie Wonder | 10 | April 10 | 2 | |
April 17 | "Always on My Mind" | Willie Nelson | 2 | May 8 | 12 |
April 24 | "I've Never Been to Me" | Charlene | 7 | May 1 | 5 |
"Let's Hang On!" | Barry Manilow | 6 | May 8 | 5 | |
"Ebony and Ivory" | Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder | 1 | May 15 | 10 | |
May 1 | "Run for the Roses" | Dan Fogelberg | 3 | May 22 | 6 |
May 8 | "Making Love" | Roberta Flack | 7 | May 29 | 6 |
May 15 | "Wake Up Little Susie" | Simon & Garfunkel | 5 | May 22 | 4 |
May 22 | "Friends in Love" | Dionne Warwick & Johnny Mathis | 5 | June 12 | 5 |
"Any Day Now" | Ronnie Milsap | 1 | June 19 | 12 | |
May 29 | "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" | Juice Newton | 4 | July 3 | 9 |
"I Don't Know Where to Start" | Eddie Rabbitt | 9 | May 29 | 4 | |
June 5 | "Be Mine Tonight" | Neil Diamond | 2 | June 26 | 7 |
June 12 | "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" | Deniece Williams | 6 | June 26 | 5 |
"Personally" | Karla Bonoff | 3 | July 3 | 7 | |
June 19 | "Take Me Down" | Alabama | 5 | July 31 | 8 |
June 26 | "Even the Nights are Better" | Air Supply | 1 | July 24 | 9 |
"Just Another Day in Paradise" | Bertie Higgins | 10 | June 26 | 2 | |
July 3 | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | Chicago | 1 | August 21 | 14 |
July 10 | "Wasted on the Way" | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 2 | August 21 | 13 |
"If the Love Fits Wear It" | Leslie Pearl | 7 | July 31 | 6 | |
July 17 | "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" | Melissa Manchester | 10 | July 17 | 3 |
July 24 | "Love Will Turn You Around" | Kenny Rogers | 1 | September 25 | 12 |
July 31 | "Route 101" | Herb Alpert | 4 | August 28 | 8 |
"Hold Me" | Fleetwood Mac | 7 | August 21 | 7 | |
August 7 | "Take It Away" | Paul McCartney | 6 | August 28 | 8 |
August 14 | "Blue Eyes" | Elton John | 1 | September 11 | 11 |
"American Music" | The Pointer Sisters | 9 | August 21 | 4 | |
August 21 | "What's Forever For" | Michael Martin Murphey | 4 | September 25 | 8 |
August 28 | "Eye in the Sky" | The Alan Parsons Project | 3 | October 2 | 9 |
September 11 | "I'm the One" | Roberta Flack | 10 | September 11 | 3 |
September 18 | "You Can Do Magic" | America | 5 | October 9 | 7 |
September 25 | "Break It to Me Gently" | Juice Newton | 1 | October 9 | 7 |
October 2 | "The One You Love" | Glenn Frey | 2 | October 30 | 9 |
"Heartlight" | Neil Diamond | 1 | October 23 | 8 | |
October 9 | "Up Where We Belong" | Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes | 3 | October 30 | 9 |
"I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" | Michael McDonald | 8 | October 23 | 4 | |
October 16 | "Nobody" | Sylvia | 5 | October 30 | 5 |
"Gypsy" | Fleetwood Mac | 9 | October 23 | 5 | |
October 30 | "Heartbreaker" | Dionne Warwick | 1 | December 18 | 12 |
"Southern Cross" | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 6 | November 20 | 6 | |
November 6 | "Truly" | Lionel Richie | 1 | November 20 | 10 |
"On the Wings of Love" | Jeffrey Osborne | 7 | December 11 | 7 | |
November 13 | "Love Me Tomorrow" | Chicago | 8 | November 13 | 3 |
November 20 | "The Girl Is Mine" | Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney | 1 | December 25 | 10 |
"Steppin' Out" | Joe Jackson | 4 | December 11 | 8 | |
November 27 | "Missing You" | Dan Fogelberg | 6 | December 11 | 4 |
December 4 | "It's Raining Again" | Supertramp | 5 | December 11 | 7 |
"A Love Song" | Kenny Rogers | 10 | December 4 | 2 | |
December 11 | "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)" | Donald Fagen | 8 | December 11 | 5 |
1981 peaks[edit]
Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 14 | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" | Diana Ross | 2 | December 5 | 9 |
November 21 | "Yesterday's Songs" | Neil Diamond | 1 | December 19 | 11 |
November 28 | "Castle in the Air" | Don McLean | 7 | December 26 | 7 |
December 5 | "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" | Barbara Streisand | 2 | December 26 | 12 |
"Turn Your Love Around" | George Benson | 9 | December 19 | 9 | |
December 19 | "Hooked on Classics" | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 8 | December 26 | 6 |
December 26 | "Leather and Lace" | Stevie Nicks & Don Henley | 10 | December 26 | 2 |
1983 peaks[edit]
Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 11 | "You and I" | Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle | 2 | January 15 | 11 |
December 18 | "Africa" | Toto | 5 | January 22 | 9 |
December 25 | "Baby, Come to Me" | Patti Austin & James Ingram | 1 | January 22 | 10 |
"Two Less Lonely People in the World" | Air Supply | 4 | January 15 | 6 |
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