Your Soundtrack to Yesterday
Back to 1982 – Every Billboard #1
1982 turned music into a full-blown spectacle. Anthems blared from arcades and car radios, guitars roared, synths shimmered, and legends danced across neon-lit dreams. Let’s rewind to a year when every beat became a victory, and every chorus echoed the spirit of an unstoppable generation.
Billboard #1 Hits — 1982
🎵 “Physical”
🎤 Olivia Newton-John
📀 Physical
🗓️ January 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 1982
🎵 “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)”
🎤 Daryl Hall & John Oates
📀 Private Eyes
🗓️ January 30; February 6, 1982
🎵 “Centerfold”
🎤 The J. Geils Band
📀 Freeze Frame
🗓️ February 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20, 27, 1982
🎵 “Open Arms”
🎤 Journey
📀 Escape
🗓️ March 20
🎵 “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”
🎤 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
📀 I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll
🗓️ March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 1982
🎵 “Chariots of Fire”
🎤 Vangelis
📀 Chariots of Fire (Original Soundtrack)
🗓️ May 8, 1982
🎵 “Ebony and Ivory”
🎤 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
📀 Tug of War
🗓️ May 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 1982
🎵 “Don’t You Want Me”
🎤 The Human League
📀 Dare
🗓️ July 3, 10, 17, 24, 1982
🎵 “Eye of the Tiger”
🎤 Survivor
📀 Eye of the Tiger
🗓️ July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 28, September 4, 11, 1982
🎵 “Abracadabra”
🎤 Steve Miller Band
📀 Abracadabra
🗓️ September 25, October 2, 1982
🎵 “Hard to Say I’m Sorry”
🎤 Chicago
📀 Chicago 16
🗓️ September 11, 18, 1982
🎵 “Jack & Diane”
🎤 John Cougar Mellencamp
📀 American Fool
🗓️ October 2, 9, 16, 23, 1982
🎵 “Who Can It Be Now?”
🎤 Men at Work
📀 Business as Usual
🗓️ October 30
🎵 “Up Where We Belong”
🎤 Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
📀 An Officer and a Gentleman (Soundtrack)
🗓️ November 6, 13, 20, 27, 1982
🎵 “Truly”
🎤 Lionel Richie
📀 Lionel Richie
🗓️ December 4, 11, 18, 25, 1982
🎵 “Mickey”
🎤 Toni Basil
📀 Word of Mouth
🗓️ December 18
🎵 “Maneater”
🎤 Daryl Hall & John Oates
📀 H₂O
🗓️ December 25 (continues into 1983)
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