POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 4, 1982
1

Abracadabra

The Steve Miller Band

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 3

2

Eye Of The Tiger

Survivor

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 1

3

Hard To Say I'm Sorry

Chicago

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 5

4

Hold Me

Fleetwood Mac

—

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 4

5

Even The Nights Are Better

Air Supply

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 6

6

You Should Hear How She Talks About You

Melissa Manchester

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 11

7

Hurts So Good

John Cougar

↓ 5

Peak: 2 • 28 wks • Prev: 2

8

Vacation

Go-Go's

—

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 8

9

Wasted On The Way

Crosby, Stills & Nash

—

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 9

10

Take It Away

Paul McCartney

—

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

11

Jack & Diane

John Cougar

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 14

12

Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)

Donna Summer

—

Peak: 10 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

13

Love Will Turn You Around

Kenny Rogers

—

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 13

14

Eye In The Sky

The Alan Parsons Project

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 25 wks • Prev: 15

15

Who Can It Be Now?

Men At Work

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 18

16

American Music

The Pointer Sisters

—

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

17

Think I'm In Love

Eddie Money

—

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 17

18

Keep The Fire Burnin'

REO Speedwagon

↓ 11

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 7

19

Only The Lonely

The Motels

—

Peak: 9 • 23 wks • Prev: 19

20

You Can Do Magic

America

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 23

21

Only Time Will Tell

Asia

↑ 3

Peak: 17 • 14 wks • Prev: 24

22

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

Jennifer Holliday

—

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 22

23

Blue Eyes

Elton John

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 26

24

Somebody's Baby

Jackson Browne

↑ 5

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 29

25

Kids In America

Kim Wilde

—

Peak: 25 • 18 wks • Prev: 25

26

Hot In The City

Billy Idol

↑ 2

Peak: 23 • 27 wks • Prev: 28

27

Let Me Tickle Your Fancy

Jermaine Jackson

↑ 3

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 30

28

I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)

Michael McDonald

↑ 5

Peak: 4 • 19 wks • Prev: 33

29

Rosanna

Toto

↓ 9

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 20

30

Hold On

Santana

↑ 4

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 34

31

What's Forever For

Michael Murphey

↑ 4

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 35

32

Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

↑ 5

Peak: 20 • 14 wks • Prev: 37

33

Out Of Work

Gary U.S. Bonds

↓ 12

Peak: 21 • 16 wks • Prev: 21

34

Valley Girl

Frank Zappa

↑ 7

Peak: 32 • 12 wks • Prev: 41

35

Never Been In Love

Randy Meisner

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

36

Someday, Someway

Marshall Crenshaw

—

Peak: 36 • 11 wks • Prev: 36

37

I Ran (So Far Away)

A Flock Of Seagulls

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 22 wks • Prev: 43

38

Let Me Go

Ray Parker Jr.

—

Peak: 38 • 9 wks • Prev: 38

39

Gloria

Laura Branigan

↑ 5

Peak: 2 • 36 wks • Prev: 44

40

Love Or Let Me Be Lonely

Paul Davis

—

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 40

41

Make Believe

Toto

↑ 6

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 47

42

You Dropped A Bomb On Me

The Gap Band

↑ 12

Peak: 31 • 13 wks • Prev: 54

43

I'm The One

Roberta Flack

↑ 2

Peak: 42 • 11 wks • Prev: 45

44

Workin' For A Livin'

Huey Lewis & The News

↑ 5

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 49

45

Oh Julie

Barry Manilow

↑ 5

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

46

Should I Stay Or Should I Go

The Clash

↑ 2

Peak: 45 • 23 wks • Prev: 48

47

Break It To Me Gently

Juice Newton

↑ 6

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 53

48

Themes From E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)

Walter Murphy

↑ 4

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 52

49

Let It Be Me

Willie Nelson

↑ 7

Peak: 40 • 12 wks • Prev: 56

50

Planet Rock

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

↑ 1

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 51

51

Voyeur

Kim Carnes

↑ 14

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 65

52

Holdin' On

Tane Cain

↑ 14

Peak: 37 • 11 wks • Prev: 66

53

The One You Love

Glenn Frey

↑ 22

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 75

54

Still In The Game

Steve Winwood

↑ 5

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 59

55

I Will Always Love You

Dolly Parton

—

Peak: 53 • 14 wks • Prev: 55

56

You Keep Runnin' Away

38 Special

↑ 7

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 63

57

I Only Want To Be With You

Nicolette Larson

↑ 4

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 61

58

You Don't Want Me Anymore

Steel Breeze

↑ 9

Peak: 16 • 20 wks • Prev: 67

59

Jump To It

Aretha Franklin

↑ 10

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 69

60

Night Shift

Quarterflash

↑ 4

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

61

Sara

Bill Champlin

↑ 1

Peak: 61 • 8 wks • Prev: 62

62

Johnny Can't Read

Don Henley

↑ 8

Peak: 42 • 11 wks • Prev: 70

63

He Got You

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 9

Peak: 59 • 7 wks • Prev: 72

64

Big Fun

Kool & The Gang

↑ 9

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 73

65

Sweet Time

REO Speedwagon

↑ 11

Peak: 26 • 14 wks • Prev: 76

66

Don't Fight It

Kenny Loggins with Steve Perry

↑ 11

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 77

67

Heart Attack

Olivia Newton-John

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 21 wks

68

Let It Whip

Dazz Band

↓ 41

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 27

69

Gypsy

Fleetwood Mac

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 14 wks

70

Up Where We Belong

Joe Cocker And Jennifer Warnes

↑ 13

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 83

71

How Can I Live Without Her

Christopher Atkins

—

Peak: 71 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

72

In The Driver's Seat

John Schneider

↑ 2

Peak: 72 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

73

Right Away

Kansas

↑ 5

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 78

74

He Could Be The One

Josie Cotton

↑ 6

Peak: 74 • 7 wks • Prev: 80

75

Steppin' Out

Joe Jackson

↑ 6

Peak: 6 • 27 wks • Prev: 81

76

Love Come Down

Evelyn King

↑ 9

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 85

77

Athena

The Who

★ NEW

Peak: 28 • 14 wks

78

Nobody

Sylvia

↑ 11

Peak: 15 • 20 wks • Prev: 89

79

Machinery

Sheena Easton

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 7 wks

80

She Looks A Lot Like You

Clocks

↑ 6

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

81

Your Daddy Don't Know

Toronto

↓ 2

Peak: 77 • 8 wks • Prev: 79

82

Don't Run My Life

Spys

—

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 82

83

Mickey

Toni Basil

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 27 wks

84

Sad Hearts

Four Tops

↑ 6

Peak: 84 • 3 wks • Prev: 90

85

Take The L.

The Motels

★ NEW

Peak: 52 • 9 wks

86

Tainted Love

Soft Cell

↓ 55

Peak: 8 • 43 wks • Prev: 31

87

Don't You Want Me

The Human League

↓ 55

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 32

88

Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing/You're All I Need To Get By

Chris Christian (with Amy Holland)

—

Peak: 88 • 3 wks • Prev: 88

89

Close Enough To Perfect

Alabama

★ NEW

Peak: 65 • 12 wks

90

I Need You

Paul Carrack

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 13 wks

91

Calling All Girls

Queen

↓ 31

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 60

92

Words

Missing Persons

↓ 50

Peak: 42 • 11 wks • Prev: 42

93

I Really Don't Need No Light

Jeffrey Osborne

↓ 47

Peak: 39 • 15 wks • Prev: 46

94

She Got The Goldmine (i Got The Shaft)

Jerry Reed

↓ 37

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

95

Hot Fun In The Summertime

Dayton

↓ 37

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 58

96

Love Plus One

Haircut One Hundred

—

Peak: 37 • 17 wks • Prev: 96

97

Emotions In Motion

Billy Squier

↓ 29

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

98

Luanne

Foreigner

↓ 14

Peak: 75 • 6 wks • Prev: 84

99

If The Love Fits Wear It

Leslie Pearl

↓ 12

Peak: 28 • 16 wks • Prev: 87

100

Paperlate

Genesis

↓ 9

Peak: 32 • 14 wks • Prev: 91

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