POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2, 1982
1

Jack & Diane

John Cougar

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 2

2

Abracadabra

The Steve Miller Band

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 1

3

Hard To Say I'm Sorry

Chicago

—

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 3

4

Eye Of The Tiger

Survivor

—

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 4

5

You Should Hear How She Talks About You

Melissa Manchester

—

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 5

6

Eye In The Sky

The Alan Parsons Project

—

Peak: 3 • 25 wks • Prev: 6

7

Who Can It Be Now?

Men At Work

—

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 7

8

Somebody's Baby

Jackson Browne

—

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 8

9

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

Michael McDonald

↑ 6

Peak: 4 • 19 wks • Prev: 15

10

Hurts So Good

John Cougar

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 28 wks • Prev: 9

11

You Can Do Magic

America

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 12

12

Blue Eyes

Elton John

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 14

13

Heart Attack

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 26

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 39

14

I Ran (So Far Away)

A Flock Of Seagulls

↑ 7

Peak: 9 • 22 wks • Prev: 21

15

Break It To Me Gently

Juice Newton

↑ 12

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 27

16

Think I'm In Love

Eddie Money

—

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 16

17

Only Time Will Tell

Asia

—

Peak: 17 • 14 wks • Prev: 17

18

Let Me Tickle Your Fancy

Jermaine Jackson

—

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 18

19

Hold On

Santana

—

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

20

Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

—

Peak: 20 • 14 wks • Prev: 20

21

Gloria

Laura Branigan

↑ 5

Peak: 2 • 36 wks • Prev: 26

22

What's Forever For

Michael Murphey

—

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 22

23

Hot In The City

Billy Idol

—

Peak: 23 • 27 wks • Prev: 23

24

Big Fun

Kool & The Gang

—

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 24

25

Jump To It

Aretha Franklin

—

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 25

26

Don't Fight It

Kenny Loggins with Steve Perry

↑ 8

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 34

27

Gypsy

Fleetwood Mac

↑ 8

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 35

28

Never Been In Love

Randy Meisner

—

Peak: 28 • 11 wks • Prev: 28

29

Voyeur

Kim Carnes

—

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 29

30

Make Believe

Toto

—

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

31

You Dropped A Bomb On Me

The Gap Band

—

Peak: 31 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

32

The One You Love

Glenn Frey

↑ 1

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 33

33

You Don't Want Me Anymore

Steel Breeze

↑ 3

Peak: 16 • 20 wks • Prev: 36

34

Heartlight

Neil Diamond

↑ 18

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 52

35

Up Where We Belong

Joe Cocker And Jennifer Warnes

↑ 11

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 46

36

Love Come Down

Evelyn King

↑ 7

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 43

37

Holdin' On

Tane Cain

—

Peak: 37 • 11 wks • Prev: 37

38

You Keep Runnin' Away

38 Special

↑ 6

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 44

39

Sweet Time

REO Speedwagon

↑ 10

Peak: 26 • 14 wks • Prev: 49

40

Let It Be Me

Willie Nelson

—

Peak: 40 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

41

Athena

The Who

↑ 9

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 50

42

Johnny Can't Read

Don Henley

↑ 6

Peak: 42 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

43

Nobody

Sylvia

↑ 8

Peak: 15 • 20 wks • Prev: 51

44

I Get Excited

Rick Springfield

↑ 10

Peak: 32 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

45

Southern Cross

Crosby, Stills & Nash

↑ 17

Peak: 18 • 17 wks • Prev: 62

46

Steppin' Out

Joe Jackson

↑ 9

Peak: 6 • 27 wks • Prev: 55

47

Young Love

Air Supply

↑ 22

Peak: 38 • 9 wks • Prev: 69

48

Mickey

Toni Basil

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 56

49

The Look Of Love (Part One)

ABC

↑ 11

Peak: 18 • 25 wks • Prev: 60

50

I Need You

Paul Carrack

↑ 11

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 61

51

Pressure

Billy Joel

↑ 21

Peak: 20 • 17 wks • Prev: 72

52

Take The L.

The Motels

↑ 7

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

53

New World Man

Rush

↑ 10

Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 63

54

Rock This Town

Stray Cats

↑ 10

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 64

55

I'm So Excited

The Pointer Sisters

↑ 16

Peak: 9 • 40 wks • Prev: 71

56

A Penny For Your Thoughts

Tavares

↑ 14

Peak: 33 • 21 wks • Prev: 70

57

Machinery

Sheena Easton

—

Peak: 57 • 7 wks • Prev: 57

58

What About Me

Moving Pictures

↑ 10

Peak: 29 • 26 wks • Prev: 68

59

Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)

Donna Summer

↓ 49

Peak: 10 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

60

Love Me Tomorrow

Chicago

↑ 14

Peak: 22 • 15 wks • Prev: 74

61

Muscles

Diana Ross

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 17 wks

62

American Heartbeat

Survivor

↑ 17

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 79

63

Ribbon In The Sky

Stevie Wonder

↑ 13

Peak: 54 • 7 wks • Prev: 76

64

Burning Down One Side

Robert Plant

↑ 2

Peak: 64 • 6 wks • Prev: 66

65

Close Enough To Perfect

Alabama

—

Peak: 65 • 12 wks • Prev: 65

66

Take It Away

Paul McCartney

↓ 55

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

67

Love Will Turn You Around

Kenny Rogers

↓ 54

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 13

68

Hold Me

Fleetwood Mac

↓ 36

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 32

69

Oh Julie

Barry Manilow

↓ 31

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

70

State Of Independence

Donna Summer

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 10 wks

71

On The Wings Of Love

Jeffrey Osborne

↑ 12

Peak: 29 • 18 wks • Prev: 83

72

Get Closer

Linda Ronstadt

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 12 wks

73

Get Up And Go

Go-Go's

↑ 9

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 82

74

Workin' For A Livin'

Huey Lewis & The News

↓ 33

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

75

Tug Of War

Paul McCartney

★ NEW

Peak: 53 • 8 wks

76

Situation

Yaz

↑ 8

Peak: 73 • 8 wks • Prev: 84

77

All Of My Love

Bobby Caldwell

—

Peak: 77 • 6 wks • Prev: 77

78

When I'm Holding You Tight

Michael Stanley Band

—

Peak: 78 • 4 wks • Prev: 78

79

Please Be The One

Karla Bonoff

↑ 6

Peak: 63 • 7 wks • Prev: 85

80

Right Here And Now

Bill Medley

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 8 wks

81

So Much In Love

Timothy B. Schmit

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 8 wks

82

Even The Nights Are Better

Air Supply

↓ 40

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 42

83

Should I Stay Or Should I Go

The Clash

↓ 38

Peak: 45 • 23 wks • Prev: 45

84

Everybody Wants You

Billy Squier

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 17 wks

85

Destination Unknown

Missing Persons

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 14 wks

86

Still In The Game

Steve Winwood

↓ 39

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 47

87

Electricland

Bad Company

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 4 wks

88

I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye

Billy Preston

↑ 2

Peak: 88 • 3 wks • Prev: 90

89

I Will Always Love You

Dolly Parton

↓ 36

Peak: 53 • 14 wks • Prev: 53

90

Rock The Casbah

The Clash

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 24 wks

91

Vacation

Go-Go's

↓ 33

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 58

92

Wasted On The Way

Crosby, Stills & Nash

↓ 19

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 73

93

Valley Girl

Frank Zappa

↓ 18

Peak: 32 • 12 wks • Prev: 75

94

I Only Want To Be With You

Nicolette Larson

↓ 13

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 81

95

He Got You

Ronnie Milsap

↓ 9

Peak: 59 • 7 wks • Prev: 86

96

Night Shift

Quarterflash

↓ 9

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 87

97

He Could Be The One

Josie Cotton

↓ 8

Peak: 74 • 7 wks • Prev: 89

98

Tainted Love

Soft Cell

—

Peak: 8 • 43 wks • Prev: 98

99

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

Jennifer Holliday

↓ 7

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 92

100

I'm The One

Roberta Flack

↓ 20

Peak: 42 • 11 wks • Prev: 80

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