POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 7, 1983
1

Beat It

Michael Jackson

—

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 1

2

Jeopardy

Greg Kihn Band

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 22 wks • Prev: 3

3

Let's Dance

David Bowie

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 6

4

Come On Eileen

Dexys Midnight Runners

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 2

5

Der Kommissar

After The Fire

—

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 5

6

Overkill

Men At Work

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 9

7

She Blinded Me With Science

Thomas Dolby

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 8

8

Mr. Roboto

Styx

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

9

Little Red Corvette

Prince

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 24 wks • Prev: 10

10

I Won't Hold You Back

Toto

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 17 wks • Prev: 11

11

Solitaire

Laura Branigan

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 17 wks • Prev: 14

12

Even Now

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

↑ 1

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 13

13

Flashdance...What A Feeling

Irene Cara

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 23

14

Billie Jean

Michael Jackson

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 7

15

Photograph

Def Leppard

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 19

16

Rio

Duran Duran

↑ 1

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

17

My Love

Lionel Richie

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

18

Straight From The Heart

Bryan Adams

↑ 3

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 21

19

Time (Clock Of The Heart)

Culture Club

↑ 11

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 30

20

Affair Of The Heart

Rick Springfield

↑ 9

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 29

21

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

Journey

↓ 9

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 12

22

Mornin'

Jarreau

↑ 6

Peak: 21 • 15 wks • Prev: 28

23

Faithfully

Journey

↑ 8

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 31

24

Welcome To Heartlight

Kenny Loggins

—

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 24

25

It Might Be You

Stephen Bishop

↑ 2

Peak: 25 • 20 wks • Prev: 27

26

Some Kind Of Friend

Barry Manilow

—

Peak: 26 • 16 wks • Prev: 26

27

Don't Let It End

Styx

↑ 8

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 35

28

Always Something There To Remind Me

Naked Eyes

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 22 wks • Prev: 33

29

Stranger In My House

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 5

Peak: 23 • 16 wks • Prev: 34

30

So Wrong

Patrick Simmons

↑ 2

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

31

One On One

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↓ 16

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 15

32

Family Man

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↑ 11

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 43

33

Hungry Like The Wolf

Duran Duran

↓ 17

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 16

34

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

Culture Club

↓ 16

Peak: 2 • 25 wks • Prev: 18

35

I Couldn't Say No

Robert Ellis Orral With Carlene Carter

↑ 7

Peak: 32 • 12 wks • Prev: 42

36

We've Got Tonight

Kenny Rogers And Sheena Easton

↓ 11

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 25

37

She's A Beauty

The Tubes

↑ 12

Peak: 10 • 20 wks • Prev: 49

38

You Are

Lionel Richie

↓ 18

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 20

39

Whirly Girl

Oxo

↓ 3

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

40

Gimme All Your Lovin

ZZ Top

↑ 5

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 45

41

I Know There's Something Going On

Frida

↓ 3

Peak: 13 • 29 wks • Prev: 38

42

Try Again

Champaign

↑ 6

Peak: 23 • 20 wks • Prev: 48

43

Twilight Zone

Golden Earring

↓ 4

Peak: 10 • 27 wks • Prev: 39

44

I Like It

Debarge

↓ 4

Peak: 31 • 17 wks • Prev: 40

45

Back On The Chain Gang

Pretenders

↓ 8

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 37

46

The One Thing

INXS

↑ 7

Peak: 30 • 14 wks • Prev: 53

47

Minimum Love

Mac McAnally

↓ 6

Peak: 41 • 12 wks • Prev: 41

48

Never Gonna Let You Go

Sergio Mendes

↑ 12

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 60

49

Swingin'

John Anderson

↓ 2

Peak: 43 • 13 wks • Prev: 47

50

Too Shy

Kajagoogoo

↑ 20

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 70

51

Looking For A Stranger

Pat Benatar

↑ 8

Peak: 39 • 10 wks • Prev: 59

52

Fool Moon Fire

Walter Egan

↑ 3

Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 55

53

Smiling Islands

Robbie Patton

↑ 3

Peak: 52 • 12 wks • Prev: 56

54

Sing Me Away

Night Ranger

↑ 3

Peak: 54 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

55

Never Give Up

Sammy Hagar

↓ 9

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

56

I'm Still Standing

Elton John

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 16 wks

57

New Year's Day

U2

↑ 5

Peak: 53 • 12 wks • Prev: 62

58

You Can't Run From Love

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 5

Peak: 55 • 8 wks • Prev: 63

59

No Time For Talk

Christopher Cross

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 10 wks

60

Electric Avenue

Eddy Grant

↑ 12

Peak: 2 • 22 wks • Prev: 72

61

All This Love

Debarge

↑ 12

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 73

62

Love's Got A Line On You

Scandal Featuring Patty Smyth

↑ 2

Peak: 59 • 13 wks • Prev: 64

63

Cool Places

Sparks & Jane Wiedlin

↑ 4

Peak: 49 • 12 wks • Prev: 67

64

Wind Him Up

Saga

↑ 1

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 65

65

Easy For You To Say

Linda Ronstadt

↑ 3

Peak: 54 • 10 wks • Prev: 68

66

I Eat Cannibals

Total Coelo

—

Peak: 66 • 6 wks • Prev: 66

67

All My Life

Kenny Rogers

↑ 9

Peak: 37 • 11 wks • Prev: 76

68

Why Me?

Planet P

↑ 1

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 69

69

Don't Pay The Ferryman

Chris de Burgh

↑ 9

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 78

70

That's Love

Jim Capaldi

↑ 7

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 77

71

Front Page Story

Neil Diamond

↑ 3

Peak: 65 • 8 wks • Prev: 74

72

Love On Your Side

Thompson Twins

↑ 13

Peak: 45 • 9 wks • Prev: 85

73

I've Got A Rock N' Roll Heart

Eric Clapton

↓ 29

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 44

74

We Two

Little River Band

★ NEW

Peak: 22 • 12 wks

75

Take The Short Way Home

Dionne Warwick

↓ 21

Peak: 41 • 13 wks • Prev: 54

76

Our House

Madness

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 19 wks

77

Do You Wanna Hold Me?

Bow Wow Wow

↑ 2

Peak: 77 • 4 wks • Prev: 79

78

Bang The Drum All Day

Todd Rundgren

★ NEW

Peak: 63 • 5 wks

79

The Devil Made Me Do It

Golden Earring

↑ 2

Peak: 79 • 4 wks • Prev: 81

80

Reap The Wild Wind

Ultravox

↓ 9

Peak: 71 • 5 wks • Prev: 71

81

Sign Of The Times

The Belle Stars

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 4 wks

82

Mexican Radio

Wall Of Voodoo

↓ 24

Peak: 58 • 9 wks • Prev: 58

83

Ricky

"Weird Al" Yankovic

↑ 7

Peak: 63 • 8 wks • Prev: 90

84

Tonight

The Whispers

↑ 3

Peak: 84 • 4 wks • Prev: 87

85

Where Everybody Knows Your Name (The Theme From "Cheers")

Gary Portnoy

↑ 4

Peak: 83 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

86

Make Love Stay

Dan Fogelberg

↓ 25

Peak: 29 • 16 wks • Prev: 61

87

The Walls Came Down

The Call

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 5 wks

88

Candy Girl

New Edition

★ NEW

Peak: 46 • 11 wks

89

The Closer You Get

Alabama

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 11 wks

90

Come Dancing

The Kinks

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 17 wks

91

Shame On The Moon

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

↓ 40

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 51

92

Change Of Heart

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

↓ 42

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

93

I Melt With You

Modern English

↑ 2

Peak: 76 • 17 wks • Prev: 95

94

Love My Way

Psychedelic Furs

↓ 42

Peak: 44 • 10 wks • Prev: 52

95

Poison Arrow

ABC

↓ 20

Peak: 25 • 15 wks • Prev: 75

96

All Right

Christopher Cross

↓ 16

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 80

97

I Won't Be Home Tonight

Tony Carey

↓ 11

Peak: 79 • 7 wks • Prev: 86

98

Lies

Thompson Twins

↓ 16

Peak: 30 • 16 wks • Prev: 82

99

Fall In Love With Me

Earth, Wind & Fire

↓ 15

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 84

100

Little Too Late

Pat Benatar

↓ 17

Peak: 20 • 14 wks • Prev: 83

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