POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 20, 1983
1

Every Breath You Take

The Police

—

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 1

2

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

—

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 2

3

She Works Hard For The Money

Donna Summer

—

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 3

4

Maniac

Michael Sembello

—

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 4

5

Stand Back

Stevie Nicks

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 6

6

It's A Mistake

Men At Work

↑ 2

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 8

7

Is There Something I Should Know

Duran Duran

↓ 2

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 5

8

(Keep Feeling) Fascination

The Human League

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 10

9

Puttin' On The Ritz

Taco

↑ 3

Peak: 4 • 21 wks • Prev: 12

10

I'll Tumble 4 Ya

Culture Club

↑ 5

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

11

Hot Girls In Love

Loverboy

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

12

China Girl

David Bowie

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 18 wks • Prev: 14

13

Flashdance...What A Feeling

Irene Cara

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 7

14

Take Me To Heart

Quarterflash

↑ 5

Peak: 14 • 16 wks • Prev: 19

15

Human Nature

Michael Jackson

↑ 8

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

16

Never Gonna Let You Go

Sergio Mendes

↓ 7

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 9

17

Lawyers In Love

Jackson Browne

↑ 8

Peak: 13 • 15 wks • Prev: 25

18

The Safety Dance

Men Without Hats

↑ 6

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 24

19

Rock 'n' Roll Is King

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 13 wks • Prev: 21

20

Electric Avenue

Eddy Grant

↓ 9

Peak: 2 • 22 wks • Prev: 11

21

Rock Of Ages

Def Leppard

↓ 5

Peak: 16 • 15 wks • Prev: 16

22

Tell Her About It

Billy Joel

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 27

23

Don't Cry

Asia

↑ 7

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

24

After The Fall

Journey

↑ 2

Peak: 23 • 12 wks • Prev: 26

25

Saved By Zero

The Fixx

↓ 5

Peak: 20 • 16 wks • Prev: 20

26

Human Touch

Rick Springfield

↑ 2

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 28

27

1999

Prince

↓ 9

Peak: 12 • 30 wks • Prev: 18

28

How Am I Supposed To Live Without You

Laura Branigan

↑ 8

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 36

29

Promises, Promises

Naked Eyes

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 20 wks • Prev: 32

30

Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Bonnie Tyler

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 29 wks • Prev: 40

31

Dead Giveaway

Shalamar

↑ 3

Peak: 22 • 20 wks • Prev: 34

32

Making Love Out Of Nothing At All

Air Supply

↑ 7

Peak: 2 • 25 wks • Prev: 39

33

The Border

America

—

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 33

34

(she's) Sexy + 17

Stray Cats

↑ 9

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 43

35

Fake Friends

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

—

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 35

36

Far From Over

Frank Stallone

↑ 5

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 41

37

All Time High

Rita Coolidge

—

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

38

Don't You Get So Mad

Jeffrey Osborne

↑ 4

Peak: 25 • 14 wks • Prev: 42

39

Our House

Madness

↓ 17

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 22

40

Kiss The Bride

Elton John

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 50

41

Cuts Like A Knife

Bryan Adams

↓ 12

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

42

True

Spandau Ballet

↑ 12

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 54

43

You're Driving Me Out Of My Mind

Little River Band

↑ 5

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

44

Lady Love Me (One More Time)

George Benson

↑ 5

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 49

45

Tonight, I Celebrate My Love

Peabo Bryson/Roberta Flack

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 29 wks • Prev: 47

46

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

Michael Jackson

↓ 29

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 17

47

Come Dancing

The Kinks

↓ 16

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 31

48

Hold Me 'til The Mornin' Comes

Paul Anka

↑ 3

Peak: 40 • 16 wks • Prev: 51

49

Blame It On Love

Smokey Robinson & Barbara Mitchell

↑ 3

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 52

50

Tell Her No

Juice Newton

↑ 15

Peak: 27 • 11 wks • Prev: 65

51

Baby Jane

Rod Stewart

↓ 7

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 44

52

Tip Of My Tongue

The Tubes

↑ 3

Peak: 52 • 7 wks • Prev: 55

53

It's Inevitable

Charlie

↓ 15

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

54

Burning Down The House

Talking Heads

↑ 9

Peak: 9 • 20 wks • Prev: 63

55

Big Log

Robert Plant

↑ 14

Peak: 20 • 16 wks • Prev: 69

56

Cold Blooded

Rick James

↑ 6

Peak: 40 • 12 wks • Prev: 62

57

Sharp Dressed Man

ZZ Top

↑ 3

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

58

Pieces Of Ice

Diana Ross

↓ 13

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 45

59

Too Shy

Kajagoogoo

↓ 6

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 53

60

Juicy Fruit

Mtume

↓ 2

Peak: 45 • 12 wks • Prev: 58

61

Midnight Blue

Louise Tucker

↓ 15

Peak: 46 • 13 wks • Prev: 46

62

How Can I Refuse

Heart

↑ 22

Peak: 44 • 11 wks • Prev: 84

63

High Time

Styx

↑ 18

Peak: 48 • 7 wks • Prev: 81

64

Get It Right

Aretha Franklin

↑ 3

Peak: 61 • 8 wks • Prev: 67

65

Words

F.R. David

↑ 5

Peak: 62 • 9 wks • Prev: 70

66

Who's Behind The Door?

Zebra

↓ 5

Peak: 61 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

67

Telefone (long Distance Love Affair)

Sheena Easton

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 22 wks

68

Someone Belonging To Someone

Bee Gees

★ NEW

Peak: 49 • 6 wks

69

I Don't Wanna Dance

Eddy Grant

↑ 21

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 90

70

Rainbow's End

Sergio Mendes

↑ 17

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 87

71

Don't Forget To Dance

The Kinks

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 10 wks

72

The Night

The Animals

↑ 10

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 82

73

Don't You Know How Much I Love You

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 22

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 95

74

Crazy

The Manhattans

↑ 2

Peak: 72 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

75

How Do You Keep The Music Playing

James Ingram And Patti Austin

↓ 7

Peak: 45 • 17 wks • Prev: 68

76

Change

Tears For Fears

↑ 7

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 83

77

West Coast Summer Nights

Tony Carey

↓ 13

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 64

78

Miracles

Stacy Lattisaw

↑ 7

Peak: 40 • 16 wks • Prev: 85

79

I'm Still Standing

Elton John

↓ 20

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 59

80

Ship To Shore

Chris de Burgh

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 5 wks

81

All This Love

Debarge

↓ 25

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 56

82

Everyday I Write The Book

Elvis Costello And The Attractions

★ NEW

Peak: 36 • 14 wks

83

Ewok Celebration

Meco

↓ 8

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

84

Holiday Road

Lindsey Buckingham

↑ 2

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

85

It Must Be Love

Madness

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 12 wks

86

Stop In The Name Of Love

The Hollies

↓ 29

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 57

87

Maybe This Day

Kissing The Pink

↑ 5

Peak: 87 • 5 wks • Prev: 92

88

Garden Party

Herb Alpert

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 4 wks

89

Do It Again/Billie Jean

Club House

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 5 wks

90

Bad Boys

Wham! U.K.

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 9 wks

91

The Salt In My Tears

Martin Briley

↓ 25

Peak: 36 • 15 wks • Prev: 66

92

Shiny Shiny

Haysi Fantayzee

↓ 18

Peak: 74 • 5 wks • Prev: 74

93

Bad, Bad Billy

Snuff

★ NEW

Peak: 88 • 2 wks

94

Scarlet Fever

Kenny Rogers

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 2 wks

95

Freak-A-Zoid

Midnight Star

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 8 wks

96

Slipping Away

Dave Edmunds

↓ 25

Peak: 39 • 15 wks • Prev: 71

97

Radio Free Europe

R.E.M.

↓ 19

Peak: 78 • 5 wks • Prev: 78

98

You Belong To Me

The Doobie Brothers

↓ 4

Peak: 79 • 4 wks • Prev: 94

99

War Games

Crosby, Stills & Nash

↓ 27

Peak: 45 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

100

She's A Beauty

The Tubes

↓ 21

Peak: 10 • 20 wks • Prev: 79

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