POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 27, 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

Maniac

Michael Sembello

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 4

4

She Works Hard For The Money

Donna Summer

↓ 1

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 3

5

Puttin' On The Ritz

Taco

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 21 wks • Prev: 9

6

It's A Mistake

Men At Work

—

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

7

Stand Back

Stevie Nicks

↓ 2

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 5

8

(Keep Feeling) Fascination

The Human League

—

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 8

9

I'll Tumble 4 Ya

Culture Club

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

10

China Girl

David Bowie

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

11

The Safety Dance

Men Without Hats

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 18

12

Tell Her About It

Billy Joel

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 22

13

Human Nature

Michael Jackson

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 15

14

Lawyers In Love

Jackson Browne

↑ 3

Peak: 13 • 15 wks • Prev: 17

15

Is There Something I Should Know

Duran Duran

↓ 8

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 7

16

Don't Cry

Asia

↑ 7

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 23

17

Hot Girls In Love

Loverboy

↓ 6

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

18

Take Me To Heart

Quarterflash

↓ 4

Peak: 14 • 16 wks • Prev: 14

19

Rock 'n' Roll Is King

Electric Light Orchestra

—

Peak: 19 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

20

Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Bonnie Tyler

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 29 wks • Prev: 30

21

Human Touch

Rick Springfield

↑ 5

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 26

22

Flashdance...What A Feeling

Irene Cara

↓ 9

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 13

23

After The Fall

Journey

↑ 1

Peak: 23 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

24

Promises, Promises

Naked Eyes

↑ 5

Peak: 11 • 20 wks • Prev: 29

25

Rock Of Ages

Def Leppard

↓ 4

Peak: 16 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

26

Making Love Out Of Nothing At All

Air Supply

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 25 wks • Prev: 32

27

How Am I Supposed To Live Without You

Laura Branigan

↑ 1

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 28

28

(she's) Sexy + 17

Stray Cats

↑ 6

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

29

Dead Giveaway

Shalamar

↑ 2

Peak: 22 • 20 wks • Prev: 31

30

Far From Over

Frank Stallone

↑ 6

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 36

31

Electric Avenue

Eddy Grant

↓ 11

Peak: 2 • 22 wks • Prev: 20

32

True

Spandau Ballet

↑ 10

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 42

33

Never Gonna Let You Go

Sergio Mendes

↓ 17

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 16

34

Don't You Get So Mad

Jeffrey Osborne

↑ 4

Peak: 25 • 14 wks • Prev: 38

35

Kiss The Bride

Elton John

↑ 5

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

36

All Time High

Rita Coolidge

↑ 1

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

37

King Of Pain

The Police

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 16 wks

38

Lady Love Me (One More Time)

George Benson

↑ 6

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

39

You're Driving Me Out Of My Mind

Little River Band

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 43

40

Saved By Zero

The Fixx

↓ 15

Peak: 20 • 16 wks • Prev: 25

41

Tonight, I Celebrate My Love

Peabo Bryson/Roberta Flack

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 29 wks • Prev: 45

42

1999

Prince

↓ 15

Peak: 12 • 30 wks • Prev: 27

43

Tell Her No

Juice Newton

↑ 7

Peak: 27 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

44

Big Log

Robert Plant

↑ 11

Peak: 20 • 16 wks • Prev: 55

45

Fake Friends

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

↓ 10

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 35

46

Hold Me 'til The Mornin' Comes

Paul Anka

↑ 2

Peak: 40 • 16 wks • Prev: 48

47

Burning Down The House

Talking Heads

↑ 7

Peak: 9 • 20 wks • Prev: 54

48

Blame It On Love

Smokey Robinson & Barbara Mitchell

↑ 1

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

49

The Border

America

↓ 16

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 33

50

Cold Blooded

Rick James

↑ 6

Peak: 40 • 12 wks • Prev: 56

51

Our House

Madness

↓ 12

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 39

52

Telefone (long Distance Love Affair)

Sheena Easton

↑ 15

Peak: 9 • 22 wks • Prev: 67

53

How Can I Refuse

Heart

↑ 9

Peak: 44 • 11 wks • Prev: 62

54

High Time

Styx

↑ 9

Peak: 48 • 7 wks • Prev: 63

55

Cuts Like A Knife

Bryan Adams

↓ 14

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 41

56

Sharp Dressed Man

ZZ Top

↑ 1

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

57

Don't Forget To Dance

The Kinks

↑ 14

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 71

58

Islands In The Stream

Kenny Rogers Duet With Dolly Parton

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 25 wks

59

Someone Belonging To Someone

Bee Gees

↑ 9

Peak: 49 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

60

The Night

The Animals

↑ 12

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

61

Get It Right

Aretha Franklin

↑ 3

Peak: 61 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

62

Words

F.R. David

↑ 3

Peak: 62 • 9 wks • Prev: 65

63

Rainbow's End

Sergio Mendes

↑ 7

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 70

64

I Don't Wanna Dance

Eddy Grant

↑ 5

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 69

65

One Thing Leads To Another

The Fixx

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 19 wks

66

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

Michael Jackson

↓ 20

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 46

67

Don't You Know How Much I Love You

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 6

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 73

68

Tip Of My Tongue

The Tubes

↓ 16

Peak: 52 • 7 wks • Prev: 52

69

What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So In Love With You)

Rod Stewart

★ NEW

Peak: 35 • 12 wks

70

It Must Be Love

Madness

↑ 15

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 85

71

Everyday I Write The Book

Elvis Costello And The Attractions

↑ 11

Peak: 36 • 14 wks • Prev: 82

72

Crazy

The Manhattans

↑ 2

Peak: 72 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

73

Change

Tears For Fears

↑ 3

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

74

Miracles

Stacy Lattisaw

↑ 4

Peak: 40 • 16 wks • Prev: 78

75

Ship To Shore

Chris de Burgh

↑ 5

Peak: 71 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

76

Come Dancing

The Kinks

↓ 29

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 47

77

Midnight Blue

Louise Tucker

↓ 16

Peak: 46 • 13 wks • Prev: 61

78

Can't Shake Loose

Agnetha Faltskog

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 15 wks

79

Juicy Fruit

Mtume

↓ 19

Peak: 45 • 12 wks • Prev: 60

80

Bad Boys

Wham! U.K.

↑ 10

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 90

81

Do It Again/Billie Jean

Club House

↑ 8

Peak: 75 • 5 wks • Prev: 89

82

Holiday Road

Lindsey Buckingham

↑ 2

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 84

83

Garden Party

Herb Alpert

↑ 5

Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 88

84

Freak-A-Zoid

Midnight Star

↑ 11

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 95

85

Hang On Now

Kajagoogoo

★ NEW

Peak: 78 • 4 wks

86

It's Inevitable

Charlie

↓ 33

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 53

87

Maybe This Day

Kissing The Pink

—

Peak: 87 • 5 wks • Prev: 87

88

Bad, Bad Billy

Snuff

↑ 5

Peak: 88 • 2 wks • Prev: 93

89

Living On The Edge

Jim Capaldi

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 5 wks

90

Just Be Good To Me

The S.O.S. Band

★ NEW

Peak: 55 • 14 wks

91

How Do You Keep The Music Playing

James Ingram And Patti Austin

↓ 16

Peak: 45 • 17 wks • Prev: 75

92

Solsbury Hill

Peter Gabriel

★ NEW

Peak: 68 • 8 wks

93

Baby Jane

Rod Stewart

↓ 42

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 51

94

West Coast Summer Nights

Tony Carey

↓ 17

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 77

95

Who's Behind The Door?

Zebra

↓ 29

Peak: 61 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

96

Pieces Of Ice

Diana Ross

↓ 38

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

97

All This Love

Debarge

↓ 16

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 81

98

Too Shy

Kajagoogoo

↓ 39

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 59

99

Scarlet Fever

Kenny Rogers

↓ 5

Peak: 94 • 2 wks • Prev: 94

100

The Salt In My Tears

Martin Briley

↓ 9

Peak: 36 • 15 wks • Prev: 91

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