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These are the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' '''[[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]''' number one hits of 1983. The longest running number-one single of 1983 is "[[Every Breath You Take]]" by [[The Police]] at eight weeks.
These are the '''[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]''' number one hits of 1983. The longest running number-one single of 1983 is "[[Every Breath You Take]]" by [[the Police]] at eight weeks.


That year, 9 acts reached number one for the first time: [[Toto (band)|Toto]], [[Patti Austin]], [[James Ingram]], [[Dexys Midnight Runners]], [[Irene Cara]], [[The Police]], [[Eurythmics]], [[Michael Sembello]], and [[Bonnie Tyler]]. [[Michael Jackson]] was the only act to hit number one more than once, with three.

== Chart history ==
[[File:ThePolice_2007.jpg|thumb|[[The Police]] scored a number-one hit with "[[Every Breath You Take]]" for eight straight weeks.]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|+Key
|style="background-color:#FFFF99"|The yellow background indicates the #1 song on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]{{'}}s [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1983|1983 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles]].
|}
An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that ''Billboard'' published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! width=31|{{abbr|No.|Hot 100 consecutive No.1 (re-entry)}}
!Issue Date
!Issue date
!Song
!Song
!Artist(s)
!Artist(s)
!{{abbr|Ref.|References}}
!Reference
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|526
|January 1
|January 1*
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Maneater (Hall & Oates song)|Maneater]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Maneater (Hall & Oates song)|Maneater]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Hall & Oates|Daryl Hall and John Oates]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Daryl Hall and John Oates]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-01-01|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=January 1, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|January 8
|January 8
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-01-08|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=January 8, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|527
|January 15
|January 15
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|[[Men at Work]]
|align="center" rowspan="3"|[[Men at Work]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-01-15|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=January 15, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|January 22
|January 22
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-01-22|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=January 22, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|January 29
|January 29
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-01-29|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=January 29, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|528
|February 5
|February 5
|align="center"|"[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]"
|align="center"|"[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]"
|align="center"|[[Toto (band)|Toto]]
|align="center"|[[Toto (band)|Toto]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-02-05|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=February 5, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|re
|February 12
|February 12
|align="center"|"Down Under"
|align="center"|"Down Under"
|align="center"|Men at Work
|align="center"|Men at Work
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-02-12|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=February 12, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|529
|February 19
|February 19
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Baby, Come to Me (Patti Austin and James Ingram song)|Baby, Come to Me]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Baby, Come to Me (Patti Austin and James Ingram song)|Baby, Come to Me]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Patti Austin]] and [[James Ingram]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Patti Austin]] and [[James Ingram]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-02-19|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=February 19, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|February 26
|February 26
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-02-26|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=February 26, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=7|530
|March 5
|March 5
|align="center" rowspan="7"|"[[Billie Jean]]"
|align="center" rowspan="7"|"[[Billie Jean]]"
|align="center" rowspan="7"|[[Michael Jackson]]
|align="center" rowspan="7"|[[Michael Jackson]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-03-05|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=March 5, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|March 12
|March 12
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-03-12|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=March 12, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|March 19
|March 19
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-03-19|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=March 19, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|March 26
|March 26
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-03-26|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=March 26, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|April 2
|April 2
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-04-02|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=April 2, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|April 9
|April 9
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-04-09|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=April 9, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|April 16
|April 16
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-04-16|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=April 16, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|531
|April 23
|April 23
|align="center"|"[[Come On Eileen]]"
|align="center"|"[[Come On Eileen]]"
|align="center"|[[Dexys Midnight Runners]]
|align="center"|[[Dexys Midnight Runners]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-04-23|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=April 23, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|532
|April 30
|April 30
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"[[Beat It]]"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"[[Beat It]]"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Michael Jackson
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Michael Jackson
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-04-30|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=April 30, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|May 7
|May 7
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-05-07|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=May 7, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|May 14
|May 14
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-05-14|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=May 14, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|533
|May 21
|May 21
|align="center"|"[[Let's Dance (David Bowie song)|Let's Dance]]"
|align="center"|"[[Let's Dance (David Bowie song)|Let's Dance]]"
|align="center"|[[David Bowie]]
|align="center"|[[David Bowie]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-05-21|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=May 21, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=6|534
|May 28
|May 28
|align="center" rowspan="6"|"[[Flashdance... What a Feeling]]"
|align="center" rowspan="6"|"[[Flashdance... What a Feeling]]"
|align="center" rowspan="6"|[[Irene Cara]]
|align="center" rowspan="6"|[[Irene Cara]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-05-28|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=May 28, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|June 4
|June 4
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-06-04|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=June 4, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|June 11
|June 11
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-06-11|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=June 11, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|June 18
|June 18
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-06-18|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=June 18, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|June 25
|June 25
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-06-25|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=June 25, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|July 2
|July 2
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-07-02|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=July 2, 1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=8|535
|July 9
|July 9
|align="center" rowspan="8"|"[[Every Breath You Take]]"
|