List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1983
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These are the 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 received their first number one song, such as 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.
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1983 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. |
No. | Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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526 | January 1 | "Maneater" | Daryl Hall & John Oates | [1] |
January 8 | [2] | |||
527 | January 15 | "Down Under" | Men at Work | [3] |
January 22 | [4] | |||
January 29 | [5] | |||
528 | February 5 | "Africa" | Toto | [6] |
re | February 12 | "Down Under" | Men at Work | [7] |
529 | February 19 | "Baby, Come to Me" | Patti Austin and James Ingram | [8] |
February 26 | [9] | |||
530 | March 5 | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson | [10] |
March 12 | [11] | |||
March 19 | [12] | |||
March 26 | [13] | |||
April 2 | [14] | |||
April 9 | [15] | |||
April 16 | [16] | |||
531 | April 23 | "Come On Eileen" | Dexys Midnight Runners | [17] |
532 | April 30 | "Beat It" | Michael Jackson | [18] |
May 7 | [19] | |||
May 14 | [20] | |||
533 | May 21 | "Let's Dance" | David Bowie | [21] |
534 | May 28 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara | [22] |
June 4 | [23] | |||
June 11 | [24] | |||
June 18 | [25] | |||
June 25 | [26] | |||
July 2 | [27] | |||
535 | July 9 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police | [28] |
July 16 | [29] | |||
July 23 | [30] | |||
July 30 | [31] | |||
August 6 | [32] | |||
August 13 | [33] | |||
August 20 | [34] | |||
August 27 | [35] | |||
536 | September 3 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Eurythmics | [36] |
537 | September 10 | "Maniac" | Michael Sembello | [37] |
September 17 | [38] | |||
538 | September 24 | "Tell Her About It" | Billy Joel | [39] |
539 | October 1 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Bonnie Tyler | [40] |
October 8 | [41] | |||
October 15 | [42] | |||
October 22 | [43] | |||
540 | October 29 | "Islands in the Stream" | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton | [44] |
November 5 | [45] | |||
541 | November 12 | "All Night Long (All Night)" | Lionel Richie | [46] |
November 19 | [47] | |||
November 26 | [48] | |||
December 3 | [49] | |||
542 | December 10 | "Say Say Say" | Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson | [50] |
December 17 | [51] | |||
December 24 | [52] | |||
December 31 | [53] |
References
- ^ "Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
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Sources
- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.