List of number-one dance singles of 1982 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1982.

Issue date Song Artist
January 2 "You Can"/
"Fire in My Heart"
Madleen Kane
January 9
January 16 "Wordy Rappinghood"/
"Genius of Love"
Tom Tom Club
January 23 "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" Daryl Hall and John Oates
January 30 "You're the One for Me" D. Train
February 6
February 13
February 20 "Glad to Know You"/
"3,000,000 Synths"/
"Ai No Corrida"
Chas Jankel
February 27
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
April 10 "Don't Come Crying to Me"/
"Let It Ride"
Linda Clifford
April 17
April 24
May 1 "Murphy's Law" Chéri
May 8
May 15
May 22 "In the Name of Love" Thompson Twins
May 29
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26 "Thanks to You" Sinnamon
July 3
July 10 "Do I Do" Stevie Wonder
July 17
July 24
July 31 "Right on Target" Paul Parker
August 7
August 14 "So Fine" Howard Johnson
August 21 "Situation" Yaz
August 28
September 4
September 11
September 18 "Walking on Sunshine" Rockers Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin
September 25 "Love Come Down" Evelyn King
October 2
October 9
October 16 Redd Hott (all cuts) Sharon Redd
October 23 "Don't Go" Yaz
October 30
November 6 "Nasty Girl" Vanity 6
November 13
November 20
November 27
December 4 "1999" Prince
December 11
December 18 "The Look of Love" ABC
December 25 "It's Raining Men" The Weather Girls

See also edit

References edit

  • Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X
  • Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1980—1984.