Editing 1982 in music (section)

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
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! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
||"[[1999 (Prince song)|1999]]" || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || {{Date table sorting|091982}}|September 1982 || 44 || n/a || 44 (United States) || 1 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs) – 4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles) –  46 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) ''The 1983 re-release would result in better chart performance''
|-
|| "[[867-5309/Jenny]]" || [[Tommy Tutone]] || {{Date table sorting|041982}}|April 1982 || 4 || n/a || 2 Canada) || 1 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 5 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 22 (Australia) – 32 (New Zealand)
|-
|| "[[Africa (Rose Laurens song)|Africa]]" || [[Rose Laurens]] || {{Date table sorting|101982}}|October 1982 || n/a || n/a/ || 1 (Austria) || 2 (Norway, Switzerland) – 3 (Germany)
|-
|| "[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]" || [[Toto (band)|Toto]] || {{Date table sorting|061982}}|June 1982 || 1 || 3 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Africa (Toto song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy]]" || [[Kid Creole & the Coconuts]] || {{Date table sorting|091982}}|September 1982 || n/a || 2 || 2 (United Kingdom) || [[Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy#Charts|See chart performance entry]]  
|-
||"[[Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song)#Laura Branigan version|Gloria]]" || [[Laura Branigan]] || {{Date table sorting|061982}}|June 1982 || 2 || 6 || 1 (Australia, Canada) || [[Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song)#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac song)|Gypsy]]" || [[Fleetwood Mac]] || {{Date table sorting|081982}}|August 1982 || 12 || 46 || 12 (United States) || [[Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Hey Little Girl]]" || [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]] || {{Date table sorting|111982}}|November 1982 || n/a || 17 || 2 (Switzerland) || [[Hey Little Girl#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Solid Rock (Goanna song)|Solid Rock]]" || [[Goanna (band)|Goanna]] || {{Date table sorting|091982}}|September 1982 || 61 || n/a || 2 (Australia) || n/a
|-
||"[[Somebody's Baby]]" || [[Jackson Browne]] || {{Date table sorting|071982}}|July 1982 || 7 || n/a || 7 (United States) || 4 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 5 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 14 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 6 (Canada) – 26 (Australia)
|-
||"[[You Should Hear How She Talks About You]]" || [[Melissa Manchester]] || {{Date table sorting|051982}}|May 1982 || 5 || n/a || 4 (Australia) || 1 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) – 4 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 5 (Canada) – 10 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 20 (New Zealand)
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
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*"[[3×3]]" (EP) – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[All Quiet on the Western Front (song)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Almost with You]]" – [[The Church (band)|The Church]] ''(# 21 Australia)''
*"[[Another Sleepless Night (Anne Murray song)|Another Sleepless Night]]" – [[Anne Murray]] (# 44 US)
*"[[Back on the Chain Gang]]" – [[The Pretenders]]
*"[[Being Boiled]]" – [[Human League]]
*"[[Best Years of Our Lives (song)|Best Years of Our Lives]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*"[[Blue Eyes (Elton John song)|Blue Eyes]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"Body + Soul" – [[Jo Kennedy]] (#5 Australia)
*"[[Body Language (Queen song)|Body Language]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (#3 Canada, Poland)
*"[[Break It to Me Gently]]" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Cat People (Putting Out Fire)]]" – [[David Bowie]] (#1 Finland, Norway, Sweden, NZ
*"[[Caught Up in You]]" – [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]] (#9 Canada, #10 US)
*"[[Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*"Confidences sur la Fréquence" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Countdown (Rush song)|Countdown]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Crimson and Clover]]" – [[Joan Jett]] & The Blackhearts (#4 Canada, #6 Australia)
*"[[Dancing in the Street]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"Danza" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[The Day Before You Came]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)|Dirty Laundry]]" – [[Don Henley]]
*"[[Do Ya Wanna Funk]]" – [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]]
*"[[Do You Believe in Love]]" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"Don't Leave Me Now" – Supertramp
*"[[Don't Stop Believin']]" (1981) – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]" – [[Men At Work]]
*"[[Džuli]]" (English language version "Julie") – [[Daniel Popović]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Vuletić | first=Dean |editor1-first=Ivan |editor1-last=Raykoff |editor2-first=Robert Deam |editor2-last=Tobin |title=A Song for Europe: Popular Music and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eq7nilnv93cC&pg=PA92 |publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]] |year=2007 |pages=83–98|access-date=2009-12-05 |location=[[Burlington, Vermont]] |isbn=978-0-7546-5879-5}}</ref>
*"[[Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"Enough Is Enough" – [[April Wine]]
*"[[Everybody (Madonna song)|Everybody]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Fantastic Day]]" – [[Haircut One Hundred]] (#9 UK)
*"[[Fool (If You Think It's Over)]]" – [[Elkie Brooks]]
*"[[Forever Now (Cold Chisel song)|Forever Now]]" – [[Cold Chisel]]
*"[[Forget Me Nots]]" – [[Patrice Rushen]]
*"[[Freeze Frame (song)|Freeze Frame]]" (1981) – [[J. Geils Band]]
*"[[Ghosts (Japan song)|Ghosts]]" – [[Japan (band)|Japan]]
*"[[Girls on Film]]" (1981) – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Glittering Prize]]" – [[Simple Minds]]
*"[[Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song)|Gloria]]" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Goin' Down (Greg Guidry song)|Goin' Down]]" – [[Greg Guidry]]
*"[[Great Southern Land]]" – [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]
*"[[Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac song)|Gypsy]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]]
*"Hand to Hold On To" – [[John Cougar]]
*"[[Harden My Heart]]" (1981) – [[Quarterflash]]
*"[[Head over Heels (ABBA song)|Head over Heels]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Heart Attack (Olivia Newton-John song)|Heart Attack]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"Heart of the Night" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick song)|Heartbreaker]]" – [[Dionne Warwick]]
*"[[Heartlight (song)|Heartlight]]" – [[Neil Diamond]]
*"[[Heat of the Moment (Asia song)|Heat of the Moment]]" – [[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*"[[Here Is the News]]/[[Ticket to the Moon]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
*"[[Hey Little Girl]]" – [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]
*"[[Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do]]" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"[[Hot in the City]]" – [[Billy Idol]]
*"[[Hungry Like the Wolf]]" – [[Duran Duran]] (#1 Canada, #3 US)
*"[[Hurts So Good]]" – [[John Cougar]]
*"[[I Can Make You Feel Good]]" – [[Shalamar]]
*"[[I Love It Loud]]" – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
*"[[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]]" (1981) – [[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]]
*"[[I Melt with You]]" – [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]]
*"[[I Ran (So Far Away)]]" – [[A Flock of Seagulls]]
*"[[I Want Candy]]" – [[Bow Wow Wow]] 
*"[[I Will Always Love You]]" – [[Dolly Parton]]
*"[[If You Can't Stand the Heat (song)|If You Can't Stand the Heat]]" – [[Bucks Fizz]]
*"[[Iron Fist (song)|Iron Fist]]" – [[Motörhead]]
*"Irmão De Côr" – Catui
*"[[It's Gonna Take a Miracle]]" – [[Deniece Williams]]
*"[[It's Raining Again]]" – [[Supertramp]]
*"[[It's Raining Men]]" – [[The Weather Girls]]
*"[[Jack and Diane]]" – [[John Cougar]]
*"[[Jambo Bwana]]" – [[Them Mushrooms]]
*"Jouez Bouzouki" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Landslide (Olivia Newton-John song)|Landslide]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Let's Get It Up]]" – [[AC/DC]]
*"Listen" – [[Stiff Little Fingers]]
*"Little Town – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Living on the Ceiling]]" – [[Blancmange (band)|Blancmange]]
*"[[Love Come Down]]" – [[Evelyn "Champagne" King]]
*"[[Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)]]" – [[Donna Summer]]
*"[[Love My Way (song)|Love My Way]]" – [[The Psychedelic Furs]]
*"[[Love Will Turn You Around (song)|Love Will Turn You Around]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*"[[Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me]]" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)|Maid Of Orleans]]" – [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]]
*"[[Make a Move on Me]]" (1981) – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Man on the Corner]]" (1981) – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Memory (Cats song)|Memory]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]]
*"[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" – [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]
*"[[Mexican Radio]]" – [[Wall of Voodoo]]
*"[[Mickey (Toni Basil song)|Mickey]]" – [[Toni Basil]]
*"[[Mirror Man (The Human League song)|Mirror Man]]" – [[Human League]] (charted in late-1983 in the U.S.)
*"[[Mirror Mirror (Diana Ross song)|Mirror Mirror]]" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"[[Muscles (song)|Muscles]]" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"[[Never Give Up on a Good Thing]]" – [[George Benson]]
*"[[Never Say Never (Romeo Void song)|Never Say Never]]" – [[Romeo Void]]
*"[[New World Man]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Nobody (Sylvia song)|Nobody]]" – [[Sylvia (singer)|Sylvia]]
*"[[Nova Heart]]" – [[Spoons (band)|Spoons]]
*"[[The Number of the Beast (song)|The Number of the Beast]]" – [[Iron Maiden]]
*"Old Town" – [[Phil Lynott]]
*"One Perfect Day" – Little Heroes
*"[[Only the Lonely (The Motels song)|Only the Lonely]]" – [[The Motels]]
*"[[Only Time Will Tell (song)|Only Time Will Tell]]" – [[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*"The Only Way Out" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"Party Fears Two" – [[Associates (band)|The Associates]]
*"[[Personally (Karla Bonoff song)|Personally]]" – [[Karla Bonoff]]
*"[[Planet Rock (song)|Planet Rock]]" – [[Afrika Bambaataa]]
*"[[Pressure (Billy Joel song)|Pressure]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Oh, Pretty Woman|Pretty Woman]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"Princess" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Promised You a Miracle]]" – [[Simple Minds]] (charted in 1983 in the U.S.)
*"Restless" – [[Gillan (band)|Gillan]]
*"[[Right Before Your Eyes]]" – [[America (band)|America]]
*"[[Rio (song)|Rio]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Rock the Casbah]]" – [[The Clash]]
*"[[Roll Me Away]]" – [[Bob Seger]]
*"[[Run to the Hills]]" – [[Iron Maiden]]
*"[[The Safety Dance]]" – [[Men Without Hats]] (charted in 1983 in the U.S.)
*"[[Save a Prayer]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Say Hello Wave Goodbye]]" – [[Soft Cell]]
*"[[Senses Working Overtime]]" – [[XTC]]
*"[[She's Got a Way]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Should I Stay or Should I Go]]" – The Clash
*"[[Shy Boy]]" – [[Bananarama]]
*"[[Since You're Gone]]" – [[The Cars]]
*"Situation" – [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
*"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" – [[Split Enz]]
*"Sole Survivor" – [[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*"[[Solid Rock (Goanna song)|Solid Rock]]" – [[Goanna (band)|Goanna]]
*"[[Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"[[Somebody's Baby]]" – [[Jackson Browne]]
*"[[Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills and Nash song)|Southern Cross]]" – [[Crosby, Stills, and Nash]]
*"Spread a Little Happiness" – [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
*"[[State of Independence]]" – [[Donna Summer]]
*"[[Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson song)|Steppin' Out]]" – [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]
*"Still They Ride" (1981) – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Sweet Dreams (Air Supply song)|Sweet Dreams]]" (1981) – [[Air Supply]]
*"[[That Girl (Stevie Wonder song)|That Girl]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
*"[[Theme from Hill Street Blues]]" – [[Mike Post]] and [[Larry Carlton]]
*"[[Theme from Harry's Game]]" – [[Clannad]]
*"Theme from 'Missing'" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[There It Is (Shalamar song)|There It Is]]" – [[Shalamar]]
*"[[Thru These Walls]]" – [[Phil Collins]]
*"Time (Clock of the Heart)" – [[Culture Club]]
*"Tony" – [[Dalida]]
*"Treat Me Nice" – [[The Shadows]]
*"Trouble" (1981) – [[Lindsey Buckingham]]
*"The One Thing" – [[INXS]]
*"The Trouble with Me Is You" – [[Hank Marvin]]
*"[[Twilight Zone (Golden Earring song)]]" – [[Golden Earring]]
*"[[Under Pressure]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] and [[David Bowie]]
*"[[US Forces (song)|US Forces]]" – [[Midnight Oil]]
*"[[Vacation (The Go-Go's song)|Vacation]]" – [[The Go-Go's]]
*"[[Valley Girl (song)|Valley Girl]]" – [[Frank Zappa]]
*"[[View from a Bridge]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[Waiting for a Girl Like You]]" – [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]
*"[[What About Me (Moving Pictures song)|What About Me]]" – [[Moving Pictures (band)|Moving Pictures]]
*"[[When the Tigers Broke Free]]" – [[Pink Floyd]]
*"When The War Is Over" – [[Cold Chisel]]
*"Where Do We Go from Here" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"White Boy" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[White Wedding (song)|White Wedding]]" – [[Billy Idol]]
*"[[Why (Carly Simon song)|Why]]" – [[Carly Simon]]
*"[[Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)]]" by [[A Flock of Seagulls]]
*"[[Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)]]" – [[Franke and the Knockouts]]
*"Work That Body" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"Yellow Pearl" – [[Phil Lynott]]
*"[[Yesterday's Songs]]" – [[Neil Diamond]]
*"[[You and I (Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle song)|You and I]]" – [[Eddie Rabbitt]] and [[Crystal Gayle]]
*"[[You Can Do Magic (song)|You Can Do Magic]]" – [[America (band)|America]]
*"[[You Can't Hurry Love]]" – [[Phil Collins]]
*"You Don't Want Me Anymore" – [[Steel Breeze]]
*"[[You Dropped a Bomb on Me]]" – [[The Gap Band]]
*"[[You Got Lucky]]" – [[Tom Petty]]
*"[[You Need a Friend]]" – [[Sunnyboys]]
*"[[You Should Hear How She Talks About You]]" – [[Melissa Manchester]]
*"[[Young Guns (Go for It)]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[Young Turks (song)|Young Turks]]" (1981) – [[Rod Stewart]]
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