Editing 1983 in music (section)

===Other Chart hit singles===
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*"A Volar" – [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]]
*"[[Australiana (song)|Australiana]]" – [[Austen Tayshus]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/austen-tayshus-sends-a-postcard-from-the-edge/story-e6frg7eo-1226544570936|title=Austen Tayshus sends a postcard from the edge|first=Ross|last=Fitzgerald|authorlink=Ross Fitzgerald|newspaper=[[The Australian]]|date=29 December 2012|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> (# 1 Australia)
*"[[Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song)|Baby Jane]]" – [[Rod Stewart]]
*"[[Bad Boys (Wham! song)|Bad Boys]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[Beat It]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Big Log]]" – [[Robert Plant]]
*"[[Billie Jean]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]" – [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
*"[[Bop Girl]]" – [[Pat Wilson]]<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives|year=1993|page=341|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
*"[[Boxerbeat]]" – [[JoBoxers]]
*"[[Breakaway (Tracey Ullman song)|Breakaway]]" – [[Tracey Ullman]]
*"[[Buffalo Soldier (song)|Buffalo Soldier]]" – [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]]
*"[[Burning Down the House]]" – [[Talking Heads]]
*"[[Calling Your Name]]" – [[Marilyn (singer)|Marilyn]]
*"[[Candy Girl (New Edition song)|Candy Girl]]" – [[New Edition]]<ref>{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited| location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 423}}</ref>
*"[[Can't Get Used to Losing You]]" – [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]]
*"[[Change (Tears for Fears song)|Change]]" – [[Tears for Fears]]
*"[[China Girl (song)|China Girl]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[Church of the Poison Mind]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[Club Tropicana]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[Come Back and Stay]]" – [[Paul Young]]
*"[[Come On Eileen]]" – [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] (released in 1982)
*"[[Communication (Spandau Ballet song)|Communication]]" – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*"Countdown/[[New World Man]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Crumblin' Down]]" – [[John Mellencamp]]
*"[[Dancing in the Dark (Kim Wilde song)|Dancing in the Dark]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"Dead Giveaway" – [[Shalamar]]
*"[[Dear Prudence]]" – [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]
*"[[Delirious (Prince song)|Delirious]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[Der Alpen-Rap]]" – [[Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung]]
*"[[Der Kommissar (song)|Der Kommissar]]" – [[After the Fire]]
*"[[Din Daa Daa]]" – [[George Kranz]]<ref name="Inc.1998">{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=The Perfect Beats|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4|date=17 October 1998|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=4}}</ref>
*"[[Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)|Dirty Laundry]]" – [[Don Henley]]<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Whitburn, Joel]]|year=2004|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition|publisher=Billboard Publications|page=282}}</ref>
*"[[Do You Really Want to Hurt Me]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[Don't Let It End]]" – [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
*"[[Double Dutch (song)|Double Dutch]]" – [[Malcolm McLaren]]
*"[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]" – [[Men at Work]]
*"[[Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive (Men at Work song)|Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive]]" – [[Men At Work]]
*"[[Drop the Pilot]]" – [[Joan Armatrading]]
*"[[Electric Avenue (song)|Electric Avenue]]" – [[Eddy Grant]]
*"[[Every Breath You Take]]" – [[The Police]]
*"[[Everything Counts]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"[[Family Man (Mike Oldfield song)|Family Man]]" – [[Hall & Oates]]
*"[[Faithfully (song)|Faithfully]]" – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"Femme" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Gimme All Your Lovin']]" – [[ZZ Top]]
*"[[Give It Up (KC and the Sunshine Band song)|Give It Up]]" – [[KC and the Sunshine Band]]
*"[[Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song)|Gloria]]" – [[Laura Branigan]] (released in 1982)
*"[[Gold (Spandau Ballet song)|Gold]]" – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*"[[Guardian Angel (Drafi Deutscher song)|Guardian Angel]]" – [[Drafi Deutscher|Masquerade]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report }}</ref>
*"[[Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis and the News song)|Heart and Soul]]" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"[[High Life (song)|High Life]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*"[[Holiday (Madonna song)|Holiday]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[How Am I Supposed to Live Without You]]" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Human Nature (Michael Jackson song)|Human Nature]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Hungry Like the Wolf]]" (1982) – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues]]" – [[Elton John]] (feat. [[Stevie Wonder]])
*"[[I'm Still Standing]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[In a Big Country]]" – [[Big Country]]
*"[[I.O.U. (Freeez song)|I.O.U.]]" – [[Freeez]]
*"[[Is There Something I Should Know?]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Islands in the Stream (song)|Islands in the Stream]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]] and [[Dolly Parton]]
*"[[It's a Mistake]]" – [[Men At Work]]
*"[[Jeopardy (song)|Jeopardy]]" – [[The Greg Kihn Band]]
*"[[Johnny B. Goode]]" – [[Peter Tosh]]
*"[[Karma Chameleon]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[King of Pain]]" – [[The Police]]
*"Kiss the Bride" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Let the Music Play (song)|Let The Music Play]]" – [[Shannon (American singer)|Shannon]]
*"[[Let's Dance (David Bowie song)|Let's Dance]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[Little Red Corvette]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[Long Hot Summer (The Style Council song)|Long Hot Summer]]" – [[The Style Council]]
*"[[The Love Cats (song)|The Love Cats]]" – [[The Cure]]
*"[[Love Is a Battlefield]]" – [[Pat Benatar]]
*"[[Love Is a Stranger]]" – [[Eurythmics]]
*"[[Love of the Common People]]" – [[Paul Young]]
*"[[Love On Your Side (song)|Love On Your Side]]" – [[Thompson Twins]]
*"[[Mad World]]"- [[Tears For Fears]]
*"[[Major Tom (Coming Home)]]" – [[Peter Schilling]]
*"[[Mama (Genesis song)|Mama]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]" – [[Michael Sembello]]
*"[[Many Rivers to Cross]]" – [[UB40]]
*"Marguerita Time" – [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
*"[[Modern Love (David Bowie song)|Modern Love]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[Mon ami m'a quittée]]" – [[Celine Dion]]
*"[[Moonlight Shadow]]" – [[Mike Oldfield]]
*"[[Mr. Roboto]]" – [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
*"[[My Oh My (Slade song)|My Oh My]]" – [[Slade]]
*"[[Nasty Girl (Vanity 6 song)|Nasty Girl]]" – [[Vanity 6]]
*"[[Never Gonna Let You Go (Sérgio Mendes song)|Never Gonna Let You Go]]" – [[Sergio Mendes]]
*"[[New Song (Howard Jones song)|New Song]]" – [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]]
*"[[New Year's Day (U2 song)|New Year's Day]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[Nobody's Diary]]" – [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
*"[[Oblivious (Aztec Camera song)|Oblivious]]" – [[Aztec Camera]]
*"[[One on One (song)|One on One]]" – [[Hall & Oates]]
*"[[One Thing Leads to Another]]" – [[The Fixx]]
*"[[Only for Love]]" – [[Limahl]]
*"[[Only You (Yazoo song)|Only You]]" – Various
*"[[Our House (Madness song)|Our House]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
*"[[Our Lips Are Sealed]]" – [[Fun Boy Three]]
*"[[Over and Over (Shalamar song)|Over and Over]]" – [[Shalamar]]
*"[[Overkill (Men at Work song)|Overkill]]" – [[Men at Work]]
*"[[Owner of a Lonely Heart]]" – [[Yes (band)|Yes]]
*"[[Pale Shelter]]" – [[Tears for Fears]]
*"[[Photograph (Def Leppard song)|Photograph]]" – [[Def Leppard]]
*"Physical Attraction"- [[Madonna]]
*"[[Pink Houses]]" – [[John Mellencamp]]
*"[[Pipes of Peace (song)|Pipes Of Peace]]" – [[Paul McCartney]]
*"[[Power and the Passion (song)|Power and the Passion]]" – [[Midnight Oil]]
*"[[Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan song)|Pride and Joy]]" – [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]]
*"[[Promises, Promises (Naked Eyes song)|Promises, Promises]]" – [[Naked Eyes]]
*"[[Puttin' on the Ritz]]" – [[Taco (musician)|Taco]]
*"[[P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)]]" (1982) – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Queen of the Broken Hearts]]" – [[Loverboy]]
*"[[Radio Free Europe (song)|Radio Free Europe]]" (I.R.S. version) – [[R.E.M.]]
*"Rainbow in the Dark" – [[Dio (band)|Dio]]
*"[[Rio (song)|Rio]]" (1982) – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Orange Juice (band)|Rip It Up]]" – [[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]]
*"[[Rock 'n' Roll Is King]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
*"[[Rock of Ages (Def Leppard song)|Rock of Ages]]" – [[Def Leppard]]
*"[[Rock the Casbah]]" – [[The Clash]] (released in 1982)
*"[[Rockit (song)|Rockit]]" – [[Herbie Hancock]]
*"[[Run Runaway]]" – [[Slade]]
*"[[Runaway (Bon Jovi song)|Runaway]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
*"[[The Safety Dance]]" – [[Men Without Hats]]
*"[[Saved by Zero]]" – [[The Fixx]]
*"[[Say Say Say]]" – [[Michael Jackson]] & [[Paul McCartney]]
*"Screaming for Vengeance" (1982) – [[Judas Priest]]
*"[[Send Her My Love]]" – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)]]" – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Sex (I'm a ...)]]" – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]
*"[[Shame on the Moon]]" – [[Bob Seger]]
*"[[Sharp Dressed Man]]" – [[ZZ Top]]
*"[[She Blinded Me with Science]]" – [[Thomas Dolby]] (released in 1982)
*"[[She Works Hard for the Money]]" – [[Donna Summer]]
*"[[She's a Beauty]]" – [[The Tubes]]
*"[[Shipbuilding (song)|Shipbuilding]]" – [[Robert Wyatt]]
*"[[Should I Stay or Should I Go]]" – [[The Clash]]
*"[[Shout at the Devil (song)|Shout at the Devil]]" – [[Mötley Crüe]]
*"[[Si la vie est cadeau]]" – [[Corinne Hermès]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/munich-1983|title=Munich 1983|website=Eurovision Song Contest|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>
*"[[Solitaire (Laura Branigan song)|Solitaire]]" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Speak Like a Child (song)|Speak Like a Child]]" – [[The Style Council]]
*"[[Stand Back]]" – [[Stevie Nicks]]
*"[[Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson song)|Steppin' Out]]" – [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]
*"[[Straight from the Heart (Bryan Adams song)|Straight from the Heart]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"[[Suddenly Last Summer (song)|Suddenly Last Summer]]" – [[The Motels]]
*"[[The Sun and the Rain]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
*"[[The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)]]" – [[Level 42]]
*"[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]" – [[Eurythmics]]
*"[[Synchronicity II]]" – [[The Police]]
*"[[Talking in Your Sleep (The Romantics song)|Talking in Your Sleep]]" – [[The Romantics]]
*"[[Tell Her About It]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Tell Her No]]" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]" – [[Heaven 17]]
*"Tender Is the Night" – [[Jackson Browne]]
*"[[Thank You For The Music]]" – [[ABBA]] (released in 1977)
*"[[That's All (Genesis song)|That's All]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[That's Love (Jim Capaldi song)|That's Love]]" – [[Jim Capaldi]]
*"[[Always Something There to Remind Me]]" – [[Naked Eyes]]
*"[[They Don't Know (Kirsty MacColl song)|They Don't Know]]" – [[Tracey Ullman]]
*"[[This Charming Man]]" – [[The Smiths]]
*"[[This Time (Bryan Adams song)|This Time]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"Thunder And Lightning" – [[Thin Lizzy]]
*"[[Time (Clock of the Heart)]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[Tonight I Celebrate My Love]]" – [[Peabo Bryson]] and [[Roberta Flack]]
*"[[Too Low For Zero]]" – [[Elton John]] (in US & Australia; not released in the rest of UK and Europe until 1985/86)
*"[[Too Shy]]" – [[Kajagoogoo]]
*"[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" – [[Bonnie Tyler]]
*"[[Tour de France (song)|Tour de France]]" – [[Kraftwerk]]
*"[[The Trooper]]" – [[Iron Maiden]]
*"[[True (Spandau Ballet song)|True]]" – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*"[[Twilight Zone (1982 song)|Twilight Zone]]" – [[Golden Earring]] (released in 1982)
*"[[Twist of Fate (Olivia Newton-John song)|Twist of Fate]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Twisting by the Pool]]" – [[Dire Straits]]
*"[[Under Attack]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Undercover of the Night]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[Union of the Snake]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Up Where We Belong]]" – [[Joe Cocker]] and [[Jennifer Warnes]]
*"[[Uptown Girl]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Vamos a la playa (Righeira song)|Vamos a la playa]]" – [[Righeira]]
*"[[Walking in the Rain (Modern Romance song)|Walking in the Rain]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*"[[Wanna Be Startin' Somethin']]" (1982) – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[The Way He Makes Me Feel]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]]
*"[[We Are Detective]]" – [[Thompson Twins]]
*"[[We've Got Tonight]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]] and [[Sheena Easton]]
*"[[What Is Love (Howard Jones song)|What Is Love?]]" – [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]]
*"[[Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)]]" – [[Paul Young]]
*"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" – [[Grandmaster Flash|Grandmaster]] and [[Melle Mel]]
*"[[Why Me? (Irene Cara song)|Why Me?]]" – [[Irene Cara]]
*"[[Wings of a Dove (Madness song)|Wings of a Dove]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
*"[[Wishing on a Star]]" – [[Rose Royce]]
*"[[The Word Is Out]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
*"[[Wrapped Around Your Finger]]" – [[The Police]]
*"[[You Are (Lionel Richie song)|You Are]]" – [[Lionel Richie]]
*"[[You Can't Hurry Love]]" – [[Phil Collins]] (released in 1982)
*"[[Gravity Talks]]" – [[Green On Red]]
*"[[Seance]]" – [[The Church (band)|The Church]]
*"[[Fervor EP|Fervor]]" – [[Jason & The Scorchers]]
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