List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1982 (U.S.)

This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1982.

Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Adult Contemporary top ten singles which peaked in 1982

Top ten entry date

Single

Artist(s)

Peak

Peak date

Weeks in top ten

References

Singles from 1981

December 12

"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)"

Juice Newton

1

January 30

11

December 19

"I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World"

Ronnie Milsap

3

January 30

9

December 26

"Cool Night"

Paul Davis

2

February 7

10

Singles from 1982

January 9

"SomeOne Could Lose a Heart Tonight"

Eddie Rabbitt

10

January 9

5

January 16

"She's Got a Way"

Billy Joel

4

February 7

7

"Leader of the Band"

Dan Fogelberg

1

February 7

8

January 30

"You Could Have Been with Me"

Sheena Easton

6

February 13

6

February 6

"Somewhere Down the Road"

Barry Manilow

1

February 20

7

"Through the Years"

Kenny Rogers

1

March 6

8

February 13

"Sweet Dreams"

Air Supply

4

February 27

5

February 20

"Love in the First Degree"

Alabama

5

February 27

6

February 27

"Key Largo"

Bertie Higgins

1

March 20

7

"Open Arms"

Journey

7

March 20

6

March 6

"Chariots of Fire"

Vangelis

1

April 3

11

"When All Is Said and Done"

ABBA

10

March 6

2

March 13

"One Hundred Ways"

Quincy Jones & James Ingram

5

March 27

7

"Daddy's Home"

Cliff Richard

3

March 27

4

March 20

"On the Way to the Sky"

Neil Diamond

4

March 27

5

"My Guy"

Sister Sledge

2

April 17

7

March 27

"Shanghai Breezes"

John Denver

1

May 8

10

April 3

"Make a Move on Me"

Olivia Newton-John

6

April 17

6

"Memory"

Barbara Streisand

9

April 10

3

April 10

"'65 Love Affair"

Paul Davis

5

May 1

6

"That Girl"

Stevie Wonder

10

April 10

2

April 17

"Always on My Mind"

Willie Nelson

2

May 8

12

April 24

"I've Never Been to Me"

Charlene

7

May 1

5

"Let's Hang On!"

Barry Manilow

6

May 8

5

"Ebony and Ivory"

Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder

1

May 15

10

May 1

"Run for the Roses"

Dan Fogelberg

3

May 22

6

May 8

"Making Love"

Roberta Flack

7

May 29

6

May 15

"Wake Up Little Susie"

Simon & Garfunkel

5

May 22

4

May 22

"Friends in Love"

Dionne Warwick & Johnny Mathis

5

June 12

5

"Any Day Now"

Ronnie Milsap

1

June 19

12

May 29

"Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me"

Juice Newton

4

July 3

9

"I Don't Know Where to Start"

Eddie Rabbitt

9

May 29

4

June 5

"Be Mine Tonight"

Neil Diamond

2

June 26

7

June 12

"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"

Deniece Williams

6

June 26

5

"Personally"

Karla Bonoff

3

July 3

7

June 19

"Take Me Down"

Alabama

5

July 31

8

June 26

"Even the Nights are Better"

Air Supply

1

July 24

9

"Just Another Day in Paradise"

Bertie Higgins

10

June 26

2

July 3

"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"

Chicago

1

August 21

14

July 10

"Wasted on the Way"

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2

August 21

13

"If the Love Fits Wear It"

Leslie Pearl

7

July 31

6

July 17

"You Should Hear How She Talks AbOUT You"

Melissa Manchester

10

July 17

3

July 24

"Love Will Turn You Around"

Kenny Rogers

1

September 25

12

July 31

"Route 101"

Herb Alpert

4

August 28

8

"Hold Me"

Fleetwood Mac

7

August 21

7

August 7

"Take It Away"

Paul McCartney

6

August 28

8

August 14

"Blue Eyes"

Elton John

1

September 11

11

"American Music"

The Pointer Sisters

9

August 21

4

August 21

"What's Forever For"

Michael Martin Murphey

4

September 25

8

August 28

"Eye in the Sky"

The Alan Parsons Project

3

October 2

9

September 11

"I'm the One"

Roberta Flack

10

September 11

3

September 18

"You Can Do Magic"

America

5

October 9

7

September 25

"Break It to Me Gently"

Juice Newton

1

October 9

7

October 2

"The One You Love"

Glenn Frey

2

October 30

9

"Heartlight"

Neil Diamond

1

October 23

8

October 9

"Up Where We Belong"

Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

3

October 30

9

"I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)"

Michael McDonald

8

October 23

4

October 16

"Nobody"

Sylvia

5

October 30

5

"Gypsy"

Fleetwood Mac

9

October 23

5

October 30

"Heartbreaker"

Dionne Warwick

1

December 18

12

"Southern Cross"

Crosby, Stills & Nash

6

November 20

6

November 6

"Truly"

Lionel Richie

1

November 20

10

"On the Wings of Love"

Jeffrey Osborne

7

December 11

7

November 13

"Love Me Tomorrow"

Chicago

8

November 13

3

November 20

"The Girl Is Mine"

Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney

1

December 25

10

"Steppin' Out"

Joe Jackson

4

December 11

8

November 27

"Missing You"

Dan Fogelberg

6

December 11

4

December 4

"It's Raining Again"

Supertramp

5

December 11

7

"A Love Song"

Kenny Rogers

10

December 4

2

December 11

"I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)"

Donald Fagen

8

December 11

5

1981 peaks

List of Billboard Adult Contemporary top ten singles in 1982 which peaked in 1981

Top ten entry date

Single

Artist(s)

Peak

Peak date

Weeks in top ten

References

November 14

"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"

Diana Ross

2

December 5

9

November 21

"Yesterday's Songs"

Neil Diamond

1

December 19

11

November 28

"Castle in the Air"

Don McLean

7

December 26

7

December 5

"Comin' In and Out of Your Life"

Barbara Streisand

2

December 26

12

"Turn Your Love Around"

George Benson

9

December 19

9

December 19

"Hooked on Classics"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

8

December 26

6

December 26

"Leather and Lace"

Stevie Nicks & Don Henley

10

December 26

2

1983 peaks

List of Billboard Adult Contemporary top ten singles in 1982 which peaked in 1983

Top ten entry date

Single

Artist(s)

Peak

Peak date

Weeks in top ten

References

December 11

"You and I"

Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle

2

January 15

11

December 18

"Africa"

Toto

5

January 22

9

December 25

"Baby, Come to Me"

Patti Austin & James Ingram

1

January 22

10

"Two Less Lonely People in the World"

Air Supply

4

January 15

6

See also

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1982 (U.S.)