List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1983 (U.S.)
This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1983.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 1982 |
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December 11 |
"You and I" |
Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle |
2 |
January 15 |
11 |
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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 |
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Singles from 1983 |
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January 15 |
"The Other Guy" |
Little River Band |
6 |
January 22 |
4 |
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"Heart to Heart" |
Kenny Loggins |
3 |
January 29 |
7 |
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"Memory" |
Barry Manilow |
8 |
January 22 |
3 |
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January 22 |
"Heart of the Night" |
Juice Newton |
4 |
February 5 |
7 |
|
"You Can't Hurry Love" |
Phil Collins |
9 |
January 29 |
3 |
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January 29 |
"Shame on the Moon" |
Bob Seger |
1 |
February 12 |
6 |
|
February 5 |
"You Are" |
Lionel Richie |
1 |
February 26 |
12 |
|
"I'm Alive" |
Neil Diamond |
4 |
February 26 |
7 |
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February 12 |
"We've Got Tonight" |
Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton |
2 |
February 26 |
9 |
|
"All Right" |
Christopher Cross |
3 |
February 26 |
8 |
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February 19 |
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" |
Culture Club |
8 |
February 26 |
4 |
|
February 26 |
"One on One" |
Hall & Oates |
4 |
April 9 |
10 |
|
March 5 |
"Make Love Stay" |
Dan Fogelberg |
1 |
April 9 |
10 |
|
"It Might Be You" |
Stephen Bishop |
1 |
April 16 |
11 |
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March 12 |
"Shoot for the Moon" |
Poco |
10 |
March 12 |
2 |
|
March 19 |
"I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart" |
Eric Clapton |
6 |
March 26 |
6 |
|
March 26 |
"Take the Short Way Home" |
Dionne Warwick |
5 |
April 16 |
6 |
|
April 2 |
"Some Kind of Friend" |
Barry Manilow |
4 |
April 30 |
7 |
|
April 9 |
"I Won't Hold You Back" |
Toto |
1 |
April 30 |
7 |
|
April 16 |
"Mornin'" |
Al Jarreau |
2 |
May 7 |
9 |
|
April 23 |
"Minimum Love" |
Mac McAnally |
7 |
April 30 |
4 |
|
April 30 |
"You Can't Run from Love" |
Eddie Rabbitt |
2 |
May 28 |
8 |
|
"My Love" |
Lionel Richie |
1 |
May 21 |
8 |
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May 7 |
"Easy for You to Say" |
Linda Ronstadt |
7 |
May 21 |
4 |
|
"Wind Beneath My Wings" |
Lou Rawls |
10 |
May 7 |
2 |
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May 14 |
"Overkill" |
Men at Work |
6 |
May 21 |
4 |
|
May 21 |
"Never Gonna Let You Go" |
Sergio Mendes |
1 |
June 18 |
13 |
|
"All My Life" |
Kenny Rogers |
2 |
June 18 |
8 |
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"Front Page Story" |
Neil Diamond |
5 |
June 11 |
7 |
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May 28 |
"Time (Clock of the Heart)" |
Culture Club |
6 |
June 11 |
6 |
|
June 4 |
"Flashdance...What a Feeling" |
Irene Cara |
4 |
June 25 |
9 |
|
"That's Love" |
Jim Capaldi |
3 |
June 25 |
7 |
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June 11 |
"How Do You Keep the Music Playing" |
James Ingram & Patti Austin |
5 |
July 9 |
7 |
|
June 25 |
"All This Love" |
DeBarge |
1 |
July 16 |
9 |
|
"l.O.U." |
Lee Greenwood |
4 |
July 23 |
7 |
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July 2 |
"The Closer You Get" |
Alabama |
9 |
July 9 |
3 |
|
July 9 |
"Try Again" |
Champaign |
6 |
July 23 |
5 |
|
"Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes" |
Paul Anka |
2 |
July 30 |
10 |
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July 16 |
"Every Breath You Take" |
The Police |
5 |
July 23 |
8 |
|
July 23 |
"All Time High" |
Rita Coolidge |
1 |
August 6 |
8 |
|
July 30 |
"The Border" |
America |
4 |
August 13 |
5 |
|
August 6 |
"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" |
Laura Branigan |
1 |
September 3 |
10 |
|
August 13 |
"Human Nature" |
Michael Jackson |
2 |
September 3 |
8 |
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"Blame It on Love" |
Smokey Robinson & Barbara Mitchell |
5 |
August 27 |
5 |
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August 20 |
"Tell Her AbOUT It" |
Billy Joel |
1 |
September 24 |
9 |
|
August 27 |
"Making Love Out of Nothing at All" |
Air Supply |
2 |
October 1 |
10 |
|
September 10 |
"Lady Love Me (One More Time)" |
George Benson |
4 |
October 1 |
7 |
|
September 17 |
"True" |
Spandau Ballet |
1 |
October 8 |
9 |
|
"Rainbow's End" |
Sergio Mendes |
6 |
October 1 |
4 |
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"Islands in the Stream" |
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton |
1 |
October 15 |
13 |
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September 24 |
"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" |
Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack |
4 |
October 22 |
10 |
|
October 8 |
"All Night Long (All Night)" |
Lionel Richie |
1 |
November 12 |
11 |
|
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" |
Bonnie Tyler |
7 |
October 15 |
4 |
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October 15 |
"Spice of Life" |
The Manhattan Transfer |
5 |
October 29 |
6 |
|
October 22 |
"Uptown Girl" |
Billy Joel |
2 |
November 19 |
11 |
|
November 5 |
"How Many Times Can I Say Goodbye" |
Dionne Warwick & Luther Vandross |
4 |
November 19 |
4 |
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"Say Say Say" |
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson |
3 |
December 17 |
11 |
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"The Way He Makes Me Feel" |
Barbra Streisand |
1 |
December 10 |
12 |
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November 12 |
"Trouble in Paradise" |
Al Jarreau |
10 |
November 12 |
1 |
|
November 19 |
"Only You" |
Commodores |
8 |
November 26 |
3 |
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"Break My Stride" |
Matthew Wilder |
4 |
December 17 |
11 |
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November 26 |
"What's New" |
Linda Ronstadt |
5 |
December 3 |
8 |
|
December 3 |
"Read 'Em and Weep" |
Barry Manilow |
1 |
December 24 |
10 |
|
"Say It Isn't So" |
Hall & Oates |
8 |
December 17 |
6 |
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December 10 |
"Baby I Lied" |
Deborah Allen |
10 |
December 10 |
2 |
|
December 24 |
"Make Believe It's Your First Time" |
The Carpenters |
7 |
December 24 |
3 |
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1982 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 30 |
"Heartbreaker" |
Dionne Warwick |
1 |
December 18 |
12 |
|
November 6 |
"Truly" |
Lionel Richie |
1 |
November 20 |
10 |
|
November 20 |
"The Girl Is Mine" |
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney |
1 |
December 25 |
10 |
|
"Steppin' Out" |
Joe Jackson |
4 |
December 11 |
8 |
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December 4 |
"It's Raining Again" |
Supertramp |
5 |
December 11 |
7 |
|
December 11 |
"I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)" |
Donald Fagen |
8 |
December 11 |
5 |
1984 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 17 |
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" |
Elton John |
2 |
January 14 |
10 |
|
December 24 |
"Take a Chance" |
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John |
3 |
January 21 |
7 |
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1983 (U.S.)