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Top Songs of 1982

  1. You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest 

  2. Rock the Casbah - The Clash 

  3. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor 

  4. Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash 

  5. Straight to Hell - The Clash

  6. This is Radio Clash - The Clash

  7. No One Like You - The Scorpions 

  8. I Love It Loud - Kiss 

  9. Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden

  10. For Those About to Rock - AC/DC 

  11. House of Fun - Madness

  12. Beat Surrender - The Jam

  13. (Oh) Pretty Woman - Van Halen 

  14. I Love Rock N' Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 

  15. The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden

  16. Vacation - The Go-Go's 

  17. I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls 

  18. Don't You Want Me - Human League 

  19. Who Can it Be Now? - Men at Work 

  20. Town Called Malice - The Jam

  21. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 

  22. There's Only One Way to Rock - Sammy Hagar 

  23. Know Your Rights - The Clash

  24. Over the Mountain - Ozzy Osbourne 

  25. Someday, Someway - Marshall Crenshaw 

  26. Tainted Love - Soft Cell 

  27. Live Wire - Motley Crue

  28. Closer to the Heart - Rush 

  29. Flying High Again - Ozzy Osbourne 

  30. Heat of the Moment - Asia 

  31. Save It For Later - The English Beat

  32. Shadows of the Night - Pat Benatar 

  33. Working For the Weekend - Loverboy 

  34. Real Men - Joe Jackson

  35. Old Town - Phil Lynott

  36. More Than This - Roxy Music

  37. New World Man - Rush 

  38. Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

  39. Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson 

  40. Situation - Yazoo

  41. Uncertain Smile - The The

  42. Rock This Town - Stray Cats 

  43. Las Palabras De Amor - Queen

  44. Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - Joan Jett

  45. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 

  46. Since You're Gone - The Cars

  47. Black Coffee in Bed - Squeeze 

  48. Space Age Love Song - A Flock of Seagulls 

  49. Talk Talk - Talk Talk 

  50. Rosana - Toto 

  51. Avalon - Roxy Music

  52. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) - The Jam

  53. My City Was Gone - The Pretenders

  54. We Got the Beat - The Go-Go's 

  55. Stone Cold - Rainbow 

  56. Poison Arrow - ABC

  57. Don't Go - Yazoo

  58. Only Time Will Tell - Asia

  59. Caught Up in You - 38 Special 

  60. Angel of Death - Thin Lizzy

  61. Mad World - Tears for Fears

  62. I Confess - The English Beat

  63. Senses Working Overtime - XTC

  64. Stand Or Fall - The Fixx

  65. Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 

  66. Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood 

  67. Hurts So Good - John Cougar Mellencamp 

  68. Kids in America - Kim Wilde 

  69. Open Arms - Journey 

  70. Save A Prayer - Duran Duran

  71. Iron Fist - Motorhead

  72. Dancing in the Street - Van Halen

  73. Never Say Never - Romeo Void

  74. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone 

  75. Centerfold - J Geils Band 

  76. Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks 

  77. Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant 

  78. Only the Lonely - The Motels 

  79. Shake It Up - The Cars 

  80. Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne

  81. Hot in the City - Billy Idol 

  82. Jack and Diane - John Cougar Mellencamp 

  83. Money - Pink Floyd 

  84. Promised You a Miracle - Simple Minds

  85. Waiting on a Friend - The Rolling Stones

  86. Spirits in the Material World - The Police 

  87. Let's Get It Up - AC/DC

  88. Love Plus One - Haircut One Hundred 

  89. Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills, and Nash

  90. The Look of Love - ABC 

  91. Hollywood (Down On You Luck) - Thin Lizzy

  92. Gloria - Laura Branigan 

  93. Don't Talk to Strangers - Rick Springfield 

  94. Eyes of a Stranger - Payolas

  95. Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac

  96. My Kinda Lover - Billy Squier 

  97. Words - Missing Persons 

  98. Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime) - The Flirts

  99. Athena - The Who

  100. Apache - Sugarhill Gang

  101. Annie Get Your Gun - Squeeze

  102. Destination Unknown - Missing Persons

  103. Shakin' - Eddie Money

  104. American Heartbeat - Survivor 

  105. Through the Years - Kenny Rogers 

  106. Up The Junction - Squeeze

  107. Everybody Wants You - Billy Squier

  108. Think I'm in Love - Eddie Money

  109. Cool For Cats - Squeeze

  110. Fantasy - Aldo Nova

  111. Play the Game Tonight - Kansas

  112. Freeze-Frame - The J. Geils Band 

  113. Dirty Laundry - Don Henley

  114. Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac

  115. Mirror Man - The Human League

  116. Everywhere That I'm Not - Translator

  117. The One That Really Matters - Survivor

  118. Juke Box Hero - Foreigner 

  119. Golden Brown - The Stranglers

  120. Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth

  121. I'll Fall In Love Again - Sammy Hagar

  122. Body Language - Queen

  123. Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates

  124. Heartlight - Neil Diamond 

  125. All of My Heart - ABC

  126. Do You Believe in Love - Huey Lewis and the News

  127. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates

  128. I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses 

  129. She's Got a Way - Billy Joel 

  130. Hard to Say I'm Sorry - Chicago 

  131. On the Wings of Love - Jeffrey Osborne 

  132. Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes 

  133. Waste On The Way  - Crosby, Stills, and Nash

  134. You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Band 

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