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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · October 21, 1983

40 positions ← 10/14 10/28 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
2 2 1 1 10 King Of Pain THE POLICE 1
15 7 5 2 6 All Night Long (All Night) LIONEL RICHIE 2
7 5 4 3 8 One Thing Leads To Another THE FIXX 3
3 3 3 4 11 True SPANDAU BALLET 3
11 6 6 5 8 Islands In The Stream KENNY ROGERS with DOLLY PARTON 5
1 1 2 6 12 Total Eclipse Of The Heart BONNIE TYLER 1
13 9 8 7 7 Delirious PRINCE 7
22 14 12 8 7 Suddenly Last Summer THE MOTELS 8
19 12 10 9 7 If Anyone Falls STEVIE NICKS 9
34 20 15 10 4 Uptown Girl BILLY JOEL 10
12 10 9 11 9 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) SHEENA EASTON 9
5 4 7 12 12 Making Love Out Of Nothing At All AIR SUPPLY 4
28 19 13 13 6 Modern Love DAVID BOWIE 13
14 11 11 14 8 Burning Down The House TALKING HEADS 11
- 37 24 15 3 Say Say Say PAUL McCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON 15
21 18 14 16 7 This Time BRYAN ADAMS 14
30 24 18 17 6 Heart And Soul HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS 17
- 33 26 18 3 Love Is A Battlefield PAT BENATAR 18
- 29 23 19 3 Tonight I Celebrate My Love PEABO BRYSON/ROBERTA FLACK 19
31 26 20 20 5 Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive MEN AT WORK 20
- 34 30 21 3 Send Her My Love JOURNEY 21
37 32 28 22 4 Love Is A Stranger EURYTHMICS 22
- - 33 23 2 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) MICHAEL JACKSON 23
16 15 17 24 10 Big Log ROBERT PLANT 15
35 30 27 25 5 Can't Shake Loose AGNETHA FALTSKOG 25
- 40 38 26 3 Crumblin' Down JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 26
6 8 16 27 13 The Safety Dance MEN WITHOUT HATS 3
DEBUT 28 1 Cum On Feel The Noize QUIET RIOT 28
- 31 29 29 3 Foolin' DEF LEPPARD 29
- 38 36 30 3 Tender Is The Night JACKSON BROWNE 30
40 36 34 31 4 Automatic Man MICHAEL SEMBELLO 31
DEBUT 32 1 Queen Of The Broken Hearts LOVERBOY 32
- 39 37 33 3 My Town MICHAEL STANLEY BAND 33
- - 39 34 2 Mirror Man THE HUMAN LEAGUE 34
- - 40 35 2 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes ASIA 35
DEBUT 36 1 Just Got Lucky JoBOXERS 36
DEBUT 37 1 How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye DIONNE WARWICK & LUTHER VANDROSS 37
DEBUT 38 1 Souls RICK SPRINGFIELD 38
DEBUT 39 1 Church Of The Poison Mind CULTURE CLUB 39
DEBUT 40 1 Why Me? IRENE CARA 40