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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · December 16, 1983

40 positions ← 12/09 01/06/84 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
1 1 1 1 11 Say Say Say PAUL McCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON 1
4 2 2 2 8 Say It Isn't So DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 2
9 6 3 3 7 Union Of The Snake DURAN DURAN 3
15 9 5 4 6 Owner Of A Lonely Heart YES 4
13 11 7 5 7 Twist Of Fate OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 5
19 13 9 6 6 Undercover Of The Night THE ROLLING STONES 6
24 19 13 7 7 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues ELTON JOHN 7
28 21 15 8 5 Talking In Your Sleep THE ROMANTICS 8
14 12 10 9 7 Synchronicity II THE POLICE 9
18 14 12 10 7 Major Tom (Coming Home) PETER SCHILLING 10
7 5 6 11 9 Church Of The Poison Mind CULTURE CLUB 5
3 3 4 12 11 Love Is A Battlefield PAT BENATAR 3
29 24 19 13 5 Break My Stride MATTHEW WILDER 13
- 37 28 14 3 Karma Chameleon CULTURE CLUB 14
40 31 25 15 4 That's All GENESIS 15
36 30 22 16 4 Running With The Night LIONEL RICHIE 16
2 4 8 17 12 Uptown Girl BILLY JOEL 2
12 10 11 18 9 Why Me? IRENE CARA 10
32 26 21 19 5 If I'd Been The One THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL 19
35 28 26 20 5 Read 'Em And Weep BARRY MANILOW 20
37 33 29 21 4 I Still Can't Get Over Loving You RAY PARKER JR. 21
- 35 32 22 3 Joanna KOOL & THE GANG 22
5 7 14 23 14 All Night Long (All Night) LIONEL RICHIE 1
25 22 20 24 6 Ain't Nobody RUFUS WITH CHAKA KHAN 20
33 29 27 25 4 Time Will Reveal DeBARGE 25
20 17 18 26 8 In A Big Country BIG COUNTRY 17
- - 33 27 2 Holiday MADONNA 27
- 40 38 28 3 Pink Houses JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 28
16 15 16 29 9 Souls RICK SPRINGFIELD 15
6 8 17 30 11 Crumblin' Down JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 6
34 32 31 31 5 I Won't Stand In Your Way STRAY CATS 31
- - 34 32 2 Stay With Me Tonight JEFFREY OSBORNE 32
- 38 36 33 3 Gold SPANDAU BALLET 33
DEBUT 34 1 Think Of Laura CHRISTOPHER CROSS 34
- 39 37 35 3 The Sign Of Fire THE FIXX 35
39 36 35 36 4 When The Lights Go Out NAKED EYES 35
- - 39 37 2 In The Mood ROBERT PLANT 37
- - 40 38 2 Send Me An Angel REAL LIFE 38
DEBUT 39 1 Baby I Lied DEBORAH ALLEN 39
DEBUT 40 1 Middle Of The Road THE PRETENDERS 40