Australian Singles chart for 1982
These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1982. Here is the Australian Singles Chart for 1982 based on sales.
Top Australian Singles
- “What About Me” – Moving Pictures
- “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” – Split Enz
- “Down Under” – Men at Work
Top selling singles in Australia for 1982
*Denotes Australian artist
- “Eye of the Tiger” – Survivor
- “What About Me” – Moving Pictures *
- “Tainted Love” – Soft Cell
- “Centerfold” – The J. Geils Band
- “Key Largo” – Bertie Higgins
- “Mickey” – Toni Basil
- “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
- “Trouble” – Lindsey Buckingham
- “Believe it or Not” – Joey Scarbury
- “Hard to Say I’m Sorry” – Chicago
- “I’ve Never Been to Me” – Charlene
- “Come On Eileen” – Dexys Midnight Runners
- “Abracadabra” – Steve Miller Band
- “If You Want My Love” – Cheap Trick
- “I Ran (So Far Away)” – A Flock of Seagulls
- “Hurts So Good” – John Cougar
- “Our Lips Are Sealed” – The Go-Go’s
- “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” – Split Enz *
- “Shy Boy” – Bananarama
- “Ebony and Ivory” – Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
- “Waiting for a Girl Like You” – Foreigner
- “The Other Woman” – Ray Parker, Jr.
- “Young Turks” – Rod Stewart
- “Down Under” – Men at Work *
- “You Should Hear How She Talks About You” – Melissa Manchester
My video pick for 1982 is Moving Pictures with ‘What About Me?’
I’m confused; wouldn’t the songs that had reached number one nationally in 1982 comprise the top 10(+)? Regardless, I have a soft spot for this particular year as an 11-12-year old, and have a collection of music videos and am still collecting …
Well, I don’t think the list is of number one songs particularly, but as it says, top selling singles for that year, regardless of chart position. A song could only reach say, number 10 but stay in the charts all year, thus selling lots.
Anybody please. I’m looking for a very early romantic ballad by Ted Mulry I believe, which is not listed anywhere and I don’t remember the title sadly, but I used to have it recorded on cassette.
That would be Julia. I had it on Explosive Hits 1970…
If the song you are after is Julia it can be found on the Albert Records 2 CD compilation The Good Times – possibly other sources as well.
On the other hand, if the song is Falling In Love Again, that’s also on the same Albert Records compilation.
The 1982 song I am after is Body And Soul by Jo Kennedy from the Starstruck soundtrack which has never been released on CD. The song made No 5 in May 1982 and was on the vinyl compilation 1982 … With A Bullet but does seem to appear on any later hits CDs.
(And yes, I do know it is a version of the Split Enz track She Got Body, She Got Soul.)