Top 1983 Singles Ranked
|
Rank |
Artist |
Title |
|
1 |
The Art of Noise |
Moments In Love |
|
2 |
U2 |
New Year's Day |
|
3 |
Madonna |
Holiday |
|
4 |
New Order |
Blue Monday |
|
5 |
Ministry |
Work for Love |
|
6 |
Shannon |
Let the Music Play |
|
7 |
Duran Duran |
Is There Something I Should Know |
|
8 |
Kraftwerk |
Tour de France |
|
9 |
The Gap Band |
Party Train |
|
10 |
Cyndi Lauper |
Girls Just Want to Have Fun |
|
11 |
The Thompson Twins |
Love on Your Side |
|
12 |
Yes |
Owner of a Lonely Heart |
|
13 |
Eurythmics |
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) |
|
14 |
Nena |
99 Luftballons |
|
15 |
Martha & The Muffins |
Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing |
|
16 |
Tracey Ullman |
They Don't Know |
|
17 |
Eurythmics |
Who's That Girl? |
|
18 |
Afrika Bambaata & Soul Sonic Force |
Renegades of Funk |
|
19 |
Tina Turner |
Let's Stay Together |
|
20 |
Martha & The Muffins |
Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow) |
|
21 |
Bow Wow Wow |
Do You Wanna Hold Me? |
|
22 |
Depeche Mode |
Lie to Me |
|
23 |
Shalamar |
Dead Giveaway |
|
24 |
Big Country |
In a Big Country |
|
25 |
The Pretenders |
Middle of the Road |
|
26 |
Pat Benatar |
Love Is a Battlefield |
|
27 |
Octobre |
Nouveau Mouvement |
|
28 |
Naked Eyes |
Always Something There to Remind Me |
|
29 |
The B-52's |
Legal Tender |
|
30 |
Eurythmics |
Here Comes the Rain Again |
|
31 |
New Order |
Your Silent Face |
|
32 |
Herbie Hancock |
Rockit |
|
33 |
Bette Midler |
Favorite Waste of Time |
|
34 |
The Human League |
(Keep Feeling) Fascination |
|
35 |
Ministry |
I Wanted to Tell Her |
|
36 |
Naked Eyes |
Promises, Promises |
|
37 |
The Pointer Sisters |
Automatic |
|
38 |
The Fixx |
One Thing Leads to Another |
|
39 |
Michael Jackson |
Billie Jean |
|
40 |
Icicle Works |
Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) |
|
41 |
Emmylou Harris |
In My Dreams |
|
43 |
Michael Jackson |
Beat It |
|
44 |
The Belle Stars |
Sign of the Times |
|
45 |
Donna Summer |
The Woman in Me |
|
46 |
Bow Wow Wow |
Aphrodisiac |
|
47 |
Olivia Newton-John |
Twist of Fate |
|
48 |
Depeche Mode |
Everything Counts |
|
49 |
The B-52's |
Song for a Future Generation |
|
50 |
Spandau Ballet |
True |
|
51 |
Elvis Costello & the Attractions |
Everyday I Write the Book |
|
52 |
The Psychedelic Furs |
The Ghost in You |
|
53 |
Men Without Hats |
The Safety Dance |
|
54 |
The Pretenders |
Show Me |
|
55 |
Womack and Womack |
Baby I'm Scared of You |
|
56 |
JoBoxers |
Just Got Lucky |
|
57 |
The The |
Giant |
|
58 |
Mary Jane Girls |
All Night Long |
|
59 |
Donna Summer |
She Works Hard for the Money |
|
60 |
R.E.M. |
Radio Free Europe |
|
61 |
The Pretenders |
Thumbelina |
|
62 |
Culture Club |
Church of the Poison Mind |
|
63 |
New Order |
Leave Me Alone |
|
64 |
Madonna |
Lucky Star |
|
65 |
Eurythmics |
Right by Your Side |
|
66 |
Culture Club |
Miss Me Blind |
|
67 |
Rufus & Chaka Khan |
Ain't Nobody |
|
68 |
Will Powers |
Adventures in Success |
|
69 |
Eurythmics |
Love Is a Stranger |
|
70 |
Gang of Four |
Is It Love |
|
71 |
Shalamar |
Disappearing Act |
|
72 |
Depeche Mode |
Love in Itself |
|
73 |
Yes |
Leave It |
|
74 |
Culture Club |
Karma Chameleon |
|
75 |
Jeffrey Osborne |
Stay with Me Tonight |
|
76 |
Duran Duran |
Union of the Snake |
|
77 |
David Bowie |
Let's Dance |
|
78 |
Let's Active |
Every Word Means No |
|
79 |
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton |
Islands in the Stream |
|
80 |
Heaven 17 |
Let Me Go |
|
81 |
Melba Moore |
Keepin' My Lover Satisfied |
|
82 |
Freeez |
I.O.U. |
|
83 |
Mary Jane Girls |
Boys |
|
84 |
New Edition |
Candy Girl |
|
85 |
Prince |
Little Red Corvette |
|
86 |
Talking Heads |
Burning Down the House |
|
87 |
Tears for Fears |
Watch Me Bleed |
|
88 |
Emmylou Harris |
White Shoes |
|
89 |
New Order |
Age of Consent |
|
90 |
Mary Jane Girls |
Candy Man |
|
91 |
U2 |
Two Hearts Beat As One |
|
92 |
The Pretenders |
I Hurt You |
|
93 |
X |
True Love, Pt. 2 |
|
94 |
Eurythmics |
Aqua |
|
95 |
Shalamar |
You Won't Miss Love (Until It's Gone) |
|
96 |
The Style Council |
Long Hot Summer |
|
97 |
David Bowie |
China Girl |
|
98 |
The Pointer Sisters |
I Need You |
|
99 |
The The |
Perfect |
|
100 |
New Order |
Confusion |
|
101 |
Greg Kihn |
Jeopardy |
|
102 |
Madonna |
Burning Up |
|
103 |
Re-Flex |
The Politics of Dancing |
|
104 |
The Romantics |
Talking in Your Sleep |
|
105 |
U2 |
Seconds |
|
106 |
Michael Jackson |
Wanna Be Startin' Something |
|
107 |
Genesis |
That's All |
|
108 |
Stephanie Mills |
Pilot Error |
|
109 |
Corey Hart |
Sunglasses at Night |
|
110 |
David Bowie |
Modern Love |
|
111 |
Bette Midler |
Beast of Burden |
|
112 |
Depeche Mode |
Master and Servant |
|
113 |
Joan Armatrading |
(I Love It When You) Call Me Names |
|
114 |
Tears for Fears |
Change |
|
115 |
The Pretenders |
Thin Line Between Love and Hate |
|
116 |
Culture Club |
It's a Miracle |
|
117 |
Yello |
I Love You |
|
118 |
Split Enz |
Message to My Girl |
|
119 |
Joan Armatrading |
Drop the Pilot |
|
120 |
Madonna |
Think of Me |
|
121 |
Michael Jackson |
Thriller |
|
122 |
Eurythmics |
No Fear, No Hate, No Pain (No Broken Hearts) |
|
123 |
Billy Idol |
Rebel Yell |
|
124 |
Shalamar |
Over and Over |
|
125 |
U2 |
Surrender |
|
126 |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
Authority Song |
|
127 |
Emmylou Harris |
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend |
|
128 |
Real Life |
Send Me an Angel |
|
129 |
The Human League |
Mirror Man |
|
130 |
Eurythmics |
The First Cut |
|
131 |
Gwen Guthrie |
Padlock |
|
132 |
The Fixx |
Saved by Zero |
|
133 |
Midnight Star |
No Parking (On the Dance Floor) |
|
134 |
Paul Young |
Come Back and Stay |
|
135 |
Shalamar |
Closer |
|
136 |
Crystal Gayle |
The Sound of Goodbye |
|
137 |
A Flock of Seagulls |
Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) |
|
138 |
The Police |
Every Breath You Take |
|
139 |
Hall & Oates |
Maneater |
|
140 |
Pat Benatar |
Lipstick Lies |
|
141 |
Tears for Fears |
Pale Shelter |
|
142 |
Kajagoogoo |
Too Shy |
|
143 |
Duran Duran |
The Reflex |
|
144 |
Mtume |
Juicy Fruit |
|
145 |
The Bongos |
Number With Wings |
|
146 |
U2 |
Sunday Bloody Sunday |
|
147 |
Electric Light Orchestra |
Stranger |
|
148 |
Ministry |
Effigy (I'm Not An) |
|
149 |
Genesis |
Illegal Alien |
|
150 |
Jeffrey Osborne |
Plane Love |
|
151 |
Shalamar |
The Look |
|
152 |
The Fixx |
The Sign of Fire |
|
153 |
Tears for Fears |
Mad World |
|
154 |
Big Country |
Fields of Fire |
|
155 |
Echo & the Bunnymen |
Never Stop |
|
156 |
Billy Joel |
Uptown Girl |
|
157 |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
Pink Houses |
|
158 |
Emmylou Harris |
Pledging My Love |
|
159 |
Midnight Oil |
When the Generals Talk |
|
160 |
R.E.M. |
Sitting Still |
|
161 |
The The |
I've Been Waitin' for Tomorrow (All of My Life) |
|
162 |
Hall & Oates |
Say It Isn't So |
|
163 |
Malcolm McLaren |
World's Famous |
|
164 |
Rick Springfield |
Human Touch |
|
165 |
Midnight Star |
Freak-A-Zoid |
|
166 |
The Pretenders |
2000 Miles |
|
167 |
Men at Work |
Overkill |
|
168 |
UB40 |
Red Red Wine |
|
169 |
R.E.M. |
Laughing |
|
170 |
Ronnie Milsap |
Stranger in My House |
|
171 |
Tracey Ullman |
Move Over Darling |
|
172 |
Martha & The Muffins |
World Without Borders |
|
173 |
Gladys Knight & The Pips |
Save The Overtime (For Me) |
|
174 |
Midnight Oil |
Sleep |
|
175 |
Yello |
Pumping Velvet |
|
176 |
Bryan Adams |
Cuts Like a Knife |
|
177 |
Tears for Fears |
The Hurting |
|
178 |
Aretha Franklin |
Get It Right |
|
179 |
Kenny G |
Hi, How Ya Doin'? |
|
180 |
Emmylou Harris |
On the Radio |
|
181 |
Depeche Mode |
Blasphemous Rumours |
|
182 |
Ministry |
Here We Go |
|
183 |
Talking Heads |
Slippery People |
|
184 |
Men at Work |
It's a Mistake |
|
185 |
Laid Back |
White Horse |
|
186 |
The Motels |
Suddenly Last Summer |
|
187 |
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
Everyday People |
|
188 |
Malcolm McLaren |
Legba |
|
189 |
R.E.M. |
We Walk |
|
190 |
Shalamar |
Right Here |
|
191 |
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson |
Say Say Say |
|
192 |
Midnight Oil |
Helps Me Helps You |
|
193 |
Tracey Ullman |
(Life Is a Rock) But the Radio Rolled Me |
|
194 |
U2 |
Drowning Man |
|
195 |
R.E.M. |
Talk About the Passion |
|
196 |
Stevie Nicks |
Stand Back |
|
197 |
Robert Plant |
Big Log |
|
198 |
Emmylou Harris |
Drivin' Wheel |
|
199 |
James Ingram |
Yah Mo Be There |
|
200 |
Shalamar |
No Limits (The Now Club) |
|
201 |
Genesis |
Home by the Sea |
|
202 |
Laurie Anderson |
Walk the Dog |
|
203 |
ZZ Top |
Sharp Dressed Man |
|
204 |
Michael Jackson |
Human Nature |
|
205 |
Patti Labelle |
If Only You Knew |
|
206 |
Hawaiian Pups |
Baby Judy |
|
207 |
R.E.M. |
Pilgrimage |
|
208 |
The The |
The Sinking Feeling |
|
209 |
Madonna |
Physical Attraction |
|
210 |
Donna Summer |
Unconditional Love |
|
211 |
Yes |
Changes |
|
212 |
U2 |
The Refugee |
|
213 |
Ministry |
Say You're Sorry |
|
214 |
Dolly Parton |
Potential New Boyfriend |
|
215 |
The Pretenders |
Time the Avenger |
|
216 |
Yes |
It Can Happen |
|
217 |
The B-52's |
Trism |
|
218 |
Kool & the Gang |
Tonight |
|
219 |
Kirsty MacColl |
Terry |
|
220 |
Adam Ant |
Strip |
|
221 |
Billy Idol |
Flesh for Fantasy |
|
222 |
Tears for Fears |
Suffer the Children |
|
223 |
Tracey Ullman |
Long Live Love |
|
224 |
The The |
This Is the Day |
|
225 |
Evelyn "Champagne" King |
Action |
|
226 |
Rick James |
Cold Blooded |
|
227 |
Ministry |
She's Got a Cause |
|
228 |
Stray Cats |
(She's) Sexy + 17 |
|
229 |
Adam Ant |
Puss'n Boots |
|
230 |
Elton John |
I'm Still Standing |
|
231 |
Talk Talk |
My Foolish Friend |
|
232 |
Emmylou Harris |
It's Only Rock and Roll |
|
233 |
The Style Council |
Speak Like a Child |
|
234 |
Eurythmics |
Wrap It Up |
|
235 |
The Assembly |
Never Never |
|
236 |
Jonzun Crew |
Space Cowboy |
|
237 |
The Pretenders |
Watching the Clothes |
|
238 |
Ian Cussick |
The Supernatural |
|
239 |
Angela Bofill |
Tonight I Give In |
|
240 |
Siouxsie & the Banshees |
Dear Prudence |
|
241 |
Hiroshima |
San Say |
|
242 |
Al Di Meola |
Sequencer |
|
243 |
Tears for Fears |
Memories Fade |
|
244 |
Tears for Fears |
Start of the Breakdown |
|
245 |
Shalamar |
You're the One for Me |
|
246 |
APB |
One Day |
|
247 |
Kool & the Gang |
Joanna |
|
248 |
New Order |
The Village |
|
249 |
Genesis |
Mama |
|
250 |
The Cure |
The Walk |
|
251 |
The Bluebells |
Cath |
|
252 |
Malcolm McLaren |
Buffalo Gals |
|
253 |
The Psychedelic Furs |
My Time |
|
254 |
Elton John |
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues |
|
255 |
Yello |
Lost Again |
|
256 |
Ministry |
Should Have Known Better |
|
257 |
Evelyn "Champagne" King |
Teenager |
|
258 |
X |
The New World |
|
259 |
Hall & Oates |
One on One |
|
260 |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
Crumblin' Down |
|
261 |
Genesis |
Taking It All Too Hard |
|
262 |
The B-52's |
Butterbean |
|
263 |
The Police |
Wrapped Around Your Finger |
|
264 |
R.E.M. |
Catapult |
|
265 |
Bryan Adams |
This Time |
|
266 |
Irene Cara |
Flashdance... What a Feeling |
|
267 |
Electric Light Orchestra |
Rock 'n' Roll Is King |
|
268 |
Spandau Ballet |
Gold |
|
269 |
New Order |
Ultraviolence |
|
270 |
Melba Moore |
Love Me Right |
|
271 |
George Strait |
Right or Wrong |
|
272 |
Naked Eyes |
Voices in My Head |
|
273 |
The Smiths |
Hand in Glove |
|
274 |
Yello |
No More Words |
|
275 |
Midnight Star |
Electricity |
|
276 |
The Cure |
The Lovecats |
|
277 |
Martha & The Muffins |
Obedience |
|
278 |
Men at Work |
Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive |
|
279 |
U2 |
Red Light |
|
280 |
Eurythmics |
Paint a Rumour |
|
281 |
Genesis |
Just a Job to Do |
|
282 |
R.E.M. |
Moral Kiosk |
|
283 |
Stevie Nicks |
If Anyone Falls |
|
284 |
Billy Idol |
Catch My Fall |
|
285 |
ZZ Top |
Gimme All Your Lovin' |
|
286 |
The Belle Stars |
Iko Iko |
|
287 |
Heaven 17 |
Temptation |
|
288 |
Martin Briley |
The Salt in My Tears |
|
289 |
Charly McClain |
Sentimental Ol' You |
|
290 |
Haysi Fantayzee |
Shiny Shiny |
|
291 |
Michael Sembello |
Maniac |
|
292 |
The Style Council |
Headstart for Happiness |
|
293 |
X |
True Love |
|
294 |
Genesis |
Silver Rainbow |
|
295 |
ABC |
That Was Then But This Is Now |
|
296 |
George Strait |
You Look So Good in Love |
|
297 |
New Edition |
Popcorn Love |
|
298 |
Bonnie Tyler |
Total Eclipse of the Heart |
|
299 |
The Police |
King of Pain |
|
300 |
Aztec Camera |
Oblivious |
|
301 |
Evelyn "Champagne" King |
Shake Down |
|
302 |
The Isley Brothers |
Between the Sheets |
|
303 |
Freur |
Doot Doot |
|
304 |
Tones On Tail |
OK This Is the Pops |
