List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1983

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These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1983. The longest running number-one single of 1983 is " Every Breath You Take " by the Police at eight weeks.

That year, 9 acts reached number one for the first time: Toto , Patti Austin , James Ingram , Dexys Midnight Runners , Irene Cara , The Police , Eurythmics , Michael Sembello , and Bonnie Tyler . Michael Jackson was the only act to hit number one more than once, with three.

Chart history [ edit ]

The Police scored a number-one hit with " Every Breath You Take " for eight straight weeks.
Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard ' s 1983 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles .

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
526 January 1* " Maneater " Daryl Hall and John Oates [1]
January 8 [2]
527 January 15 " Down Under " Men at Work [3]
January 22 [4]
January 29 [5]
528 February 5 " Africa " Toto [6]
re February 12 "Down Under" Men at Work [7]
529 February 19 " Baby, Come to Me " Patti Austin and James Ingram [8]
February 26 [9]
530 March 5 " Billie Jean " Michael Jackson [10]
March 12 [11]
March 19 [12]
March 26 [13]
April 2 [14]
April 9 [15]
April 16 [16]
531 April 23 " Come On Eileen " Dexys Midnight Runners [17]
532 April 30 " Beat It " Michael Jackson [18]
May 7 [19]
May 14 [20]
533 May 21 " Let's Dance " David Bowie [21]
534 May 28 " Flashdance... What a Feeling " Irene Cara [22]
June 4 [23]
June 11 [24]
June 18 [25]
June 25 [26]
July 2 [27]
535 July 9 " Every Breath You Take " The Police [28]
July 16 [29]
July 23 [30]
July 30 [31]
August 6 [32]
August 13 [33]
August 20 [34]
August 27 [35]
536 September 3 " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) " Eurythmics [36]
537 September 10 " Maniac " Michael Sembello [37]
September 17 [38]
538 September 24 " Tell Her About It " Billy Joel [39]
539 October 1 " Total Eclipse of the Heart " Bonnie Tyler [40]
October 8 [41]
October 15 [42]
October 22 [43]
540 October 29 " Islands in the Stream " Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton [44]
November 5 [45]
541 November 12 " All Night Long (All Night) " Lionel Richie [46]
November 19 [47]
November 26 [48]
December 3 [49]
542 December 10 " Say Say Say " Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson [50]
December 17 [51]
December 24 [52]
December 31* [53]

Number-one artists [ edit ]

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 Michael Jackson 14
2 The Police 8
3 Irene Cara 6
4 Men at Work 4
Bonnie Tyler
Lionel Richie
Paul McCartney
8 Daryl Hall and John Oates 2
Patti Austin
James Ingram
Michael Sembello
Kenny Rogers
Dolly Parton
14 Toto 1
Dexys Midnight Runners
David Bowie
Eurythmics
Billy Joel

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "January 1, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  2. ^ "January 8, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  3. ^ "January 15, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  4. ^ "January 22, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  5. ^ "January 29, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  6. ^ "February 5, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  7. ^ "February 12, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  8. ^ "February 19, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  9. ^ "February 26, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  10. ^ "March 5, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  11. ^ "March 12, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  12. ^ "March 19, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  13. ^ "March 26, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  14. ^ "April 2, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  15. ^ "April 9, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  16. ^ "April 16, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  17. ^ "April 23, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  18. ^ "April 30, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  19. ^ "May 7, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  20. ^ "May 14, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  21. ^ "May 21, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  22. ^ "May 28, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  23. ^ "June 4, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  24. ^ "June 11, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  25. ^ "June 18, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  26. ^ "June 25, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  27. ^ "July 2, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  28. ^ "July 9, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  29. ^ "July 16, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  30. ^ "July 23, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  31. ^ "July 30, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  32. ^ "August 6, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  33. ^ "August 13, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  34. ^ "August 20, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  35. ^ "August 27, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  36. ^ "September 3, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  37. ^ "September 10, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  38. ^ "September 17, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  39. ^ "September 24, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  40. ^ "October 1, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  41. ^ "October 8, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  42. ^ "October 15, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  43. ^ "October 22, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  44. ^ "October 29, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  45. ^ "November 5, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  46. ^ "November 12, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  47. ^ "November 19, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  48. ^ "November 26, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  49. ^ "December 3, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  50. ^ "December 10, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  51. ^ "December 17, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  52. ^ "December 24, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .
  53. ^ "December 31, 1983" . Billboard Hot 100 .

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