List of number one hits in Australia (1982)

This list includes all of the number one hits in Australia in 1982 . Basis are the top 50 of the Australian charts of ARIA . There were 16 number one singles and 12 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1981 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1983 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 21, 1981 - January 31, 1982 6 weeks 6th Men at Work Down Under Music: Colin James Hay , Ronald Graham Strykert ; Text: Colin James Hay - February 1, 1982 - February 21, 1982 3 weeks 3 Lindsey Buckingham Trouble Lindsey Buckingham - February 22, 1982 - March 14, 1982 3 weeks 3 Soft cell Tainted Love Edward C. Cobb - March 15, 1982 - March 21, 1982 1 week 1 The J. Geils Band Centerfold Seth Justman - March 22, 1982 - May 2, 1982 6 weeks 6th Moving Pictures What About Me Garry Allan Frost , Frances Claire Frost - May 3, 1982 - June 6, 1982 5 weeks 5 Joan Jett I love rock 'n' roll Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker - June 7, 1982 - June 20, 1982 2 weeks 2 Toni Basil Mickey Michael Donald Chapman , Nicholas Barry Chinn - June 21, 1982 - August 1, 1982 6 weeks 6th Charlene I've Never Been to Me Music: Kenny Hirsch; Text: Ronald Norman Miller - August 2, 1982 - August 15, 1982 2 weeks 2 A flock of seagulls I Ran (So Far Away) Michael Score, Alister James Score, Francis Maudsley, Paul Reynolds - August 16, 1982 - August 29, 1982 2 weeks 2 Adam Ant Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni - August 30, 1982 - September 5, 1982 1 week 1 Ray Parker Jr. The Other Woman Ray Erskine Parker Jr. - September 6, 1982 - September 19, 1982 2 weeks 2 Steve Miller Band Abracadabra Steven Haworth Miller - September 20, 1982 - October 31, 1982 6 weeks 6th Survivor Eye of the Tiger Frank Michael Sullivan III , James Michael Peterik - November 1, 1982 - December 4, 1982 4 weeks 4th Dexys Midnight Runners Come On Eileen Kevin Antony Rowland , James Mitchell Paterson, Kevin Adams - December 5, 1982 - December 26, 1982 4 weeks 4th Musical Youth Pass the Dutchie Headley George Bennett, Jackie Mittoo , Robbie Lyn, Leroy Sibbles, Lloyd Anthony Ferguson, Fitzroy Ogilvie Simpson, Huford Benjamin Brown - December 27, 1982 - February 6, 1983 6 weeks 6th Culture Club Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Michael Emile Craig , Roy Ernest Hay , Jonathan Aubrey Moss , George Alan O'Dowd -
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Albums

← 1981 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1983 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 21, 1981 - January 31, 1982 6 weeks (9 in total) 9 Men at Work Business as usual - February 1, 1982 - February 14, 1982 2 weeks 2 Blondie The best of blondie - February 15, 1982 - March 7, 1982 3 weeks (9 in total) 9 Men at Work Business as usual - March 8, 1982 - March 21, 1982 2 weeks 2 Cliff Richard Love songs - March 22, 1982 - May 9, 1982 7 weeks 7th Moving Pictures Days of Innocence - May 10, 1982 - May 16, 1982 1 week 1 Cold Chisel Circus Animals - May 17, 1982 - June 20, 1982 5 weeks 5 ( Various artists ) 1982 with a bullet - June 21, 1982 - July 4, 1982 2 weeks 2 Split Enz Time and tide - July 5, 1982 - July 11, 1982 1 week 1 Duran Duran Rio - July 12, 1982 - August 1, 1982 3 weeks 3 Roxy Music Avalon - August 2, 1982 - September 5, 1982 5 weeks 5 Australian crawl Sons of Beaches - September 6, 1982 - October 10, 1982 5 weeks 5 ( Various artists ) 1982 Out of the Blue - October 11, 1982 - January 16, 1983 14 weeks (total of 15) 15th Dire Straits Love over gold -
← 1981				→ 1983 →

literature

• Australian Chart Book by David Kent

See also: Number One Hits 1982 in Belgium , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States, and the United Kingdom .