List of number one hits in Australia (1983)

This list of number-one hits in Australia in 1983 . Basis are the top 50 of the Australian charts of ARIA . There were 13 number one singles and 21 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1982 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1984 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) 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 - February 7, 1983 - March 27, 1983 7 weeks 7th Laura Branigan Gloria Giancarlo Bigazzi , Umberto Tozzi ; English text: Trevor Veitch - March 28, 1983 - April 10, 1983 2 weeks 2 Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes Up Where We Belong Jack Nitzsche , Buffy Sainte-Marie , Will Jennings - April 11, 1983 - May 15, 1983 5 weeks 5 Michael Jackson Billie Jean Michael Joe Jackson, Bernard Belle, Teddy Riley , Rod Temperton - May 16, 1983 - May 29, 1983 2 weeks 2 Redgum I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green) John Lewis Schumann - May 30, 1983 - July 10, 1983 6 weeks 6th Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart Jim Steinman - July 11, 1983 - August 14, 1983 5 weeks (total 7) 7th Irene Cara Flashdance… What a Feeling Music: Giorgio Moroder ; Text: Keith Forsey , Irene Cara - August 15, 1983 - August 21, 1983 1 week (8 in total) 8th Austen Tayshus Australiana William Russel Birmingham The single is not a song, but a comedy number full of puns on Australian animal names, place names and other terms. It was written by fellow comedy artist Bill Birmingham, also known as The Twelfth Man. It is the best-selling single in Australian chart history. August 22, 1983 - September 4, 1983 2 weeks (total 7) 7th Irene Cara Flashdance… What a Feeling Music: Giorgio Moroder; Text: Keith Forsey, Irene Cara - September 5, 1983 - October 23, 1983 7 weeks (8 in total) 8th Austen Tayshus Australiana William Russel Birmingham - October 24, 1983 - November 27, 1983 5 weeks 5 Culture Club Karma Chameleon George Alan O'Dowd , Jonathan Aubrey Moss , Michael Emile Craig , Roy Ernest Hay - November 28, 1983 - December 4, 1983 1 week 1 Australian crawl Reckless (Don't Be So) James Michael Reyne - December 5, 1983 - December 11, 1983 1 week 1 Billy Joel Uptown Girl Billy Joel - December 12, 1983 - December 18, 1983 1 week 1 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton Islands in the Stream Barry Alan Gibb , Maurice Ernest Gibb , Robin Hugh Gibb - December 20, 1983 - January 29, 1984 6 weeks 6th Lionel Richie All Night Long (All Night) Lionel B. Richie Jr. -
← 1982				→ 1984 →

Albums

← 1982 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1984 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) October 11, 1982 - January 16, 1983 14 weeks (total of 15) 15th Dire Straits Love over gold - January 17, 1983 - February 20, 1983 5 weeks 5 John Lennon The John Lennon Collection - February 21, 1983 - February 27, 1983 1 week 1 The Carpenters The Carpenters - February 28, 1983 - March 13, 1983 2 weeks 2 Olivia Newton-John Greatest Hits Vol. 3 - March 14, 1983 - April 3, 1983 3 weeks 3 Cliff Richard 25 Years of Gold - April 4, 1983 - April 10, 1983 1 week 1 Toto Toto IV - April 11, 1983 - April 17, 1983 1 week (total of 15) 15th Dire Straits Love over gold - April 18, 1983 - April 24, 1983 1 week 1 ( Various artists ) Go for It - April 25, 1983 - May 1, 1983 1 week 1 David Bowie Let's dance - May 2, 1983 - May 15, 1983 2 weeks 2 Men at Work Cargo - May 16, 1983 - June 12, 1983 4 weeks 4th ( Various artists ) 1983 The Hot Ones - June 13, 1983 - June 19, 1983 1 week (total 11) 11 Michael Jackson thriller - June 20, 1983 - June 26, 1983 1 week 1 The Beatles The Number Ones - June 27, 1983 - July 10, 1983 2 weeks (total 11) 11 Michael Jackson thriller - July 11, 1983 - July 31, 1983 3 weeks 3 The Police Synchronicity - August 1, 1983 - August 21, 1983 3 weeks 3 ( Various artists ) Keep on dancing - August 22, 1983 - September 11, 1983 3 weeks 3 ( Soundtrack ) Flashdance - September 12, 1983 - September 25, 1983 2 weeks 2 ( Various artists ) The Breakers '83 - September 26, 1983 - October 2, 1983 1 week 1 Air supply Greatest hits - October 3, 1983 - October 23, 1983 3 weeks 3 Joe Cocker The Best of Joe Cocker - October 24, 1983 - November 27, 1983 5 weeks (total 7) 7th Culture Club Color by Numbers - November 28, 1983 - December 18, 1983 3 weeks 3 ( Various artists ) 1983 ... Summer Breaks - December 19, 1983 - January 22, 1984 5 weeks 5 ( Various artists ) Thru the Roof '83 -
← 1982				→ 1984 →

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1. ↑ Australiana by Austen Tayshus , National Film and Sound Archive , accessed on June 16, 2019
2. ↑ Austen Tayshus (event info ), The Weekend Edition, January 2019, accessed on June 16, 2019

literature

• Australian Chart Book by David Kent

See also: Number One Hits 1983 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 .