List of number one hits in Italy (1983)

This list of number one hits is based on the charts of the Italian music magazine Musica e dischi in 1983. There were ten number one singles and eight number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1982 ←	List of number one hits in Italy  (M&D)			1984 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) 1st - 3rd Week 3 weeks (4 in total) 4th FR David Words Robert Fitoussi The French musician had a Europe-wide hit. 4th week 1 week (total 3) 3 Corrado Carletto Corima, Romano Bertola, Stefano Jurgens TV presenter Corrado Mantoni recorded the nursery rhyme with three-year-old Simone Jurgens, son of co-author Stefano, and presented it for the first time on the third season of the TV show Fantastico on Rai 1 . The author's pseudonym Corima stands for the brothers Corrado and Riccardo Mantoni. 5th week 1 week (4 in total) 4th FR David Words Robert Fitoussi - 6-7 Week 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Corrado Carletto Corima, Romano Bertola, Stefano Jurgens - 8-19 Week 12 weeks 12 Matia Bazaar Vacanze romane Giancarlo Golzi, Carlo Marrale The song reached fourth place at the Sanremo Festival of the year and was able to secure the critics award. 20th - 24th Week 5 weeks 5 Michael Jackson Billie Jean Michael Jackson - 25th week 1 week 1 Culture Club Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Boy George , Roy Hay , Mikey Craig, Jon Moss - 26th week 1 week 1 Robin Gibb Juliet Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb - 27.-30. Week 4 weeks (total 10) 10 M. & J. Righeira Vamos a la playa Stefano Righi, Carmelo La Bionda - 31st week 1 week 1 Gazebo I Like Chopin Gazebo, Pierluigi Giombini - 32–37 Week 6 weeks (total 10) 10 M. & R. Righeira Vamos a la playa Stefano Righi, Carmelo La Bionda - 38-40 Week 3 weeks 3 Mike Oldfield Moonlight Shadow Mike Oldfield The song, sung with Maggie Reilly , was a European success. 41st week 1983 - 1st week 1984 13 weeks 13 Irene Cara Flashdance… What a Feeling Irene Cara, Keith Forsey , Giorgio Moroder The song from the soundtrack of the film Flashdance reached top positions in the charts worldwide and was awarded both an Oscar and a Grammy .
← 1982				→ 1984 →

Albums

← 1982 ←	List of number one albums in Italy  (M&D)			1984 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) 50th week 1982 - 6th week 1983 9 weeks 9 Franco Battiato L'arca di Noè - 7th-8th Week 2 weeks 2 John Lennon The John Lennon Collection The first posthumously published compilation of the ex- Beatles , who was murdered in 1980 , also made it to the top in Italy. 9-15 Week 7 weeks 7th Various artists Tutto Sanremo '83 The Ricordi compilation for this year's Sanremo Festival . 16. – 20. Week 5 weeks 5 Pink Floyd The Final Cut - 21.-28. Week 8 weeks 8th Lucio Dalla 1983 - 29.-31. Week 3 weeks 3 The Police Synchronicity - 32-40 Week 9 weeks 9 Various artists Mixage A sampler from the Baby label . 41st – 52nd Week 12 weeks 12 Various artists Flashdance The soundtrack for the film of the same name was a global success.
← 1982				→ 1984 →

Web links

• Chart archive of Musica e dischi (paid subscription access)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Vacanze romane. HitParadeItalia , accessed June 25, 2015 (Italian). 

See also: 1983 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States, and the United Kingdom .