Hot 100 Debuts - The Final Rankings for 1982 (Part 1 of 6)

For twelve weeks, I have featured a different month of Billboard Hot 100 debut singles from 1982, ranking each single separately via a formula that takes into account chart longevity as well as peak position (in addition to five other factors.)  Each week's singles were also ranked as a group for highest average score.  (All of the chart data was harvested from the two books pictured above.)  Today, in the first of six consecutive daily posts counting down all the singles that debuted on the Hot 100 in 1982, we begin with 432-361.  Each singles ranking, title, artist, Whitburn's Pop Annual ranking for 1982 and ranking on My Favorite Decade's Top 82 of 82 Singles countdown appears in the chart below.  Songs with an asterisk will appear on my still forthcoming and completely objective Favorite Singles of 1982 countdown in the near future.

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD
432		Start It All Over	McGuffrey Lane	426
431		Power Play	Molly Hatchet	425
430		Never Though I'd Fall In Love	The Spinners	424
429		Outlaw	War	423
428		Into My Love	Greg Guidry	421
427		Sad Girl	G.Q.	422
426		Be Mine (Tonight)	Grover Washington Jr	420	65
425		Over The Line	Eddie Schwartz	417
424		Running	Chubby Checker	418

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD
423	*	Cool (Part 1)	The Time	416
422		Steppin' Out	Kool & the Gang	413
421		The Longer You Wait	Gino Vannelli	415
420		Sing A Simple Song	West Street Mob	414
419		I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye	Billy Preston	411
418	*	777-9311	The Time	410
417		Loving You	Chris Rea	409
416		Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing/You’re All I Need To Get By	Chris Christian	408
415	*	Lonely Nights	Bryan Adams	405

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD
414		How Can You Love Me	Ambrosia	407
413		If I Could Get You (Into My Life)	Gene Cotton	383
412		Fly Away	Stevie Woods	406
411		Sad Hearts	Four Tops	404
410		The Very Best In You	Change	403
409		Every Love Song	Greg Kihn Band	401
408		Don't Stop Trying	Rodway	402
407		Seasons Of Gold	Gidea Park featuring Adrian Baker	400
406		Don't Talk	Larry Lee	398

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD
405	*	Don't Run My Life	Spys	399
404		Take The Time	Michael Stanley Band
403		Younger Days	Joe Fagin	397
402		Soup For One	Chic	396
401		Beg, Borrow Or Steal	Hughes/Thrall
400		Opposites Do Attract	All Sports Band	393
399		Seasons Of The Heart	John Denver	394
398		When I'm Holding You Tight	Michael Stanley Band	392
397		Route 66	Manhattan Transfer	395

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD
396		Fool For Your Love	Jimmy Hall	387
395		Too Good To Turn Back Now	Rick Bowles	388
394	*	Right The First Time	Gamma	386
393		You Can	Madleen Kane	390
392		Your Daddy Don't Know	Toronto	389
391		The Last Safe Place On Earth	Le Roux	391
390		So Fine	Oak Ridge Boys	384
389		All Of My Love	Bobby Caldwell	385
388	*	Stand Or Fall	The Fixx	382

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD
387		Beechwood 4-5789	Carpenters	377
386		Electricland	Bad Company	378
385		Luanne	Foreigner	380
384	*	Talk Talk	Talk Talk	381	81
383		Pledge Pin	Robert Plant	376
382		Why	Carly Simon	375
381	*	Baby, Come To Me	Patti Austin with James Ingram	372
380		Piece Of My Heart	Sammy Hagar	373
379		He Could Be The One	Josie Cotton	374	39

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD
378		Right Away	Kansas	370
377		Sleepwalk	Larry Carlton	379
376	*	Situation	Yaz	371	29
375		Put Away Your Love	Alessi	367
374		Memories Of Days Gone By	Fred Parris & the Five Satins	366
373		In The Drivers Seat	John Schneider	369
372		Make Up Your Mind	Aurra	364
371		Painted Picture	Commodores
370	*	Back To School Again	Four Tops	365

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD
369		How Can I Live Without Her	Christopher Atkins	363
368		What If (I Said I Love You)	Unipop
367	*	Valerie	Steve Winwood	359	16
366		Happy Hour	Deodato	358
365		The Elvis Medley	Elvis Presley	362
364		Hollywood	Shooting Star	361
363		Attack Of The Name Game	Stacy Lattisaw	357
362		Teach Me Tonight	Al Jarreau	356
361		All Night With Me	Laura Branigan	355

Singles with no listed ranking in Pop Ann. column were not ranked within 1982.  Instead they were ranked within 1983, when they achieved their respective peak chart positions.