Hot 100 Debuts - The Final Rankings for 1982 (part 6 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 final of six consecutive daily posts counting down all the singles that debuted on the Hot 100 in 1982, we're down to 72-1.  Each singles ranking, title, artist, Whitburn's Pop Annual [Pop Ann.] ranking for 1982 (which are eerily close to my own rankings for the most part), ranking on My Favorite Decade's [MFD] Top 82 of 82 Singles countdown, year end ranking in Billboard's 1982 Hot 100 recap [Hot 100] and Fred Bronson's Hottest Hot 100 Hits of 1982 rankings [Hot Hits] 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	Hot 100	Hot Hits
72	*	It's Gonna Take A Miracle	Deniece Williams	69		71	87
71		Pass The Dutchie	Musical Youth
70		Heartbreaker	Dionne Warwick
69	*	You Can't Hurry Love	Phil Collins
68	*	Caught Up In You	38 Special	66	58	53	73
67	*	Wasted On The Way	Crosby, Stills & Nash	57		57	50
66	*	Did It In A Minute	Hall & Oates	61	59	66	54
65	*	I Ran (So Far Away)	A Flock Of Seagulls	62		67	75
64	*	Take It Away	Paul McCartney	65	51	70	62

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD	Hot 100	Hot Hits
63		Pac-Man Fever	Buckner & Garcia	63		42	66
62	*	Twilight Zone	Golden Earring
61		Mirror, Mirror	Diana Ross	53		86	74
60	*	Muscles	Diana Ross	64	56		72
59	*	Vacation	Go-Go’s	52		87	84
58	*	Rock This Town	Stray Cats	56			63
57	*	Rock The Casbah	The Clash
56	*	Keep The Fire Burnin’	REO Speedwagon	45		50	48
55	*	You Can Do Magic	America	51		65	39

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD	Hot 100	Hot Hits
54	*	Do You Beleive In Love	Huey Lewis & the News	47	50	51	65
53	*	Only The Lonely	The Motels	58	75	29	44
52	*	Crimson And Clover	Joan Jett & The Blackhearts	50	77	78	68
51	*	Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me	Juice Newton	49		47	49
50	*	Somebody’s Baby	Jackson Browne	46		68	52
49	*	Even The Nights Are Better	Air Supply	38		37	45
48	*	'65 Love Affair	Paul Davis	44	71	39	47
47	*	Make A Move On Me	Olivia Newton-John	37	21	84	71
46	*	You And I	Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD	Hot 100	Hot Hits
45	*	You Should Hear How She Talks About You	Melissa Manchester	36	35	18	38
44	*	Steppin' Out	Joe Jackson	42	1		43
43	*	Always On My Mind	Willie Nelson	35		22	34
42	*	Heat Of The Moment	Asia	32	18	40	31
41		Heartlight	Neil Diamond	34			60
40	*	I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You're Near)	Michael McDonald	31	31	81	33
39	*	Back On The Chain Gang	Pretenders
38	*	Freeze-Frame	J. Geils Band	27	49	49	29
37	*	The Other Woman	Ray Parker Jr.	33	55	26	32

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD	Hot 100	Hot Hits
36	*	Let It Whip	Dazz Band	40		24	35
35	*	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	55	17	11	51
34	*	Sexual Healing	Marvin Gaye
33	*	867-5309/Jenny	Tommy Tutone	29	26	16	28
32	*	Dirty Laundry	Don Henley
31		I've Never Been To Me	Charlene	24		38	27
30	*	Hold Me	Fleetwood Mac	26		31	24
29	*	Stray Cat Strut	Stray Cats
28	*	Hungry Like The Wolf	Duran Duran

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD	Hot 100	Hot Hits
27	*	Eye In The Sky	Alan Parsons Project	23		32	23
26		The Girl Is Mine	Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
25	*	That Girl	Stevie Wonder	28	61	43	30
24	*	Africa	Toto
23	*	We Got The Beat	The Go-Go's	21	19	25	21
22	*	Do You Really Want To Hurt Me	Culture Club
21	*	Don't Talk to Strangers	Rick Springfield	19	22	20	16
20	*	Heart Attack	Olivia Newton-John	22	78		25
19	*	Shame On The Moon	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD	Hot 100	Hot Hits
18	*	Open Arms	Journey	16		34	13
17	*	Hard To Say I’m Sorry	Chicago	10	25	10	12
16	*	Rosanna	Toto	17	10	14	11
15	*	Baby, Come To Me	Patti Austin with James Ingram
14	*	Truly	Lionel Richie	11			20
13	*	Abracadabra	Steve Miller Band	9	57	9	5
12	*	Hurts So Good	John Cougar	18		8	7
11	*	Who Can It Be Now?	Men At Work	14	3	30	18
10	*	Don't You Want Me	Human League	7	2	6	8

rank		title	artist	Pop Ann.	MFD	Hot 100	Hot Hits
9	*	Jack & Diane	John Cougar	6	27	7	6
8	*	Up Where We Belong	Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes	8			19
7	*	Mickey	Toni Basil	13			17
6		Ebony & Ivory	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	2	73	4	2
5	*	I Love Rock N Roll	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	1	11	3	3
4	*	Maneater	Hall & Oates	5	44		9
3	*	Gloria	Laura Branigan	20		75	14
2	*	Down Under	Men At Work
1	*	Eye Of The Tiger	Survivor	3	28	2	1

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Hot 100 Debuts from 1982 on Spotify

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My Favorite Singles of 1982

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