These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1983. The longest running number-one single of 1983 is "Every Breath You Take" by the Police at eight weeks.
That year, 9 acts reached number one for the first time: Toto, Patti Austin, James Ingram, Dexys Midnight Runners, Irene Cara, The Police, Eurythmics, Michael Sembello, and Bonnie Tyler. Michael Jackson was the only act to hit number one more than once, with three.
Chart history
thumb|[[The Police scored a number-one hit with "Every Breath You Take" for eight straight weeks.]]
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|style="background-color:#FFFF99"|The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboards 1983 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
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An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
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!Issue date
!Song
!Artist(s)
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|January 1*
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Maneater"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Daryl Hall and John Oates
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|January 8
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|527
|January 15
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Down Under"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Men at Work
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|January 22
|align="center"|
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|January 29
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|528
|February 5
|align="center"|"Africa"
|align="center"|Toto
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|re
|February 12
|align="center"|"Down Under"
|align="center"|Men at Work
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|529
|February 19
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Baby, Come to Me"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Patti Austin and James Ingram
|align="center"|
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|February 26
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=7|530
|March 5
|align="center" rowspan="7"|"Billie Jean"
|align="center" rowspan="7"|Michael Jackson
|align="center"|
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|March 12
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|March 19
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|March 26
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|April 2
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|April 9
|align="center"|
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|April 16
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|531
|April 23
|align="center"|"Come On Eileen"
|align="center"|Dexys Midnight Runners
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|532
|April 30
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Beat It"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Michael Jackson
|align="center"|
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|May 7
|align="center"|
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|May 14
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|533
|May 21
|align="center"|"Let's Dance"
|align="center"|David Bowie
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=6|534
|May 28
|align="center" rowspan="6"|"Flashdance... What a Feeling"
|align="center" rowspan="6"|Irene Cara
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|June 4
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|June 11
|align="center"|
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|June 18
|align="center"|
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|June 25
|align="center"|
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|July 2
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=8|535
|July 9
|bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="8"|"Every Breath You Take"
|align="center" rowspan="8"|The Police
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|July 16
|align="center"|
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|July 23
|align="center"|
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|July 30
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|August 6
|align="center"|
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|August 13
|align="center"|
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|August 20
|align="center"|
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|August 27
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|536
|September 3
|align="center"|"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
|align="center"|Eurythmics
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|537
|September 10
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Maniac"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Michael Sembello
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|September 17
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|538
|September 24
|align="center"|"Tell Her About It"
|align="center"|Billy Joel
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=4|539
|October 1
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|Bonnie Tyler
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|October 8
|align="center"|
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|October 15
|align="center"|
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|October 22
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|540
|October 29
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Islands in the Stream"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
|align="center"|
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|November 5
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=4|541
|November 12
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"All Night Long (All Night)"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|Lionel Richie
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|November 19
|align="center"|
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|November 26
|align="center"|
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|December 3
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=4|542
|December 10
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"Say Say Say"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
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|December 17
|align="center"|
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|December 24
|align="center"|
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|December 31*
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Number-one artists
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|+ List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
! Position
! Artist
! Weeks at No. 1
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| 1
| Michael Jackson
| 14
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| 2
| The Police
| 8
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| 3
| Irene Cara
| 6
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| rowspan=4| 4
| Men at Work
| rowspan=4| 4
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| Bonnie Tyler
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| Lionel Richie
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| Paul McCartney
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| rowspan=6| 8
| Daryl Hall and John Oates
| rowspan=6| 2
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| Patti Austin
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| James Ingram
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| Michael Sembello
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| Kenny Rogers
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| Dolly Parton
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| rowspan=5| 14
| Toto
| rowspan=5| 1
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| Dexys Midnight Runners
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| David Bowie
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| Eurythmics
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| Billy Joel
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See also
- 1983 in music
- List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1983
- List of Billboard number-one singles
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1983 (U.S.)
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s
References
Sources
- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition ()
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition ()
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties ()
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboards online archive services and print editions of the magazine.