1
record label: Columbia 02860
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US rock #34
written by: Paul McCartney
album: Tug of War
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
Ebony and Ivory
1982
Columbia
2
record label: RCA 13274
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #7, US #17
written by: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)
Love Come Down
1982
RCA
3
record label: Motown 1284 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #6, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Cochrane & Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
Lionel Richie
Truly
1982
Motown
4
record label: RCA 13354
chart position: US #1, RandB #78, UK #6, US dance #18, US AC #14, US rock #18
written by: Sara Allen, Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: H2O
Hall & Oates
Maneater
1982
RCA
5
record label: Qwest 15005 (UK)
chart position: RandB #9, US #1, UK #11, US AC #1
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Every Home Should Have One
comments: [love ballad]
Patti Austin & James Ingram
Baby, Come to Me
1982
Qwest
6
record label: Columbia 03302
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #3, US dance #12, US AC #34
written by: Marvin Gaye
album: Midnight Love
Marvin Gaye
Sexual Healing
1982
Columbia
7
record label: Epic 03288
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #2, US AC #1
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
The Girl Is Mine
1982
Epic
8
record label: MCA 52149
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #10, US dance #11
written by: Lloyd Ferguson, Jackie Mittoo & Fitzroy Simpson
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [Reggae]
Musical Youth
Pass the Dutchie
1982
MCA
9
record label: Arista 8883 (UK)
chart position: RandB #14, UK #2, US #10, US AC #1
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Heartbreaker
Dionne Warwick
Heartbreaker
1982
Arista
10
record label: Tamla 1602
chart position: RandB #1, UK #39, US #4, US dance #27, US AC #10
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
That Girl
1982
Tamla
11
record label: Motown 1609
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US dance #2
written by: Reggie Andrews & Leon
album: Keep It Live
comments: [Motown Sound]
Dazz Band
Let It Whip
1982
Motown
12
record label: Warner 29933
chart position: RandB #7, UK #43, US #4, US AC #8
written by: Michael McDonald, Ed Sanford, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
album: If That's What It Takes
Michael McDonald
I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)
1982
Warner
13
record label: Arista 0669
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, US dance #24, US AC #33
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio)
The Other Woman
1982
Arista
14
record label: Warner Bros. 79302
chart position: RandB #4, US #10, UK #18, US dance #3
written by: Quincy Jones, Merria Ross & Rod Temperton
album: Donna Summer
Donna Summer
Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)
1982
Warner Bros.
15
record label: Capitol 839 (UK)
chart position: RandB #4, UK #15, US #10, US AC #36
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Silk Electric
Diana Ross
Muscles
1982
Capitol
16
record label: RCA 13021
chart position: RandB #2, UK #36, US #8, US dance #14
written by: Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Diana Ross
Mirror, Mirror
1982
RCA
17
record label: Motown 1269 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #10, US #13, US dance #1, US AC #25
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
Do I Do
1982
Motown
18
record label: Columbia 02812
chart position: RandB #1, US #10, US AC #6
written by: Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein & Lou Stallman
album: Niecy
comments: [love ballad]
Deniece Williams
It's Gonna Take a Miracle
1982
Columbia
19
record label: Elektra 47427
chart position: RandB #4, UK #8, US #23, US dance #2
written by: Patrice Rushen, Teri McFadden & Freddie Washington
album: Straight from the Heart...
Patrice Rushen
Forget Me Nots
1982
Elektra
20
record label: Mercury 76132
chart position: RandB #2, UK #7, US #30, US dance #4
written by: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: JI
Junior Giscombe
Mama Used to Say
1982
Mercury
21
record label: ICE 56 (UK)
chart position: UK #1, US #53
written by: Eddy Grant
album: Killer on the Rampage
comments: [reggae]
Eddy Grant
I Don't Wanna Dance
1982
ICE
22
record label: De lite 231
chart position: RandB #7, UK #6, US #30
written by: Amir Bayyan, James
album: As One
Kool & the Gang
Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La La La)
1982
De lite
23
record label: MCA 52067
chart position: UK #2, RandB #27, US #102, US dance #15
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
Imagination
Just an Illusion
1982
MCA
24
record label: AandM 2434
chart position: RandB #13, UK #11, US #29, US AC #7
written by: Jeffrey Osborne & Peter Schless
album: Jeffrey Osborne
comments: [love ballad]
Jeffrey Osborne
On the Wings of Love
1982
A&M
25
record label: Solar 48005
chart position: RandB #8, UK #5, US #44, US dance #15
written by: Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers & Leon Sylvers III
album: Friends
Shalamar
A Night to Remember
1982
Solar
26
record label: Venture 149
chart position: RandB #5, UK #13, US #39, US dance #1
written by: Geraldine Hunt & Daniel Joseph
album: Cheri
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Cheri
Murphy's Law
1982
Venture
27
record label: London 11
chart position: UK #4, US dance #1, RandB #63
album: Eddy Grant
comments: (featuring Donnie Calvin)
Rockers Revenge
Walking on Sunshine
1982
London
28
record label: RCA 226
chart position: RandB #12, UK #3, US #104, US dance #25
written by: Jesse Rae
album: Happy Together
Odyssey
Inside Out
1982
RCA
29
record label: De lite 822
chart position: RandB #6, UK #14, US #21
written by: Robert Bell, James
album: As One
Kool & the Gang
Big Fun
1982
De lite
30
record label: Island / Ze 104 716
chart position: UK #2, US Dance #18
written by: Kid Creole (as August Darnell)
album: Tropical Gangsters
Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy
1982
Island / Ze
31
record label: WMOT 546
chart position: UK #2, RandB #89
written by: Len Barry & Bobby Eli
album: Breakin' Out
Fat Larry's Band
Zoom
1982
WMOT
32
record label: Arista 0699
chart position: RandB #1, UK #42, US #24, US dance #4
written by: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
album: Jump to It
Aretha Franklin
Jump to It
1982
Arista
33
record label: Atlantic 4005
chart position: RandB #29, US #13, US AC #7
written by: Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts & Carole Bayer Sager
album: I'm the One
comments: [love ballad]
Roberta Flack
Making Love
1982
Atlantic
34
record label: Geffen 2644 (UK)
chart position: RandB #1, UK #32, US #22
written by: Henry Krieger & Tom Eyen
album: Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album
comments: [ballad]
Jennifer Holliday
And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
1982
Geffen
35
record label: Sugar Hill 584
chart position: RandB #4, UK #8, US #62, US dance #12
written by: Ed Fletcher
album: The Message
comments: [hip hop]
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
The Message
1982
Sugar Hill
36
record label: Total Experience 8201
chart position: RandB #1, UK #55, US #24, US dance #13
written by: Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor & Charlie Wilson
album: Gap Band IV
comments: [disco funk boogie]
The Gap Band
Early in the Morning
1982
Total Experience
37
record label: RCA 13201
chart position: RandB #34, UK #7, US #44, US dance #14
written by: Diana Ross & Ray Chew
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Diana Ross
Work That Body
1982
RCA
38
record label: Sire 50069
chart position: UK #4, US dance #18, RandB #44
written by: Kid Creole (as August Darnell) & Peter Schott
album: Tropical Gangsters
Kid Creole & the Coconuts
I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby
1982
Sire
39
record label: Warner Bros. 29896
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #4, UK #25, US #44
written by: Prince
album: 1999
comments: [disco]
Prince
1999
1982
Warner Bros.
40
record label: Solar 69958
chart position: UK #5
written by: Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers and Leon Sylvers III
album: Friends
Shalamar
There It Is
1982
Solar
41
record label: Salsoul 2152
chart position: RandB #1, US #26, US dance #3
written by: Randy Muller
album: Skyy Line
comments: [disco funk]
Skyy
Call Me
1982
Salsoul
42
record label: Motown 1628
chart position: RandB #5, US #18, US dance #24
written by: Jermaine Jackson, Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer & Paul M. Jackson Jr.
album: Let Me Tickle Your Fancy
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jermaine Jackson
Let Me Tickle Your Fancy
1982
Motown
43
record label: Planet 13254
chart position: RandB #23, US #16, US AC #9
written by: Parker McGee
album: So Excited!
The Pointer Sisters
American Music
1982
Planet
44
record label: Cotillion 47000
chart position: RandB #14, US #23, US AC #2
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: The Sisters
Sister Sledge
My Guy
1982
Cotillion
45
record label: EMI America 8126
chart position: RandB #5, US dance #2, UK #15, US #104
written by: Paul Laurence (as Paul Lawrence Jones)
album: The Other Side of the Rainbow
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Melba Moore
Love's Comin' at Ya
1982
EMI America
46
record label: RandB Records 210
chart position: RandB #52, UK #5
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Imagination
Music and Lights
1982
RandB Records
47
record label: Solar 48013
chart position: UK #7, RandB #33, US #102
written by: Howard Hewett, Renwick Jackson & William Shelby
album: Friends
Shalamar
I Can Make You Feel Good
1982
Solar
48
record label: Polydor 407
chart position: UK #9
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak
Night Birds
1982
Polydor
49
record label: Warner 50005
chart position: RandB #16, UK #14, US #52, US AC #29
written by: Michael Garvin & Tom Shapiro
album: The George Benson Collection
George Benson
Never Give Up on a Good Thing
1982
Warner
50
record label: Tamla 1601
chart position: RandB #3, UK #51, US #33, US dance #53, US AC #31
written by: Gary Goetzman & Mike Piccirillo
album: Yes It's You Lady / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
Smokey Robinson
Tell Me Tomorrow
1982
Tamla
51
record label: Geffen 29895
chart position: RandB #31, UK #14, US #41
written by: Jon Anderson & Vangelis
album: Donna Summer
Donna Summer
State of Independence
1982
Geffen
52
record label: Tommy Boy 823
chart position: RandB #4, US #48, UK #53, US dance #3
written by: Arthur Baker, John Robie, Afrika Bambaataa, the Soulsonic Force
comments: [hip hop] (with the Soul Sonic Force)
Afrika Bambaataa
Planet Rock
1982
Tommy Boy
53
record label: Total Experience 114 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, US #31, US dance #39
written by: Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor & Charlie Wilson
album: Gap Band IV
comments: [disco funk boogie]
The Gap Band
You Dropped a Bomb on Me
1982
Total Experience
54
record label: AandM 2392
chart position: RandB #2, US #38, US dance #9
written by: David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: Brilliance
Atlantic Starr
Circles
1982
A&M
55
record label: RCA 13292
chart position: RandB #16, US #33, US AC #15
written by: Kenny Nolan
album: New Directions
comments: [ballad]
Tavares
A Penny for Your Thoughts
1982
RCA
56
record label: Geffen 29805
chart position: RandB #30, UK #62, US #33, US AC #17
written by: John Bettis & Michael Clark
album: Donna Summer
Donna Summer
The Woman in Me
1982
Geffen
57
record label: AandM 2410
chart position: RandB #3, US #39, US dance #42
written by: Jeffrey Osborne & David Wolinski
album: Jeffrey Osborne
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Jeffrey Osborne
I Really Don't Need No Light
1982
A&M
58
record label: High Rise 2001
chart position: RandB #2, US #40
written by: Sonny Charles & Bobby Paris
album: The Sun Still Shines
Sonny Charles
Put It in a Magazine
1982
High Rise
59
record label: Planet 13327
chart position: RandB #46, US #30, US dance #28
written by: Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer & Trevor Lawrence
album: So Excited!
comments: [disco]
The Pointer Sisters
I'm So Excited
1982
Planet
60
record label: AandM 12048 (UK)
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #6, UK #45, US #105
written by: Kashif
album: Keepin' Love New
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Howard Johnson
So Fine
1982
A&M
61
record label: Prelude 8043
chart position: RandB #13, UK #30, US dance 31
written by: James
album: You're the One for Me
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
D Train
You're the One for Me
1982
Prelude
62
record label: West End 1248
chart position: UK #18, US dance #5, RandB #65
written by: Ronald Miller (as Ron Miller) & Bert Reid (as Bertram Reid)
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Raw Silk
Do It to the Music
1982
West End
63
record label: Arista 1030
chart position: RandB #6, US #35
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Greatest Hits
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio)
Bad Boy
1982
Arista
64
record label: Motown 1266 (UK)
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #7, US #64
written by: Rick James
album: Throwin' Down
comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]
Rick James
Dance Wit' Me
1982
Motown
65
record label: Boardwalk 7 11 139
chart position: RandB #1, US #47
written by: Richard Dimples Fields & Belinda Wilson
album: Mr. Look So Good!
Richard Dimples Fields
If It Ain't One Thing...It's Another
1982
Boardwalk
66
record label: Arista 0695
chart position: RandB #3, US #38
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
comments: [ballad]
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio)
Let Me Go
1982
Arista
67
record label: Mercury 76150
chart position: RandB #8, UK #20, US dance #67
written by: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: Ji
Junior Giscombe
Too Late
1982
Mercury
68
record label: Warner 9908 7
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #7, US #101
written by: Prince
album: Vanity 6
Vanity 6
Nasty Girl
1982
Warner
69
record label: Sire 29953
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #31, US #73
written by: Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet
album: Upstairs at Eric's
Yazoo
Situation
1982
Sire
70
record label: Tamla 1639
chart position: RandB #10, UK #45, US #54, US AC #21
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
Stevie Wonder
Ribbon in the Sky
1982
Tamla
71
record label: RCA 3061
chart position: US dance #6, RandB #18, UK #58, US #66
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb & Howard Scott
album: Outlaw
War
You Got the Power
1982
RCA
72
record label: P.I.R. 02619
chart position: RandB #4, US #43
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: It's Time for Love
comments: [love ballad]
Teddy Pendergrass
You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration
1982
P.I.R.
73
record label: MCA 52049
chart position: RandB #4, US #61, US dance #29
written by: Al Hudson, Jonathan Meadows, Dave Roberson, Glenda Hudson, Gregg Green, Terry Morgan
album: Who's Foolin' Who
comments: [funk]
One Way
Cutie Pie
1982
MCA
74
record label: Capitol 5109
chart position: RandB #9, US #56, US dance #11
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Street Opera
Ashford & Simpson
Street Corner
1982
Capitol
75
record label: Gordy 1616
chart position: RandB #6, US dance #11, US #66
written by: Rick James
album: Reunion
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
The Temptations ft. Rick James
Standing on the Top
1982
Gordy
76
record label: Epic 2776 (UK)
chart position: RandB #3, US #55
written by: Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller & Sam Cooke
album: Forever, for Always, for Love
Luther Vandross
Bad Boy, Having a Party
1982
Epic
77
record label: Atlantic 4068
chart position: RandB #24, US #42, US AC #10
written by: William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter
album: I'm the One
Roberta Flack
I'm the One
1982
Atlantic
78
record label: Capitol 5099
chart position: RandB #9, US #41, US AC #29
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Ladies of the Eighties
A Taste of Honey
I'll Try Something New
1982
Capitol
79
record label: Profile 5006
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #51, UK #38
written by: Lotti Golden & Richard Scher
Sharon Brown
I Specialize in Love
1982
Profile
80
record label: Solar 1(UK)
chart position: UK #12
written by: Glen Barbee, Nidra Beard and William Shelby
album: Friends
comments: [disco dance]
Shalamar
Friends
1982
Solar
81
record label: Capitol 5067
chart position: RandB #5, US #57, US dance #62
written by: O'Bryan (as O'Bryan Burnette II) & Don Cornelius
album: Doin' Alright
O'Bryan
The Gigolo
1982
Capitol
82
record label: Highrise 2005
chart position: RandB #3, US #57
written by: L.V. Johnson & R. Miner
album: Tyrone Davis
Tyrone Davis
Are You Serious
1982
Highrise
83
record label: Columbia 02796
chart position: UK #20, RandB #75, US dance #66
written by: Alton Edwards & Chris Cameron
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Alton Edwards
I Just Wanna (Spend Some Time with You)
1982
Columbia
84
record label: Epic 02701
chart position: RandB #15, US #41, US dance #36
written by: George Duke
album: Dream On
George Duke
Shine On
1982
Epic
85
record label: EMI America 8111
chart position: RandB #56, US #36
album: Missin' Twenty Grand
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
David Lasley
If I Had My Wish Tonight
1982
EMI America
86
record label: Island 8901
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #17, US #103
written by: Grace Jones & Sly Dunbar
album: Living My Life
Grace Jones
Nipple to the Bottle
1982
Island
87
record label: Warner 7 29952
chart position: RandB #2, US #88, US dance #42
written by: Prince (as Jamie Starr)
album: What Time Is It?
The Time
777-9311
1982
Warner
88
record label: Warner 29961
chart position: RandB #1, US #101, US dance #62
written by: Roger (as Roger Troutman) & Larry Troutman
album: Zapp II
Zapp
Dance Floor
1982
Warner
89
record label: Believe In A Dream 02836
chart position: RandB #21, US #55, US AC #15
written by: Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
album: Steamin' Hot
The Reddings
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
1982
Believe In A Dream
90
record label: Warner Bros. 49864
chart position: RandB #7, US dance #16, US #90
written by: Prince & Dez Dickerson
album: The Time
The Time
Cool
1982
Warner Bros.
91
record label: Sugar Hill 567
chart position: RandB #13, US #53, US dance #51
written by: Jerry Lordan
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [rap]
The Sugarhill Gang
Apache
1982
Sugar Hill
92
record label: Virgin/Epic 03368
chart position: RandB #39, UK #1, US #2, US dance #34, US AC #8, US rock #21
written by: Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss
album: Kissing to Be Clever
comments: [Reggae]
Culture Club
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?
1982
Virgin/Epic
93
record label: Columbia 03204
chart position: RandB #4, US #101
written by: Marvin Gaye
album: Instant Love
comments: [love ballad]
Cheryl Lynn & Luther Vandross
If This World Were Mine
1982
Columbia
94
record label: Y Records 10
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #56
written by: Andrew Carpenter, Roger Freeman, Chris Hamlin, James Johnstone, Chris Lee, Timothy Moore
album: Pigbag
comments: [disco jazz funk instrumental]
Pigbag
Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
1982
Y Records
95
record label: Beverly Glen 2000
chart position: RandB #3, US #101
written by: Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten & Richard Griffin
album: The Poet...
comments: [Soul Ballad]
Bobby Womack
If You Think You're Lonely Now
1982
Beverly Glen
96
record label: Rams Horn 1090
chart position: UK #4
written by: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
album: Disc Charge
comments: [disco, dance]
The Boys Town Gang
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
1982
Rams Horn
97
record label: Arista 9032
chart position: UK #10, US #101, US AC #16
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
album: Heartbreaker
Dionne Warwick
All the Love in the World
1982
Arista
98
record label: Becket 3
chart position: RandB #44, US Dance #1
written by: Eric Matthew, Darryl Payne and Keith Diamond
Sinnamon
Thanks to You
1982
Becket
99
record label: Solar 12597
chart position: RandB #8, US dance #8, US #103
written by: Charmaine Sylvers, Dana Meyers and Glen Barbee
album: Love Is Where You Find It
The Whispers
In the Raw
1982
Solar
100
record label: AandM 2440
chart position: RandB #6, US #64
written by: René Moore and Angela Winbush
album: Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Young Love
1982
A&M