List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s
1983

List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s

Section Title: 1983
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Issue date	Song	Artist	Duration

15 January	Fat Man	Southern Death Cult	2 weeks

29 January	Heartache Avenue	The Maisonettes	3 weeks

19 February	Oblivious	Aztec Camera	2 weeks

12 March	Get the Balance Right!	Depeche Mode	2 weeks

26 March	Blue Monday	New Order	13* weeks

11 June	Nobody's Diary	Yazoo	1 week

18 June	Pills and Soap	The Imposter (Elvis Costello)	2 weeks

2 July	Sheep Farming In The Falklands	Crass	2 weeks

16 July	War Baby	Tom Robinson	3 weeks

6 August	Everything Counts	Depeche Mode	5 weeks

10 September	Confusion	New Order	4 weeks

5 November	Temple of Love	The Sisters of Mercy	1 week

26 November	This Charming Man	The Smiths	7* weeks

3 December	Never Never	The Assembly	2 weeks

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The War Baby song reached No. 1 on the UK Indie chart and stayed at No. 1 for three weeks.
The song "War Baby" reached No. 1 on the UK Indie chart and stayed at No. 1 for three weeks.
War Baby reached No. 1 on the UK Indie chart and stayed at No. 1 for three weeks.

final_sentence: The War Baby song reached No. 1 on the UK Indie chart and stayed at No. 1 for three weeks.
final_sentence: The song "War Baby" reached No. 1 on the UK Indie chart and stayed at No. 1 for three weeks.
final_sentence: War Baby reached No. 1 on the UK Indie chart and stayed at No. 1 for three weeks.