# List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1982

In 1982, RPM magazine published a chart for top-performing singles in the adult contemporary category in Canada. The chart, entitled Contemporary Adult, has undergone numerous name changes and has become Adult Contemporary from 1984 to September 1988, and May 1989 until the magazine's final publication in November 2000. In 1982, 35 individual songs topped the chart, which contained 30 positions and is based on record sales and adult contemporary radio station playlist submissions.

## Chart history

An asterisk (*) indicates an unpublished weekly chart due to the special double issues RPM publishes for the year-end top singles charts.
Chart history :
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 2* | "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" | Barbra Streisand |
| January 9* | "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" | Barbra Streisand |
| January 16 | "Yesterday's Songs" | Neil Diamond |
| January 23 | "Yesterday's Songs" | Neil Diamond |
| January 30 | "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" | Ronnie Milsap |
| February 6 | "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" | Juice Newton |
| February 13 | "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" | Hall & Oates |
| February 20 | "Perhaps Love" | John Denver and Plácido Domingo |
| February 27 | "Perhaps Love" | John Denver and Plácido Domingo |
| March 6 | "Leader of the Band" | Dan Fogelberg |
| March 13 | "Bobbie Sue" | Oak Ridge Boys |
| March 20 | "Bobbie Sue" | Oak Ridge Boys |
| March 27 | "Love in the First Degree" | Alabama |
| April 3 | "Love in the First Degree" | Alabama |
| April 10 | "Key Largo" | Bertie Higgins |
| April 17 | "Key Largo" | Bertie Higgins |
| April 24 | "Another Sleepless Night" | Anne Murray |
| May 1 | "Chariots of Fire" | Vangelis |
| May 8 | "Chariots of Fire" | Vangelis |
| May 15 | "On the Way to the Sky" | Neil Diamond |
| May 22 | "Shanghai Breezes" | John Denver |
| May 29 | "Mountain Music" | Alabama |
| June 5 | "I've Never Been to Me" | Charlene |
| June 12 | "I've Never Been to Me" | Charlene |
| June 19 | "Run for the Roses" | Dan Fogelberg |
| June 26 | "Any Day Now" | Ronnie Milsap |
| July 3 | "Any Day Now" | Ronnie Milsap |
| July 10 | "Any Day Now" | Ronnie Milsap |
| July 17 | "When He Shines" | Sheena Easton |
| July 24 | "Even the Nights Are Better" | Air Supply |
| July 31 | "Island of Lost Souls" | Blondie |
| August 7 | "Island of Lost Souls" | Blondie |
| August 14 | "Take Me Down" | Alabama |
| August 21 | "Take Me Down" | Alabama |
| August 28 | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | Chicago |
| September 4 | "Love Will Turn You Around" | Kenny Rogers |
| September 11 | "Love Will Turn You Around" | Kenny Rogers |
| September 18 | "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" | Melissa Manchester |
| September 25 | "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" | Melissa Manchester |
| October 2 | "Hey Baby" | Anne Murray |
| October 9 | "Blue Eyes" | Elton John |
| October 16 | "Heartlight" | Neil Diamond |
| October 23 | "Abracadabra" | Steve Miller Band |
| October 30 | "I Will Always Love You" | Dolly Parton |
| November 6 | "Heartlight" | Neil Diamond |
| November 13 | "Heartlight" | Neil Diamond |
| November 20 | "Let It Be Me" | Willie Nelson |
| November 27 | "Break It to Me Gently" | Juice Newton |
| December 4 | "Southern Cross" | Crosby, Stills and Nash |
| December 11 | "Southern Cross" | Crosby, Stills and Nash |
| December 18 | "The Girl Is Mine" | Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney |
| December 25 | "You and I" | Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle |