# List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1983

In 1983, 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 1983, 39 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An asterisk (*) indicates an unpublished weekly chart due to the special double issues RPM publishes for the year-end top singles charts.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) | Ref. |
| January 1* | "You and I" | Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle | |
| January 8* | "You and I" | Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle | |
| January 15 | "It's Raining Again" | Supertramp | |
| January 22 | "Too Beautiful to Cry" | Ronnie Milsap | |
| January 29 | "On the Wings of Love" | Jeffrey Osborne | |
| February 5 | "Someone's Already Saying Goodbye" | Anne Murray | |
| February 12 | "Maneater" | Hall & Oates | |
| February 19 | "You Are" | Lionel Richie | |
| February 26 | "You Are" | Lionel Richie | |
| March 5 | "Shame on the Moon" | Bob Seger | |
| March 12 | "Heart to Heart" | Kenny Loggins | |
| March 19 | "We've Got Tonight" | Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton | |
| March 26 | "We've Got Tonight" | Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton | |
| April 2 | "All Right" | Christopher Cross | |
| April 9 | "I'm Alive" | Neil Diamond | |
| April 16 | "Midnight Blue" | Louise Tucker | |
| April 23 | "Make Love Stay" | Dan Fogelberg | |
| April 30 | "It Might Be You" | Stephen Bishop | |
| May 7 | "Take the Short Way Home" | Dionne Warwick | |
| May 14 | "Somebody Loves You" | Kamahl | |
| May 21 | "I Won't Hold You Back" | Toto | |
| May 28 | "Puttin' On the Ritz" | Taco | |
| June 4 | "Puttin' On the Ritz" | Taco | |
| June 11 | "My Love" | Lionel Richie | |
| June 18 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara | |
| June 25 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara | |
| July 2 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara | |
| July 9 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara | |
| July 16 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara | |
| July 23 | "The Woman in You" | Bee Gees | [28] [A] |
| July 30 | "Straight from the Heart" | Bryan Adams | |
| August 6 | "The Closer You Get" | Alabama | |
| August 13 | "Hold Me 'til the Mornin' Comes" | Paul Anka | |
| August 20 | "The Border" | America | |
| August 27 | "All Time High" | Rita Coolidge | |
| September 3 | "Waiting for Your Love" | Toto | |
| September 10 | "Stand By" | Roman Holliday | |
| September 17 | "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" | Laura Branigan | |
| September 24 | "Human Nature" | Michael Jackson | |
| October 1 | "Human Nature" | Michael Jackson | |
| October 8 | "Singin' in the Rain" | Taco | |
| October 15 | "Maniac" | Michael Sembello | |
| October 22 | "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" | Air Supply | |
| October 29 | "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" | Sheena Easton | |
| November 5 | "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" | Sheena Easton | |
| November 12 | "All Night Long (All Night)" | Lionel Richie | |
| November 19 | "All Night Long (All Night)" | Lionel Richie | |
| November 26 | "Islands in the Stream" | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton | |
| December 3 | "Uptown Girl" | Billy Joel | |
| December 10 | "Uptown Girl" | Billy Joel | |
| December 17 | "The Way He Makes Me Feel" | Barbra Streisand | |
| December 24 | "The Way He Makes Me Feel" | Barbra Streisand | |
| December 31 | "What's New" | Linda Ronstadt | |
* $^A$ Due to a publishing error, this chart was dated June 23, 1983.