# List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1982

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1982. The two longest running number-one singles of 1982 are "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, which each stayed at the top for seven weeks. "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John concluded a ten-week run that began in 1981. At the time, 1982 had the second lowest number of number-one songs since 1956, with only 15 songs reaching the #1 spot.
That year, 10 acts received their first number-one songs: The J. Geils Band, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Vangelis, The Human League, Survivor, John Cougar, Men at Work, Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes, and Toni Basil. Only one act topped the Hot 100 more than once in 1982—Daryl Hall and John Oates, with two number ones, "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" and "Maneater".

## Chart history

Key :
* The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1982 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
| No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
| 511 | January 2* | "Physical" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 511 | January 9 | "Physical" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 511 | January 16 | "Physical" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 511 | January 23 | "Physical" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 512 | January 30 | "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" | Daryl Hall and John Oates |
| 513 | February 6 | "Centerfold" | The J. Geils Band |
| 513 | February 13 | "Centerfold" | The J. Geils Band |
| 513 | February 20 | "Centerfold" | The J. Geils Band |
| 513 | February 27 | "Centerfold" | The J. Geils Band |
| 513 | March 6 | "Centerfold" | The J. Geils Band |
| 513 | March 13 | "Centerfold" | The J. Geils Band |
| 514 | March 20 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
| 514 | March 27 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
| 514 | April 3 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
| 514 | April 10 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
| 514 | April 17 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
| 514 | April 24 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
| 514 | May 1 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
| 515 | May 8 | "Chariots of Fire" | Vangelis |
| 516 | May 15 | "Ebony and Ivory" | Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder |
| 516 | May 22 | "Ebony and Ivory" | Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder |
| 516 | May 29 | "Ebony and Ivory" | Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder |
| 516 | June 5 | "Ebony and Ivory" | Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder |
| 516 | June 12 | "Ebony and Ivory" | Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder |
| 516 | June 19 | "Ebony and Ivory" | Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder |
| 516 | June 26 | "Ebony and Ivory" | Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder |
| 517 | July 3 | "Don't You Want Me" | The Human League |
| 517 | July 10 | "Don't You Want Me" | The Human League |
| 517 | July 17 | "Don't You Want Me" | The Human League |
| 518 | July 24 | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor |
| 518 | July 31 | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor |
| 518 | August 7 | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor |
| 518 | August 14 | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor |
| 518 | August 21 | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor |
| 518 | August 28 | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor |
| 519 | September 4 | "Abracadabra" | Steve Miller Band |
| 520 | September 11 | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | Chicago |
| 520 | September 18 | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | Chicago |
| re | September 25 | "Abracadabra" | Steve Miller Band |
| 521 | October 2 | "Jack & Diane" | John Cougar |
| 521 | October 9 | "Jack & Diane" | John Cougar |
| 521 | October 16 | "Jack & Diane" | John Cougar |
| 521 | October 23 | "Jack & Diane" | John Cougar |
| 522 | October 30 | "Who Can It Be Now?" | Men at Work |
| 523 | November 6 | "Up Where We Belong" | Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes |
| 523 | November 13 | "Up Where We Belong" | Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes |
| 523 | November 20 | "Up Where We Belong" | Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes |
| 524 | November 27 | "Truly" | Lionel Richie |
| 524 | December 4 | "Truly" | Lionel Richie |
| 525 | December 11 | "Mickey" | Toni Basil |
| 526 | December 18 | "Maneater" | Daryl Hall and John Oates |
| 526 | December 25 | "Maneater" | Daryl Hall and John Oates |

## Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one :
| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | 7 |
| 1 | Paul McCartney | 7 |
| 1 | Stevie Wonder | 7 |
| 4 | The J. Geils Band | 6 |
| 4 | Survivor | 6 |
| 6 | Olivia Newton-John | 4 |
| 6 | John Cougar | 4 |
| 8 | The Human League | 3 |
| 8 | Joe Cocker | 3 |
| 8 | Jennifer Warnes | 3 |
| 8 | Daryl Hall and John Oates | 3 |
| 12 | Chicago | 2 |
| 12 | Steve Miller Band | 2 |
| 12 | Lionel Richie | 2 |
| 15 | Vangelis | 1 |
| 15 | Men at Work | 1 |
| 15 | Toni Basil | 1 |