1982 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1982
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	142
2	Bad to the Bone	George Thorogood & the Destroyers	120
3	Super Freak	Rick James	106
4	Vacation	The Go-Go's	105
5	Blade Runner- End Titles	Vangelis (Blade Runner)	102
6	Don't You Want Me	The Human League	96
7	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	95
8	Rock the Casbah	The Clash	90
9	Gypsy	Fleetwood Mac	89
10	It's Raining Again	Supertramp	87
11	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis (Chariots of Fire)	84
12	Rio	Duran Duran	83
13	(Oh) Pretty Woman	Van Halen	81
14	Sirius	The Alan Parsons Project	78
15	Always On My Mind	Willie Nelson	77
16	I Love Rock N' Roll	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	74
17	Rachel's Song	Vangelis (Blade Runner)	74
18	Tomorrow	Quvenzhane Wallis (Annie)	72
19	Quandra	Ray Lynch	69
20	Love in Store	Fleetwood Mac	68
21	On the Wings of Love	Jeffrey Osborne	66
22	Who Can It Be Now?	Men at Work	64
23	Somebody's Baby	Jackson Browne	61
24	Tears in Rain	Vangelis (Blade Runner)	61
25	Working for the Weekend	Loverboy	59
26	No One Like You	Scorpions	58
27	Hold Me	Fleetwood Mac	56
28	Mountain Music	Alabama	55
29	The Full Bug	Van Halen	54
30	The Analog Kid	Rush	52
31	Love Theme	Vangelis (Blade Runner)	52
32	Take Me to the Top	Loverboy	52
33	Hurts So Good	John Mellencamp	51
34	Centerfold	The J. Geils Band	50
35	Do You Believe In Love	Huey Lewis & the News	48
36	Open Arms	Journey	47
37	The Number of the Beast	Iron Maiden	46
38	Hungry Like the Wolf	Duran Duran	46
39	Telegraph Road	Dire Straits	46
40	Jack & Diane	John Mellencamp	45
41	We Got the Beat	The Go-Go's	43
42	You've Got Another Thing Coming	Judas Priest	42
43	Keep the Fire Burnin'	REO Speedwagon	42
44	Edge of Seventeen	Stevie Nicks	41
45	Old and Wise	The Alan Parsons Project	41
46	Freeze-Frame	The J. Geils Band	40
47	Ace of Spaces	Motorhead	40
48	I.G.Y.	Donald Fagen	39
49	Industrial Disease	Dire Straits	38
50	Eye in the Sky	The Alan Parsons Project	38
1982
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Blade Runner	Vangelis (Soundtrack)	5.5
2	Rio	Duran Duran	4.9
3	Eye in the Sky	The Alan Parsons Project	4.1
4	Love Over Gold	Dire Straits	4.1
5	Mirage	Fleetwood Mac	3.6
6	Combat Rock	The Clash	3.4
7	Diver Down	Van Halen	3.0
8	American Fool	John Cougar	2.9
9	Asia	Asia	2.9
10	Midnight Love	Marvin Gaye	2.6
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	Midnight's Children	Salman Rushdie	3.8
2	Cosmos	Carl Sagan	3.0
3	The House of the Spirits	Isabel Allende	2.5
4	The Mists of Avalon	Marion Zimmer Bradley	2.2
5	The Path to Power	Robert A. Caro	1.6
6	Blue Highways	William Least-Heat Moon	1.5
7	The Sunne in Splendor	Sharon Kay Penman	1.2
8	The Valley of Horses	Jean M. Auel	1.2
9	The Gunslinger	Stephen King	1.1
10	North and South	John Jakes	1.1
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	E.T.		21.4
2	Blade Runner		14.7
3	Das Boot		12.0
4	On Golden Pond		9.7
5	Fast Times at Ridgemont High		9.7
6	The Thing		9.4
7	Victor/Victoria		8.6
8	Fanny and Alexander		8.5
9	Reds		8.3
10	The Verdict		8.0