1983 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1983
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Rebel Yell	Billy Idol	111
2	Uptown Girl	Billy Joel	110
3	Beat It	Michael Jackson	109
4	Every Breath You Take	The Police	103
5	Sharp Dressed Man	ZZ Top	98
6	Total Eclipse of the Heart	Bonnie Tyler	98
7	Africa	Toto	95
8	Holiday	Madonna	94
9	Faithfully	Journey	93
10	Thriller	Michael Jackson	90
11	Cruel Summer	Bananarama	89
12	Photograph	Def Leppard	86
13	I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues	Elton John	83
14	Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)	Journey	82
15	Down Under	Men at Work	80
16	Mama	Genesis	79
17	New Year's Day	U2	79
18	Buffalo Soldier	Bob Marley & the Wailers	77
19	Our House	Madness	76
20	Der Kommissar	After the Fire	74
21	I Melt With You	Modern English	73
22	Pass the Dutchie	Musical Youth	70
23	Moonlight Shadow	Michael Oldfield	70
24	P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)	Michael Jackson	69
25	You Can't Hurry Love (cover)	Phil Collins	68
26	I Love L.A.	Randy Newman	68
27	Ask the Lonely	Journey	67
28	Rock of Ages	Def Leppard	64
29	The Girl Is Mine	Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney	64
30	The Heart of Rock and Roll	Huey Lewis & the News	63
31	Come On Eileen	Dexys Midnight Runners	63
32	Run Runaway	Slade	62
33	Texas Flood	Stevie Ray Vaughan	61
34	Send Her My Love	Journey	59
35	The Flyer	Saga	58
36	Jokerman	Bob Dylan	58
37	Mansion on the Hill	Bruce Springsteen	55
38	Twilight Zone	Golden Earring	55
39	Rainbow in the Dark	Dio	54
40	Owner of a Lonely Heart	Yes	52
41	If This Is It	Huey Lewis & the News	50
42	All Night Long (All Night)	Lionel Richie	48
43	Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	47
44	Blister in the Sun	Violent Femmes	46
45	1999	Prince	46
46	Thunder and Lightning	Thin Lizzy	46
47	Midnight Sun	Asia	45
48	Rockit	Herbie Hancock	43
49	Union of the Snake	Duran Duran	43
50	Too Late for Love	Def Leppard	42
1983
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Thriller	Michael Jackson	10.3
2	Synchronicity	The Police	5.7
3	Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	5.1
4	Pyromania	Def Leppard	4.9
5	Sports	Huey Lewis & the News	4.3
6	Frontiers	Journey	4.0
7	Madonna	Madonna	3.6
8	Eliminator	ZZ Top	3.6
9	Texas Flood	Stevie Ray Vaughan	3.5
10	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie	3.3
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	The Name of the Rose	Umberto Eco	3.3
2	The Discoverers	Daniel Boorstin	2.4
3	Alanna: The First Adventure	Tamora Pierce	1.9
4	Space	James Michener	1.8
5	War's Unwomanly Face	Svetlana Alexeivich	1.5
6	The Last Lion	William Manchester	1.3
7	The Pyrates	George MacDonald Fraser	1.3
8	High Output Management	Andrew S. Grove	1.2
9	Cathedral	Raymond Carver	1.0
10	Imagined Communities	Benedict Anderson	1.0
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Return of the Jedi		20.7
2	Gandhi		13.4
3	The King of Comedy		10.8
4	Videodrome		9.6
5	Fitzcarraldo		8.5
6	Tootsie		8.5
7	Sophie's Choice		8.5
8	National Lampoon's Vacation		8.3
9	The Meaning of Life		8.1
10	Trading Places		7.5