Here are the #1 mainstream rock tracks from 1982.
Everybody Wants You – Billy Squier, 6 weeks at #1 M, #32 pop
Heat of the Moment – Asia, 6 weeks at #1 M, #4 pop
I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, 5 weeks at #1 M, #1 for seven weeks pop. Not to be confused with I Love Rocky Road by Weird Al Yankovic
Eye Of The Tiger – Survivor, 5 weeks at #1 M. #1 for six weeks pop. From the movie Rocky III. cf. Weird Al’s The Rye or the Kaiser.
Down Under – Men At Work, 5 weeks at #1 M, #1 for four weeks pop. I have the album. I noted here: “In June 2009, the band was sued for copyright infringement, the allegation being that the flute part was lifted from a 1932 Australian song called ‘Kookaburra,'” a song I learned in grade school. “(This is sad: “Greg Ham took the verdict particularly hard, feeling responsible for having performed the flute riff at the centre of the lawsuit and worried that he would only be remembered for copying someone else’s music, resulting in depression and anxiety. Ham’s body was found in his home on 19 April 2012 after he suffered a fatal heart attack at age 58.”
Centerfold – J Geils Band, 3 weeks at #1 M, #1 for six weeks pop. I have a greatest hits CD
Telephone number
867-5309/Jenny – Tommy Tutone, 3 weeks at #1 M, #4 pop . This song definitely has a story.
Think I’m In Love – Eddie Money, 3 weeks at number one M, #16 pop.
Dirty Laundry – Don Henley, 3 weeks at #1 M, #3 for three weeks pop. I have the album
You Got Lucky – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 3 weeks at #1 M, #20 pop. I have the album.
Oh, Pretty Woman – Van Halen, 2 weeks at #1 M, #12 pop. The Orbison original was #1 pop in 1964; I have that too.
New World Man – Rush, 2 weeks at #1 M, #21 pop
Shock The Monkey– Peter Gabriel, two weeks at #1 M, #29 pop. Not only do I own the LP, but I also own the German CD with Schock Den Affen
All the rest were number one for just one week, Mainstream
Don’t Let Him Know – Prism, #39 pop. Co-written by Bryan Adams
No One Likes You – Scorpions, #65 pop
Stone Cold – Rainbow, #40 pop
Hurts So Good – John Cougar, #2 pop for four weeks. Own it on a greatest-hits CD under the name John Mellencamp.
Caught Up In You -38 Special, #10 pop
