Top 40

This Week In 1983: April 1st An ultra rare phenomena, all of the top ten songs stay in the same position they were in last week (actually the top 11). I did a little research CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: March 25th Michael Jackson and “Billie Jean” continue their reign at #1 for the fourth consecutive week. A month before this, the album Thriller hit #1 on the Billboard album chart CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: March 18th As usual, we’ve got quite a few songs making the slow inevitable slide down the chart as others are still steadily climbing their way up (“Jeopardy”, “Come On Eileen”, CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: March 11th Michael Jackson still sits on top of the chart for the second of seven weeks. There isn’t a whole lot of movement on the chart this week. The biggest CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: March 5th After seven weeks on the charts, Michael Jackson finally takes the number one spot with “Billie Jean”. It’s the first number one single from his juggernaut “Thriller” album. It’s CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: February 26th Patti Austin and James Ingram are holding strong at #1 with “Baby, Come To Me”. Toto and “Africa” fall fourteen spots to #19, Phil Collins drops twelve spots to CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: February 19th We have a new #1 song this week. Patti Austin and James Ingram move into the top spot with “Baby, Come To Me”. The top 20 remains largely unchanged CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: February 5th After slipping one spot to #2 last week, Men At Work reclaim the top spot with “Down Under”. This week’s biggest drop is by Don Henley and the song CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: February 5th After three weeks in the top spot, Men At Work finally slip one notch making way for Toto and their only #1 hit “Africa”. The song was written by CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: January 29th Men At Work are still holding down the top spot. After being in the top ten since November of 1982, “Mickey” by Toni Basil starts it’s quick descent back CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: January 22nd Men At Work are still holding strong this week at #1 with “Down Under”. In fact, all the songs in the top ten are the same, just shuffled a CONTINUE READING…

This Week In 1983: January 8th Our first number one song of the year belongs to Daryl Hall & John Oates. The prototype for the song was a piece that John Oates had been banging CONTINUE READING…