Happy New Year! Charlie’s 80s Attic wishes you and your family a very happy and healthy 2022!

Each year Billboard freezes their weekly charts at the very end of the year/beginning of the new year (including in the 1980s) so there isn’t a lot of “music news” from the 80s to report at the end of the year/very beginning of the year as far as songs/albums going to #1, etc. So for the next few days as we close out the year 2021 and begin 2022, we’ll be going back to one specific year of the 80s per day and showing you the Top 40 songs for that year. Today, we visit 1983. These are the Top 40 songs of 1983 as ranked by Billboard Magazine:

1	“Every Breath You Take“	The Police
2	“Billie Jean“	Michael Jackson
3	“Flashdance… What a Feeling“	Irene Cara
4	“Down Under“	Men at Work
5	“Beat It“	Michael Jackson
6	“Total Eclipse of the Heart“	Bonnie Tyler
7	“Maneater“	Hall & Oates
8	“Baby, Come to Me“	Patti Austin and James Ingram
9	“Maniac“	Michael Sembello
10	“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)“	Eurythmics
11	“Do You Really Want to Hurt Me“	Culture Club
12	“You and I“	Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
13	“Come On Eileen“	Dexys Midnight Runners
14	“Shame on the Moon“	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
15	“She Works Hard for the Money“	Donna Summer
16	“Never Gonna Let You Go“	Sérgio Mendes
17	“Hungry Like the Wolf“	Duran Duran
18	“Let’s Dance“	David Bowie
19	“Twilight Zone“	Golden Earring
20	“I Know There’s Something Going On“	Frida
21	“Jeopardy“	The Greg Kihn Band
22	“Electric Avenue“	Eddy Grant
23	“She Blinded Me with Science“	Thomas Dolby
24	“Africa“	Toto
25	“Little Red Corvette“	Prince
26	“Back on the Chain Gang“	The Pretenders
27	“Up Where We Belong“	Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
28	“Mr. Roboto“	Styx
29	“You Are“	Lionel Richie
30	“Der Kommissar“	After the Fire
31	“Puttin’ on the Ritz“	Taco
32	“Sexual Healing“	Marvin Gaye
33	“(Keep Feeling) Fascination“	The Human League
34	“Time (Clock of the Heart)“	Culture Club
35	“The Safety Dance“	Men Without Hats
36	“Mickey“	Toni Basil
37	“You Can’t Hurry Love“	Phil Collins
38	“Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)“	Journey
39	“One on One“	Hall & Oates
40	“We’ve Got Tonight“	Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton