The 1982 year chart of the Dutch Top 40 is the ranking of the best records of that year, calculated across all 51 weekly charts of 1982. Every weekly entry counts 41 minus the position: 40 points for a number 1, 1 point for number 40. The 100 records with the most points are listed below, the best at the top. Top is Someone Loves You Honey by June Lodge, with 503 points from 16 weeks.
All weeks, number ones and new entries of 1982 Decade chart 1980s
The 100 best records of 1982
- 1Someone Loves You HoneyJune Lodge · 503 points · 16 weeks · peak position 1 · from week 24
- 2I Won't Let You Down
- 3Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc)Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark · 349 points · 11 weeks · peak position 1 · from week 8
- 4Pass The DutchieMusical Youth · 348 points · 11 weeks · peak position 1 · from week 42
- 5Cambodia
- 6Private InvestigationsDire Straits · 342 points · 11 weeks · peak position 1 · from week 37
- 7Can't Take My Eyes Off YouBoys Town Gang · 336 points · 11 weeks · peak position 1 · from week 20
- 8Ein bisschen Frieden
- 9Bim BamAndré van Duin · 332 points · 10 weeks · peak position 1 · from week 32
- 10Upside Down
- 11The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- 12WordsF.R. David · 310 points · 11 weeks · peak position 2 · from week 31
- 13Twilight ZoneGolden Earring · 309 points · 10 weeks · peak position 1 · from week 35
- 14Je Loog Tegen Mij
- 15Aurora
- 16Down UnderMen At Work · 300 points · 11 weeks · peak position 2 · from week 13
- 17Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans TalkDr. Hook, Ray Sawyer · 293 points · 10 weeks · peak position 2 · from week 18
- 18Africa
- 19Girl CrazyHot Chocolate · 290 points · 10 weeks · peak position 2 · from week 20
- 20Do You Really Want To Hurt MeCulture Club · 290 points · 10 weeks · peak position 2 · from week 42
- 21De Bom
- 22Ebony And IvoryPaul McCartney, Stevie Wonder · 284 points · 9 weeks · peak position 3 · from week 15
- 23I Will Follow Him
- 24Don't Go
- 25I Love Rock 'N RollJoan Jett & the Blackhearts · 270 points · 9 weeks · peak position 1 · from week 15
- 26Oh JulieShakin' Stevens · 269 points · 10 weeks · peak position 3 · from week 3
- 27Eye of the Tiger
- 28Come On EileenDexys Midnight Runners · 265 points · 11 weeks · peak position 4 · from week 36
- 29I'll Find My Way HomeJon & Vangelis · 265 points · 10 weeks · peak position 4 · from week 2
- 30The Land of Make BelieveBucks Fizz · 262 points · 9 weeks · peak position 1 · from week 5
- 31Rosanna
- 32Roof GardenAl Jarreau · 252 points · 9 weeks · peak position 2 · from week 9
- 33How Many Times
- 34Een Beetje Geld Voor een Beetje Liefde
- 35One DrawRita Marley · 249 points · 10 weeks · peak position 4 · from week 35
- 36AvalonRoxy Music · 247 points · 9 weeks · peak position 3 · from week 26
- 37Annie, I'm Not Your DaddyKid Creole And The Coconuts · 247 points · 8 weeks · peak position 3 · from week 45
- 38State of IndependenceDonna Summer · 243 points · 9 weeks · peak position 1 · from week 41
- 39Try Jah LoveThird World · 242 points · 10 weeks · peak position 3 · from week 38
- 40Do Wah Diddy DiddyDolly Dots · 242 points · 9 weeks · peak position 4 · from week 39
- 41It Started with a KissHot Chocolate · 240 points · 9 weeks · peak position 4 · from week 31
- 42BiscayaJames Last · 240 points · 10 weeks · peak position 5 · from week 26
- 43Blue Eyes
- 44Don't Walk Away
- 45Chalk Dust - The Umpire Strikes Back
- 46I Know There's Something Going On
- 47Diep In Mijn HartAndre Hazes · 228 points · 8 weeks · peak position 2 · from week 27
- 48It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)Fun Boy Three · 222 points · 8 weeks · peak position 3 · from week 13
- 49Don't You Want MeThe Human League · 222 points · 8 weeks · peak position 5 · from week 3
- 50Good Lookin'
- 51Kiddy Kiddy Kiss Me
- 52Adios AmorCorry Konings · 214 points · 9 weeks · peak position 7 · from week 37
- 53IdahoAnita Meyer · 210 points · 8 weeks · peak position 4 · from week 42
- 54Going To A Go-GoThe Rolling Stones · 210 points · 7 weeks · peak position 4 · from week 24
- 55View From a Bridge
- 56I've Never Been To Me
- 57Stars On Stevie (Wonder)Stars On 45 · 206 points · 8 weeks · peak position 6 · from week 5
- 58Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)Donna Summer · 205 points · 9 weeks · peak position 6 · from week 31
- 59I Don't Wanna DanceEddy Grant · 204 points · 6 weeks · peak position 2 · from week 47
- 60It's Raining AgainSupertramp · 204 points · 8 weeks · peak position 6 · from week 45
- 61Cats Forever
- 62Seven TearsGoombay Dance Band · 201 points · 7 weeks · peak position 4 · from week 22
- 63A Little Bit Further Away
- 64Hip Hap Hop
- 65The Day Before You Came
- 66HeartbreakerDionne Warwick · 196 points · 8 weeks · peak position 5 · from week 42
- 67Disco TrainDance Reaction · 196 points · 8 weeks · peak position 6 · from week 2
- 68Saddle UpDavid Christie · 196 points · 8 weeks · peak position 7 · from week 40
- 69SurrenderJon Anderson · 195 points · 9 weeks · peak position 7 · from week 21
- 70Dynamite
- 71Skandal im SperrbezirkSpider Murphy Gang · 191 points · 8 weeks · peak position 5 · from week 20
- 72Twilight
- 73Nasty Girl
- 74Body Language
- 75O O Den Haag
- 76Wat Dom
- 77See You Tonight
- 78Boer Harms
- 79Zeg Maar Niets MeerAndre Hazes · 182 points · 8 weeks · peak position 9 · from week 3
- 80Blue EyesElton John · 182 points · 9 weeks · peak position 10 · from week 14
- 81MusicJohn Miles · 178 points · 6 weeks · peak position 5 · from week 11
- 82CenterfoldThe J. Geils Band · 178 points · 9 weeks · peak position 6 · from week 8
- 83Freeze-FrameThe J. Geils Band · 177 points · 7 weeks · peak position 5 · from week 24
- 84Under The BoardwalkTom Tom Club · 177 points · 7 weeks · peak position 5 · from week 33
- 85High time he went
- 86Just an IllusionImagination · 177 points · 8 weeks · peak position 8 · from week 17
- 87Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)Boys Town Gang · 177 points · 8 weeks · peak position 8 · from week 29
- 88Why Can't We Live Together... - New Version
- 89A Town Called Malice
- 90Mamma, woar is mien pils
- 91Niet Noar Huus Toe Goan
- 92They Don't Play Our Love Song AnymoreAnita Meyer · 174 points · 6 weeks · peak position 3 · from week 2
- 93Doris Day
- 94Lenie Uit De TakkestraatTineke Schouten · 174 points · 8 weeks · peak position 9 · from week 30
- 95Live It UpTime Bandits · 174 points · 7 weeks · peak position 9 · from week 2
- 96WotCaptain Sensible · 172 points · 8 weeks · peak position 10 · from week 45
- 97One Of Us
- 98Torch
- 99To Turn The Stone
- 100Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
What is the best record of 1982 in the Dutch Top 40?
Someone Loves You Honey by June Lodge tops the 1982 year chart, with 503 points from 16 weeks in the chart (peak position 1). The top 5: 1. Someone Loves You Honey (June Lodge), 2. I Won't Let You Down (Ph.D.), 3. Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc) (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark), 4. Pass The Dutchie (Musical Youth), 5. Cambodia (Kim Wilde).
How is the 1982 year chart calculated?
Every weekly entry in 1982 earns points: 41 minus the position, so 40 points for a number 1 and 1 point for number 40. The sum of those points sets the order; on a tie the peak position counts, then the number of weeks, then the earliest week. Only the weeks of 1982 count, also for a record that entered the year before or stayed on into the next year.
Is the number 1 of the year chart also the record that spent longest at number 1?
Not necessarily. The year chart counts every week in the chart, including the weeks lower in the Top 40; a record that stayed high for a long time can therefore end above a shorter-lived number 1. The number ones of 1982, the longest-charting records and the highest new entries are on the 1982 year page.
How many weeks does the 1982 year chart cover?
51 weekly charts, with 351 different records between them, 18 of which reached number 1. Every week can be viewed separately from the year page.