1982
🎂 What music raised you?
Drop your birthday and we'll rewind to your golden era — the years the songs imprinted for life.
🔙 Backtrack — 1982
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
A mall-food-court afternoon, 1982: the Smurfs on the TV, a Rubik's Cube out on the floor, and a pack of Starburst within reach.
📼 Saturday cartoons
Billboard Year-End Hot 100
📊 Full chart →- 1
PhysicalOlivia Newton-John - 2
Eye of the TigerSurvivor - 3
I Love Rock 'N RollJoan Jett & The Blackhearts - 4
Ebony and IvoryPaul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - 5
CenterfoldThe J. Geils Band - 6
Don't You Want MeThe Human League - 7
Jack & DianeJohn Cougar - 8Hurts So GoodJohn Cougar
- 9
AbracadabraSteve Miller Band - 10
Hard to Say I'm SorryChicago - 11
Tainted LoveSoft Cell - 12
Chariots of FireVangelis - 13
Harden My HeartQuarterflash - 14
RosannaToto - 15
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)Daryl Hall & John Oates - 16
867-5309/JennyTommy Tutone - 17
Key LargoBertie Higgins - 18
You Should Hear How She Talks About YouMelissa Manchester - 19
Waiting for a Girl Like YouForeigner - 20
Don't Talk to StrangersRick Springfield - 21
The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)Juice Newton - 22
Always on My MindWillie Nelson - 23
Shake It UpThe Cars - 24
Let It WhipDazz Band - 25
We Got The BeatThe Go-Go's
More from 1982
🎤 Big in 1982
🎚️ 1982 genres
🎛️ Behind the boards & the pen — 1982
The hands behind 1982 — the producers and songwriters who actually shaped that year's records. George Martin was on 4 of them.
🎬 Movies of 1982
All soundtracks →The soundtracks that scored 1982 — every song and where it played.
🎚️ Related vibes
All themes →Themed rooms that lean on the sound of 1982.
What does 1982 remind you of?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of 1982.
Community Memories
How well do you remember 1982?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
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🎵 1982 albums on vinyl
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