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The ARC Weekly Top 40 Archives:

April 16, 1983





  wks peak  
40 --- --- Stranger In My House

from the LP
Keyed Up
ARC chart run: 40 -
Ronnie Milsap 1 40 Ronnie Milsap - "Stranger In My House" (Single)
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39 --- --- So Wrong

from the LP
Arcade
ARC chart run: 39 -
Patrick Simmons 1 39 Patrick Simmons - "So Wrong" (Single)
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38 --- --- Straight From The Heart

from the LP
Cuts Like A Knife
ARC chart run: 38 -
Bryan Adams 1 38 Bryan Adams - "Straight From The Heart" (Single)
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37 29 18 Fall In Love With Me

from the LP
Powerlight
ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 28 - 24 - 18 - 17 - 15 - 18 - 29 - 37 -
Earth, Wind & Fire 10 15 Earth, Wind & Fire - "Fall In Love With Me" (Single)
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36 --- --- My Love

from the LP
Lionel Richie
ARC chart run: 36 -
Lionel Richie 1 36 Lionel Richie - "My Love" (Single)
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35 23 10 Twilight Zone

from the LP
Cut
ARC chart run: 38 - 35 - 30 - 26 - 20 - 17 - 16 - 13 - 12 - 10 - 10 - 23 - 35 -
Golden Earring 13 10 Golden Earring - "Twilight Zone" (Single)
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34 31 29 All Right

from the LP
Another Page
ARC chart run: 31 - 26 - 19 - 17 - 15 - 15 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 20 - 29 - 31 - 34 -
Christopher Cross 13 10 Christopher Cross - "All Right" (Single)
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33 --- --- Photograph

from the LP
Pyromania
ARC chart run: 33 -
Def Leppard 1 33 Def Leppard - "Photograph" (Single)
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32 40 --- Flashdance...What A Feeling

from the
Flashdance soundtrack
ARC chart run: 40 - 32 -
Irene Cara 2 32 Irene Cara - "Flashdance... What A Feeling" (Single)
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31 24 19 Shame On The Moon

from the LP
The Distance
ARC chart run: 39 - 30 - 25 - 19 - 12 - 11 - 9 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 9 - 18 - 19 - 24 - 31 -
Bob Seger & The
Silver Bullet Band
18 1(1) Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - "Shame On The Moon" (Single) from the LP 'The Distance'
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30 35 40 Rio

from the LP
Rio
ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 30 -
Duran Duran 3 30 Duran Duran - "Rio" (Single)
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29 34 37 Whirly Girl

from the LP
Oxo
ARC chart run: 37 - 34 - 29 -
Oxo 3 29 Oxo - "Whirly Girl" (Single)
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28 30 33 I Like It

from the LP
All This Love
ARC chart run: 37 - 33 - 30 - 28 -
DeBarge 4 28 DeBarge - "I Like It" (Single)
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27 32 38 Welcome To Heartlight

from the LP
High Adventure
ARC chart run: 38 - 32 - 27 -
Kenny Loggins 3 27 Kenny Loggins - "Welcome To Heartlight" (Single)
26 16 17 Little Too Late

from the LP
Get Nervous
ARC chart run: 38 - 29 - 24 - 19 - 17 - 16 - 26 -
Pat Benatar 7 16 Pat Benatar - "Little Too Late" (Single)
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25 27 30 Some Kind Of Friend

from the LP
Oh! Julie
ARC chart run: 40 - 33 - 32 - 30 - 27 - 25 -
Barry Manilow 6 25 Barry Manilow - "Some Kind Of Friend" (Single)
iTunes
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24 15 16 I've Got A Rock N' Roll Heart

from the LP
Money And Cigarettes
ARC chart run: 40 - 33 - 29 - 21 - 19 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 24 -
Eric Clapton 9 15 Eric Clapton - "I've Got A Rock And Roll Heart" (Single)
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23 14 3 Back On The Chain Gang

from the LP
Learning To Crawl
ARC chart run: 32 - 25 - 21 - 17 - 11 - 8 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 14 - 23 -
The Pretenders 12 3 The Pretenders - "Back On The Chain Gang" (Single)
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22 13 6 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

from the LP
Kissing To Be Clever
ARC chart run: 37 - 30 - 24 - 18 - 16 - 8 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 13 - 22 -
Culture Club 14 2 Culture Club - "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" (Single)
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21 12 4 You Are

from the LP
Lionel Richie
ARC chart run: 33 - 28 - 23 - 20 - 18 - 13 - 10 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 12 - 21 -
Lionel Richie 13 4 Lionel Richie - "You Are" (Single)
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20 25 34 Solitaire

from the LP
Branigan 2
ARC chart run: 34 - 25 - 20 -
Laura Branigan 3 20 Laura Branigan - "Solitaire" (Single)
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19 22 27 I Won't Hold You Back

from the LP
Toto IV
ARC chart run: 35 - 27 - 22 - 19 -
Toto 4 19 Toto - "I Won't Hold You Back" (Single)
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18 20 23 Change Of Heart

from the LP
Long After Dark
ARC chart run: 39 - 28 - 25 - 23 - 20 - 18 -
Tom Petty
& The Heartbreakers
6 18 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Change Of Hearts" (Single)
iTunes
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17 19 24 Little Red Corvette

from the LP
1999
ARC chart run: 39 - 29 - 24 - 19 - 17 -
Prince 5 17 Prince - "Little Red Corvette" (Single)
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16 28 --- Let's Dance

from the LP
Let's Dance
ARC chart run: 28 - 16 -
David Bowie 2 16 David Bowie - "Let's Dance" (Single)
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15 17 20 It Might Be You

from the
Tootsie soundtrack
ARC chart run: 38 - 32 - 30 - 25 - 23 - 20 - 17 - 15 -
Stephen Bishop 8 15 Stephen Bishop - "It Might Be You" (Single)
iTunes
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14 26 --- Overkill

from the LP
Cargo
ARC chart run: 26 - 14 -
Men At Work 2 14 Men At Work - "Overkill" (Single)
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13 21 26 Even Now

from the LP
The Distance
ARC chart run: 34 - 26 - 21 - 13 -
Bob Seger & The
Silver Bullet Band
4 13 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - "Even Now" (Single)
12 18 25 She Blinded Me With Science

from the LP
The Golden Age Of Wireless
ARC chart run: 35 - 31 - 25 - 18 - 12 -
Thomas Dolby 5 12 Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science" (Single)
iTunes
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11 4 5 We've Got Tonight

from the LP
We've Got Tonight
ARC chart run: 36 - 27 - 24 - 19 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 11 -
Kenny Rogers &
Sheena Easton
12 4 Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton - "We've Got Tonight" (Single)
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10 7 2 Hungry Like The Wolf

from the LP
Rio
ARC chart run: 40 - 29 - 21 - 18 - 10 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 7 - 10 -
Duran Duran 13 2 Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf" (Single)
iTunes
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9 11 12 I Know There's Something Going On

from the LP
Something's Going On
ARC chart run: 37 - 29 - 23 - 20 - 17 - 13 - 12 - 12 - 11 - 9 -
Frida 10 9 Frida - "I Know There's Something Going On" (Single)
iTunes
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8 5 7 Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

from the LP
Frontiers
ARC chart run: 34 - 27 - 21 - 18 - 14 - 9 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 5 - 8 -
Journey 11 5 Journey - "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" (Single)
iTunes
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7 10 15 Der Kommissar

from the LP
Der Kommissar
ARC chart run: 33 - 26 - 20 - 16 - 15 - 10 - 7 -
After The Fire 7 7 After The Fire - "Der Kommissar" (Single)
iTunes
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6 9 14 Jeopardy

from the LP
Kihnspiracy
ARC chart run: 37 - 27 - 18 - 14 - 14 - 9 - 6 -
Greg Kihn Band 7 6 Greg Kihn Band - "Jeopardy" (Single)
iTunes
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5 8 13 Beat It

from the LP
Thriller
ARC chart run: 36 - 22 - 13 - 13 - 8 - 5 -
Michael Jackson 6 5 Michael Jackson - "Beat It" (Single)
iTunes
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4 6 11 Come On Eileen

from the LP
Too-Rye-Ay
ARC chart run: 32 - 26 - 20 - 16 - 11 - 11 - 6 - 4 -
Dexy's Midnight Runners 8 4 Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen" (Single)
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3 3 9 Mr. Roboto

from the LP
Kilroy Was Here
ARC chart run: 38 - 32 - 26 - 21 - 14 - 11 - 9 - 9 - 3 - 3 -
STYX 10 3 STYX - "Mr. Roboto" (Single)
iTunes
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2 2 8 One On One

from the LP
H20
ARC chart run: 38 - 28 - 24 - 19 - 17 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 2 - 2 -
Daryl Hall &
John Oates
11 2 Daryl Hall & John Oates - "One On One" (Single)
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1 1 1 Billie Jean

from the LP
Thriller
ARC chart run: 37 - 28 - 22 - 6 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -
Michael Jackson 12 1(7) Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" (Single)
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