Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1983 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1984 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #84]
[A&M 2542]
written by Sting

as Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
[Epic 04169]
written by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

[Motown 1698]
written by Lionel Richie

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1983 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1983
[Casablanca 811440]
written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey & Irene Cara

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #58]
[Epic 03509]
written by Michael Jackson

BRIT Awards Best British Single 1984
[Virgin/Epic 04221]
written by Boy George, Jon Moss, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Phil Pickett

[Columbia 03906]
written by Jim Steinman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #356]
[RCA 13533]
written by Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]

Joanna / Tonight was released as a double a-side in the UK
[De-Lite 829]
written by Charles Smith, James "J.T." Taylor & Kool & The Gang

[Portrait 04432]
written by Rob Hyman & Cyndi Lauper

[Epic 04108]
written by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Carlo Karges & Kevin McAlea

[Columbia 04149]
written by Billy Joel

[Columbia 04138]
written by Billy Joel

[Chrysalis 42720]
written by Gary Kemp

[RCA PB-13615]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb

[Planet 13730]
written by Mark Goldenberg & Brock Walsh

[Arista 1-9164]
written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie & Joe Leeway

featuring Stevie Wonder
[Geffen 7-29460]
written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Davey Johnstone

[Private I 4-04113]
written by Matthew Wilder & Greg Prestopino

[MCA/Stiff 52347]
written by Kirsty MacColl

[Capitol 5242]
written by Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser

[Epic 04364]
written by Rod Temperton

main release; charted as Holiday / Lucky Star in US dance charts ; Lucky Star also bubbled under the UK Top 75 singles chart at #171 in September 1983
[Sire 29177]
written by Madonna

[RCA 13654]
written by Daryl Hall

[A&M 2569]
written by Sting

[Columbia 03795]
written by Colin Hay

[Casablanca 812516]
written by Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello

[Motown 1710]
written by Lionel Richie & Cynthia Weil

[A&M 2614]
written by Sting

[Geffen 7-29639]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

[Atlantic 89724]
written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins & Mike Rutherford

produced by Jim Steinman
[Arista 9056]
written by Jim Steinman

[Motown 1657]
written by Brenda Harvey Richie & Lionel Richie

[Chrysalis 42743]
written by Gary Kemp

[Arista 1054]
written by Ray Davies

[Columbia 04259]
written by Billy Joel

[Liberty 1492]
written by Bob Seger

[London 810127]
written by Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, Steve Jolley & Tony Swain

[Carrere 101]
written by F.R. David, Marty Kupersmith & Louis S. Yaguda

charted as Love of the Common People / Come Back and Stay in US dance charts
[Columbia 04313]
written by Jack Lee

[RCA 13507]
written by Mike Oldfield, Tim Cross, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye, Morris Pert & Maggie Reilly

[Motown 1677]
written by Lionel Richie

with Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller
[A&M 2540]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

[Epic 04338]
written by Bob Heatlie

[Epic 04165]
written by James Ingram & Quincy Jones

[Columbia 03959]
written by Colin Hay

#1 hit for Harry Richman in 1930
[RCA 13574]
written by Irving Berlin

[RCA 13421]
written by Daryl Hall

[A&M 2543]
written by Dennis DeYoung

produced by Jim Steinman
[Arista 9101]
written by Jim Steinman

[Epic 04026]
written by Steve Porcaro & John Bettis

[Columbia 03597]
written by Steve Lukather

[Warner 29563]
written by James Newton Howard & David Paich

[Jet 03964]
written by Jeff Lynne

[Capitol 5271]
written by Martha Davis

[EMI America 8155]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

as Jarreau
[Warner 29720]
written by Jay Graydon, Al Jarreau & David Foster

[Atlantic 89868]
written by Martine Clémenceau & Diane Warren

[EMI 8172]
written by Greg Mathieson & Trevor Veitch

[Warner 29658]
written by Christopher Cross

[RCA 13695]
written by Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]

[Warner 29843]
written by Christopher Cross

[Warner 29442]
written by Dan Hill & Michael Masser

[Epic/Virgin 03912]
written by Boy George, Michael Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss

[Gordy 1660]
written by El DeBarge

[Atlantic 89805]
written by Michael Bolton & Doug James

[Qwest 29394]
written by James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton & Quincy Jones

[Planet 13639]
written by Richard Feldman, John Black & Nan O'Byrne

[Atlantic 89786]
written by Rod Temperton & Derek Bramble

[Asylum 69826]
written by Jackson Browne

[Arista 9116]
written by Ray Parker Jr

[EMI America 8170]
written by Pete Byrne & Rob Fisher

[Gordy 1705]
written by El DeBarge & Bunny DeBarge

[A&M 2536]
written by Bryan Adams & Eric Kagna

[Geffen 29603]
written by Marv Ross

[Columbia 03563]
written by Dana Walden, Rocky Maffitt & Michael Day

[Duck/Warner 29780]
written by Steve Diamond, Troy Seals, Tony Seals & Eddie Setser

[A&M]
written by Joe Jackson

[Columbia 03840]
written by Jonathan Cain

[A&M 2561]
written by Jeffrey Osborne, Don Freeman & Michael Sembello

[EMI America 8180]
written by Terry Britten & Sue Shifrin

[Arista 9073]
written by Steve Goldman

[Warner 29791]
written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Dave Grusin

[Arista 1046]
written by Barry Manilow & Adrienne Anderson

[Arista 9072]
written by Nick Heyward

[RCA 13470]
written by Mike Reid

[Warner 29649]
written by Kashif

[novelty]
[Atlantic 89718]
written by Peter Quinn

[EMI America 8186]
written by Jennifer Kimball & Cindy Richardson

[RCA 13600]
written by Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke & Rafe Van Hoy

released in the UK as the B-Side to Pipes of Peace
[Columbia 04296]
written by Paul McCartney

[Full Moon 03525]
written by Dan Fogelberg