Top Dance Songs of 1982 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

R charted as Who Can It Be Now? / Down Under in US dance charts
[Columbia 03303]
written by Colin Hay & Ron Strykert

[Scotti Brothers 02912]
written by Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik

[Capitol 5126]
written by Steve Miller

charted as I'm Afraid of Me / Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? in US dance charts
[Epic/Virgin 03368]
written by Boy George, Michael Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss

[Chrysalis 2638]
written by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn

[RCA 13354]
written by Sara Allen, Daryl Hall & John Oates

[Epic/Virgin 03796]
written by Boy George, Michael Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #231]
[Columbia 03302]
written by Marvin Gaye

[Atlantic 4048]
written by Umberto Tozzi, Giancarlo Bigazzi & Trevor Veitch

[Harvest 5195]
written by Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor [Roger Meddows-Taylor] & Andy Taylor

[MCA 52149]
written by Lloyd Ferguson, Jackie Mittoo & Fitzroy Simpson

[A&M 2428]
written by Joe Jackson

[Geffen]
written by Chris Foreman & Carl Smyth

R charted as Who Can It Be Now? / Down Under in US dance charts
[Columbia 18-02888]
written by Colin Hay

[Mercury 76168]
written by Martin Fry, Mark White, Stephen Singleton, Mark Lickley & David Palmer [drummer]

[RCA 13273]
written by Kashif Saleem

[Tamla 1602]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Tamla 1612]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Asylum 69894]
written by Don Henley & Danny Kortchmar

[Arista 0672]
written by Nick Heyward

[MCA 52067]
written by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram

[Capitol 5204]
written by Thomas Dolby & Tim Kerr

[Motown 1609]
written by Reggie Andrews & Leon "Ndugu" Chancler

[Elektra 47427]
written by Patrice Rushen, Teri McFadden & Freddie Washington

charted as I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby / I'm Corrupt / Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy in US dance charts
written by August Darnell

[Arista 0669]
written by Ray Parker Jr

R
[Mercury 76132]
written by Junior Giscombe & Bob Carter

written by Stephan Remmler & Gert Krawinkel

[Geffen 29982]
written by Quincy Jones, Merria Ross & Rod Temperton

written by Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet

featuring Donnie Calvin
[StreetWise 2203]
written by Eddy Grant

[RCA 13217]
written by Jesse Rae

[Solar 48005]
written by Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers & Leon Sylvers III

charted as Rock The Casbah / Mustapha Dance in US dance charts
[Epic 03245]
written by Mick Jones [The Clash], Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon & Topper Headon

[Mercury 810340]
written by Martin Fry, Mark White, Stephen Singleton, Mark Lickley & David Palmer [drummer]

[Arista 0676]
written by Dean Pitchford & Tom Snow

written by George Michael

charted as I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby / I'm Corrupt / Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy in US dance charts
[Sire 50069]
written by August Darnell & Peter Schott

[London 810112]
written by Steve Jolley & Tony Swain

[Jive 102]
written by Mike Score, Ali Score, Paul Reynolds & Frank Maudsley

charted as Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) / Nightmares in US dance charts
[Jive 9018]
written by Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley & Paul Reynolds

with Bananarama
written by Sy Oliver & Trummy Young

with Fun Boy Three
[London 201]
written by Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson & Eddie Holland Jr.

[novelty]
[Venture 149]
written by Geraldine Hunt & Daniel Joseph

featuring Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #51]
[Sugar Hill 584]
written by Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Bobby Robinson

[Elektra 47452]
written by Freddie Mercury

[I.R.S. 9907]
written by Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine & Jane Wiedlin

as Total Coelo in the US
[Chrysalis 42669]
written by Barry Blue, Paul Greedus & Roy Lachlan Nicolson

produced by Luther Vandross
[Arista 0699]
written by Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller

[EMI America 8126]
written by Paul Lawrence Jones

written by August Darnell

[RCA 13204]
written by Bert Berns, Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein & Richard Gottehrer

charted as Communication / Lifeline in US dance charts
[Chrysalis 42686]
written by Gary Kemp

[Sound of New York 602]
written by Michael Cleveland

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #212]
[Warner 29896]
written by Prince

charted as Living on the Ceiling/Feel Me in US dance charts
written by Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe

[Total Experience 8201]
written by Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor & Charlie Wilson

as Malcolm McLaren & The World's Famous Supreme Team
[Atco 99950 (Island)]
written by Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn & Malcolm McLaren

[Geffen 29883]
written by Peter Gabriel

featuring Devo
[Motown 1628]
written by Jermaine Jackson, Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer & Paul M. Jackson Jr.

[West End 1248]
written by Ron Miller & Bertram Reid

as Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #237]
[Tommy Boy 823]
written by Arthur Baker, John Robie, Afrika Bambaataa, The Soulsonic Force, Ralf Hütter & Florian Schneider

charted as Lies / Beach Culture in US dance charts
[Arista 1024]
written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie & Joe Leeway

[Backstreet 52024]
written by Giorgio Moroder & David Bowie

written by Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Michael MacNeil & Derek Forbes

[Tamla 1601]
written by Gary Goetzman & Mike Piccirillo

[Mercury 76150]
written by Junior Giscombe & Bob Carter

[A&M 2415]
written by Kashif

charted as The Visitors/When All Is Said And Done in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3889]
written by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

written by Iva Davies

[Total Experience 8205]
written by Raymond Calhoun

[A&M 2392]
written by David Lewis & Wayne Lewis

R
[EMI America 8136]
written by Mark Hollis & Ed Hollis

[Total Experience 8203]
written by Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor & Charlie Wilson

[Capitol 5180]
written by Lillo Thomas

R
[Chrysalis]
written by Billy Idol

[Arista/Virgin]
written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh & Martyn Ware

[Columbia 02796]
written by Alton Edwards & Chris Cameron

[Profile 5006]
written by Lotti Golden & Richard Scher

[Warner 29930 (Sire)]
written by Kenny Young & Arthur Resnick

[RCA 13061]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb & Howard E. Scott

[Gordy 1619]
written by Rick James

[Warner 29908]
written by Prince

featuring Sylvester
written by Patrick Cowley & Sylvester James

[EMI America 8127]
written by Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson & Duane Hitchings

[A&M 2410]
written by Jeffrey Osborne & David "Hawk" Wolinski

charted as Love My Way / Aeroplane in US dance charts
[Columbia 03340]
written by John Ashton, Tim Butler, Richard Butler & Vince Ely

[only released in the US]
[Sire 29953]
written by Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet

[A&M 2509]
written by Captain Sensible

[Entertainment Company 03354]
written by Paul Jabara & Paul Shaffer

[Planet 13327]
written by Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer & Trevor Lawrence

featuring Rick James
[Gordy 1616]
written by Rick James

[Capitol 5109]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

[MCA 52049]
written by Al Hudson, Jonathan Meadows, Dave Roberson, Glenda Hudson, Gregg Green, Terry Morgan & Theodore Dudley

[Island 99963]
written by Grace Jones & Sly Dunbar

charted as 777-9311 / The Walk / I Don't Want to Leave You in US dance charts
[Warner 29952]
written by Jamie Starr