Top 40 Trends

Every song, artist & show from Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 and Casey’s Top 40.

Show

American Top 40 — December 4, 1982

Host: Casey Kasem Songs on show: 45 Non-chart: 5

The December 4, 1982 American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem, included 45 songs. #1 was Truly by Lionel Richie. 5 songs debuted this week. 4 songs were in their final week on the chart. Also on the show: 1 Long Distance Dedication (We've Only Just Begun); 1 extra (You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine) .

On this show

  1. LW#3
    Heart Attack Olivia Newton-John
  2. LW#2
    Gloria Laura Branigan
  3. LW#1
    Truly Lionel Richie
  4. 40
    Let's Go Dancin' Kool & The Gang
    Week 1 of 5 · Peaks #30
  5. 39
    Shock The Monkey Peter Gabriel
    Week 1 of 8 · Peaks #29
  6. 38
    You Got Lucky Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Week 1 of 9 · Peaks #20
  7. 37
    What About Me Moving Pictures
    Week 2 of 11 · Peaks #29
  8. 36
    A Penny For Your Thoughts Tavares
    Week 3 of 7 · Peaks #33
  9. 35
    Everybody Wants You Billy Squier
    Week 2 of 4 · Peaks #32
  10. 34
    The Other Guy Little River Band
    Week 1 of 11 · Peaks #11
  11. 33
    Hand To Hold On To John Cougar
    Week 2 of 9 · Peaks #19
  12. 32
    On The Wings Of Love Jeffrey Osborne
    Week 3 of 5 · Peaks #29
  13. 31
    Baby, Come To Me Patti Austin with James Ingram
    Week 1 of 16 · Peaks #1
  14. 30
    I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters
    Week 6 of 18 · Peaks #9
  15. 29
    Be My Lady Jefferson Starship
    Week 4 of 6 · Peaks #28
  16. LDD
    We've Only Just Begun Carpenters
  17. 28
    You Can't Hurry Love Phil Collins
    Week 2 of 14 · Peaks #10
  18. 27
    Africa Toto
    Week 3 of 14 · Peaks #1
  19. 26
    I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World) Donald Fagan
    Week 4 of 4 · Peaks #26
  20. 25
    Rock The Casbah The Clash
    Week 4 of 13 · Peaks #8
  21. 24
    You And I Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle
    Week 4 of 18 · Peaks #7
  22. 23
    Missing You Dan Fogelberg
    Week 4 of 7 · Peaks #23
  23. 22
    Love Me Tomorrow Chicago
    Week 7 of 8 · Peaks #22
  24. 21
    The Look Of Love ABC
    Week 6 of 11 · Peaks #18
  25. 20
    Pressure Billy Joel
    Week 8 of 8 · Peaks #20
  26. 19
    Down Under Men At Work
    Week 2 of 17 · Peaks #1
  27. 18
    Southern Cross Crosby, Stills & Nash
    Week 9 of 9 · Peaks #18
  28. 17
    Heartbreaker Dionne Warwick
    Week 5 of 11 · Peaks #10
  29. Extra
    You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Lou Rawls
  30. 16
    Heart Attack Olivia Newton-John
    Week 11 of 13 · Peak #3
  31. 15
    Nobody Sylvia
    Week 9 of 9 · Peaks #15
  32. 14
    Shadows Of The Night Pat Benatar
    Week 5 of 8 · Peaks #13
  33. 13
    It's Raining Again Supertramp
    Week 6 of 9 · Peaks #11
  34. 12
    Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye
    Week 3 of 13 · Peaks #3
  35. 11
    Rock This Town Stray Cats
    Week 7 of 11 · Peaks #9
  36. 10
    Muscles Diana Ross
    Week 8 of 10 · Peaks #10
  37. 9
    Dirty Laundry Don Henley
    Week 4 of 12 · Peaks #3
  38. 8
    The Girl Is Mine Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
    Week 4 of 12 · Peaks #2
  39. 7
    Steppin' Out Joe Jackson
    Week 8 of 13 · Peaks #6
  40. 6
    Up Where We Belong Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
    Week 10 of 13 · Peak #1
  41. 5
    Heartlight Neil Diamond
    Week 10 of 11 · Peaks #5
  42. 4
    Maneater Daryl Hall & John Oates
    Week 5 of 15 · Peaks #1
  43. 3
    Mickey Toni Basil
    Week 9 of 16 · Peaks #1
  44. 2
    Gloria Laura Branigan
    Week 14 of 20 · Peaks #2
  45. 1
    Truly Lionel Richie
    Week 7 of 10 · Peaks #1

Debuts

Final week on chart

Chart history