| Top 40 Hits of January 1982 |
| 1 |
Bucks Fizz | The Land of Make Believe |
| 2 |
Shakin' Stevens | Oh Julie |
| 3 |
Human League | Don't You Want Me |
| 4 |
Kool & The Gang | Get Down On It |
| 5 |
Jon & Vangelis | I'll Find My Way Home |
| 6 |
Dollar | Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) |
| 7 |
Adam & The Ants | Ant Rap |
| 8 |
Stranglers | Golden Brown |
| 9 |
Foreigner | Waiting For A Girl Like You |
| 10 |
Altered Images | I Could Be Happy |
| 11 |
Meat Loaf | Dead Ringer For Love |
| 12 |
Madness | It Must Be Love |
| 13 |
Abba | One Of Us |
| 14 |
Human League | Being Boiled |
| 15 |
Christopher Cross | Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) |
| 16 |
Cliff Richard | Daddy's Home |
| 17 |
Mobiles | Drowning in Berlin |
| 18 |
Rod Stewart | Young Turks |
| 19 |
Four Tops | Don't Walk Away |
| 20 |
Phil Lynott | Yellow Pearl |
| 21 |
Brown Sauce | I Wanna Be A Winner |
| 22 |
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Maid of Orleans |
| 23 |
Status Quo | Rock 'N' Roll |
| 24 |
Shakatak | Easier Said Than Done |
| 25 |
Godley & Creme | Wedding Bells |
| 26 |
Alton Edwards | I Just Wanna (Spend Some Time With You) |
| 27 |
Duran Duran | My Own Way |
| 28 |
Tweets | The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) |
| 29 |
Police | Spirits In The Material World |
| 30 |
Electric Light Orchestra | Here Is The News / Ticket To The Moon |
| 31 |
Imagination | Flashback |
| 32 |
George Benson | Never Give Up On A Good Thing |
| 33 |
Snowmen | Hokey Cokey |
| 34 |
XTC | Senses Working Overtime |
| 35 |
Chas & Dave | Stars Over 45 |
| 36 |
Soft Cell | Bedsitter |
| 37 |
David Bowie | Wild Is The Wind |
| 38 |
Gillan | Restless |
| 39 |
AC / DC | Let's Get It Up |
| 40 |
Olivia Newton-John | Landslide |