| Top 40 Hits of October 1982 |
| 1 |
Culture Club | Do You Really Want To Hurt Me |
| 2 |
Musical Youth | Pass The Dutchie |
| 3 |
Fat Larry's Band | Zoom |
| 4 |
Kids From 'Fame' | Starmaker |
| 5 |
Chicago | Hard To Say I'm Sorry |
| 6 |
Kid Creole & The Coconuts | Annie I'm Not Your Daddy |
| 7 |
Beatles | Love Me Do |
| 8 |
Spandau Ballet | Lifeline |
| 9 |
Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Midnight Runners | Jackie Wilson Said |
| 10 |
Tears For Fears | Mad World |
| 11 |
Eddy Grant | I Don't Wanna Dance |
| 12 |
Evelyn King | Love Come Down |
| 13 |
Mari Wilson | Just What I Always Wanted |
| 14 |
Animals | House Of The Rising Sun |
| 15 |
Barry Manilow | I Wanna Do It With You |
| 16 |
Ultravox | Reap The Wild Wind |
| 17 |
Shalamar | There It Is |
| 18 |
Pinkees | Danger Games |
| 19 |
Adam Ant | Friend Or Foe |
| 20 |
Carly Simon | Why |
| 21 |
Clash | Should I Stay Or Should I Go / Straight To Hell |
| 22 |
Bauhaus | Ziggy Stardust |
| 23 |
Shakin' Stevens | I'll Be Satisfied |
| 24 |
Pretenders | Back On The Chain Gang |
| 25 |
Dionne Warwick | Heartbreaker |
| 26 |
Simple Minds | Glittering Prize |
| 27 |
Kool & The Gang | Ooh La La La (Let's Go Dancin') |
| 28 |
Jam | The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) |
| 29 |
Imagination | In The Heat Of The Night |
| 30 |
Melba Moore | Love's Comin' At Ya |
| 31 |
Rocker's Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin | Walking On Sunshine |
| 32 |
Survivor | Eye Of The Tiger |
| 33 |
Sharon Redd | Never Give You Up |
| 34 |
David Christie | Saddle Up |
| 35 |
ABC | All Of My Heart |
| 36 |
Status Quo | Caroline (Live At The NEC) |
| 37 |
Piranhas featuring Boring Bob Grover | Zambezi |
| 38 |
Dire Straits | Private Investigations |
| 39 |
Toyah | Be Loud Be Proud (Be Heard) |
| 40 |
Julio Iglesias | Amor |