# Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1982
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1982/734366
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 11, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1982/734366 "2015-10-11T22:42:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1982/734366/1 "2015-10-11T22:42:00Z")
Which one of these 20 songs would you vote for?
Rush is the only Canadian artist in 1982 to have a #1 single, ending the drought seen in 1980-81.
**Highly encourage you to vote in the older polls.**
1964-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767524)
1965-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767714)
1966-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1966 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767890)
1967-[Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1967 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768306)
1968-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1968 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768597)
1969-[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1969 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768867)
1970-[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1970 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769085)
1971-[Best canadian rpm number 1 singles:1971 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769397)
1972-[Best canadian rpm number 1 singles: 1972 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769624)
1973-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1973 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769837)
1974-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1974 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770060)
1975-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1975 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770295)
1976-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1976 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770513)
1977-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1977 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770753)
1978-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1978 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771010)
1979-[Canadian RPM Number Singles: 1979 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771209)
1980-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1980 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771416)
1981-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1981 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771571)
**You may vote for more than one song.**
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### Author:  [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1982/734366/2 "2015-10-11T22:53:22Z")
Six Songs:
“Centerfold”
“Tainted Love”
“I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”
“Don’t You Want Me”
“Ebony and Ivory”
“The Look of Love”
The last song is not even ABC’s best song, but it is passable.
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1982/734366/3 "2015-10-12T02:35:25Z")
Tainted Love, Hard to Say I’m Sorry,\* Eye in the Sky, Down Under, and Gloria get my vote. In dead-ass last place in the world-famous **Ponch8 Music Rating System** is Rush. I’ve never understood the appeal of that band.
\*This song got my vote based on its pairing with “Get Away.” Some suckass stations didn’t play “Get Away” after “Hard to Say I’m Sorry.”
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### Author:  [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1982/734366/4 "2015-10-12T07:48:18Z")
Abaracadabra, Dirty Laundry, Don’t You Want Me, and Eye of the Tiger
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### Author:  [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1982/734366/5 "2015-10-12T08:11:52Z")
Excellent year. I voted for:
_I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll_ - **Joan Jett and the Blackhearts**
_Don’t You Want Me_ - **Human League**
_Abracadabra_ -\*\* Steve Miller Band\*\*
_Eye Of The Tiger_ -\*\* Survivor\*\*
_Eye In The Sky_ - **Alan Parsons Project**