Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits of 1983

There were 17 different songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1983. Given the artist and their respective issue dates, can you name every song?

The weeks are listed as "issue date," meaning the song was at #1 when the list was published on that Saturday

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Issue Date	#1 Hit	Artist
January 1	Maneater	Daryl Hall and John Oates
January 8	Maneater	Daryl Hall and John Oates
January 15	Down Under	Men At Work
January 22
January 29
February 5	Africa	Toto
February 12	Down Under	Men At Work
February 19	Baby, Come To Me	Patti Austin & James Ingram
February 26	Baby, Come To Me	Patti Austin & James Ingram
March 5	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson
March 12
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16
April 23	Come On Eileen	Dexys Midnight Runners
April 30	Beat It	Michael Jackson
May 7
May 14
May 21	Let's Dance	David Bowie
May 28	Flashdance... What A Feeling	Irene Cara
June 4
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9	Every Breath You Take	The Police
July 16
July 23
July 30
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3	Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)	Eurythmics
September 10	Maniac	Michael Sembello
September 17	Maniac	Michael Sembello
September 24	Tell Her About It	Billy Joel
October 1	Total Eclipse Of The Heart	Bonnie Tyler
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29	Island In The Stream	Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
November 5	Island In The Stream	Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
November 12	All Night Long (All Night)	Lionel Richie
November 19
November 26
December 3
December 10	Say Say Say	Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
December 17
December 24
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