Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 27, 1983 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 9 | 1 | Big Log | ▲ | 23 |
| Robert Plant |
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| 3 | 2 | Don't Cry | 1 | 6 |
| Asia |
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| 7 | 3 | How Can I Refuse | 2 |
| Heart |
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| 2 | 4 | Burning Down The House | 2 | 9 |
| Talking Heads |
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| 1 | 5 | Lawyers In Love | 1 | 10 |
| Jackson Browne |
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| 11 | 6 | Tell Her About It | ▲ | 1 |
| Billy Joel |
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| 8 | 7 | Fight Fire With Fire | 2 |
| Kansas |
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| 6 | 8 | (She's) Sexy + 17 | 1 | 2 |
| The Stray Cats |
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| 14 | 9 | The Heat Goes On | 2 |
| Asia |
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| 5 | 10 | King Of Pain | 1 | 3 |
| The Police |
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| 16 | 11 | Queen Of The Broken Hearts | ▲ |
| Loverboy |
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| 4 | 12 | Wrapped Around Your Finger | 4 | 7 |
| The Police |
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| 12 | 13 | Pride And Joy | 10 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble |
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| 17 | 14 | In The Mood | 1 | 28 |
| Robert Plant |
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| 10 | 15 | Synchronicity II | 6 | 9 |
| The Police |
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| - | 16 | Rainbow In The Dark | 2 |
| Ronnie James Dio |
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| - | 17 | Flick Of The Switch | 6 |
| AC/DC |
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| - | 18 | Holiday Road | ▲ |
| Lindsey Buckingham |
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| - | 19 | True Colors | 14 |
| Asia |
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| - | 20 | Everyday I Write The Book | 1 | 12 |
| Elvis Costello |
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