Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1982
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1982. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1982, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 1, 1981 through October 31, 1982.
Olivia Newton-John had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Physical", the number one song of the year.
Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)
"Physical" is a song recorded by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John for her 1981 eleventh studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on 28 September 1981. The song was produced by John Farrar and written by Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick, who had originally intended to offer it to Rod Stewart. The song had also been offered to Tina Turner by her manager Roger Davies, but when Turner declined, Davies gave the song to Newton-John, another of his clients.
Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)
The controversial music video that was released to promote the single featured Newton-John in a gym with well-built men in the last half. Some of the scenes have sexual subtext, such as the shower scene or when Newton-John rubs herself on the men.