1982 saw the Official Singles Chart celebrate its 500th Number 1, claimed by A Little Peace by Nicole Seibert, the winning song on the Eurovision Song Contest, which that year was held in Harrogate.
The song spent two weeks at Number 1 and ranks 38th on the year-end chart, with just over 518,000 estimated sales, according to Official Charts Company data.
As revealed on new Channel 5 series Britain's favourite 80s songs, The biggest song of 1982 was Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express, with an estimated 1.21 million sales, according to Official Charts Company data.
The song spent four weeks at Number 1 and was the British pop band's second chart-topper following Geno in 1980. Eileen also bagged Dexy's Brit
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